Visionary and entrepreneurial senior IT executive with demonstrated experience in designing, planning, developing, and implementing cutting-edge technology solutions to address business opportunities.  Hired and developed teams for implementation and operation of product management, product development, quality assurance, and information technology departments.  Established and enforced a strict budget by assessing needs and company priorities.  Advanced company sales and image by presenting to senior executives, industry and technology groups, and educational seminars.  Experienced in development methodologies, project and resource management, requirement distillation, joint application development, and cross-functional teams.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

SELECTED ACHIEVEMENTS

EXPERIENCE

Chief Technology Officer, MediaOcean, Inc.– Atlanta, GA, 10/1999 – Current

     Responsible for all technology strategy consistent with overall business strategy and market needs.  Developed objectives, policies, budgets, and operating plans for the development, quality assurance, production operations, and information technology departments and   directed their interpretation, implementation, and achievement.  Worked with other executives to define product goals, direction, and schedules; ensured departments worked cross-functionally.  Under direct supervision of the CEO, managed 5 direct reports with a total of 67 employees.

• Designed next generation broadcast management system with never-seen-before features:
• Sales and research inventory integration across the Internet using custom built appliances
• Full EDI integration with agency systems
• Approvals, notifications, proxies, and other workflow features
• Linked proposal and order system for better sales management
• Built using cutting edge technology: J2EE & J2SE, XML, OLAP, etc.

Engineering Manager, Marimba, Inc. – Atlanta, GA, 3/1999 – 10/1999

     Responsible for all consulting and sales engineering based in the Southeast.  Provided sales, technical, and consulting support to all company’s southeast customers. Helped to provide single technical point of contact for all large customer’s needs in the Southeast.

• Opened southeast office
• Helped meet revenue goals in office’s first year

Consultant, Intellinet Corporation – Atlanta, GA, 2/1998 – 3/1999

     Provided development, database, and Internet expertise to consulting projects around the Southeast.  Managed small teams of consultants, created responses to RFPs, fixed bids, and project plans for customers. 

• Created database replication system to support off-site near-real time data availability for a securities management business managing over $50 billion.
• Created database-driven Internet publishing system for a customer with over 200 offices worldwide.
• Trained students in Microsoft technology as a MCT during bench times

Product Manager, BT Squared, Technologies – Atlanta, GA, 3/1997 – 2/1998

     Selected product features, assessed client needs, distilled requirements, and implemented product prototypes. 

• Created first Internet prototype in setting new product strategy
• Created partnership with XcelleNet to add remote and mobile features to the product

Systems Engineer,Xcellenet Inc. – Atlanta, GA, 5/1996 – 3/1997 

     Supplied post-sales support, consulting, and implementation to XcelleNet customers and partners. 

• Won Chairman’s Club award for 1996, granted to one employee of each department

Technical Team Lead, Crawford and Company – Atlanta, GA, 5/1995 – 5/1996

     New Healthcare technical group was formed, placed in lead role to research, propose, and implement new system for the Healthcare division.

• Migrated indemnity mainframe system to new client / server managed care system

IS Manager, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of MD – Baltimore, MD, 3/1992 – 5/1995

     Managed the Information Technology for the Individual Market Division of BCBS/MD.  Maintained servers, databases, routers, applications, and workstations for 160 people.

Systems Operator (co-op), DuPont, Wilmington, DE, 9/1990 – 3/1992

     Created, maintained, and ran batch jobs on two mainframe systems and one UNIX machine.  Performed all system maintenance, LAN administration, and minor system development.

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, Camden, NJ, Computer Science, 9/1988 – 3/1992

University of Phoenix On-line, Phoenix, AZ, Information Systems, 2/2000 - 5/2003