
President & COO at Travis Software
Houston, Texas Area

President & COO at Travis Software
Houston, Texas Area
Delivering breakthrough results at the crossroads of IT, process improvement, and business goals.
Growth driver with 10+ years’ deep experience leading web and software development. Adept at aligning technology and business strategies to maximize profitability. Expert in growth management, branding, public relations, and target marketing. Talent for transforming challenges into opportunity.
Proactive leader, inspiring talented teams to achieve “stretch” goals. Expert at translating business needs into technical specs that deliver desired results. Profit from volatile markets by adapting cutting-edge technology.
Valued member of senior executive team. Right-hand advisor to CEO.
Agile Software Development, Social Media, Internet Marketing, Contract Negotiations, Proposal Development, Change Management, IT Strategy, Web Design
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
Grew revenues 80% in 2 years of executive management, delivering 99.99% system availability. Key player in technical design and business management of flagship product, WebCOBRA, representing 75% of sales.
Accountable for IT strategy, product management, internal systems, customer support, financial reporting, and order fulfillment. 7 direct, 14 indirect reports.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year)
Head of research and development for small (25 people) company firm specializing in benefit administration. Designed, coded, and launched a rewrite of existing product line which has become the largest revenue growth for the company. Upgraded Travis's IT environment and created data-center for new e-services.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2005 — December 2006 (2 years)
Managed all software development efforts of Travis, including 7 developers. Managed the deployment and launch of WebCOBRA.
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
January 2002 — December 2004 (3 years)
Hired to create a web-based replacement for a 20+ year old desktop system. Spent 3 years learning and writing code to launch in Feb 2005 on budget (and only 30 days late)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2000 — January 2002 (1 year 6 months)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
Small to medium business website design - mostly static websites that listed contact information. Some database driven websites, but without the resources of a corporation, little interactively was possible (it was 1998). Taught myself programming and learned that there was much I needed to learn.
(Computer Software industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)