Louis Clark

Current

Independent IT Management Consultant at Lou Clark Enterprises

Past

Principal Architect at NWN Corporation
Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Inc
Assoc VP, Tech & Info Infrastructure at In-Q-Tel, Inc

Consultant at Renaissance Worldwide, Inc
CEO (sole proprietor) at Lou Clark Enterprises
VP at Systems Engineering
Director at International Systems Services
Director, Application Product Integration at Computer Associates International
Vice President, Systems at Integrated Planning, Inc
Manager, Computer Services at SofTech, Inc
Systems Programmer at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Tech Support Programmer at John Hancock

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Education

Temple University
Saint Joseph's University
LaSalle College High School

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Louis Clark’s Summary

I'm an independent technology consultant.
A can-do, hands-on technologist and leader of elite teams with deep insight into business needs, technology and how to bring the two together.

I learned at MIT labs and MIT software spinoffs, then, joining a startup, developed a commercial software product. I have been passing on what I have learned (consulting) to Fortune 500 CIOs.
I led the team that transferred the first sophisticated, commercial technologies, acquired by In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture capital arm, into the U.S. Intelligence Community.

I advise and make things happen for people and companies with Information Technology: Business Intelligence, performance (organizational and systems), technology introduction, agility, software development, fun stuff...

Lately I have been mentoring IT folks: developers and entrepreneurs in the next generation. Using my experience to help those coming up prosper.

I developed Stratagem (aka Acumate), the BI tool Lotus (and lots of banks and insurance companies) chose to use internally. CA acqired Stratagem. I also implemented CommBridge, Massachusett's innovative smart government technology.

Louis Clark’s Specialties:

The hardest technology problems. I've helped Draper Labs (MIT), Citigroup, the Postal Service, Elizabeth Arden, Reader's Digest, KPMG, most of the largest US electric utilities, as well the US Intelligence community solve some complex problems.

Louis Clark’s Experience

Independent IT Management Consultant

Lou Clark Enterprises

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)

I advise and do Information Technology consulting: project management, Business Intelligence, performance (organizational and systems) technology introduction, Agility, software development...Prior to this, I developed Stratagem, the BI tool Lotus (and lots of banks and insurance companies) chose to use internally
Transferred the first technology from In-Q-Tel to the CIA
Implemented CommBridge, Massachusett's innovative smart government technology
Principal Architect

NWN Corporation

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2008 — October 2008 (9 months)

Designed the implementation architecture for a Health and Human Services Connected Framework that allowed state and local governments to coordinate, collaborate and connect disparate HHS services. The goal was to provide efficient, improved HHS services with a greatly improved focus on the families who receive the services.
Senior Program Manager

Microsoft Inc

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

February 2007 — February 2008 (1 year 1 month)

Program Manager for Office Groove. Responsible for IPv6 and 64 bit implementations as well as next-release enhancements to several of the Groove "tools" (Files, Lists...) in particular enhanced integration with SharePoint
Assoc VP, Tech & Info Infrastructure

In-Q-Tel, Inc

(Non-Profit; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2000 — November 2006 (6 years 11 months)

A critical Venture Capital link between the CIA and the most promising technologies in the marketplace.

A "Visionary Solutions Architect", finding and performing due diligence upon potential tech investments. Shepherded the technologies from entrepreneurial cradles to deployment in the Agency and in the commercial world

* Established a showcase IT organization
* Delivered first-ever technology project to the CIA from In-Q-Tel in 2000
* Went through full Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) attestation
* Used Great Plains software to track complex contract commitments
* Vetted proposed software investments. Early investments (2000 and 2002) are now among the most widely adopted software technologies that In-Q-Tel has brought to its partner Agencies.
* "My" technologies (investments and others) included Agent Logic, Traction, General Interface, Infobionics, X1, categorization products such as Stratify and Mohomine, Kerika, Groove, and others
* Built an advanced technology lab that made excellent use of Web 2.0, AJAX, Ruby on Rails and Eclipse
Consultant

Renaissance Worldwide, Inc

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Management Consulting industry)

1993 — 1999 (6 years )

I worked for ISS as a Director 1990-93, then as a sub-contractor to ISS and its acquiring corporation, Renaissance till 1999. I was a management consultant, consulting on technology. Our clients included Elizabeth Arden, Reader's Digest, Fannie Mae, KPMG, Verizon (then Bell Atlantic), JP Morgan and Quintiles
CEO (sole proprietor)

Lou Clark Enterprises

(Information Technology and Services industry)

1993 — 1999 (6 years )

Went independent from ISS in 1993, consulted to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, KPMG, Beneficial Finance, Zep Manufacturing, Conrail, Bell Atlantic, The Monitor Group, Bain Consulting. Consulted on IT organization, architecture, new technology acquisition, ERP, and developed advanced BI systems, sometimes using only Excel. Pioneered method for providing very advanced management consulting graphics ("Marimekko" and bubble charts) in simple tools such as Excel and OLE/ActiveX components.
VP

Systems Engineering

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

1997 — 1997 (less than a year)

Implemented CommBridge at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Director

International Systems Services

(Computer Software industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years )
Director, Application Product Integration

Computer Associates International

(Public Company; CA; Computer Software industry)

1987 — 1990 (3 years )

Integrated Planning, provider of Stratagem (later Acumate, Acumen in Europe) was acquired by CA in 1987. Stratagem was later acuired by Kenan Systems and renamed Acumate. Acumate can still be found in the Oracle Retail Predictive Application Server (acquired from Retek who licensed Acumate).

While at CA, I expanded from decision support software to all application software, in particular the Masterpiece suite of financial applications. My role was product integration among the large portfolio of application products CA acquired at that time from General Electric, Uccel, and Cullinet
Vice President, Systems

Integrated Planning, Inc

(Computer Software industry)

1984 — 1987 (3 years )

I developed STRATAGEM, a high-end Decision Support System, implemented as a 4GL (fourth generation programming language). The core concepts were originally developed at MIT as part of the TROLL project. Our customers included Citibank, the Bank of Boston, Aetna, Unum, CNA, the US Postal Service, US West, Pacific Northwest Bell, most of the US' largest electric utilities, Mars, Tropicana and Ocean Spray. Stratagem was marketed as Acumen by Mars in Europe.
Manager, Computer Services

SofTech, Inc

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Computer Software industry)

1982 — 1984 (2 years )

Provided computer systems support to 500 software engineers. SofTech provided custom compilers to the DoD, including ADA. Also provided commercial support to the UCSD P-System at SofTech Microsystems in San Diego
Systems Programmer

Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

1978 — 1982 (4 years )

Central support for lab of 2000 mostly MIT engineers. Draper provides advanced inertial guidance and fault tolerant systems to NASA and the DoD
Tech Support Programmer

John Hancock

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

1977 — 1978 (1 year )

Louis Clark’s Education

Temple University

PhD (abd) , Philosophy , 1970 — 1974

Activities and Societies:

British and American analytical philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Science
Saint Joseph's University

AB with Honors , English , 1966 — 1970
LaSalle College High School

Diploma , English , 1962 — 1966

Activities and Societies:

Track, Gazebo Literary Magazine