VP Business Development at Cosaint, Inc.
Greater Seattle Area
VP Business Development at Cosaint, Inc.
Greater Seattle Area
Business and product development professional currently working in the overlapping fields of information security and e-learning.
Information Security, Education, Marketing, Channel Development, Technical Communications, Internet Development, Project Management
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — Present (6 years 9 months)
Development, deployment and marketing of e-learning and communications initiatives in the field of information security awareness.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)
Development, promotion, sales and delivery of training courses (online and classroom) including security awareness and technical topics.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — July 2001 (11 months)
Management of a divison developing, deploying and supporting on-line services for information security management. Services included vulnerability alerting, security benchmarking, e-learning and a news portal.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — September 2000 (9 months)
Management of the consulting services organization within a pre-IPO company providing custom training solutions for corporations implementing enterprise-wide software systems (e.g. CRM, ERP). Solutions include training needs assessments, change management consultancy, development of CBT/WBT and PSS, traditional courseware and instructor-led training.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
July 1997 — December 1999 (2 years 6 months)
Management of a team responsible for promotional activities in North America including PR & advertising, events and the production of sales collateral (electronic and print). Product definition, management & marketing of web-based products including the supervision of product managers. Training program development, marketing and delivery.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 1994 — June 1997 (2 years 8 months)
Management of all aspects of the operation of the Western Region Office based in San Jose, CA including sales support, technical consulting, organization of marketing events, negotiation of contracts and licenses, recruitment and management of office facilities.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 1993 — October 1994 (1 year 8 months)
Software project management for Flomerics core product including schedule definition and management, development of requirements documents and user scenarios, recruitment of development staff, assessment of make/buy decisions, and negotiation with suppliers. Management and execution of consultancy projects.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Defense & Space industry)
March 1991 — March 1993 (2 years 1 month)
Project management and execution of engineering and product design projects in the UK defence and commercial sectors. Marketing the company and developing new business areas. Generation of proposals for projects up to £0.5M.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)
July 1984 — September 1986 (2 years 3 months)
Financial and schedule control of a guided missile development program including preparation of Development Cost Plans, work programs and documentation for competitive tendering, monitoring of project spend and progress, coordination of design, trials, commercial and manufacturing groups, progressing of trials hardware through the manufacturing process, contractual and technical liaison with sub-contractors and the Ministry of Defence.
PhD, Engineering, 1986 — 1990
BA, Engineering, 1981 — 1984