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Fractional and Interim CTO services for businesses of all sizesMobile Application Architecture and DevelopmentSaaS Product Innovation

-Define Mamava’s technology product (app, IOT) vision and strategy that aligns with our business strategy- Create and get cross functional alignment on a technology roadmap that reflects business priorities, resource allocation, and timelines- Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors- Manage engineering budget, in-house team, contracted development partners, and lead the integrations of partner API's to our platform- Develop a strategy and framework for allocating resources effectively in line with vision, in a way that motivates and inspires team members- Discover and implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage- Advise on all company technologies and data systems and ensure they are used efficiently, profitably, and securely

- Strategic advisor helping to build and grow a services organization within Vaco focused on the digital and IT strategy needs for enterprise clients- Support the merger of Kapok Digital and VacoBuilt across all dimensions of a successful services organization

- Client executive providing innovation and architectural direction for digital transformation initiatives across mobile, web, IoT and Cloud- Bridge the gap between strategy, product and development teams to build future vision and bring novel products/solutions to market- Oversee project teams to ensure alignment between requirements, design, and development to ensure on-time and on budget project delivery

- Develop technology strategies that support enhanced social media experiences for real-time chat, sports data and augmented reality- Integrate design and development initiatives to provide a cohesive go to market execution- Provide thought leadership for how to leverage user and brand analytics to support data monetization

- Leading the front-end development domain, partnering heavily with digital and design organizations to translate their needs into intelligent technology choices and roadmaps- Work across the development organization, collaborating with developers exploring full stack and front end technologies. Find patterns that can be reused, and take the strategic design work and turn it into intelligent technology assets- Representing the technology perspective in strategy sessions, presales conversations, and as an architect overseeing active client projects

- Web User Interface Design and Development - Java EE Application Design and Development - Delivering exceptional User Experience Across Desktop and Mobile Web Applications

Developed a general UI strategy leveraged across multiple products. Mentored individual teams to accelerate their adoption of modern Web 2.0 technologies and to ensure a common look and feel across products. Lead the development of common assets that were shared across 10+ products

The Role of a Master Inventor is to apply mastery of patent knowledge by actively serving as a leader in the patent community and mentor to broad community of inventors.

The invention development team is focusing their strategy on building a high quality services patent portfolio. Going forward they want to encourage inventors to capture innovation that is occurring in strategic services areas.

Led the design and development of the Communication Enabled Applications Dojo widgets that are customizable and extendable and can be leveraged in both desktop and mobile ( iPhone and Android ) web applications. These included key features such as the Click To Call, Call Notification, Co-Browse and Two Way Forms, as well as iWidget support for integration with Lotus Mashups and WebSphere Portal applications. Worked closely with several internal and external customers to encourage adoption of the product. Pioneered a collaborative browsing experience based on JavaScript which several experts thought impossible.  Delivered as a product in WebSphere Application Server as cobrowsing and WebSphere Commerce Server as coshopping.

UI Development lead across 15 WebSphere Application Server componentsGathered stakeholder requirements, designed panels and demonstrated prototypesLed a team responsible for delivering all aspects of UI development and test

Designed and developed new WebSphere Application Server caching functionality and serviced customer requirements on legacy WAS releases.Delivered web caching features that greatly improved the scalability and performance for WebSphere CommerceDesigned and developed the portlet fragment caching feature for WebSphere Application Server 6.1Developed an eclipse based plugin for creating WebSphere Application dynamic cache configuration files.

Website development utilizing Apache Tomcat, Java Servlets, DBMS, XML and XSLTJava Development for mailing list applicationC++ Development for a test tool GUI