Warren Woodford

Current

• Business and Product Development Consultant at Stealth Mode Initiatives
• Linux OS Integration at MEPIS

Past

• Healthcare Systems Reengineering Consultant at BCBSNC
• Personal Information Product Enhancement Consultant at AquaMinds
• Financial Audit and Workflow Outsource Systems Development at Ernst & Young

• Java CORBA Outsource Product Development at Visigenic
• Java GUI Technology Design Consultant at Sun Microsystems
• JCAHO Compliance Outsource System Development at Catholic Healthcare West
• Policy and Procedure Outsource System Development at El Camino Hospital
• Maintenance Information Outsource System Development at Kaiser Permanente
• Multimedia Technology Development Consultant at Kaleida Labs
• Laboratory Diagnostic Product Development Consultant at Abbott Laboratories
• Independent Development Partner at NeXT Computer
• Energy Trading and Transportation System Development Consultant at Phibro Energy
• Network Management System Development Consultant at Williams Telecommunications
• Director of Product Development at LanQuest Group
• Outsource Word Processing Product Development at MicroPro Int'l
• Thesaurus Product Development Consultant at Microlytics
• VP of Product Development at Upstart Corp
• Independent Commercial Product Developer at Peter Norton Computing
• Outsource Gov Data Router/Switch Development at USIA
• Gov Page Scanner Product Development Consultant at Xerox
• Founder and President at Selfware
• Compliance Engineering Consultant at TRT/Radiotelephonique
• Co-Founder and VP Development at Force Two
• New Business Development Partner at Terminal Unlimited
• High Performance System Development Consultant at Systematics General
• Director of Engineering at The Creative Group

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Warren Woodford’s Summary

I've spent my career, on the bleeding edge, delivering technology, products, and mission critical solutions for Finance, Healthcare, Telecom, Fed Gov, Energy, and Silicon Valley startups.

My roles have included Engineer, Chief Engineer, Service Manager, Project Manager, Asst VP, Director, VP, CEO, and COB. Recently I have mostly engaged as Principal Consultant or Venture Partner.

If you have, or know of, a situation where I might be able to help, then let's talk.

Warren Woodford’s Specialties:

Business development, product development, strategic vision, collaboration, innovation, technical leadership, enterprise architecture, systems design, business modeling, business process reengineering, SDLC, the next big thing, Linux, OSX, Google, iPhone, IPsec, DNSsec, IPv6, KbVM, networking, tool dev, GUI design, SOA, Java, ObjC, C++, MOM, realtime, embedded, and EDI.

Warren Woodford’s Experience

• Business and Product Development Consultant

  Stealth Mode Initiatives

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  November 2008 — Present (1 year 1 month)

  I consult with the owners of stealth-mode startups and new market initiatives. As needed I research, test, and recommend business, technology and product alternatives that could help my clients achieve their business goals.
  
  Recently I have helped companies developing VoIP services via a SaaS model, secure hosted virtual services supporting IPv6 and IPsec, and infrastructure for aggregated social network viral marketing.

• Linux OS Integration

  MEPIS

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 2002 — Present (7 years 1 month)

  I integrate a popular desktop version of Linux as a testbed for new ideas and to keep my technical skills sharp. I like to think that my work has raised the bar for the expected out-of-the-box usability of Linux.
  
  I invented the, now common, Linux descriptive terms "easy to try, easy to install, and easy to use." I'm pleased that it was taken to heart by the Linux community and that a variation of the phrase was adapted to describe the eeepc experience.
  
  I developed QT based user tools including a well received Linux installer. I also developed a Cocoa based installation helper for installing and dual booting MEPIS Linux with Apple OSX. My kernel builds have also been popular.

• Healthcare Systems Reengineering Consultant

  BCBSNC

  (Non-Profit; Insurance industry)

  October 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 1 month)

  I worked closely with the Chief Architect, as well as numerous BAs, SMEs, and managers, to design and shepherd new technology solutions for a $80M modernization program to replace legacy EDI, HIPAA, and claims processing front end and adjudication systems while meeting and redefining corporate Enterprise Architecture goals.

