Bob Wald Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, MO, US

Kansas City, MO, US

• I integrate Data, Insights, Innovation, Ecosystems, and Standardsfor a radically new AI-based "intelligent decision system" for:
• Pre-provisional/pre-patent assembly with auto associations (allowing human reality check) and graphical clustering,
• Gap and opportunity analysis driving R&D prioritization,
• “Real world” IP valuation using unbiased industry and financial analyst sources,
• IP commercialization process benchmarking to significantly improve efficiency,
• IP portfolio analysis and patent “pruning” to focus resources on the highest ROI opportunities,

Contract Roles—Management Consulting, IP Commercialization, & Interim Management:In-Knowvation, LLC 2008-Present * Stealth Startup--CURRENTLY Creating Graphical, Story-Based, & Metric-Driven Collaborative Problem-Solving Platform for Strategic Goal Alignment. * Far UV Technology--Led Strategy & All Eye Safe FarUV Products for Microbial Inactivation &.

Norman, Oklahoma, US

New York, NY, US

Technical and business strategy/operations consulting opportunities over a wide range of market segments, technologies and functions. Work accomplished under the highest levels of integrity, information security, and avoidance of ANY conflicts of interest.GLG is a technology-enabled learning platform that connects top professionals with experts.More than.

Exton, PA, US

1) Conceived & implemented GRAPHICAL & AI-driven PoC project for the very sophisticated idea management system (IMS), innovation workflows, PoC projects, IP, corporate strategy, external grants, & grand challenges. Required expertise in data strategies, taxonomies, ontologies, semantic networks, NLP, GenAI, graphical dBs, data mgmt, security, & graphical.

Exton, PA, US

Technology innovation, strategy, and standards for the worldwide cable industry.1) Greatly assisted as moderator & SME of Explorer WG meetings in IoT/IIoT, SmartCities, AI/ML, PNM, Edge Computing, Telemedicine/Health, Immersive Experiences/VR/AR, MicroGrids, etc., One WG chair said, "Your input and comments were much appreciated and insightful. "2).

Kansas City, MO, US

3 month contract to Ramp Up Product Development and Management.Duties included: team management, R&D, product development, HW/SW/optical engineering, component selection and ordering, IoT strategy, secure dashboard design, UL product certification, vendor management, test plans, intellectual property (IP), problem resolution, cloud-based supply chain.

Kansas City, Missouri, US

6 month "Digital Transformation" contract to define and create a holistic view of customer service to create cost savings and serve as a platform for growth and predictive analytics. Managed project teams.Focused on innovation processes for evaluating ROI of potential ideas as well as formal project requirements once prioritized. Technologies encompass the.

Lawrence, Kansas, US

• 8 month contract to create strategic plans for data analytics and machine learning to accelerate product development in Exabyte-scale data management.Delivered the following:
• Comprehensive Competitor Review of Data Analytics (DA) and Machine Learning (ML): capabilities, product plans, employee profiles, hiring plans, deep patent analysis and analyst perspectives;
• Tactical DA and ML Product Roadmap;
• Strategic Plan for DA and ML Innovation with Q1 and Q2 Metrics and Outcomes, specifically addressing corporate change management; and
• Competitive Intelligence "Deep Dive" of all Relevant and Unique Data Protection Competitors.Reported to both CEO and CTO. FT contract was at the forefront of R&D and SaaS product development. I leveraged predictive.

Dallas, Texas, US

Created new IoT technology, software and engineering products for an elite R&D team in a large and well-regarded multi-national corporation. Areas encompassed Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), predictive data analytics, cybersecurity, intelligent process control, User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) testing and multi-disciplinary engineering.On.

Kansas City, MO, US

Contributed to and led internal and outsourced SW dev team management, product development, project management, partner interactions, all applications for both grants and start-up accelerators., R&D, and future vision of analytics and AI automating decisions.SW dev environment includes.NET and node.js, JS, AngularJS 1.X, C#, SQL Server, Python, Git/GitHub.

Overland Park, KS, US

Hired by division president to lead new initiative that previous teams could not capture. Supported Smart Integrated Infrastructure (SII) projects related to Smart Utilities/Cities.Areas of focus included Technology Innovation, Smart Metering, Geographic Information Systems (GIS, specifically ESRI ArcGIS for Desktop 10.2 and Google Earth Pro), Enterprise.

Kansas City, MO, US

Lectured in three entrepreneurial courses: Creating the New Venture-Experiential Learning; Product Innovation Management; and Creating the Enterprise.

