Bill McCann

Technology executive, start-up specialist, and software architect.

Greater New York City Area

Current
  • Vice President of Technology at TriZetto
Past
  • Director of Technology at Eyeweb, Inc
  • Managing Partner and CEO at Elite Technology Partners
  • Director, Software Development at Blackwood Trading, Inc
Education
  • University of Michigan
  • Central Michigan University
Connections
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Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Bill McCann’s Summary

Senior Information Technology executive offering cross-functional leadership. start-up experience, turnaround experience, and high growth information strategy and implementation. Experienced software developer and implementer of system life cycle best practices. Excellent team building, organizational development, and project management skills. Experienced developer of global software products; have performed business development in North American, Asia, and Europe.

Seeking leadership of a division, business unit, or team whose revenue stream comes from the development of computer software. Accountable for recruiting talent, motivating staff, and implementing best practices for delivering software. Will also participate in supplier negotiations, pre-sales presentations, and customer support. Will be a visible evangelist for my team's products and services.

Bill McCann’s Specialties:

HealthCare, Quantitative Equities Trading Systems, E-commerce and bill payment systems, Software Product Development, Business Development, Customer and supplier negotiation, Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing, System Life Cycle and Best Practices, Business Process Engineering, P & L Management and Financial Planning, Cross Functional Leadership


Bill McCann’s Experience

  • Vice President of Technology

    TriZetto

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    June 2005Present (4 years 6 months)

    Plan Data Management is a division of TriZetto, Inc.

  • Director of Technology

    Eyeweb, Inc

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 2004June 2005 (11 months)

    Responsible for all research & development, quality assurance, network infrastructure, and information technology.

  • Managing Partner and CEO

    Elite Technology Partners

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

    May 2002July 2004 (2 years 3 months)

    Development and sales of equities trading systems targeted to quantitative traders. IT planning and strategy for financial services.

  • Director, Software Development

    Blackwood Trading, Inc

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)

    March 2001April 2002 (1 year 2 months)

    Reporting to the CEO had full accountability for all aspects of software product development, including assessment of market needs and design of products with key competitive advantages; software compliance with SEC, NASD, and regulatory guidelines; product technology, architecture, design and delivery; recruiting / selection, team-building, and management of 19-member software development and QA team; budget management / cost reduction; and vendor management. Actively involved with business development and prospective clients, consisting of institutional buyers, money managers, American Stock Exchange, and broker-dealers

  • Director, Project Management

    DoubleClick, Inc

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DCLK; Online Media industry)

    June 2000March 2001 (10 months)

    Managed a team of Project Managers responsible for planning and implementing new technology solutions and managing enterprise-level projects.

  • Product Manager (last position held)

    Information Builders, Inc

    (Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

    June 1994May 2000 (6 years )

    Assumed responsibility for WebFocus Desktop and Windows product line and managed a small team of Product Manager’s responsible for customer support. Responsible for company’s ISO 9000 registration efforts; managed WebFOCUS software engineering process.

  • Managing Partner, President

    Computer TaskForce

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    August 1985May 1994 (8 years 10 months)

    Founded custom software development and PC computer training firm in response to tax law changes affecting contract technical workers. Performed multiple roles for the company, including business development, account management, strategic planning, business management, while also serving as revenue-producing software developer, producing code for mainframe and Unix platforms using Pascal, SAS, PL/1, and C.


Bill McCann’s Education

  • University of Michigan

    MBA , Operations , 19841989

  • Central Michigan University

    BA , Computer Science, Business, Accounting , 19771981


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