• Personal Information Product Enhancement Consultant

  AquaMinds

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2006 — November 2006 (3 months)

  For the CEO, I designed, developed, and delivered an advanced Java table view plug-in for AquaMinds cross-platform NoteTaker and NoteShare products.

• Financial Audit and Workflow Outsource Systems Development

  Ernst & Young

  (Partnership; Accounting industry)

  January 1996 — May 2002 (6 years 5 months)

  My team and I were engaged under a master contract to design and develop mission critical applications for E&Y's accounting practice.
  
  I worked closely with the Director of Technology to identify and POC opportunities to leverage emerging technologies to improve the AABS and International Practices.
  
  We developed webAWS, a multi-tiered project workflow application used to manage financial audit engagements. It was recognized at Java One in 1997 as Best Enterprise Java application. In 1999, a derivative of webAWS was developed to manage monthly global parts inventory events for E&Y clients Intel and AMD.
  
  In 1998, we also developed a mark-to-market application for valuing E&Y client's portfolios from pricing data captured daily from major feeds such as Reuters, Bridge, and Bloomberg
  
  In 1999, we achitected and designed a Data Warehouse for maintaining daily snapshots of client transaction data for the purpose of enabling KPI analysis and BI services for large E&Y clients.
  
  I personally architected, designed, and developed a web browser and web server Java based service architecture that was the foundation for multi-tiered distributed applications at E&Y.

• Java CORBA Outsource Product Development

  Visigenic

  (Computer Software industry)

  March 1996 — September 1996 (7 months)

  My team and I were engaged by the Visigenic CEO to help his skunkworks team (unofficially known as Roger Labs) to develop new product prototypes and POCs that utilized distributed Java and CORBA. I also helped the CEO evaluate the technology merits of investment opportunities.

• Java GUI Technology Design Consultant

  Sun Microsystems

  (Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1996 — May 1996 (3 months)

  I was engaged by the CEO and worked with the VP of Engineering of the Sun subsidiary Lighthouse Design (later known as the Java Applications Group) to develop NeXT-like example applications, tutorials, and test suites for guiding and validating the design and implementation of Java Foundation Classes (the predecessor to Java Swing).

• JCAHO Compliance Outsource System Development

  Catholic Healthcare West

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  April 1995 — August 1995 (5 months)

  I utilzed proprietary NeXT based technology to build a custom PC based system for managing and maintaining information and polices for St. Marys and St. Francis Hospitals.
  
  With the cooperation of JCAHO, I enabled web-based electronic access to policies and procedures cross indexed with an electronic version of the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Hospitals. Simplified management of P&Ps and reduced by 80% the time to prepare for and the time to participate in JCAHO audits.

• Policy and Procedure Outsource System Development

  El Camino Hospital

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  January 1995 — June 1995 (6 months)

  I utilzed proprietary NeXT based technology to build a custom PC based system for managing and maintaining information and polices about the Environment of Care.
  
  The system enabled electronic access to policies and procedures, thereby simplifying management of P&Ps and reducing the time needed to prepare for and participate in JCAHO audits.

• Maintenance Information Outsource System Development

  Kaiser Permanente

  (Non-Profit; Hospital & Health Care industry)

  November 1994 — March 1995 (5 months)

  I utilzed proprietary NeXT based technology to build a custom PC based system for managing and maintaining building and equipment maintenance information.
  
  The system enabled maintenance personnel to collect a growing repository of as-built systems information and maintenance history that facilitated quicker repairs and better spare parts inventory management.

• Multimedia Technology Development Consultant

  Kaleida Labs

  (Computer Software industry)

  January 1994 — October 1994 (10 months)

  As a consulting troubleshooter and developer I worked with the VP of Marketing and the CEO to develop ScriptX technology demonstrations including the innovative interactive multimedia title UnDoMe designed by Marc Canter, and premiered at TED5.
  
  I also worked with Kaleida development teams to improve the underlying technology and design NeXT-like automagic bahaviors and drag-to-connect functionality into ScriptX multimedia title design tools.

