Summary: CTO with track-record building agile product-development teams for start-ups, seeking senior role in entrepreneurial organization building disruptive Internet-driven products.
My relevant background includes:
- 4 years as CTO of Living Independently (the first commercial health-security monitoring system for seniors),
- 2+ years as CTO/COO at Axiom Legal (the first virtual law firm),
- 5+ years as the technical founding member of Medscape (MSCP, then MDLI, then HLTH) (the first commercial physician-oriented website)
- (Company links in previous bullets go to pages describing some specific projects at each organization.)
While my CV covers my background in detail, I perceive my key strengths to be:
- rapid execution/implementation (agile, iterative, fast-feedback, early ROI)
- business/product/marketing strategy to drive coherent product development
- translation of strategy into focused priorities (tech and non-tech)
- leadership (inspiration) and management (structure, process)
The types of companies/roles that attract me have:
- innovative products
- sustainable business model
- strategy/tactics coordinated actively by senior management group
- significant element of collaboration, content, community (not just commerce)
In a smaller organization, possible roles for me include CTO and COO.
Here is how I visualize the requirements of a CTO:
Here's a similar mapping for a COO:
Bill Seitz, fluxent@yahoo.com, WikiLog