MMersive Technology is an emerging creative garage integrating MMixed Reality, Deep Learning, and Responsible AI. We are seasoned technologists encompassing multi-media gaming, entertainment, and software development, who create immersive, full-sensory, adaptive individual and collaborative experiences.

Time And Machines develops integrated High-Performance Computing, Machine Learning, RAI (Responsible-AI) - including both LLM & SLM, Data Analytics, and Application Systems that provide real-time adaptive guidance and analytic applications for defense as well as financial and operational commercial applications.

Certified as an arbitration panel member and individual arbitrator for securities industry disputes governed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Systech Corporation - Oct 2013 - Feb 2015SysMAP project - shared responsibility for developing initial and 18 month functional roadmap for a commercial Internet of Things (IoT) product line integrating Systech's modular M2M gateways with a cloud based SaaS monitoring and management application.Cloud services project - responsible for creating selection criteria, researching, evaluating, recommending, and negotiating contract for strategic SysMAP cloud service partner. Selection process included Gartner Magic Quadrant and boutique vendors. Results: Systech contracted cloud services through OnRamp, an excellent boutique cloud hosting provider, which met or exceeded all selection criteria.Patent submission - responsible for coordinating initial technical write-ups, final editing, and managing legal submission for 7 patents associated with SysMAP software and hardware. Results: 6 provisional patent application submissions completed, submitted & initially accepted. Utility (final) patent application submission completed. Dock & Go, - Nov 2010 - May 2014Dock & Go designed, manufactured & distributed mobile security and safety systems that integrated ruggedized mobile video / audio, analytics, and sensors with fixed and mobile command, command, control, and communication operations for the energy, rail, trucking, marine, Homeland Security, 1st responder, and public transit markets.Provided support for functional design, development, pricing, marketing, and delivery of its mobile security and safety systems. Led business development and functional design for customized products leveraging the ruggedized computing and communications base system for the mobile security and safety system.Continuing over 30 years of mentoring / coaching men & women to discover & follow their life paths by helping them build & navigate their personal & family growth, overcome adversity, consider / pursue military & civilian service, and build their faith & self-esteem.

Querium developed and continues to enhance an AI-based assessment and customized cloud-based learning platform that is optimized for mobile delivery using smartphones and tablets. This platform can integrate with vocational, technical, and educational testing to assess individual user subject area knowledge and skill. Its individual assessment drives the creation of a personalized course of study for individual user and instructor use, which also comprehends the user's defined interests, instructor's experience, and an organization's subject area profile. I provide DoD, DHS, and VA market knowledge, product functionality guidance, and business development.

HARTH was a Texas Hill Country Charity based at the Sunset Cliff Farms Equestrian Center on Lake Buchannan outside Burnet, Texas. It provided equine-assisted therapy for Veterans, Military, First Responders, and Their Families dealing with PTSD and TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury), as well as for children dealing with trauma from human trafficking, emotional, psychological, and physical challenges, and elderly dealing with loneliness and dementia. Previously, I served as full-time board member.

Responsible for recruiting and leading valet and parking shuttle services teams at ten (10) VA Medical Centers around the US, as well as managing support services for the VA Headquarters campus and the warehouse staff for the VA national IT warehouse. The valet and parking shuttle teams assist our Veterans and their Families served by these Medical Centers to move around the campus, enter and exit facilities, enter and exit their vehicles, as well as if needed, assist in unloading / assembling or disassembling / loading mobility devices, then getting into / out of those devices, and parking / retrieving their vehicles or shuttling from / to their vehicles and medical center facilities. The VA HQ support services provide conference and office setup / move support for the 47 buildings encompassing the VA headquarters campus, and the warehouse staff for the VA national IT warehouse staff manage and execute the centralized receipt and distribution of IT and office equipment for all VA facilities and employees.

