
Executive & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area

Executive & Investor
San Francisco Bay Area
Corporate and private company board and executive advisor. Professional thriller writer.
Former public-company executive, entrepreneur, CIA analyst, biochemical engineer providing management advisory services in corprorate turn-arounds, restructurings, brand leadership and operations management to private and public companies.
Strategic directions, M&A, board advisory.
(Public Company; NWL; Consumer Goods industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year)
(Executive Office industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Board and Advisory work for technology, financial and consumer goods companies, including SignalDemand (on-demand price optimization software for manufacturers), Newell Rubbermaid (NYSE: NWL), PRG-Schultz (NASDAQ: PRGX) and others.
Technology thriller author: PHARMA, from Random House / Heyne, Launched July 2007. Best-seller in 2007. See www.pharmathriller.de HEARTSTOPPER in bookstores May 2010.
(Executive Office industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; SYNC; Computer Software industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
CMO and Business Development Head for Intellisync (SYNC); acquired by Nokia in Feb 2006 for $480M.
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; DTAS; Internet industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Internet industry)
1997 — 2001 (4 years)
Started an email marketing company, still going strong in Portland. Call and make an offer above current valuation comps.
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; CTCH; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
1992 — 1997 (5 years)
Strategy consultant on really big projects.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AXP; Financial Services industry)
1987 — 1990 (3 years)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Chemicals industry)
1985 — 1987 (2 years)
Built a polyester (PET) tire cord plant and managed $40M production line of seat belt fiber in one of the most remote industrial towns of southern Virginia. Lived to tell all about it.
MBA , All kinds of stuff
BS , Chemical Engineering