• Laboratory Diagnostic Product Development Consultant

  Abbott Laboratories

  (Public Company; ABT; Pharmaceuticals industry)

  April 1993 — December 1993 (9 months)

  I consulted as a NeXT troubleshooter and developer responsible for completing 5 behind schedule projects for real-time process control and administration of the Abbott MAESTRO laboratory diagnostic system which incorporated NeXT technology and Sybase databases.

• Independent Development Partner

  NeXT Computer

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  October 1989 — September 1993 (4 years )

  With NeXT technology, I developed TheLibrary, a program and framework for distributing multimedia information and interactive titles over LANs, WANs, and the Internet.
  
  In 1991, I also developed TheClassroom, a program to collaboratively author interactive information titles incorporating on-line references, full motion video, CD-quality sound, and high resolution graphics.

• Energy Trading and Transportation System Development Consultant

  Phibro Energy

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  April 1992 — December 1992 (9 months)

  I helped Phibro/Salomon solve numerous performance issues and technology shortcomings that were delaying the completion of a new paper and physical trading system for oil and gas commodities based on NeXT technology, Sybase databases and legacy IBM mainframe back office applications.
  
  I envisioned and managed the development of a service based architecture for physical trading applications. Also I created and utilized a business rules engine based on CLIPS wrapped in a service API.
  
  I designed an EDI front end that automated the reservation and confirmation of vendor resources required for the physical movement of crude oil including storage tanks, oil tankers, and harbor pilots.

• Network Management System Development Consultant

  Williams Telecommunications

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  May 1991 — August 1991 (4 months)

  I reviewed and validated the work of 34 domain experts and team leads to finalize the business, functional, reports, and other requirements for building a nationwide broadband (fiber-optics ATM based) long distance carrier network for a new Williams Companies telco business unit.

• Director of Product Development

  LanQuest Group

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  March 1989 — October 1989 (8 months)

  I designed products, negotiated contracts & strategic relationships, and wrote the product development and technology projection portions of the business plan for a Silicon Valley based Postscript based print server product company with first stage funding.

• Outsource Word Processing Product Development

  MicroPro Int'l

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 1986 — September 1988 (1 year 11 months)

  Engaged by the VP of Product Development to rapidly complete print and display driver development projects that contributed as much as 10% of the code of WordStar 4.0, 5.0, and 5.5.

• Thesaurus Product Development Consultant

  Microlytics

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 1985 — March 1988 (2 years 7 months)

  I was engaged by the CEO to help design and build new dictionary and thesaurus products based on my Word Finder thesaurus. I designed and implemented a new text compression algorithm and I built word processing format conversion modules.

• VP of Product Development

  Upstart Corp

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  April 1986 — April 1987 (1 year 1 month)

  I worked closely with the V.P. of Marketing and the V.P. of International Marketing to review and revise the requirements, designs and plans for the company's first product.
  
  I revised the product plans and helped rewrite the company Business Plan, determined criteria for strategic relationships, performed evaluations and negotiated contracts, managed the development of high resolution display and printer controller subsystems, and participated in presentations to potential investors, the media, and distributors.

• Independent Commercial Product Developer

  Peter Norton Computing

  (Computer Software industry)

  November 1985 — April 1986 (6 months)

  I created 5 programmers language reference works that integrated with text editors. They were published by Peter Norton as The Norton Guides with over 100,000 copies sold. This innovation led to language references being built into IDEs by Microsoft, Borland, and others.

• Outsource Gov Data Router/Switch Development

  USIA

  (Government Administration industry)

  June 1985 — November 1985 (6 months)

  For the Director of the USIA Data Center, I reviewed and revised the functional requirements and designed and implemented a custom Data Router/Switch to automatically route all embassies data traffic. My solution utilized an IBM XT as an automated controller for a conventional data switch and protocol converters. It supported a variety of terminals and several otherwise incompatible and highly secure computer systems.

