tZERO is a financial technology company that provides transformative market-based solutions for companies, entrepreneurs, and retail and institutional investors. tZERO's mission has been to democratize access to capital markets by establishing more efficient, and transparent marketplaces. Working with companies to create innovative solutions and products, tZERO is one of the few regulated and licensed venues that support both the traditional trading of private securities as well as digitally enhanced securities utilizing traditional and the blockchain technologies with benefits such as fractionalized ownership, improved tracking and accelerated settlement.

Working at the capacity of Enterprise Architect, technology advisor or CTO; guide startups and enterprises with their strategy, business plans, technology roadmaps or platform development across several industries. Recent Hands-On:• Languages for Web Development are PHP, Node.js / JavaScript and C#• Machine Language & AI language and Framework is TensorFlow and Python• Data storage has been MySQL, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB and Redshift (RDS)• AWS and Microsoft Azure (Terraform, Kustomize, k8s, ECS, EKR, Docker, Amazon Linux & Ubuntu)Clients & Industries:• Enterprise Architecture for Beam Suntory, K&N Filters• Professional Sports: Seattle Seahawks, Pittsburg Steelers• Automotive: K&N Filters, Mercedes-Benz• Technology: The Convergence Lab, CA State Treasurer, Deets, BeMeir Consulting• E-Commerce: Beam Suntory, The Beard Club, Tru-Trace, AndLuxe, Heated Details, BeMeir• Machine Learning / AI: Lyquid, MNG Enterprises, Vulcan• Video Streaming: Puffy Social, ANC Sports, AndLuxe• Marijuana: WeedMaps, Puffy Delivery, Growlife• FinTech: Zodaka / Flo PayThe range of my clients' needs start from translating business requirements to technology roadmaps and almost always fork at either raising capital on those plans or executing on the proposed roadmap. There are many situations where I find myself having to be very hands-on for building out the infrastructure while in parallel performing code-review and mentoring the development team on best-practice scalable code.Having been an active software developer for over 20 years; I'm always up for the next challenge. I chose my endeavors based on the company mission and how challenging will be the solution through the use of technology.I'm genuinely a hard-core technology evangelist that loves solving complex problems and not afraid to lose weekends and nights to get the job done.

Manage the technology strategy and the key operational investments, the software architecture and the engineering technology that includes supply chain logistics, an e-commerce website, delivery logistics application and intra-systems data pipeline across all 40+ retail locations. Development teams consisted of Swift, Java, PHP, Node.js, HTML & CSS. Data teams leveraged MySQL, Microsoft SQL, AWS, Microsoft Azure and Power BI.• Successfully raised $15M seed round.• Perform all Product Management and Operations Management responsibilities and implemented strategies to close the loop between market needs, marketing requirements, and executive goals. • Hold full P&L responsibility, and mentor peers on Enterprise processes and workflows. Managed a team of 10 developers, 2 QA, 1 Data Scientist and 2 UI/UX.• Managed Information Technology (2 FTE for PC/Mac support)• Managed Product (4 FTE for GTM Strategy, Design, Events & Roadmap)

As a key member of the executive team, oversee all technology research, software development, internal IT, facilities, product and data analytics. Assisted with growth of the company from 150 to 300+ employees, and increased revenue from $30M to $40M within 24 months. Development team consisted of PHP, Node.js, Ruby (RoR) and Python. Data team leveraged MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Salesforce & Financial Force, AWS, Microsoft Azure, Power BI and Tableau.• Project Management: Planned, budgeted, and executed a technology roadmap that included the migration of several standalone applications to a collection of micro-services while maintaining existing revenue driven systems.• Systems Administration: Implemented Jira and supporting tools to manage all agile development and processes; providing executive insight into all projects, their milestones, and resource allocation.• Systems Management: Managed all software and product development that included social, e-commerce (B2B & B2C), mobile, and internal tools.Key Accomplishments:• Reduced $14M operational budget by 10% within the first nine months by consolidating several systems, documentation, and auditing all IT and negotiated vendor contracts.• Delivered four major web applications able to support millions of users and transactions per day.• Grew the technology department from 17 to 72 people within 24 months.• Partnered with fellow members of executive team to increase sales revenue over 70%.

The digital economy has emerged as a topic of high priority among the custodians of the global economy as they search for a solution to address the urgent economic needs. Today, the Global Coalition for Efficient Logistics (GCEL), a Swiss-based nonprofit organization, is empowering the true Digital Economy by working together with about 156 governments, 21 NGOs and the world’s most prominent firms, which have a workforce of more than 2.7 million collectively servicing 60% of the world’s GDP. In sum, GCEL has the road map, the tools, and the global support to empower the Digital Economy. Development language was primarily PHP, HTML/CSS & Node.js. (LAMP)• Leading a team of over 75 people to manage, design, develop, resource allocation, project prioritization, risk management, implementation and management of the Integrated 4-Dimentional Digital Economy (I-4DDE), a global supply chain solution that integrates over 150 countries into a Customs, Banking and Insurance platform.• Successfully raised $100M for funding. • Provided Efficiency and Quality Improvements, overall Operations Management and best practices, and Product Management responsibilities.• Managed the role and relationships for all 3 technology participants (Tata Technologies, Microsoft, IBM) in each of the member countries as well as well as the supporting technical documentation for G8, G20, and B20 presentations.

Technical Advisor for all technology related projects from LED/Video to real-time statistics and software development.

Managed a team of program managers, architects, and developers to deliver real-time video and statistics for the leading LED and video board manufacturers in the world. Responsible for developing and integrating organizational plans, policies and procedures, and guiding the development of integrated business and technical strategies, and goals and objectives with other executive management.• Efficiency & Quality Improvements: Analyzed the competitive landscape to identify and develop new products and services. Collaborated with Sales and Marketing for product specifications to support an Agile SDLC, and coordinated with executive management on M&A strategies and integration plans.• Operations Management: Directed team of program managers, developers and architects in developing and deploying data and information management strategies and standards. Key Accomplishments:• Created a world class premier in-game fan experience for over half of the professional sporting venues across the United States.Successfully managed the hiring process, vendor selection, resource management, and budgets across all development projects including the Super Bowl, World Series, Safeco Field, and CenturyLink Stadium.

• Successfully co-founded a start-up by conceptualizing, designing and then delivering a technology solution that resulted in being the number one application for Windows Mobile and Palm Handheld devices and a design patent for the revolutionary UI/UX and eventually sold for over $10M profit after 5 years.• Incubated and managed all operations of a start-up company that changed the way people view their small screen devices. • Managed all IT infrastructure and external client data integration, directed software development team, which was responsible for the core line of business application. • Designed, built and maintained the data warehousing technologies used for supporting the core line of products and secured a patent on the developed technology.

• Group Program Manager for BackOffice and Windows Support Technology; writing product specifications, working with various other organizations that included developers, release management, security, marketing and product support services.• Program Manager within ITG to manage the overall design implementation of 3 Data Centers located in Europe, Asia and the United States.• Program Manager responsible for the “Windows Server – Support Tools” which was released alongside the server platform within the packaged product which is used by over 15M IT Support professionals to lower their total cost of ownership for Microsoft server.• Supportability advisor to the .NET team for the architecture and support for C# .NET language framework.