
Serial Entrepreneur and Senior Software Developer
Washington D.C. Metro Area

Serial Entrepreneur and Senior Software Developer
Washington D.C. Metro Area
I am a serial entrepreneur and senior software developer/architect who tends to take on roles that bridge the gap between technology and business.
I've founded three companies and have been involved in various capacities in launching a number of others.
On the technical side, I have over 20 years of experience designing and developing complex software systems across multiple platforms in a number of languages. These systems have ranged in complexity from simple web applications all the way up to distributed military command and control systems.
At DTLink Software, I am currently developing http://collabInvest.com, an instant social investing community which combines Windows desktop investing software, instant messaging/XMPP, and real-time collaboration integrated with a Web 2.0 social networking site.
At Nuts and Bolts Interactive, I am currently developing http://formvista.com, an internet business suite and platform that tightly integrates a custom developed CRM backend, a website goal analytics and reporting system, and a WYSIWYG browser based preview/publish content management front end all to automate portions of the sales funnel and other business processes.
I am looking for networking opportunities to develop complementary relationships for both businesses.
systems and application software engineering, technology project management, software product design and life cycle management, infrastructure engineering
(Internet industry)
2001 — Present (8 years )
* Designed and developed the software platform the company uses to field it's advanced business websites.
* Assisted in developing a new direction, focus and message for the business.
* Designed, Built and maintain the company's internet infrastructure.
* Designed, built and customized the company's hosted email solution.
(Computer Software industry)
January 1998 — Present (11 years 11 months)
* partnered with Anatoly Ivasyuk in 1998 and founded DTLink, LLC to further develop, commercialize and distribute an investment application he had developed called Personal Stock Monitor.
* focused the company on providing investment software solutions for individuals, developers and educators.
* developed a very successful private labelling/custom development initiative targeted primarily at the education market.
* designed and developed the CollabInvest(sm) Social Investing service.
* established partnerships and business relationships with a number of organizations including TD AMERITRADE.
(Internet industry)
August 1995 — January 1998 (2 years 6 months)
* providing internet server infrastructure design and implementation help to a number of businesses.
* designed and developed a highly scalable banner ad rotation system for the broadcast radio industry.
* designed and developed a world wiode press photo exchange to facilitate the exchange of journalistic photos between photographers and the media.
* designed and developed a bridge between a legacy mainframe OS360 insurance application and a modern front end website.
* provided emergency support, security and networking services to a number of businesses.
* designed and developed a web development language akin to PHP or ColdFusion called WebThreads in 1995 which later became the basis for WebThreads, LLC.
(Internet industry)
November 1995 — May 1997 (1 year 7 months)
* angel funded startup.
* designed and developed the company's core technology which was a super-high performance portable web development language for the development of highly interactive scalable websites.
* supported the company's business development efforts.
* interfaced with the press.
(Internet industry)
November 1994 — August 1995 (10 months)
* designed and implemented a scalable Internet Service Provider for consumers as well as business clients.
* built the provider on Sun Microsystems and Cisco hardware.
* used open source software exclusively, much of which had to be ported to Solaris by hand.
(Defense & Space industry)
May 1985 — October 1994 (9 years 6 months)
* designed, developed, installed and maintained command and control integration solutions for the US Department of Defence.
* designed and developed the mainframe interface and network distribution layers of a very large automated voice front end to the Defense Logistics Agency's Emergency Supply Operation Centers.
* completed the port of the company's legacy Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) central control platform from a proprietary language running on IBM Series 1 mini-computers to C running under SCO Xenix on commodity PC (286) hardware.
* designed and developed a graphic toolkit on top of the Xenix CGI system and then a modern GUI to augment the SCADA CLI interface.
* redesigned and redeveloped the company's RS422 communications concentrator product.
* provided hardware support for the company's proprietary SCADA embedded controllers to the company's key clients including the US Army and NASA.
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