ArNav Verticals, Inc. (ArNav) was a Service Disabled, Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) founded in early 2014 based on three objectives:• Leverage the Founders’ mutual principles of integrity, teamwork, and service matured through their military service and heritage;• Give back to our communities and to those who have honorably served; and,• Help emerging organizations achieve and grow sustained success so that they can prosper and give back to the community.To give back, ArNav co-founded Veterans Treatment Alliance, to assist in the discovery, validation, and provision of natural treatment for PTSD, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Post Concussion Syndrome (PCS), and Moral Injury. ArNav assisted young companies, who are innovative leaders in cognitive analytics, HPC (High Performance Computing) / HPDA (High Performance Data Analytics) cloud hosting, and defense systems / services, through: product / user needs research and functional design; quality assurance program evaluation and execution inspection; and, market research, entry, sales, and delivery support.Helped Navigator International successfully enter two (2) new markets: 1) Veteran Affairs contract services market by collaborating in the development of their valet / shuttle and administrative support / logistics management services offerings, qualifty assurance, staffing, pricing, proposal, stand-up and operations. Grew to twelve (12) contracts, 18 managers, approximately 100 employees, and over $3M USD revenue per year, which I was then hired full-time to manage as VA Program Manager in Feb 2018.2) DoD contract aviation maintenance and logistics market by collaborating on the development of their maintenance support / logistics management services offerings, qualifty assurance, staffing, pricing, proposal, stand-up and operations. Grew to four (4) contracts, over 200 employees, and over $12M USD revenue per year.

Helped build an alliance of natural therapy associations and providers, Faith and Veteran Service Organizations (VSO), research universities, and technology partners to:Develop, continually expand, and market an online registry to: - Provide information about natural therapies and care- Identify and vet (appraise intent, performance, and commitment) local natural therapy providers and Faith / Veteran Service Organizations- Promote information sharing and collaboration between alliance members Capture and present natural therapy and care PTSD, TBI, and PCS treatment success stories to validate and justify VA, DoD, and general healthcare use in treating and sustaining long-term recoveryAdvocate and drive general acceptance, adoption, and use of natural therapies and care to treat and sustain long-term recovery of PTSD, TBI, PCS, and Moral Injury for:- Veterans, Military, and Their Families - First Responders and rescue personnel, as well as victims of Child / Human trafficking and abuse, and their families- General healthcare

Responsible for leading the pursuit, negotiating contract, and closing the prototype design and development of an Android integrity measurement prototype that verified proof-of-concept for embedded Android mobile device security monitoring and management. Led successful execution of early, on-budget prototype design and delivery that exceeded client’s expectations. Developed supporting performance metrics capture / analyze / report system to measure, ensure Quality, and discover potential prototype and future application improvements.Led multiple contracted classified projects.Contributed to the closing of a $1M mezzanine round of angel funding.

Led the functional design and development of MedWorld™ - CM (Combat Medicine), an Office of the Secretary of Defense Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I proof-of-concept for a serious video game experiential training platform for trauma medical team / individual combat medical education, casualty continuum-of-care operational training, performance measurement, and certification. MedWorld™ - CM is an individual and team play cloud-based multi-role (MMORPG) serious video game for combat medical education, casualty continuum-of-care operational training, and performance measurement. Wrote the Phase I deliverables report, as well as created and led the successful delivery of the Phase I proof-of-concept demonstration. Conceived the Phase II strategy and was the primary author for the associated proposal. The Air Force was not funded to proceed to Phase II. CMI individually invested over $300K and 9 months effort in concept and development work unfunded by DoD in MedWorld™ - CM (Combat Medicine). CMI retained full Intellectual Property rights.As COO, was one of three (3) architects for the design, development, and use of an ontology-driven architecture to accelerate the creation, production, deployment, and ongoing enhancement of interactive projects. MedWorld™ was the prototype offering that successfully demonstrated the potential of KnowledgeWorld™, an interactive cloud-based platform that CMI conceived and designed to create serious video game-based education, training, and performance measurement. KnowledgeWorld™ Platform enabled accelerated conception, production, deployment & delivery of immersive virtual education, operational training, and performance measurement unique to specific markets. Results: MedWorld™ was selected for a Phase 1 Small Business Innovation Research contract and was chosen to present at the DoD 2012 new training technology conference, which I delivered to a standing room only audience.

Educate3D designed and manufactured 3D players for the education, training, commercial, military, and professional A/V markets. Its systems were designed to be packaged with Critical Mass Interactive's serious video game-based education, operational training, and performance measurement to provide a complete training solution.

