- Grew up in NJ. Lived in the North East (USA), South East (USA), NorCal and SoCal, and the United Kingdom
- Graduate of MIT (aeronautical and astronautical engineering) and Harvard University (MPP)
- First Internet use: 400-baud, half-duplex modem using CompuServe in 1983
First Mobile and Tablet use: That’s Classified (I’m not kidding, circa 1994)
First Big Data use: That’s Classified too (I’m not kidding, Peta-byte level systems circa 1993)
First Elastic Computing use: Developing always-on, horizontally scalable systems in 1998 - First job: Staff Scientist (programming satellite navigation software) at MIT Lincoln Laboratory
(in the interestingly-named “Surveillance Techniques” group) - Now: Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) @ Cmed Group – Pursuing consumer-centric use of cloud, mobile and tablet computing technology to change medicine and health.
- Also: General Partner, Early Stage Advisor and Consultant @ Oulixeus Ltd
Also: Board Member, Stealth Social Commence/Curated Media Startup (Launching Summer 2012) - Formerly: CIO & VP of Technology @ INgage Networks, Tech Director of Architecture & Core Systems @ AOL
- Twenty years turning new and emerging technologies into award-winning products, applications and services. Most recent products have been in: white label social networks, social business intelligence, social commerce, cloud computing (private, community and hybrid), mobile and tablet computing, and augmented reality.
- Hands-on technology experience: 12 years as a Software Engineer, Systems Administrator, Product Manager, Project Manager and Chief Architect
- Management experience: 13 years (Architecture, Product, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Professional Services, Operations, Strategy, Marketing and Development) – including seven years at the executive level
- Employment experience: 2/3 creating award-winning tech for business : 1/3 driving tech as a business owner;
3/4 Fortune-500 : 1/4 Early Stage - What I do for fun: Travel, cooking, photography… take a look
Summary: I am passionate about using new and emerging technologies to change how people work and live. A veteran of the software, Internet and information technology sector since 1992, I have led Product, Architecture, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Professional Services, Operations, Marketing and Development–for both Fortune-500 and Early Stage companies, across many industries. Through these experiences, I have repeatedly delivered award-winning applications, products and services that have enabled companies to leapfrog the competition.
Specialties: High-Scale Software, Systems and Operations | Internet, Online Media, Social Media | eCommerce, Social Commerce, Advertising | CRM, SocialCRM | Business Intelligence | Business, Information and Systems Architecture | Cloud Computing, SaaS, Virtualization | Mobile, Tablets, BYOD | Distributed Systems, Big Data
More complete versions of my biography can be found at TechCrunch and on LinkedIn.
Contact me for: New ventures; advisor, board membership and consulting requests; expertise and due diligence analysis; blogging, panelist and public speaking requests.
