John Cuellar Email & Phone Number

Oakland, California, Us

At Cascade Clarity, our purpose is clear: to create organizational harmony. We aim to empower businesses with the knowledge and tools to successfully implement and monitor their corporate goals as they cascade through the organization. With decades of experience combatting the "organizational silo effect," we eliminate this barrier through objective engagement and innovative technology, data, and integration. By providing executives with a clear understanding of progress, they can reach their corporate goals, allowing them to make informed, strategic decisions based on unbiased information. In addition, we promote clarity, alignment, and success throughout the organization by simplifying complex business processes: Goals-OrientedWe strive to achieve specific, measurable outcomes. Data-DrivenWe rely on data and objective analytics. Client-CentricWe put the needs of our clients first.Metrics-DrivenWe obtain transparent objective KPIs and Key Results.Results-Oriented CultureWe prioritize results and reward employees who consistently deliver outcomes for their clients.

Denver, Colorado, Us

West Chester, Pa, Us

Promoted to PrimePay CTO after its acquisition of SyncHR. Strategic mission is to integrate disparate products and development stacks i.e. Microsoft and Open Source and disparate teams across all aspects of R&D span of control: Product Development/QA; Dev-Ops; Security; and Information Technology. Provide visionary leadership working with senior technology managers to merge teams, efforts and development approaches. Responsible for ~$15M budget and team of ~115 FTE both on and off-shore. Drive process consistency across span of control for Board of Directors reporting. Reporting metrics align along functional areas: Software development (Agile); Information Technology (ticket throughput); Dev-Ops; Security. Board of Directors reporting focuses on expense/efficiency performance of R&D.

• 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 - Providing visionary ideation and leadership in the build out of our integrated Human Resources (HR), Benefits Administration and Payroll Software-as-a-Service application. Differentiating features in HR include : Flexible Organization Structures and Hierarchies; Zero Position Data Loss (native position management); Dynamic Form Builder (Platform-as-a-Service Architecture); and Workflow. The Performance Module sits on top of the Flexible Organization Infrastructure and Hierarchies to provide true Cascaded Objectives (OKR’s) capability. Payroll module has patented retro-processing. Personally developed the General Ledger interface. • 𝗗𝗲𝘃-𝗢𝗽𝘀 - Provided architectural direction for the migration of the SyncHR platform into a public cloud kubernetes cluster. Postgres is back end RDBMS technology. Responsible for deployment of High Availability and Disaster Recovery infrastructure. Directed the development of CI/CD pipelines (gitlab, jenkins infrastructure) to be 'form based'. This allows for lower level operators to spin up deployments for feature branches in an ad-hoc fashion• 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 - Responsible for the SyncHR Information Security Framework, related policy documents, Information Technology Controls (IDS/VPNs/License compliance/etc.) and successful completion of SOC Audits.

𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁-𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀:• Raised seed capital in addition to personal capital contributed.• Acquired strategic accounts generating approximately $3M in initial sales.• Executed on early stage Go-To-Market Strategy.• Completed minimally viable product, led product ideation and development.• Established “marine corps” software development team and Sofia, Bulgaria Office• Recruited Senior Executive team to push the business forward.

• Created and managed early stage investment fund focused on SaaS software start-ups

New York, Ny, Us

Managed Harbor Technology Group which became Buck Harbor Technologies after the sale of company to Buck Consultants - A Mellon Financial Corporation

Built and sold a systems integration business. Achieved $10M in revenue with no investment capital. Sold the business to Mellon Financial Corporation.𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀:• Developed a differentiated service offering to drive rapid business growth.• Created a high velocity training program for new consultants ensuring market positioning• Sold and staffed new accounts at a rapid clip to absorb new recruiting classes.• Kept customers and accounts in good standing which lead to engagement renewals.• Tightly managed P&L to maintain 20% pre-tax profit.• Accounts included Dell, Chase, Sprint, Wells Fargo, Florida Power & Light, among others

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Structured and completed various financing arrangements between western investment groups and Eastern European companies. Advisory included balance sheet optimization and financial modeling.• Structured joint-venture agreements between Raiffeisenbank and NIKMI, a bulgarian real estate development company. • Organized debt financing for a Greek jean wholesale manufacturer.

Chicago Board of Trade - Worked on the over-the-counter trading desk assisting in the structure of exotic option products to mitigate commodity risk.

Washington, Dc, Us

𝗜𝗻-𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁Completed the overhaul of a proprietary Material Management system from General Dynamics. This resulted in ~$2M in annual savings for the US Navy• Developed deep technical and functional understanding of the GD system.• Sourced 4GL application technology to modernize the application technology architecture.• Personally rewrote the application and provided training to internal support staff.

Mba, Finance, Entrepreneurship

Bs, Electrical And Computer Engineering