Director, Sales Engineering
Greater Atlanta Area
Director, Sales Engineering
Greater Atlanta Area
Product strategist, experienced in developing, launching, and managing technology products. Unique ability to apply knowledge of network and software technology, financial services, identity management, privacy and security issues and synthesize into valuable product initiatives. Proven ability to take the resultant ideas from vision through design to development and into successful launch. Versed in identifying market opportunities, designing and implementing effective products, creating product positions, and executing marketing, sales and support plans.
Background in banking, payment and e-commerce systems.
Solid understanding of cryptographic principles and more importantly, their applicability to security, privacy and identity issues in today's evolving online world.
Strong ability to communicate complex ideas into business application discussions to both technology and line of business owners alike.
(Computer & Network Security industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)
February 2008 — March 2008 (2 months)
Engaged with TriCipher as consultant for marketing and evangelism opportunities around their product and services suite.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Software industry)
March 2001 — January 2008 (6 years 11 months)
Involved in the founding of the company as SingleSignOn.Net through several rounds of funding through January 2004 when the company became TriCipher, Inc. Worked in a variety of capacities throughout the life of the organization from fund raising to business development to marketing to salesperson to sales engineer all the while serving a key role in product management and as public facing technology and product evangelist. Over the last couple of years served not only as evangelist and product specialist, but took on formal management of the Sales Engineering, Professional Services and Support teams.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; CKFR; Financial Services industry)
1998 — 2001 (3 years )
Recruited as a Product Analyst and rapidly promoted to Product Manager. Significantly influenced the development and marketing of all new payment products. Consequently developed deep domain expertise in many aspects of Internet based financial services and general e-commerce.
Key Accomplishments:
* Worked directly with Vice Chairman and senior executives to formulate and execute strategy to open up traditional bill payment business to next generation payment services through evolving channels.
* Assisted the sales force on numerous successful sales calls to the Fortune 500 market. Generally regarded by the sales organization as the "go to" representative from Product for sales calls.
* Worked directly with the Business Development group to identify and evaluate prospective partner, acquisition and product development opportunities.
* Served as a speaker at industry and professional conferences representing CheckFree and managing the research interface relationships.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Banking industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years )
Led team in the audit department tasked with improving systems quality while reducing costs. Developed skills in managing and motivating staff while continuing to expand expertise in intranet and Internet technologies and secure communications practices.
Key Accomplishments:
* Planned and implemented projects to upgrade the department's systems for independence from centralized Bank system support.
* Projects included rollout of systems from the desktop through servers in all audit offices, consolidation of e-mail, improved support standards and integration of the Bank's Corporate Security department, effectively tripling the supported user base.
* Tripled user base while only growing support FTE by 50%, reduced total cost of ownership by 20% and improved support from "barely meets" to "generally exceeds".
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
June 1986 — 1995 (9 years )
Began in a traditional commercial analyst role analyzing the financial strength, risk and overall credit worthiness of commercial businesses and gradually moving to an information technology focused career. This grounding in banking has served well from a business and risk recognition / management standpoint in application to e-commerce. The change in career focus while at Huntington to technology operations developed the strong, practical, information technology and infrastructure skills that continue to pay dividends in my current focus on product management for the e-commerce economy.
B.S. , Finance , 1982 — 1986
All things internet particularly related to identity, security, privacy and overall usability issues. Avid fisherman and electronic gamer.