Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- CTO at RecoveryPlanner.com
- CEO at CT Technology Solutions/CTTechHosting.net
- Past
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- VP Product Development at Greenfield Online
- Regional Manager at Experio Solutions
- Director of Business Development at NetQuotient
- Director of Business Development at Net Quotient
- VP, Web Services at NationsBank
- Director of Research at Apollo Derivatives Group
- Director of Research at Klee Research & Trading
- Senior Systems Analyst at Refco, Inc.
- Senior Systems Analyst at Salomon Brothers
- Audit Staff at Ernst & Whinney
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder
- University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business
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Chett Rubenstein’s Experience
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CTO
RecoveryPlanner.com
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 3 months)
RecoveryPlanner.com is a wholly owned subsidiary of CAPS Business Recovery Services. Developers of the industry leading RecoveryPlanner® web application, the company provides enterprise solutions for business continuity and disaster recovery planning, event management and emergency notifications. Responsibilities include management of all product development and support, product strategy, sales and marketing support. Accomplishments include growing staff from 4 to 18; establishing new quarterly objectives and review procedures; significant revision and stabilization of existing code base; complete rewrite of existing product to allow for future growth and competitiveness; complete re-architecture and move to new production environment resulting in increased SLA capabilities.
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CEO
CT Technology Solutions/CTTechHosting.net
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2001 — Present (7 years 11 months)
Launched this firm to develop software solutions for businesses. Currently marketing first product, the CTTech ContentManager™, which is an open standards system to manage Web-based digital assets, for use as a platform to build and deploy effective business solutions.
Other activities include: CTTechHosting.net, offering affordable Linux/Tomcat Web hosting and email services and the CTTech ContentManager™ as an add-on service; DSNmedia, offering a powerful management service (DSN Management™) and ancillary products (DSN MediaPlayer™, DSN AdMan™, DSN LitePlayer™) for Digital Signage Networks. -
VP Product Development
Greenfield Online
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SRVY; Market Research industry)
January 2005 — April 2006 (1 year 4 months)
Greenfield Online is a $100 million company providing online survey takers to the market research industry. Began as a consultant, joining the firm as an employee in May 2005. Developed GoQuote, the firm’s first major online ordering system - GoQuote. Additional responsibilities included the creation of specialty panel products for both Teens and B2B/IT. Strong emphasis on operational process redesign and implementation, software and database design, requirements documentation, internal user training, client training, product marketing and evangelism.
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Regional Manager
Experio Solutions
(Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
November 2000 — August 2001 (10 months)
Initially managed the Northeast Region of the Enterprise Technology Solutions practice. Responsibilities included P&L, recruiting, sales and delivery of services. Then created and managed the Financial Industry Services practice, representing the firm's first industry vertical practice, focusing on the financial industry. Developed and marketed the first full solution set for this practice.
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Director of Business Development
NetQuotient
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 1997 — October 2000 (3 years 3 months)
This firm was originally named Pencom Web Works, until it was purchased by Applicom Software Industries, Inc. and renamed Net Quotient. I was initially responsible for all sales and business development activities for the Chicago region, which grew from 3 to 21 employees during my tenure. Established multiple vendor partner relationships. I then moved to the corporate headquarters in New York, where I was responsible for all large corporate accounts and the development of a financial vertical practice. I was accountable for all aspects of business in the region including managing 17 consultants, P&L projections and budgeting, sales, etc.
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Director of Business Development
Net Quotient
(Computer Software industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
NetQuotient and Net Quotient are the same company.
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VP, Web Services
NationsBank
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)
February 1995 — July 1997 (2 years 6 months)
One of the four founding members of the Global Finance Web Group that was responsible for all Internet/Intranet development for Global Finance. My role was to understand all current and emerging Web technologies, select the technologies used for strategic purposes, and implement these technologies for tactical applications. Accomplishments included strategic partnership with NetDynamics and enterprise-wide deployment of their Web application server software. Prior to founding the Global Finance Web Group, I represented Information Services on the trading desk of the Foreign Exchange business unit. Accomplishments included the development of an exotic options pricing and risk management tool for the sales and trading desks.
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Director of Research
Apollo Derivatives Group
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1993 — January 1995 (2 years 1 month)
Managed all aspects of the start of operations for this proprietary options/futures arbitrage group including staffing of CFO and MIS Director positions, design of floor trading software and management of outside programming consultant, design and setup of office space, management of clearing firm relationships, financial and managerial reporting, and strategic planning. Responsible for selecting and setting up production environment using DOS workstations on a Novell LAN with an Ethernet backbone and remote connectivity using Shiva hardware/software. Additionally responsible for selection of NeXTStep as the software development platform for a new production environment utilizing existing Ethernet backbone and TCP/IP. Completed Apollo's formal training program to become an option market maker in the Ten-Year Treasury Note Options at the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Director of Research
Klee Research & Trading
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
September 1989 — December 1992 (3 years 4 months)
Served in a variety of technical roles for this proprietary options/futures arbitrage group. Technical environment included Microsoft C, C-Scape, and DBVista. Responsibilities and accomplishments included managing all computer operations for the firm; designed and coded all floor trading software including theoretical pricing sheets, position management, and risk analysis; designed and coded solutions to various research projects providing theoretical justification for various arbitrage opportunities.
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Senior Systems Analyst
Refco, Inc.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)
December 1988 — July 1989 (8 months)
Acted as the liaison between the IT department and the various trading desks. Representative accomplishments included the design and coding of various options/futures trading applications for the currency, metals, and bond markets, including trade entry, position tracking and risk analysis, management reporting, and customer confirmations/statements; assisted options desk with the coding of various option pricing routines using variations of the Black-Scholes and Cox-Rubenstein models.
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Senior Systems Analyst
Salomon Brothers
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)
April 1986 — November 1988 (2 years 8 months)
Initially joined the firm to automate subsidiary Salomon Brothers Realty Corp. Created a comprehensive inventory management system for mortgage whole loans, first prototyping a working production model using DBaseIII. Then led a team of 3 in redesigning, developing, and implementing a permanent solution in C using IBM RT workstations running AIX with an Informix DB engine. This multi-user, networked system interfaced with an off-the-shelf accounting package also based on Informix. Additional responsibilities and accomplishments included the management of all computer operations for the subsidiary including the acquisition of all hardware and software, networking of computers, and training of end users; ported price/yield analytics from Prime minicomputer to PC for sale of mortgage origination subsidiary (Residential Funding Corp.); researched advanced technology solutions for firm-wide application, concentrating on UNIX Workstations, SQL Databases, and Micro/Mainframe Connectivity.
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Audit Staff
Ernst & Whinney
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Accounting industry)
February 1985 — March 1986 (1 year 2 months)
Performed various audit functions including spreadsheet automation of manual work papers. Specialized in the financial industry.
Chett Rubenstein’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder
BS Business Administration , Accounting, International Finance, Computer Science , 1980 — 1984
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University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business
Field Study in International Finance 1980 — 1984
Thesis on International Loan Syndications