US

• Effectively led the entire operations and strategic decisions for the company. Titled CEO and CMO were too busy leading their medical practices.
• Developed the business strategy, business plan, product plan, and created marketing materials.
• Sought equity and SBIR financing to build and test a medical imaging device.
• Independently managed the product definition of a dual-energy X-ray medical imaging device by facilitating meetings with prospective partners, customers, and venture capital firms.
• Collaborated with medical/dental surgeons and radiologists, managing the working prototype creation, and defining the initial testing requirements.

Lexington, Kentucky, US

• Contributions included both unique R&D and Agile product development areas.
• Leveraged Digital Asset Management (DAM, non-textual assets like videos, complex multi-layered images, audio), Intelligent Document Recognition and Processing (higher education transcripts), and Information.
• Led product definition, user stories and management of these and file format/MIME-type semantic analysis solutions.
• Facilitated discussions with senior management and select customers.
• Communicated with various industry analysts and attended trade shows to prioritize relevant functionality.
• Extensively utilized IBM RPM custom-built product development and software versioning system.

Stamford, CT, US

• Managed a team of 7 emerging technology consulting resources.
• Achieved highest Gartner consulting revenue in EMEA!
• Co-founded and served as the only American on a pan-European industry board with more than €2B of purchase authority.
• Served clients thru outsourced CTO, C-level bus dev, consulting director, complex program management, & industry board of director roles.
• Led the creation, delivery, and successful deployment into 17 countries of a €350M broadband cable internet, voice, & video product platform for a major European cable company (UPC) that has added over 30% to their.
• Served as Chief Architect prior to the introduction of Accenture, & then managed the program and Accenture partners following this introduction.

Louisville, CO, US

• Founding architect and Program Manager of the exclusive cable modem technology used throughout the world (DOCSIS™), the first always-on, broadband fiber/coax network that revolutionized internet and VoIP access.
• Co-managed the creation and implementation of 13 functional specifications that became an international standard (ITU-T Recommendation J.112 Annex B) used by EVERY cable operator.
• Created and implemented certification/interoperability test labs and automated scripts critical to user and industry acceptance.
• Specific work included: hands-on reverse engineering of existing proprietary cable modems; working in lock-step with over 30 cable industry CTOs to assess their requirements; interacting with standards bodies on.
• Served as the Secretary of the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Data Standards Subcommittee.CableLabs is the international cable industry R&D center. DOCSIS directly increased worldwide cable.

Clive, Iowa, US

• Serving as the sole product manager, analyzed competitive intelligence, disruptive technologies, standards, and telecommunications trends to create a revolutionary xDSL product that was exclusively OEMed to ADC Telecom.
• Responsibilities centered on product development and competitive intelligence for DLC, xDSL, VoIP, T1/T3, SONET, IP, and SNMP solutions as the direct liaison to engineering.
• Development efforts defined a completely new platform integrating voice and data services as well as an exclusive OEM product for ADC Telecom through interaction with senior management, select customers, CLECs, trade.
• The new products and momentum greatly-enhanced analyst visibility and customer perceptions leading to a successful IPO (NASDAQ: CACS).This new direction and momentum contributed to a second product line increasing.

Hopkinton, MA, US

• Managed new datacenter product definitions, creation, testing, and product management activities.
• Coordinated and ran many brown bag employee lunch sessions, a newly created customer advisory board including a Fortune 100 CIO-only retreat in Beaver Creek, CO to define and prioritize areas of excellence.
• Assessed DS-1/3, ATM, SMDS, DWDM, and Clear Channel SONET/SDH interfaces in both the US and Europe.
• Managed $250k/year research services budget and interaction with industry and equity analysts for technology strategy, competitive analysis, and potential partnerships.
• Facilitated numerous interactive sessions with senior management including proposal creation and presentations for buy-in of useful features/functions relevant to the organizational capabilities.
• Analyzed technology trends and competitive products to define new WAN interfaces and switching technology for the most profitable product of the most profitable division in the history of IBM (ESCON/Fibre Channel.

Ms, Optical/Electrical Engineering, Minor Ai, Ph.D. Coursework

Bs, Electrical Engineering, Minor Ai

Broadband Fiber Installation Boot Camp, Ftth/Fttp

Certificate, Data Visualization With Tableau

Certificate, Textual Etl

Certificate, Data Analysis Using Pig And Hive

Certificate, Apache Hadoop Essentials

Certificate, Big Data – Nosql Database Essentials

Certificate, Excel Data Analysis

Certificate, Python Programming

Certificate, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (Cissp)

Certificate, Pmp Project Management

Fasttrac Entrepreneurship Program--New Ventures And Tech Ventures

Information Organization And Access Practitioner (Ioap)

Graduate, University Preparatory And Advanced High School Diploma Program