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- at CleanVenture
- at PV_
- Past
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- at Oracle Corporation
- at Indicast Corporation
- at General Atomics' NSF Supercomputer Center
- at Shared Planet
- Education
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- University of California San Diego
- University of Utah
- University of California Santa Barbara
- University of California Santa Barbara
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T. Todd Elvins’s Summary
T. Todd Elvins has co-founded, led, and sold two technology companies over the past ten years.
In 1998, Todd co-founded the Indicast Corporation, the first voice portal company to launch voice-enabled services for a wireless carrier in the U.S. As Indicast's acting CEO and VP Engineering, Todd was a pioneer in the technical and creative evolution of the voice portal industry. He joined Oracle in 2001 when the Indicast Corporation was acquired by Oracle.
From 1988 to 1998, Todd was a Principle Manager of Software Development at General Atomics' NSF Supercomputer Center at the University of Californa San Diego.
Todd is the author of dozens of peer-reviewed journal papers, and is a frequent speaker at international conferences. Todd holds a PhD in computer engineering from the University of California, San Diego, and is currently VP Engineering, Applications, at Packet_Video.
In mid 2008, Todd founded a non-profit business incubator for CleanTech and renewable energy startups, www.cleanventure.org
T. Todd Elvins’s Specialties:
· Expertise in human factors, user-centered design, use cases, requirements and usability.
· Experience team building, performing competitive & market analysis, developing product strategies, driving business & corporate development, and focus groups.
· Exceptional organizational, executive leadership, project execution, technical, and customer skills.
T. Todd Elvins’s Experience
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CleanVenture
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
June 2008 — Present (8 months)
Non-profit business incubator for cleantech and renewable energy startup businesses.
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PV_
(Computer Software industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years)
Create new line of business. Manage teams of user experience designs and software engineers.
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Oracle Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; orcl; Computer Software industry)
November 2001 — January 2006 (4 years 3 months)
o Manage product processes
o Build customer and partner relationships
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Indicast Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
September 1998 — October 2001 (3 years 2 months)
Created the technical direction and architecture for the company. Built and managed the software engineering and operations teams. Successfully deployed the first ever voice-enabled audio-content portal launched by a U.S. wireless carrier.
Spearheaded all aspects of a new technology company. Developed a business plan, raised funds, recruited, prototyped, wrote patent disclosures, created schedules/milestones, developed testing and QA plans, developed relationships with content and technology partners, and worked closely with wireless carrier customers.
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General Atomics' NSF Supercomputer Center
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 1988 — September 1998 (10 years 1 month)
· Managed software engineers, animators, media specialists
· Worked with industrial partners, develop proposals, and establish new directions
· Designed and developed distributed 3D-data imaging, and tele-instrumentation systems
· Specified, designed, implemented, and delivered web-based tools and data repository
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Shared Planet
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 1996 — January 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Shared Planet developed network-based collaboration software. Shared Planet was acquired by SkyDesk in 1999.
T. Todd Elvins’s Education
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University of California San Diego
PhD, Computer Engineering, December 1997
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University of Utah
MS, Computer Engineering, June 1988
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University of California Santa Barbara
BA, Business Economics, June 1985
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University of California Santa Barbara
BS, Computer Science, June 1985
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T. Todd Elvins’s Interests:
Clean technology, renewable energy, telecommunications, wireless & mobile, early-stage technology startups.
T. Todd Elvins’s Groups:
NetSapiens - Board of Advisors
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Rady School of Management, UC San Diego
T. Todd Elvins’s Honors:
U.S. Patent 6,529,586. System and method for gathering, personalized rendering, and secure telephonic transmission of audio data. Two patents pending.