Aspen was a struggling metropolitan home entertainment firm, for which I was hired as the Contract President & CEO, to lead the business redesign, product refresh, and creation of ‘duct tape’ marketing to establish Aspen as an emerging 3D leader in the education, home entertainment, and Professional Audio / Video markets, as well as to drive acquisition of the firm so that the original investor could exit. Built strategic alliances to accelerate entry into target markets, mitigate risk, drive revenue growth, and reduce costs. Designed and implemented ABC/M (Activity Based Costing / Management) model to manage the business, forecast revenue, and solicit investment. Result: Drove Aspen’s successful entry into target markets and acquisition by and executive transition to a consumer electronics group.

Cortexa was an early-stage home automation developer and manufacturer. Hired as President & CEO, to transform the business and product strategy and create a supporting business financial model for managing and forecasting business operations and performance to sell company, which led to the successful search, negotiation, and sale of the company to an angel group of investors. Under new investment group, led the design and development of new Consumer mass market and Professional product lines that included an intuitive graphical user interface, iPhone application, new system architecture, and high-performance servers that collectively created new customer demand, simplified installation, improved usability, and reduced manufacturing costs by over 30%. Led and participated in the creation of new marketing, sales, customer support, and pricing programs. Results: establishment of distribution agreements with three (3) of the top four (4) home automation distributors; strategic alliance with Leviton Manufacturing; and, acquisition by and transition of executive management to Angel investment group.

Individual and collaborative engagements for: FedEx - identified & qualified the impact of new technology & supporting methodology on FedEx operations, then identified and recommended how to employ those technologies & supporting methodologies & with whom to strategically partner to implement / deploy them. Results: establishment of 2 new technology initiatives & 2 strategic partnerships to collaborate in new technology development and deployment into FedEx operations; IBM - co-leader of team assessment for global database market and leading competitors, then developed & presented a recommended strategy & supporting execution plan to transform IBM's DB2 product line back into a market leadership position to IBM Executive Leadership. Results: laid the groundwork for IBM's eventual acquisition of Informix, revamp of entire DB2 database product & services business to become UDB, and re-establishment of market leadership; Perot Systems - assessing the outsourced data center delivery of business services for Swiss Bank resulting in being hired as the Perot Systems Global Director responsible for leading a successful 2 yr project to integrate, redesign, and deploy Foreign Exchange business processes and supporting data center delivery technology & services. Results: ForEx business returned to its position as Swiss Bank's most profitable business & Global Leader; and, Eagle Logistics - evaluated its daily operations and how its IT systems & supporting methodology supported them. Results: my recommendations drove re-alignment and synchronization of its IT group with its business operations to streamline IT business service delivery, reduce errors, improve operational performance & decrease costs supporting successful IPO.Mentoring / coaching men & women to discover & follow their life paths by helping them build & navigate their personal & family growth, overcome adversity, consider / pursue military & civilian service, and build their faith & self-esteem.

Recruited to lead the turn-around of a failed Public Sector data center outsourcing effort. Built and led a cross-discipline team to design, build, develop / implement operational methodology, stand-up, market & operate a rapid development, deployment, and cloud hosting solution center to efficiently and consistently support Federal and State programs. Developed performance reporting system. Results: solution center became established as a federal market leader for lean execution, price / performance, CMMI certification, continuous improvement & full compliance of all federal requirements in securely hosting & delivering new / established integrated business / technology solutions. Led development of performance data collection / analysis and reporting system.Based on federal success, my team was next assigned to Unisys’ Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services (GOIS) data center division to conduct Six Sigma Lean assessment of 56 global red data center projects (projects losing more than generated revenue). Led team to identify short- and long-term technology improvements, operational breakthroughs & supporting methodology to enhance and sustain efficient data center hosting service delivery, Six Sigma Lean-driven Quality Assurance, competitiveness, fixed price contract financial performance & new sales. Created & presented short- and long-term data center services, technology & methodology roadmaps approved by Unisys executive management for phased global implementation, for which team stood-up & drove rollout resulting in assured data center service delivery, predictable cost based performance & path to driving all projects to profitability, as well as improving data center competitive positioning, new business acquisition, and continuous service and performance improvement. Developed performance metric system, data capture, analysis, and reporting system to measure individual contract and overall GOIS system and operational performance.

