As of January 2013 Polytechnic Institute of New York University merged with New York University to provide the best STEM education in the United States.Teaching part-time, one course per semester within the subject of Management of Information Technology and Management of Information Systems. Courses includes team projects and interactive creative thinking research and the use of industry leading software:Teaching highlights: Graduate/Undergrad, Outsourcing/Insourcing, Business Intelligence and Analytics solutions, Data Warehouses, Data Governance, Data Mining, IT infrastructure management, Information Technology, Risk Assessment Techniques and Systems Architecture in a team-based environment. Students get to use for the first time tools like: Tableau, QlikView, and others.

A consulting company that helps clients improve business intelligence by providing custom data integration and reporting capabilities. Currently working on an database system migration and EDI projects.•Led development of an EDI project to connect client’s Great Plains ERP system to RedTail for transmission to wholesale clients•Led and developed financial reporting projects using SSRS and MS SQL Server. Hands on technical management of the project with responsibility for report delivery and data mart creation•Led and developed customizations to Great Plains using ASP.NET, C#, SQL Store Procedures and SSRS

“Idea to Production...Simplified.”Helping entrepreneurs develop their hardware products. Our strengths are in our product management methodology, our relationships with our clients and factory/sourcing partners. For an example of what we do go to http://www.cooperhewitt.org/new-experience/designing-pen/

A startup company that provides an analysis of social media information as an alternative to the FICO Score. Led the product development initiative which included data management:• Selected Outsourced Development Partner from more than 30 software development firms• Successfully managed the integration of Facebook and LinkedIn data sources for inclusion into the MySQL and Hadoop databases• Led the UI/UX initiative that within two weeks produced the website and iPhone mobile designs • Managed the entire software development cycle creating user stories in a fully Agile and Scrum practice that was deployed for market validation within four weeks within the Apple Store and AWS

A self funded technology startup developing patent pending smartphone hardware accessory applications that incorporate GPS and RF. As co-founder I performed duties as Chief Technology Officer and collaborated with partners on business structure, objectives and strategy.• Created the first working prototype via the Arduino prototyping open hardware platform and Apple iOS Xcode development environment using Objective C. • Worked with Apple to qualify company to become a member of Apple’s MFI (Made for iPhone) program with three products in development approved by Apple.

An information technology solution and business consultancy. Improving the customers’ bottom line by implementing technology solutions such as cloud, server support, remote support, project management, new office technology build-outs and business re-engineering servicesClients/Accomplishments:• ContangoIT: Information technology company• Decreased capital expenditures for clients over 70% annually by leading cloud migration projects implementing Amazon S3, Google apps, Mozy backup, S3 Explorer, Bucket Explorer and Cloudberry solutions (email and file systems).• Reduced capital expenditures and IT costs by implementing and teaching customers how to take advantage of the cloud computing implementations in their offices.• MEDhattan Immediate Medical Care: Provider of urgent medical care to the public.• Speedup the cycle time for patent diagnosis and enabled MEDhattan to become a one stop shop for patients while conforming to HIPAA standards by Leading the technology build-out, telecom and radiology implementation teams (CondoniX EMR, PAC CoActiv Radiology and Fuji Film Imaging Radiology medical technologies) to the completion of a 4-month project in 2 months time.• Decreased capital expenditures by 30% for the first year of this startup’s business by leading an outsourced IT team to install and reuse older Windows XP workstations and other IT equipment.• Led cloud migration projects that decreased client capital expenditures by more than 70%• Reduced time for patient diagnosis by more than 20% by leading the technology build-out, cloud practice management integration, telecom and radiology implementation teams. Completed the four month buildout within two months• Led and developed data mining and integration solutions for financial reporting that led to a 15% increase in sales• Led business infrastructure upgrade projects that automating business processes that translated into 10% increase in profitability

Advising on product development of their initial biofeedback game product.• Called upon product development and technical knowledge to identify optimal development platform.• Recommended use of the NeuroSky biofeedback headset development environment including a biofeedback headset and programming API’s.

An online publishing startup that provides celebrity beauty news and virtual try-on to consumers and businesses.As Director IT & Security I managed the online production data center and the Information Technology for all office locations internationally.Managed the global data center for this celebrity news and virtual cosmetic try-on website:• Increased customer satisfaction and reduced bottlenecks by 20% in software delivery by leading a software monitoring initiative for Dailymakeover.com and all licensee websites• Reduced an annual IT budget of $1.5 Million by 20% by working with technology partners to renegotiate contracts, decrease software development time and improving hosting services• Saved 30% of datacenter costs annually by collaborating, and leading the migration of physical servers to a virtual computing environment using VMware vMotion on EMC. • Reduced development costs by over $25,000 per employee by creating and implementing an innovative software development and Quality Assurance (QA) system by using VMware Virtual Machines, Apple Mac Pro’s, Windows 7, and Dell servers with VMware ESXi.

