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My passion is technology and its possibilities. As a Tech Leader I support open source development, communicate vividly, and foster innovation. My results show in forward-thinking systems and producing solutions to diverse business challenges. Throughout my career, discipline and dedication have been consistent, and as a CTO my management style is mentor-like. Enthusiasm for work combined with...

My passion is technology and its possibilities. As a Tech Leader I support open source development, communicate vividly, and foster innovation. My results show in forward-thinking systems and producing solutions to diverse business challenges. Throughout my career, discipline and dedication have been consistent, and as a CTO my management style is mentor-like. Enthusiasm for work combined with constant curiosity has kept me at the edge of my capabilities while driving me and my teams to expand our skills. Specialties: Team leadership; software development; systems architecture; program and project management; technology-business strategy and alignment; critical systems operations; financial support; and, vendor management.Chief Technology Officer @ Transforming brand building, re-inventing retail, exploratory engineering, and still holding on to a bigger, faster rocket ship (USS Enterprise?). Getting the pleasure of working with one of the best engineering teams! From February 2015 to Present (10 months) Member @ From March 2009 to Present (6 years 9 months) Greater New York City AreaVice President, Technology @ All good things tech. Holding on to the rocket ship for dear life. Building an incredible engineering organization. From February 2012 to January 2015 (3 years) Vice President of Technology @ Managed technology at this top e-commerce company. Oversee software engineering across two offices, strategic projects, and operations, and work with vendors. Key focus areas included e-commerce, warehouse management (WMS), merchandising (PO, SCM, IMS), and marketing. From May 2009 to January 2012 (2 years 9 months) Chief Technology Officer @ As member of the executive management team, oversaw platform development and engineering team at this online advertising technology firm that changed industries, from publishing, after six years in business. • Led research and development. • Implemented CEO’s strategic vision in areas of software development and operations. • Provided guidance on technology initiatives. • Architected and developed cutting edge advertising platform and reporting system. • Implemented development processes and standards. • Coordinated certification with AOL, Yahoo, and other major publishers. • Hired and managed eight person technology staff. • Managed vendors. From June 2007 to December 2008 (1 year 7 months) Consulting CTO / Chief Architect @ Projects typically included IT strategy and application development for clients with annual revenue between $50-100 million and in the Internet Retailer-500. I was actively engaged at various clients over the years including Alexander Interactive, [x+1], Pepperidge Farm, Heavy.com, AnytimeCostumes.com, and others. Simultaneously, I ran SnapFood.com, a profitable, e-commerce company (subsidiary of Clever Oak) with real-time order processing and order dispatch system. SnapFood processed food orders for over 10,000 customers to 200 Manhattan restaurants. At SnapFood I: • Developed proprietary GIS components, security infrastructure, and communications platform. • Managed staff of 20. • Broadly credited by the press for changing online-food industry. From January 2003 to July 2007 (4 years 7 months) Director, Sales @ Director Sales and Marketing. Focus on C-level sales to Global-1000 companies. From June 2002 to January 2003 (8 months) Operations Manager @ Jointly managing software development of multi-million dollar e-commerce platform for real-time B2B risk analysis, credit reporting, and insurance product sales at subsidiary of the $80-billion dollar conglomerate. Merged into parent and moved out of state. • Reduced operational expenditure by 30%. • Oversaw technical operations of systems distributed across three data centers. • Wrote operations manual and business continuity plan (BCP/DR) documents to ensure five-nines operations. • Managed two SAs, one DBA, and co-managed 20 developers. From January 2001 to May 2002 (1 year 5 months) Consulting CTO / Chief Architect @ Worked at various companies on interim, consulting basis. Some projects included: TheStreet.com - Director, e-Commerce Eight-month engagement focused on developing product enhancements and strategy, managing projects and staff, and creating procedures. iMar.com, Inc. - Co-Chief Technology Officer Ten-month engagement for this Boston Consulting Group spin-off. Scholastic Publishing - Technical Project Lead Two-month consulting project for education publisher to recover lost development. From 1999 to 2001 (2 years) Senior Vice President, Operations @ Oversaw corporate restructuring after replacing management and re-organizing company. Sold company to Thorn Communications, Inc. • Recovered most receivables through client meetings and collections • Reached operating profit within six months and developed brand. • Re-engineered a 24/7, tier-2 network with a 10,000 sq. ft. data center, with significant connections to WorldCom and Verizon • Oversaw finance and accounting staff, as well as customer and technical support staff and all consultants. From January 1997 to December 1999 (3 years) MIS Manager @ Office IT, corporate network engineering, hardware builds, software development, database administration, reporting/audit. From 1995 to 1996 (1 year) Greater New York City Area