Dan Blake

Current

President at CourseMax

Past

President at Intelligix, Inc.
Director of Technical Services at Spherix, Inc.
V.P. Consulting Services at Enterprise Technology Group

Senior Network Engineer at Gradient Systems
Network Manager at Williamsburg Builders/Patriot Homes (Now Lennar)
System Analyst at Ryland Homes
President at Optimum Construction Concepts
Project Engineer at Whiting Turner Contracting

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Education

University of Maryland College Park
Mt. Hebron

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Industry

Computer Software

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Dan Blake’s Summary

Have founded and grown multiple successful Information Technology companies. Experienced in information technology, systems integration, software development, information security, technology architecture, professional education/training, business management, financial management, sales management, marketing management.

Dan Blake’s Specialties:

Information technology, systems integration, networking, information security, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), professional/technical education, training business management, software as a service.

Dan Blake’s Experience

President

CourseMax

(Computer Software industry)

December 2005 — Present (4 years )

CourseMax is a free online community for continuing education. Students, Instructors, Training Providers, and Corporate Learning Officers use CourseMax to build and use their social network, communicate in forums, post blogs, and market their services and products. CourseMax also offers premium solutions for training providers such as CourseMax CRM, to manage training, student enrollments, course catalogs, schedules, instructors, and venues. CourseMax premium products integrate seamlessly and take advantage of the online community.
President

Intelligix, Inc.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

February 2000 — January 2008 (8 years )

Mr. Blake founded Intelligix, Inc. in 2000 and grew the firm to revenues of over $2M annually by 2004. Under Mr. Blake’s leadership, Intelligix achieved Gold Partner status with Microsoft, Premier Partner with Cisco Systems, became a leading partner for Microsoft CRM in the Northern Virginia market, and performed critical, advanced network engineering and software development work for the Department of Veterans Affairs, FBI, and the DoD.

In January of 2007, Mr. Blake successfully negotiated the acquisition of Intelligix.
Director of Technical Services

Spherix, Inc.

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; SPEX; Information Services industry)

April 1999 — February 2000 (11 months)

Director of Technical Services for a Call Center and Information Services provider. Information Technology and Telecommunications Management.
V.P. Consulting Services

Enterprise Technology Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

May 1997 — March 1999 (1 year 11 months)

Started and managed a group within the company providing network and systems integration consulting services. Performed design, planning, and implementation services on a variety of consulting projects.
Senior Network Engineer

Gradient Systems

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Networking industry)

November 1996 — April 1997 (6 months)

Served as the Microsoft Windows NT technical lead for the Systems Administration branch of the Single Agency Manager at the Pentagon. Provided Microsoft networking expertise as a participant of a team to redesign the information systems of the Pentagon. Provided high level support and troubleshooting for Microsoft BackOffice products on a campus WAN that included over 80 servers and 4000 workstations. Led project for implementing Microsoft SMS for the U.S. Navy.
Network Manager

Williamsburg Builders/Patriot Homes (Now Lennar)

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Networking industry)

April 1994 — October 1996 (2 years 7 months)

Managed computing and network resources including servers, network equipment, software, and workstations. Developed quoting/estimating software for home sales.
System Analyst

Ryland Homes

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Construction industry)

May 1993 — March 1994 (11 months)

Developed Software for analysis of the energy efficiency of homes. Developed software tools for integration of CAD and estimating software and automated bill of materials generation.
President

Optimum Construction Concepts

(Privately Held; Myself Only; Construction industry)

August 1992 — April 1993 (9 months)

Provided construction scheduling, CAD, and software development services to companies in the AEC community.
Project Engineer

Whiting Turner Contracting

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Construction industry)

December 1990 — July 1992 (1 year 8 months)

Provided computer and network support, estimating for construction proposals, computerized scheduling, CAD drawings. Trained engineering staff in the use of a variety of construction software packages for estimating, scheduling and design. Managed scheduling for several large construction projects.

Dan Blake’s Education

University of Maryland College Park

BS , Engineering , 1986 — 1990

Research Assistant for Construction Automation Engineering

Activities and Societies:

ASCE
Mt. Hebron

High School , 1982 — 1986