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Where leadership meets strategy, technology, the social sciences and innovation
San Francisco Bay Area
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(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Networking industry)
September 2007 — Present (11 months)
Identifying themes and trends to explore at the 2008 Emerging Communications Conference in Mountain View, California.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 7 months)
The company owns and operates Skype Journal and other online businesses.
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 2005 — Present (3 years 6 months)
Creating a media, technology and professional services startup around the disruptions tipped by Skype. As editor, building a cadre of worldwide contributors with deep insight and the ability to express them.
(Online Media industry)
1998 — Present (10 years)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
July 1992 — Present (16 years 1 month)
(Management Consulting industry)
2008 — 2008 (less than a year)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
February 2003 — July 2003 (6 months)
I managed Candidate Voice's employer site certification product. This service measured how well you treat job seekers on your company job site, from the job seeker's point of view. We checked best employer site practices, usability, accessibility, technical and policy issues, all to provide you with diagnostics and a practical plan for improvement. If your site passed our rigorous exam, you may display the "Candidate Voice Certified" badge for a year.
All for a flat fee. Results in one month, including pre- and post-interviews.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ADO; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
June 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 11 months)
Extrapreneurial Technology (new models). Developed strategies and scenarios for competing in the network economy for the US and International executive team. Introduced more than 20 tactical projects and several new strategic ventures.
Corporate Venturing. Set up Adecco's first technology venture deal-flow for firms entering the HR/staffing industry with an emphasis on Internet or virtual staffing.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ADO; Staffing and Recruiting industry)
December 1998 — June 1999 (7 months)
eCommerce (existing business models). Assembled Internet application engineering team. Developed standards for system performance, usability, and software quality. Improved speed (user's primary concern) by an order of magnitude. Designed XML/LDAP User Account Bridge to populate extranet with user data from national accounts. Wrote US roadmap for webbification of the end customer experience. Aligned roadmap with backoffice systems and backoffice retooling initiatives.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; LSIL; Semiconductors industry)
February 1998 — December 1998 (11 months)
LSI was the largest manufacturer of custom semiconductors.
Developed and lead the global IT strategic planning process, reconfigured IT's business model and channels of service delivery, defined technology life cycle management processes, and promoted a cohesive vision of LSI IT direction.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; LSIL; Semiconductors industry)
December 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 2 months)
Lead intranet (Planet LSI) and extranet strategy, managed projects and operations, developed LSI infrastructure, managed customer projects, and evangelised netcentric solutions.
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1983 — 1984 (1 year)
(Public Company; Management Consulting industry)
1982 — 1983 (1 year)
B.S.B.A., Financial Management with concentrations in Economics, Applied Maths, August 1976 — June 1981
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