CTO, Technical Architect, Founder
Greater Denver Area
CTO, Technical Architect, Founder
Greater Denver Area
Dedicated, dynamic technology leader with extensive experience driving solid technical designs and establishing repeatable operational processes. Proven track record in designing eCommerce applications that increase conversion rates and drive customer retention. Organized and quality-oriented with recognized ability to concurrently manage multiple projects, product lines and resources. Focused on resolving complex business issues in a timely manner and driving revenue growth.
• Strategic Systems Analysis
• Competitive Analysis
• eCommerce Design
• Software Portfolio Management
• Software Development
• Continuous Process Improvement
• Forecasting and Budgeting
• Startup situations
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)
TriCalyx optimizes your business for the web. We improve online profitability by getting visitors to your web site, converting visitors to customers and analyzing how to improve that cycle again and again.
As your company grows, we provide a variety of software services to run your business more efficiently; custom software development, reporting, integrating customer data into financial, marketing and sales data, and scalability of your infrastructure.
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
July 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 7 months)
Managed corporate software development organization. Responsible for all corporate technology initiatives including a custom e-Commerce platform, all internet-facing web properties, software license management, product update delivery, and financial systems. Managed 21 team members.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MNST; Internet industry)
April 2003 — July 2005 (2 years 4 months)
VP, Product Strategic Systems: Directed implementation of strategic software portfolio and long-term implementation roadmap. Responsible for all business and systems analysis, technical design and project management for all core internet properties. Founded the organization and grew it to 14 team members within 6 months.
Development Director for Employer Applications: Directed all development for Monster’s core Employer applications. Managed 25 developers across 7 applications. Dotted line management of 11 additional offshore development resources.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DIVN; Computer Software industry)
December 2001 — February 2003 (1 year 3 months)
Directed product suite integration strategy for 29 acquired product lines after Eprise Corporation was acquired. Determined optimal revenue-generating suites and designed common APIs.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; EPRS; Internet industry)
November 1998 — December 2001 (3 years 2 months)
Designed product features for Participant Server based on a solid understanding of customer requirements. Produced 17 functional specifications in a 3-month period to drive V4.0 product direction.
Developed highly extendable “site builder” framework based on best practices. Defined all functional requirements for Content Management software application. Performed market and competitive analysis. Designed best practices sample suite. Developed layered add-on applications. Managed 5 team members.
(acquired by divine, inc.)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1996 — February 1998 (2 years 2 months)
Designed and implemented several large technical applications including real-time production database to data warehouse replication product and centralized repository for retirement plan fund trades for a large financial institution.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1988 — December 1995 (8 years)
Developed a wireless fraud management product that is still in production today across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Technical mentor for six-month hands-on Expert Systems design program.
BS , Computer Engineering , 1983 — 1987
Emphasis on Object-Oriented Software Design and Expert System Design
Startup situations Eco-related and environmentally focused companies Art and Art publications Socially-focused opportunities
2004 - Nominated as one of the Top 100 Employees at Monster
2002 - Most Distinguished Technical Publication award for Best Practices Quick Start Card