• Gov Page Scanner Product Development Consultant

  Xerox

  (Public Company; XRX; Information Technology and Services industry)

  March 1985 — July 1985 (5 months)

  I was engaged by the XSIS Federal Sales Manager and the Project Manager, based on RFP requirements, to design and develop a Page Scanner Server system utilizing a Xerox Dandelion workstation and Kurzweil scanner.
  
  To achieve the goals of the project, I developed new high speed data storage microcode for the Xerox workstations and I designed and developed User Applications for scanning, editing, and archiving. This enabled Xerox to capture and successfully complete a $400M US Army contract.

• Founder and President

  Selfware

  (Computer Software industry)

  April 1983 — March 1985 (2 years )

  I started a company that eventually achieved Gross Sales of about $5M per year. Our first contract was to develop 3 commercial programs for Time-Life. One of the programs, Homework Helper, was sold for many years by Spinnaker.
  
  I personally authored the 500k word thesaurus for our electronic thesauri products, SynonymFinder and WordFinder. Over 70 million copies of WordFinder were sold by Seiko, Microsoft, WordStar and most other WP manuafacturers.

• Compliance Engineering Consultant

  TRT/Radiotelephonique

  (Telecommunications industry)

  July 1982 — October 1982 (4 months)

  I helped the International Sales Manager and the Project Manager, by testing, tracking, and receiving FCC certification of Radio Telephonique Videotex Terminals. I also identified and designed product changes to better meet the needs of the U.S. market.

• Co-Founder and VP Development

  Force Two

  (Computer Software industry)

  February 1982 — September 1982 (8 months)

  I co-founded the company and developed MathStar, a 4 function math add-on for WordStar. Osborne Computer sold over 50,000 copies of the program. I developed a novel division algorithm for use in small instruction set computers and I developed a methodology for appending third party functionality to CPM and PC computer programs.

• New Business Development Partner

  Terminal Unlimited

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  April 1981 — January 1982 (10 months)

  Partnered with the President and Founder of TU to open new Government Markets by starting a microcomputer division with 4 engineers and 25 sales people. The group closed over $20M in new business the first year.

• High Performance System Development Consultant

  Systematics General

  (Computer Hardware industry)

  January 1981 — April 1981 (4 months)

  I helped the Federal Sales Manager by redesigning a TEMPESTed WWMCCS graphics workstation to use Intel 8080 and 8086 Single Board Computers in a hybrid configuration. Then I prepared a live test for the USAF in only 4 weeks. I rewrote a data encryption algorithm to run much faster in order to meet DOD speed requirements. This was the first commercial use of the 8087 co-processor.

• Director of Engineering

  The Creative Group

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 1978 — November 1980 (2 years 3 months)

  I was responsible for the design and manufacture of TIROS-N satellite ground stations. We delivered systems to Belgium, Korea, India, and Singapore. I designed and built the front-end controller for the system to integrate data acquisition systems with DG Nova 3 and 4 mini-computers. This was the first 80x86 based commercial product.

Additional Information

Warren Woodford’s Interests:

Ethiopian coffee, Scottish stout, cooking, eating, trading and investing, just about anything in Paris

Warren Woodford’s Groups:

•    Enterprise Architect (Sparx Systems) User Group
•    Executive Suite
•    virtualization.info Vanguards
•    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    Project Manager Networking Group
•    Venture Capital
•    Linux Expert
•    J Architect
•    CocoaHeads
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    ex-NeXT
•    EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
•    Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
•    NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP

Warren Woodford’s Honors:

There was a wikipedia page about me from 2005 to 2009, then one of their editors decided I was not worthy. Oh well.

I contributed about 20 restaurant reviews used in the preparation of Zagat Paris Restaurants 2001/2.

In 1997, my WebAWS application for E&Y was Best Enterprise Application at Java One.

In 1996, I single-handedly completed a distributed Java debugger for Roger Sippl after Scott McNealy said it would be impossible.

In 1991, I was interviewed on camera for 10 minutes in a KTEH-TV news special segment about technology innovation in Silicon Valley.

In the early 80s, I authored the 500k word thesaurus for SynonymFinder and WordFinder, two very successful electronic thesauri.

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