Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)

Current

• President at Flatirons Consulting, Inc

Past

• Technology Consultant at Mocapay
• CTO at Mocapay
• Senior eBusiness Analyst at Indigio Group

• Director of Business Development at The Indigio Group
• President/CEO at NewGuard
• Strategic Account Manager at XOR Network Engineering
• Director of Sales at XOR
• Account Manager at XOR Network Engineering
• Developer of Internet Technologies at XOR Network Engineering
• Technical Trainer at XOR Network Engineering

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Education

• University of Colorado at Boulder
• Wheat Ridge High School
• IBM

• Miller Heiman
• Sun Microsystems

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Summary

I am currently seeking and performing various consulting opportunities in the Denver/Boulder CO area including:

*Spiremedia, Denver CO - Sr.Web Strategist and Analyst and Information Architect:

Recent Spiremedia Projects:
*Web Strategy and Competitive Analysis for online background and person search organization
*Information Architecture and consulting on the redesign of a financial processors online Payment Gateway applications
*Information Architecture, mobile development strategy & xhtml implementation for several mobile phone applications - current project: Western Union mobile project
*Web Strategy for large online sporting goods retailer

*Metzger Associates, Boulder CO - Web Development Practice Director

*Presented at Metzger Associates and Business Wire - "New Media Summit" in Boulder on 7/14 - on how to use Mobile as a New Media distribution vehicle

*FL2 - Director of Business Development

*Presented overview of Mobile and Contactless Payments to the Rocky Mountain Users Group in Boulder, CO (www.rmiug.org)

Previously I worked at one of the only active Mobile Payment companies in the US. The roles I occupied there gave me strategic insight into all aspects of the Mobile Payment process including design, implementation and support of the current payment platform in production.

Prior to working at Mocapay, I spent 10+ years in Online/Web Strategy and Analysis developing Website and Web Application Strategies, developing Business and Functional Requirements and producing and managing the implementation of large scale web applications and websites.

Seasoned Business Development leader - with a client list that includes: Churchill Downs, Denver News Paper Agency, Sun Microsystems, etc.

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Specialties:

10+ years experience in developing web strategies, requirements and developing large web projects. eBusiness Strategy and Analysis, Requirements Definition, Information Architecture, Application Design and Development

Mobile application development consulting - helping companies looking to develop applications for mobile devices or port applications to mobile.

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Experience

• President

  Flatirons Consulting, Inc

  (Internet industry)

  October 2007 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  Senior eBusiness Analyst and Business Development Professional - Providing Business Analysis, Requirements Development (Business and Functional), eBusiness Architecture, eBusiness Consulting, Information Architecture, Web Analytics Strategy and Implementation - As well as Business Development consulting.
  
  Current Projects:
  Spiremedia, Denver, CO - Currently providing Sr. Web Strategist Analyst and Information Architect services to one of Denver's top Interactive Agencies. Currently involved in several projects with key Spiremedia clients.
  
  Metzger Associates, Boulder CO - Currently serving as Web Development Practice Leader for one of the most innovative new media and PR agencies.
  
  FL2, Denver, CO - Drawing off of my 10+ years of experience in Business Development to provide Business Development consulting and services to an Award Winning Interactive Agency in Denver. (www.fl-2.com)
  
  I have owned and operated Flatirons Consulting, Inc as a consulting entity since 1990.

• Technology Consultant

  Mocapay

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  October 2007 — January 2008 (4 months)

  Performing various technology consulting functions at Mocapay - a Mobile Payments company.
  
  Tasks include: Development of a Mobile Website using xhtml standards, implementation of Google Analytics into websites.

• CTO

  Mocapay

  (Public Company; 11-50 employees; Wireless industry)

  March 2007 — October 2007 (8 months)

  Initial CTO for a technology startup in the Mobile Payments industry. Wore ALL the technology hats in the company for the first 9 months of its existence and performed all technical related duties including: Software Design & Development on our Mobile Payments product (PHP/MySQL, LAMP), Vendor and Contractor Management, Product Technical Support, POS System Integration (Aloha, ASPEX), POS Gateway Support, SMS Gateway integration and support, Application and Infrastructure Architecture, Internal IT Support (including mobile devices iPhone, Blackberry, etc.), etc.
  
  Was the engineering and support lead for the Mobile Payment platform that has been in use in Boulder, CO. I have direct, real-world, hands on experience in with Mobile Payments, SMS Gateway Integration and Mobile Application Development.

• Senior eBusiness Analyst

  Indigio Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  November 2006 — March 2007 (5 months)

  Senior eBusiness Analyst at The Indigio Group where I developed eBusiness Strategies, Business and Functional Requirements, Platform Evaluations and Recommendations for many of Indigio's leading clients including: PODS, DEX, Great Moving Deals, Denver Newspaper Agency Real Estate Engine, Van Gilder Insurance, Budget Truck Rental, Dependable Auto Shippers, American Moving Consultants

• Director of Business Development

  The Indigio Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  June 2005 — March 2007 (1 year 10 months)

  Merged my business - NewGuard - into the Indigio Group and became the Business Development leader there. I managed many of Indigio's more strategic key accounts like The Denver Newspaper Agency and YourHub.com.
  