Recruited to turn-around a failing MSP: - identified & fairly separated personnel not capable of effective contribution (75% of the work force - 30 of 40 employees including 4 of the 5 executive managers)- rebuilt the Senior Leadership into a highly experienced, creative Team- rebuilt the company into a highly collaborative 24 person team- created & deployed a service product life cycle management methodology- created four (4) foundation data center operations & management service products that could be customized to correlate & support each client’s unique business & IT operational needs, expectations of service & ROI requirements- implemented lean methodology based on ITIL processes, procedures & supporting metrics- defined business, financial & operational metrics; instrumenting all three (3) environments to provide reporting, management & continuous improvement in accordance with Six Sigma Lean methodology- designed a phased development & deployment of an ABC/M pricing model that generated client specific pricing based on business services delivery requirements & ROI model using client provided numbers & guidance- created & implemented an integrated business / financial model & supporting methodology used to manage business operations mapped to investment, revenue, resources & costs- developed and implemented an Activity Based operations model to support the ABC/M pricing model driven by volume, client service levels & cost-of-goods sold (COGS)- designed and deployed a proven Business Continuity Plan that ensured full service restoration during a customer's actual major data center catastrophic failure- created & deployed an integrated sales & customer life-cycle delivery methodology- re-branded of the company- led pursuit, close & negotiation for 2 largest clients- reduced total operational cost 45%- increased revenue 300%- reduced burn rate by 75%all resulting in meeting investor objective of positioning company for sale

Recruited to take Executive and P&L responsibility for successfully integrating and leading 8 Consulting Practices: Internetworking (integrated enterprise & site secure communications), Information Assurance (including Security, Privacy, Compliance & Emergency Response), Wireless Networks, Systems Management, Network / Security Operations & Management Outsourcing, Data Center Operations / Management, Cable Plant Services, and Project Management, as well as all Product & Services Development / Management, Marketing, Training, and Recruiting. Led the concept, creation, marketing, sale, and delivery of Power Services - a set of integrated methodology / tool-based services that assisted data center hosting providers to consistently & efficiently execute IT delivery of business services yielding product-like revenue and profit. Result: Became highest profit, highest revenue service set.Executive responsibility for acquisition and integration of three (3) boutique consulting firms. Shared executive responsibility for developing and execution of an IPO strategy, which due to market conditions Cabletron refocused to divesting subsidiary. Shared executive leadership in the profitable sale of individual Practices and Regions, merger of selected field and individual Practices into two (2) sister companies, and fair separation of excess employees.

Shared executive responsibility for recruiting and leading a cross-discipline team to collaborate with Credit Suisse in the successful redesign, development, implementation, operation, and customer support of an outsourced Internet based Private Banking Service supporting Credit Suisse and 600 client private banks, which was delivered on time, on budget, with outstanding customer satisfaction, while meeting or exceeding all Credit Suisse, private banking customer, and global regulatory requirements. Led and participated in the pursuit, close, contract negotiation, team selection, and execution of 18 month project for redesign and implementation of all business applications and customer services during conversion to support Y2K for Deutsche Bank's US Financial Services subsidiary, which increased customer service, accelerated product delivery, reduced operating costs, increased profitability, and passed all corporate and US / International regulatory compliance and security audits. Working for and with the CEO of Deutsche Bank's US financial services subsidiary, coached the CIO - who only had a technical heritage - into becoming a business focused executive resulting in the realigning of IT to the financial product lines and their delivery, which increased customer satisfaction through improved service, enhanced competitive position in the market through enabling simple adaptive delivery of financial products to customer needs, and reduced cost of IT by improving communications and collaboration between the lines-of-business and IT. I became a trusted mentor for CEO on how to leverage technology for business advantage.Managing Director responsible for leading five global financial services practices involving Customer Relationship Management, Systems Management (including shared leadership for KPMG / Microsoft Systems Management partnership), Straight Through HPC Processing, Process Re-engineering, & Outsourced Operations, including IT services and hosting.

