Marston Alfred

Current

Founder & CEO at SugarStats LLC

Past

Web Design and Hosting Contractor at Marston Innovation
Systems and Application Engineer at AEGON
West Coast Regional Wireless Engineer at IT Global Solutions

Lead Field Engineer at Bikini Vending Internet Kiosks
Network Engineer and ISP Support at Cari.net
Web Master and Network Engineer at Rainbow Nation Foundation

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Health, Wellness and Fitness

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Marston Alfred’s Summary

Entrepreneur, Health disruptive visionary and Health 2.0 management innovator. Over 10 years doing Product/Service Development, Online Business Development, Technical Consulting, Web Design and Development, Network/Server Architecture contracting and Technology Project Management.

Aiming to help address the worldwide diabetes epidemic and innovate in the Health 2.0 sector as well as the emerging online PHR (Personal Health Record)/disease management industry.

Currently creating online tools and resources to provide optimal health management and further the wellness to the world-wide diabetes population as well as their physicians via online diabetes management solutions.

Marston Alfred’s Specialties:

Online Health Solutions, Online Disease Management Platforms, Small Business Management, Web Technology Startup, Patient-Centric Healthcare Solutions, Ruby on Rails, Unix Network/Server Architecture, Network/Computer Security, Project and Design Management, SEO/SEM Optimization, PPC/Online/Email Campaign Marketing and Management, UI Design and Organizational, International Communication and Collaboration, Technical Troubleshooting and Problem Solving, "Getting it".

Marston Alfred’s Experience

Founder & CEO

SugarStats LLC

(Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

April 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)

SugarStats LLC is a Health 2.0 next-generation online diabetes management company recently re-headquartered in Cupertino, CA with parts of our team in Hawaii and Europe.

We've been at it since 2006 and have been awarded best online diabetes management website for both 2007 and 2008 by Health 2.0 research firm MarketIntellNow.

Specifically, Sugarstats is a global diabetes management company delivering a simple online platform and social support network, that empowers people to track/monitor their diabetes quickly and effectively every day.

We deliver a diabetics health status to anybody they feel needs to know about it such as their doctor, friends or family. Sugarstats profoundly changes the face of diabetes management for health care systems and diabetics alike.
Web Design and Hosting Contractor

Marston Innovation

(Internet industry)

January 2005 — June 2008 (3 years 6 months)

Went back into contracting after moving to the Netherlands. I serviced and contracted with local European clients as well as clients based in the U.S.

I provided a full-service Internet presence solutions for small-business and organizations. Everything from XHTML/CSS standard web design to UNIX based server administration and hosting.

Services also included SEO/SEM, PPC Campaign Management, Email Marketing campaign creation and management, Custom CMS implementation and custom development in PHP/MySQL and Ruby on Rails.
Systems and Application Engineer

AEGON

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AEG; Insurance industry)

2006 — 2007 (1 year )
West Coast Regional Wireless Engineer

IT Global Solutions

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

November 2003 — January 2005 (1 year 3 months)

Lead Wireless Engineer for IT Global Solutions. Included surveying, designing, configuring, implementing and maintaining high-speed WiFi networks for Educational Campus', Hotels, Restaurant/Cafe establishments, Corporate Offices and Metro area's in the West Coast.

We held close partnerships with Pronto, Intel, D-Link, Boingo, Proxim and 3Com.
Lead Field Engineer

Bikini Vending Internet Kiosks

(Computer Networking industry)

December 2002 — November 2003 (1 year )

Lead field engineer for Southern California region responsible for configuring, installing and maintaining public internet kiosks at over 1700+ locations. Position included managing clients, customer service, workstation troubleshooting and router/network troubleshooting at location.

I directly managed and trained 2 other network field techs under me to do the same. I was responsible for all new field technician training.
Network Engineer and ISP Support

Cari.net

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

July 2001 — May 2002 (11 months)

Cari.net is Southern California's largest ISP and hosting provider. They had several data-center's and needed network engineer's and 2nd/3rd level customer support specialists.

My role was to provide network support by adding/maintaining the 5,000+ Linux, BSD and Cobalt server farm and co-location facilities in the San Diego data center as well as provide customer support for hard to solve technical issues.
Web Master and Network Engineer

Rainbow Nation Foundation

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

April 1997 — March 2000 (3 years )

Worked with a non-profit organization as their main network technician and web design specialist. Provided custom made HTML web sites, graphic design, internal CMS systems and technical troubleshooting. Back when AppleTalk, Coaxial networking and 14.4kbps dial-up was cool.

Additional Information

Marston Alfred’s Websites:

My Company

Marston Alfred’s Interests:

Web Development, Technology, Computers, Networking, Computer Security, Art,. Massage, Meta Physics, Quantum Physics, Exercise, Running, Travel

Marston Alfred’s Groups:

TuDiabetes.com, RailsConf Europe 2007, Health 2.0, TheNextWeb

Open HealthCare
Ruby on Rails
Healthcare-IT/ EHR/ HIS
----- The Startups & Societal Ventures Network ----- Innovating more effectively
The Next Web Conference & Blog
Twitter
Health 2.0
Nexthealth
Diabetes Hands Foundation
Global Health Council
Lunch 20
Innovation Management Institute
e-health network – remote disease management
Silicon Valley Web Builder (SVWB)