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South Hadley, Massachusetts, Us

KeyRock Consulting Partners brings management expertise and insights to businesses seeking to deliver exceptional value to its stakeholders. Services include management and operational consulting, go-to-market strategy and planning, performance improvement, growth strategy, organizational effectiveness, mergers and acquisition, corporate finance and restructuring, and technology.

New York, New York, Us

In charge of technical leadership for Outernet division, responsible for understanding technical aspects of all areas of the organization, anticipating and identifying needs, identifying industry trends and presenting solutions to the management team.• Evaluated and specified software and hardware needs for digital signage.• Managed software development process including testing, QA and documentation. Directed the software engineering function in developing, releasing, and maintaining software.• Managed internal development group and remote contract programmers.• Specified, managed and maintained network connectivity and security for digital signage.• Developed software designs to optimize staging and installations of digital signage systems.• Partnered with sales to identify sales opportunities, then specified and developed beta products for review and test marketing for a variety of advertisers.• Developed hardware specifications, identified appropriate vendors, tested evaluation units, evaluated pricing and negotiated service agreements.• Managed outside technology vendors, reducing billing by 40% annually.• Technology and product development for the GameStop TV Network, installed in over 4,000 retail GameStop locations.

Us

Key member of management team that build SignStorey, a digital signage company with screens at retail, from a 6 person company with no clients to a 40 person company running 2,000+ screens in 10 retail banners across the country. Created and delivered software functionality that did not exist in the industry, without the need to increase support staff exponentially as the company grew. SignStorey was ultimately sold to CBS for $71.5M in 2007. • Managed software creation and development for digital signage program to manage thousands of screens with the capability of running unique content on each one.• Developed deployment and installation software for digital signage systems that significantly reduced the cost and time of staging and installation signoff. • Specified and maintained network and security infrastructure for digital signage system capable of handling thousands of locations and receiving real-time system health and status.• Established, planned and administered the overall policies and goals for the information technology department.

Tolland, Ct, Us

Managed the rapidly expanding Application Engineering department, using lessons learned to drive product development. Was a core member of new product development team for new leather cutting system which became the highest margin system in the product line and generated $30 million in sales in the first 2 years.• Managed product development for automated cutting software and hardware development for several automated cutting systems used worldwide in manufacturing furniture, space suits, bullet proof vests, golf clubs and much more.• Functioned as the liaison between Sales Engineering, Technical Support and Manufacturing to improve all aspects of product; ease of production, lower cost to manufacture and service while increasing functionality.• Managed groups of from 5-20 engineers responsible for creating training material and educating customers on the automated cutting systems worldwide. • Built and implemented the Applications Engineering group as a revenue generating entity, bringing it from $0 revenue to $1.5 million a year over 3 years. • Created initial technical documentation, managed technical writing process and production of various manuals.

Managed all aspects of customer facing contact, supporting sales development and retaining clients by supporting service agreements. Helped to build training as a revenue generating business.• Managed Technical Support, Sales Engineering and Applications Engineering groups comprised of approximately 20 employees.• Responsible for servicing of hundreds of automated cutting systems worldwide.• Developed training programs for employees and customers.