Hired to lead pursuit, close, and contract negotiation for a integrated business / technical transformation of Swiss Bank Foreign Exchange global operations, which were failing due to conversion from mainframe to client-server delivery. Recruited, built, and led an international cross-discipline team of Perot Systems, Swiss Bank, and contract personnel to assess, redesign, transform, implement, deploy, host and support Swiss Bank’s Foreign Exchange global operational, compliance, and reporting processes, as well as integration of supporting client-server technology infrastructure, services, and delivery methodology, that re-established Swiss Bank’s global Foreign Exchange market leadership and returned it as the bank’s largest single profit center. This effort required 2 years of global coordination of: business and technical personnel; business, financial, and technical operations; Foreign Exchange proposal creation & approval, customer bid & acceptance, and Swiss Bank execution within ten (10) minutes anywhere in the world; and, superior customer relationship management. Joint responsibility for successfully performing due diligence, recommending, outlining negotiation parameters, and managing integration and operations of acquisitions and global alliances.Helped lead the development and execution of an interlocking infrastructure strategy and delivery methodology with other Global Practice Directors.Member of global business & emerging technology executive advisory group for Jim Cannavino, President & CEO.Perot Systems was acquired by Dell after I was recruited away by KPMG Consulting.

Established and led a software consulting practice that successfully pursued, closed, researched, designed, and developed PeopleSoft and RedBrick Application Management software under contract for BMC Software.Drove qualification as first IBM distributor authorized to sell, install, and support the SP-2 family of Super Computers, which was the forerunner of Watson, IBM's highly acclaimed family of High Performace Computing Platforms, Data Analytics, and applications. Drove the sales pursuit, close, and contract negotiation of the first SP-2 sold by an IBM distributor, and led the successful implementation planning and execution, operational startup, applications migration, and ongoing support.Individually conducted assessment and developed plan to improve operations for Eagle Logistics, through which company implementation drove its profitable nationwide growth and operations, and contributed to successful IPO.

Hired to develop and lead a national sales force and distributor network to market and sell application software, services, hardware, and support to Durable Goods Distributors and Major Warehouse Operations throughout North America. To support this effort, conducted market research to design enhance business driven functions into application to streamline pricing, bidding, proposal support, warehousing / distribution / fulfilling / delivering orders to provide durable goods distributors and major warehouses strategic and tactical market leadership and competitive advantage. Then conceived, developed, implemented and executed a lean methodology that integrated hardware and services into application sale to create a compelling business solution resulting in a 25% increase in close probability, over 100% increase in revenue, 30% increase in gross margin, over 100% increase in service revenue, and significantly increased customer satisfaction.Individually executed the sale, proposal, close, and contract negotiation, and then led the delivery as the Executive Customer Relationship Manager of the two (2) largest, most profitable customers in Mincron's history.

Joint responsibility for strategy research & development, as well as leadership responsibility, for evaluation, definition & tactical delivery of NetView, NetView for AIX, Systems Application Architecture (SAA), Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), Distributed Management Environment (DME), Computer-Telephony Integration (CTI) & digital voice / data switching customer requirements & their supporting platform capabilities & operational methodologies. Joint responsibility for the research, evaluation, selection & operationalization of strategic alliances to address critical data center marketplace / customer requirements. One of these alliances won the global data center management fly-off of all major systems management vendors two (2) years in a row, using NetView as its data center platform. Personally selected by IBM EVP, who led IBM Communications global line of business, to lead business negotiations between IBM and AT&T, to develop the interoperability of IBM's NetView and AT&T's Systems Integrator (network management tool) based on global client requirements. Drove IBM Executive approval of alliance effort; developed, presented, and drove legal position for FCC and SEC approval, which was during the time both were highly concerned about IBM / AT&T collaboration leading to market monopolization, so this was a major accomplishment. Shared responsibility for on-time, on-budget, full-function alliance technical development & testing; as well as, highly successful market, joint IBM / AT&T field, press & researcher introduction as well as field / customer delivery. Shared responsibility for the definition of functional requirements to use HP’s OpenView kernel as the foundation for IBM’s Unix-based NetView Systems and data center Management; its introduction and delivery to the IBM field force; and, successful market, press, and researcher introduction.

