Entrepreneur, Technology Evangelist
San Francisco Bay Area
Entrepreneur, Technology Evangelist
San Francisco Bay Area
Strategic business development and platform evangelism for on-demand Web applications.
I build relationships with strategic partners, customers and communities to demonstrate the value of building on SaaS - software-as-a-service on-demand platforms.
As a vehicle for platform evangelism, I manage developer communities including sample applications, blogs, screen casts, podcasts, wikis, video podcasts to magnify the impact and reach of the message.
WordPress and SEO, Web software development technologies, developer community outreach via Blogs, Wikis, RSS, Podcast, Video, CSS, Web Design, Flash, Web Services. Local Search optimization expert for Small Businesses websites.
(Internet industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 9 months)
I help small businesses create WordPress websites and get new customers from Google, Yahoo and Bing local searches.
(Computer Software industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2007 — June 2008 (1 year )
Etelos provides a platform for building and distributing on-demand, customizable Web applications.
Software developers can:
1) Bring your existing PHP, Java, .Net or Ruby application, or create a new one using the language of your choice.
2) Distribute and monetize your app in the Etelos Marketplace.
Etelos handles the hosting, licensing and billing for you.
(Computer Games industry)
January 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 5 months)
KidConfidence is a resource for parents find the right video games for their children - games that are both fun and have learning value.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 7 months)
In this role I built relationships with partners, customers and communities to demonstrate the value of building on Office and Office Live (software-as-a-service) platforms.
I managed the on-boarding process for the first 30 partners to build on the new Office Live platform.
As a Microsoft technical evangelist, I built prototypes, demonstrations, and proof-of-concepts to develop compelling use-cases of Office and other Microsoft technologies integrated with other systems.
As a vehicle for platform evangelism, I managed and developed Office developer content on the popular Channel 9 developer community (http://channel9.msdn.com) including sample applications, blogs, screencasts, podcasts, wikis, video podcasts and community participation reaching over 4 million visitors per month.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 7 months)
- Defined complete Web services Management Platform for early-stage start-up company in emerging Web services market.
- Established partnerships with strategic technology partners resulting in VP and CTO level relationships with IBM and Sun.
- Defined product offerings within each partner’s eco-system and attained advanced partner levels and validation within both IBM and Sun. Established initial partnerships with BEA and Oracle.
- Built and performed compelling product demonstrations to Fortune 1000 companies, evangelized Infravio products and Web services technologies resulting in the company’s first four enterprise customers.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; IWOV; Computer Software industry)
June 1998 — July 2001 (3 years 2 months)
At Interwoven, I started out in technical sales, moved into product management and business development in this whirlwind tour of a full-cycle startup from 40 people to 1,000 and IPO.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Financial Services industry)
July 1989 — June 1998 (9 years )
Managed the Ford Credit web site production process, including: content development, managing web site updates across vendors and internal developers, coordinating production server and firewall issues with web site hosting facilities.
Designed and developed Java-based electronic commerce initiatives including a mission-critical commercial paper trading system, and Ford Credits pre-approval application integrated with the Ford Motors virtual shopping service
BBA , Operations Research, Computer Science , 1985 — 1989
WordPress, SEO, SEM, AJAX, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Flash, Design, digital photography, computer gaming, XBox 360, Tae Kwon Do, downhill skiing, inline hockey
3rd Degree Tae Kwon Do blackbelt, PADI certified diver