  Created and implemented Business Development processes, developed new Proposals and Business Development document templates, assisted in the implementation of SalesForce.com as a CRM tool throughout the company.
  
  Developed strategic partnerships with Google - Indigio became an Enterprise Search partner providing services for the Google Search Appliance - and Omniture - formalized Indigio's relationship with Omniture a leading Web Analytics company.

• President/CEO

  NewGuard

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Internet industry)

  October 2000 — June 2005 (4 years 9 months)

  President, Founder and Senior eBusiness Analyst at NewGuard (my company) an eBusiness Strategy and Development Company.
  
  NewGuard provided eBusiness Consulting, Requirements Analysis, Application Development, Website Development, Information Architecture and Usability Consulting for companies like: Churchill Downs, Inc., Webroot Software, Exabyte, Thomson Publishing (BioWorld Online, Thomson Venture Economics), The Cable Center, International Channel Networks, Gambro Healthcare, Navigant Biotechnologies, PacifiCare of Colorado, Sterling-Rice Group, Children's World Learning Centers, CrossWalk Solutions, etc.
  
  NewGuard did over $4M in business in just over 4 years time and had over 15 employees through its tenure.

• Strategic Account Manager

  XOR Network Engineering

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

  January 2000 — October 2000 (10 months)

  Senior Sales & Business Development Executive focused on identified accounts where the primary objective is to develop a multi-year, strategic relationship that builds revenue backlog via leveraged outsourced services. Accounts managed included:
  
  CyberCrop.com
  Churchill Downs, Inc.
  The Sporting News
  Times Mirror Interzines
  Sun Microsystems (Sun Educational Services)
  Harcourt Brace College Publishers
  
  Was responsible for delivering $3M+ in revenue from these accounts in Fiscal Year 2000.

• Director of Sales

  XOR

  (Internet industry)

  January 1999 — December 1999 (1 year)

  Managed a national sales team of ten Account Managers and Administrative Staff in two cities (Boulder, CO and Chicago, IL) that generated $10M in business for XOR in 1999, up from $4M in 1998. Responsibilities included sales forecasting and reporting, developing company sales policies and procedures, hiring and training of Sales personnel, sales prospecting, etc.

• Account Manager

  XOR Network Engineering

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  November 1995 — December 1998 (3 years 2 months)

  Sales role focused on building sales pipeline and closing new business opportunities for the company. As an Account Manager increased company sales revenues to over $2M in new business annually. Accounts personally obtained and managed included:
  
  The Colorado Rockies Baseball Club
  Horizon Organic Dairy
  Vail Resorts
  Booth Creek Ski Holdings
  Sapient
  Experimental and Applied Sciences (EAS)
  COBE Laboratories
  Bernina of America
  Case Logic

• Developer of Internet Technologies

  XOR Network Engineering

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  November 1995 — December 1998 (3 years 2 months)

  Oversee all aspects of Web site development including Web strategy, Information Architecture and Web design, HTML development, Web application architecture and implementation, Web hosting architecture design and development, technical project management and post-launch support.

• Technical Trainer

  XOR Network Engineering

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)

  November 1995 — December 1998 (3 years 2 months)

  Designed, developed and taught my own professional classes on the use of Java and JavaScript and Website Development and Website Configuration. Taught classes for XOR customers and on-site at Lucent Technologies (Thornton, CO) and UCAR (Boulder, CO).

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Education

• University of Colorado at Boulder

  Computer Science 1983 — 1987

• Wheat Ridge High School

  General, 1979 — 1981

• IBM

  Solution Selling 1999

  Activities and Societies:

  Completed IBM Solution Selling Sales Training

• Miller Heiman

  Large Account Management Process 1999

  Successful Large Account Management course completed while Director of Sales at XOR Network Engineering

• Sun Microsystems

  Java Programming 1996

  Attended one of the first Java Programming courses offered by Sun Microsystems

Additional Information

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Interests:

Collecting vintage Sports Memorabilia especially sports cards, running, working out, my family and kids, fantasy sports

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Groups:

CSIA
CTEK

•    Integrated Alliances
•    CU Business Networking
•    Wireless Jobs
•    Gmail Users
•    Jobs In Colorado
•    Technology Professionals of Colorado
•    Boulder Network of Professionals
•    BlackBerry User Group
•    Die Hard Fans Of Led Zeppelin
•    CSIA :: Colorado's Technology Association
•    SpireMedia Network
•    Linked To Denver
•    Business/Market Development
•    Boulder Denver New Tech Meetup

Dean Rizzuto (dean.rizzuto@gmail.com)’s Honors:

Society for Technical Communications (STC) award for website usability for Navigant Biotechnologies website 2001

Published Articles
"When it’s Time for a Website Makeover”, VAR Business Magazine, July 2002,
http://www.crn.com/it-channel/18828600

"Finding a Return on Internet Investment”, VAR Business Magazine, May 2002,
http://www.crn.com/it-channel/18837941

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