Selected from IBM Lab to participate in a branch office pilot program to develop & lead a field-based application alliance program for the AS/400, RS/6000, & workstation marketplaces that encompassed selection, joint marketing, deployment & support for integrated business solutions. Responsible for successfully selecting & managing $5M investment in selected partners as well as contributed to global roll-out of program.Successfully led 1 of 5 global pilot programs for the use of contract sales agents to cover the small - medium business market. Result: contributed to global rollout of program by IBM.

Group Product Manager for a new branch and small business integrated communications and business application server, responsible for conducting market research, creating functional requirements, collaborating with development, manufacturing, component tracking / performance analysis, OEMs, marketing, and field sales to execute product development / lifecycle roadmap, introduction, and rollout to / lab sales support for global field sales, resulting in exceeding the 1st year global revenue target by 10%. Member of Leadership Team responsible for successfully moving division from Santa Clara, CA to Colorado Springs, CO, which included expanding development team and standing up manufacturing, service, and field marketing. Designed, developed, implemented, and managed an ABC/M financial model used by Division to manage its business, product lifecycle, distribution, and revenue generation.Participated in the design and development of a Customer Management system for a major investment management firm, which used historical and real-time data analytics to route incoming customer calls and drive broker / customer recommendations, communications, and relationship management .Working with IBM, participated in the design, marketing, and sale of integrated dealer sales and operations management and communications systems for the Big 3 US auto manufacturers. ROLM was acquired by IBM.

Zaisan was a venture-funded startup founded by former Texas Instruments executives. Recruited from Texas Instruments to lead functional design, pricing, distributor support, and successful market introduction at Comdex and through national press and research tour of an integrated voice / data workstation. Responsible for providing functional design and marketing presentations to venture investment firms that resulted in successful close of 1st and 2nd round financing. Led marketing effort to support successful close and rollout of major computer chains and distributors. Helped position Zaisan for successful buyout offer by Compaq Computer, which founders foolishly rejected. I then accepted an offer from ROLM Telecommunications.

Hired as part of a Texas Instruments pilot program to recruit transitioning Military Officers as Management Trainees. Selected as an Account Leader responsible for sale, acceptance testing, negotiation, and driving contract review for Texas Instruments' nascent Winchester disk drive OEM sales to major computer manufacturers. Successfully sold a multi-year $100M OEM agreement with the IBM PC division to provide Winchester disk hard drives, which Texas Instruments decided not to execute for unknown business reasons, then decided to exit Winchester disk drive business. I was offered a position in Texas Instruments Government Electronics Division, but turned it down when I was offered a position with the former Texas Instrument Winchester disk drive executives, who founded Zaisan.

Test Program Manager for new aircraft and tactical systems, including: operations requirements, problem identification, research, solution definition, integrated test, safety, logistics, operation, resource, & Quality Assurance plan development, execution & analysis involving integrated Navy, GSA aviation engineering & technical testing resources, and vendor engineering, technical & flight resources. Developed and presented test results / recommendations to Senior Navy, Civilian & Congressional Leadership. Created & managed program & project budgets. Participated in test operations and flights. Assistant Program Manager for Initial F/A 18 Hornet carrier / field launch / recovery operational acceptance that resulted in successful acceptance on budget & on time. Leadership responsibility for creating & promulgating F/A 18 carrier launch / recovery procedures to Fleet Aviation. Assistant Program Manager for Initial AV 8 B & C Harrier carrier V/STOL / ski jump launch & vertical recovery (day / night) operational certification, as well as small deck vertical take-off and recovery. All evolutions were successfully completed on time & on budget. Leadership responsibility for creating / promulgating AV 8 large & small deck launch / recovery procedures to the Fleet Marine Corps Aviation & supporting Navy shipboard commands. Leadership of a 235-person test maintenance group, including 85 civilian union contractors & shop stewards, responsible for the test readiness of Naval Air Test Center aircraft. Leadership of a deployed 65 man maintenance division responsible for the physical systems flight readiness & safety of A7 carrier based aircraft. Leadership responsibility for pilot flight / carrier operation qualifications & certifications for Naval Air Test Center & carrier based A7 squadrons. OIC (Officer-in-Charge) of numerous test & operational detachments. Landing Signal Officer responsible for operational safety of carrier landing operations and testing.