Chief Technology Officer at The State of the USA
Greater New York City Area
- Current
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- Acting Chief Technology Officer at The State of the USA
- Past
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- Director, Energy & Environment Solutions at International Business Machines
- Director, Public Sector Solutions at IBM
- Managing Director at DAE
- Vice President, Software & Development at Vastvideo
- Program Director & Research Staff Member at IBM (TJ Watson Research & Software Group)
- Project Leader/Staff Scientist at BBN Labs
- Education
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- Columbia Business School
- New York University - Courant Institute
- Harvard University
- Harvard College
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David Epstein’s Summary
Senior technology executive with extensive hands-on and management experience taking innovative ideas from concept to deployment. Optimistic leader with strong analytical problem solving and team building skills. Expertise in applying technology to solve healthcare, government/defense and media industry problems in start-ups through Fortune 100s. Holder of 11 US patents. Author of 16 peer-reviewed technical articles. Recipient of 11 major IBM awards for outstanding contributions and technical excellence. US Department of Defense Top Secret Clearance.
David Epstein’s Experience
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Acting Chief Technology Officer
The State of the USA
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Director, Energy & Environment Solutions
International Business Machines
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
2008 — 2009 (1 year)
Directed Software Group’s Energy and Environmental solution strategies. Evaluated emerging areas of intelligent building and city infrastructure, advanced water management, intelligent transportation systems and carbon monitoring, management and trading. Defined initial requirements and partners for enterprise cap & trade solution. Developed “collaborative innovation” partnerships with large industrial clients.
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Director, Public Sector Solutions
IBM
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
2002 — 2008 (6 years)
Directed Software Group’s Healthcare, Life Sciences & Government solution strategies. Coordinated software offerings with hardware, sales and services divisions. Led development of healthcare and defense integration frameworks. Shaped US Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONCHIT) National Health Information Network (NHIN) request for proposal parameters.
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Managing Director
DAE
(Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
Performed investment due diligence, market analysis, product development, technology reviews, strategic planning and fundraising for media and venture capital clients.
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Vice President, Software & Development
Vastvideo
(Online Media industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
Created in house development team. Architected and led development of video syndication system. Automated internal video production, tagging and upload processes. Developed self-service video provisioning tools for customer affiliates. Created internal management-oriented tracking and performance metric reporting systems.
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Program Director & Research Staff Member
IBM (TJ Watson Research & Software Group)
(Public Company; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
1988 — 2000 (12 years)
Drove integration of program products and software assets from labs, product divisions and ISVs and development of marketing messages for WebSphere B2B Integrator. Directed dynamically modifiable Java research. Recruited XML experts. Drove W3C activities. Expanded Auto Loan Exchange to new markets and products. Directed development of new interfaces and workflows and partner system integrations. Chief technical analyst/strategist for 400-person, $100M department. Developed strategies linking Research to industry sales/consulting divisions. Led creation of PVS-based compression & special effects products. Collaborated with Hollywood, New York and Atlanta studios to develop novel user-customizable editing, compositing, conforming and effects used in major motion pictures and prime-time television. Created new real-time graphics architectures/algorithms. Principal system architect for Data Explorer. Consultant to Federal Systems Division’s Close Combat Tactical Trainer procurement.
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Project Leader/Staff Scientist
BBN Labs
(Information Technology and Services industry)
1983 — 1987 (4 years)
Principal system architect for SIMNET, $100M, 11 international site, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-sponsored, battalion-level, armored vehicle tactical training simulation network.
David Epstein’s Education
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Columbia Business School
MBA , Business , September 1999 — May 2001
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New York University - Courant Institute
PhD Program , Computer Science , 1987 — 1989
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Harvard University
MS , Computer Science , September 1985 — June 1987
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Harvard College
BA , Engineering & Applied Sciences: Computer Science , September 1979 — June 1983
Additional Information
David Epstein’s Groups:
Connecting for Health, State of the USA, Harvard Schools Committee, CBS Eugene Lang Fund, Beta Gamma Sigma,
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The Eugene Lang Entrepreneurship Center at Columbia Business School