An online publishing startup that provides celebrity beauty news and virtual try-on to consumers and businesses.As Director IT & Security I managed the online production data center and the Information Technology for all office locations internationally.• Increased customer satisfaction and reduced bottlenecks in software delivery by leading an end-to-end website monitoring software initiative for Dailymakeover.com and licensee websites; investigated and tested the Keynote monitoring software which provided real-time analysis of site wide performance from anywhere around the world.• Enabled this client to avoid hiring costs and reduce spend by leading the datacenter operations and IT departments for two geographic locations with an annual budget of $1 Million by renegotiating contracts with hosting and other technology partners in the benefit of Makeover Solutions, Inc. • Saved 30% of datacenter costs annually by collaborating, and leading the migration of physical servers to a virtual computing environment using VMware vMotion on EMC. • Reduced development costs by over $25,000 per employee by creating and implementing an innovative software development and Quality Assurance (QA) environment by using VMware Virtual Machines, Apple Mac Pro’s, Windows 7, and Dell servers with VMware ESXi.

A boutique private bank that provides Cash Management, Commercial Real Estate and Asset Management services.Managed the IT teams, managed the Continuity Recovery Program, and created the Consolidated Statement Product:• Increased company value by creating and implementing the Modern Bank Data Warehouse and Reporting System. Enabled the bank to be the first in the industry to provide customers with a consolidated statement product which combined loans, deposit accounts and investment banking accounts• Increased product offerings by leading the implementation and deployment of the bank’s Letter of Credit product using the SWIFT International Messaging System (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)• Increased internal business unit satisfaction with IT Services by 50% by implementing quality measures• Implemented the company wide customer files document scanning process using Fiserv Projector which led to the decommissioning of hard copy files throughout the organization that increase productivity by over 30%

A medical software startup that provided ePrescribing solutions to doctors.As Director of Engineering Services I created and managed the department that provided in-person installation of the CarePoint™ ePrescribing software into doctors’ offices. o Increased the product installation capacity by 25% by establishing the Engineering Services Department responsible for the in-person installation of the CarePoint™ ePrescribing software in doctors’ offices.o Decreased the on-call time of helpdesk personnel by collaborating on improving helpdesk procedures, and leading the creation of diagnostic software.

An investment bank operating both in the domestic and international equity and debt capital markets.Designed and managed equities department front-end reporting project to measure profitability, Revenue Planning, and Transaction Investigations (Trade Compliance). The system has saved the company three-four million dollars in revenue annually:• Managed a team of developers. Interacted with all levels of management. Gathered requirements for application enhancements. Managed timelines and deliverables. Developed change management policies for the DBA and application departments• Co-designed the CIBC Internet Client Access System (first of its kind in the industry), which enabled brokerage clients to see their trading activity online over the Internet for the first time • Designed the architecture for their Data Warehouse environment, which consisted of an Operational Data Store, ETL Layer, Access Layer, and Star Schema database design• Managed the Data Warehouse Y2K Certification Project. Created project plans and test plans the database administrators and developers used to make code and database changes

A software and data management consulting company in the financial services and brokerage markets.Led initiatives that expanded the company in the Financial Services market and managed consultants at client sites:• Interviewed and Hired all consultants for work at the client sites• Represented the company and negotiated deals with vendors and new clients• Worked at client sites (see above)

Senior Systems Developer/Analyst to Associate Vice President \2VPOriginally hired as trainee in Chase Manhattan’s first Technology Management Program. Led a project team of 4 developers in the redesign and development of a client-server demand deposit account MIS reporting system used by 650 customer service and account services personnel. o Advised and worked with developers on the design of a money transfer reporting system that reported on 30 billion dollars of money transfers. o Co-developed a client/server letter of credit disbursement system product that was used by over 5,000 customers worldwide. o Co-designed and developed a client/server monitoring and maintenance system for 25 risks managers. The system monitored up-to-the-minute changes in customer volatility in the market place with news, pricing information.o Represent the developer community in Chase’s Center of Excellence.

Originally hired as trainee in Chase Manhattan’s first Technology Management Program.

While attending Polytechnic University I collaborated with IBM Marketing, designed and developed security, reporting, and data management utilities for a WAN based VM system. These programs were used to support a nation wide marketing system. The system included a skills database, resume capture facility, time recording tool and 65 billion dollars of marketing data.• Co-designed and developed modules for marketing decision support system used to identify and track 8 billion dollars of annual opportunity. IBM’s first successful LAN application in company’s mainframe dominant organization.• Created complex business reports for 60 marketing executives worldwide. These reports were used at IBM headquarters to predict market trends and market segmentation.