Summary: CTO with track-record building agile product-development teams for start-ups, seeking senior role in entrepreneurial organization building disruptive Internet-driven products.

Career

2007 - current

CTO: DailyLit, LLC

• Managed off-shore development contractor and distant-US junior developer. Wrote specs, tested systems, reviewed code, directed improvements, wrote code directly (PHP, MySQL).

2003 - 2007

CTO: Living Independently Group, Inc.

• Turned consultant-built prototype into production business application (using all-OpenSource stack). Used mix of writing code, hiring independent consultants, and building permanent staff. Replaced certain elements of architecture as priorities allowed, without disruption to production system.

• Set direction/requirements for new client-hardware generation, focusing on solving whole-product logistics challenges and increasing similarity to server technology choices to leverage skills of small staff.

• Managed all technology and operations (installations, hardware vendor management, etc.).

• Defined technical strategy, participated in business strategic direction.˙

2002 – 2003

Founder: Fluxent, Inc.

• Operating wiki hosting service for teams and individuals (wikilogs) based on customizing existing OpenSource wiki. Write code, support users, speak at conference.

2000 - 2002

CTO/COO: Axiom Legal Solutions, Inc.

• Designed and built intranet/extranet applications, using Microsoft platform for leverage of tools already available to small controlled user population.

• Built custom timesheet web-app for attorney use, using Python within IIS. Designed process for exporting data to QuickBooks.

• Began design of reputation-based professional services market; held back execution until business scale was appropriate (which was never reached).

• Designed sales management process for founders to use in managing their own and others' efforts for greater focus, account penetration, and performance evaluation.

• Defined technical strategy, participated in business strategic direction.

• Managed all technical operations, development, design staff. Coordinated non-tech projects.

1995 - 2000

Vice President, Technology: Medscape, Inc.

• Developed phase-I technology architecture used by Medscape for first 2 years of existence. Performed all programming used on server and for internal utilities. Designed semi-automated production procedures.

• Planned, managed transition to phase-II platform (Windows NT, Netscape, NetGravity). Wrote specifications for custom development, managed staff of 6 (incl. ops) plus contractors.

• Planned development of phase-III architecture to be based on OpenSource (Linux, Apache, Python).

• Sat on corporate management committee which coordinated entire business operation and strategy.

1993 - 1995

Product Manager: SCP Communications

• Developed first-stage business plan (pro formas, much of text) for entry into electronic medical information industry (which became Medscape); model helped prevent entry into non-strategic training business. Developed advertising-supported World Wide Web service launched in May 1995. Coordinated service design, graphic design, production, rate card development.

• Analyzed business units’ financial performance; developed budgets and forecasts for future.

• Performed project audits to identify sources of cost variances for purposes of additional client billing and future process improvement.

• Implemented change of PC-based accounting systems based on business data needs.

1990 - 1993

Manager - Project Control Systems; Senior Financial Analyst: CBS, Inc.

• Developed intranet project-cost-tracking database for all Engineering projects for Broadcast Center, increasing timeliness and accuracy of feedback, improving project schedules and costs.

• Migrated capital budgeting process for spreadsheets to database to speed report-iteration process with greater accuracy.

• Prepared departmental capital and operating budgets, analyzed performance against budget.

1987 - 1988

Project Management Engineer: New York Hospital

• Analyzed operational performance of departments, made recommendations for improvements. Identified potential cost savings of up to $500,000 per department.

1985 - 1987

Productivity/Financial Consultant: URS Corporation

• Designed work process for consulting engagements for stormwater management utilities, managed projects using that process. Wrote manual, designed forms. Wrote issue summaries to resolve implementation issues for policies.

• Recruited, interviewed, hired, trained, managed project staff of up to twenty.

1984 - 1985

Management Analyst: Science Management Corp.

• Performed work-process consulting for various clients in aerospace , healthcare, and other industries.

Education

1988 - 1990

Columbia Business School: M.B.A. - Finance/Marketing; Dean’s List, Scholarship

• Finance: securities analysis, portfolio management, corporate finance, financial accounting, venture capital (stubs).

• Marketing: new product development, marketing of financial services, direct marketing.

• (Employment: freelance computer consulting)

1980 - 1984

Cornell University: B.S. - Op. Res. & Ind. Eng.; Dean’s List

• Business: capital budgeting, industrial systems analysis, production planning, logistics management, simulation, optimization, organizational behavior, accounting; computer programming; analog and digital electrical systems.

• (Employment: fraternity services; high-tech valve assembly)