A modern investment bank inspired by investment crowdfunding and powered by automation."There will never be an end for the need to raise capital just as there will never be an end to deploy it profitably."*Our firm can help you convert your social capital into financial capital. You no longer have to try and beg a VC or Angel Investor to validate your Big Idea when you can raise unlimited amounts of capital in an "Initial Crowd Offering" using our proven platform.Submit your project here: https://sphi.io/contact"The Silicon Prairie: Where Good Ideas Grow!"* sounds more impressive in Latin

The kickass regulation crowdfunding portal operator registered with the SEC & FINRA to offer REG-CF crowdfunding nationally as well as in Minnesota under MNvest, Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan.We offer blockchain based solutions to JOBS act crowdfunding issuers and stakeholders to solve three core problems every business has:1. Authentic investor communications2. Voting, recorded on a distributed ledger3. Liquidity! First on a hosted Alternative Trading System and then peer-to-peer.Every Friday from 9:30 to noon central we host a virtual "Open Office Hours / AMA + Investment Crowdfunding 101 Presentation"Current deals and contact info can be found here:https://sphi.io

"A Digital Trust" established to develop and certify pro-social cryptocurrencies for the public benefit. The organization is seeking to establish a permanent lab where GIVEcoin and IDCoins can be developed, tested and consistently and reliably built. We intend to subject the codebases to rigorous scrutiny including static and dynamic code scanning including continuous malware review to assure high integrity is maintained. We will establish a certification program for other eligible coinbases.The Foundation intends to accept members to help establish a Web of Trust system based on Identity and Reputation as envisioned by http://bit.ly/idcoinsThe GiveCoin 2.0 project is nearing the end of it's alpha test cycle and will be entering Beta soon. Check out the white paper / value proposition now at http://bit.ly/2GiveCoin

Holding company for a Cessna 152 Sparrowhawk.

Guest lecturer on Web 2.0 including business applications of social media and Information Risk Management (UST)

Providing systems engineering, software architectural consulting services, specializing in information risk management, in healthcare, financial, telecom, and intelligence communities.

Enterprise Security Architect, FinTech and Blockchain Technology Subject Matter Expert.

Primary strategic enterprise security architectural subject matter expert for the flagship target.com and mobile apps including CartWheel. SecDLC and SecDevOps champion.

Provide Information Risk Management (IRM) consulting services to various teams within Target. Worked closely with Vendor Management and Privacy teams to help contextualize risks and provide guidance to bring and keep projects in alignment with internal policy and industry better practices. Acted as a Solution Architect for a number of high profile projects critical to enterprise operational execution in the Distribution and Mobile Computing pyramids.

A new start-up business that capitalized on my over three years of crypto-currency experience (at the time) and assets specifically in research and development of Bitcoin, Litecoin, and other Altcoin mining, pool setup and management, as well as exchange API automation and integration.Our first investment has launched! Check it out at https://doabitofgood.com"The Worlds First Charitable-Giving Hub based on Bitcoin! We offer a brand new communications platform that combines a patent-pending screen-saver with a Bitcoin donation engine! Donors search out or designate a non-profit or pro-social cause that matters most to them, subscribes to that organizations campaign, and receives photo album images placed on our servers by the organization. When (and only when) the our screen-saver kicks in the system displays the images while simultaneously mining for crypto-currencies! Our default is to profit-seek the coin base with the higher value, however organizations can specify their preferred crypto-coin.Donors can also directly deposit Bitcoins, Litecoins, Feathercoins, Dogecoins and Givecoins and choose to make named or anonymous donations! We make it easy for receiving organizations to provide receipts that may have favorable tax benefits (see your tax professional for guidance in your geography)"Our second venture is beginning to take shape now! IDCOINS: A Bitcoin for Identity & Reputationhttp://www.idcoins.org

Responsible for defining, documenting, and implementing enterprise architecture governance processes for network and security methodologies across the Xcel organization. Responsible for strategic technical and architectural design of major network and security projects including the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) program.

Assure institutional confidence in the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of BCBSMN infrastructure, information systems, and assets through a combination of human capital, process and cutting edge systems resources supporting:+ Incident Response & Digital Forensic Investigations+ Perimeter Defense+ End Point Security+ Infrastructure Security Oversight+ Internal and External Vulnerability Assessments+ Security Event Management

Directed and monitored all activities for large, high risk, major technology-based projects from initiation to delivery as well as directed and monitored business process improvements. Built business case for project management methodology leveraging Atlassian's Jira issue tracking tool. Provided software architecture and systems engineering guidance including deep reverse engineering analysis of critical operational systems and their migration/refresh.

Responsible for designing, defining and implementing system requirements for complex customer systems and/or preparing studies and analyzing existing systems. Key responsibilities include:- Subject Matter & Procedure Expert on Information Risk Management included Security and Privacy best practices- Identified and initiated programs which resulted in innovative application of existing or new products or technologies; domestic and international patents awarded for original contributions. - Conducted experiments and developed strategies for consideration that extended beyond known scientific and engineering precedents. - Served as an advisor on technical acquisitions and new technology development teams.- Developed original content and direction for Knowledge Based Product Development (KDPD) initiatives

Lead architect for Encryption of Removable Media, External Secure Transmission Services, and PGP Key Services projects; work included gathering requirements from stakeholders in a federated and highly matrixed enterprise, drafting specification documentation, sourcing and evaluating vendor solutions and providing consulting services related to cryptography best practices. Primary author of the Enterprise Encryption Strategy and contributor to the Living Target Architecture (LTA) roadmap.Provided strategic and tactical guidance to line of business Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and workflow practices.

Entrepreneurial duties include establishing the ISP and VoIP vision for the company and developing company infrastructure including selecting vendors and implementing solutions. Responsibilities include project management and employee relations; establishing project budgets and schedules; develop marketing plans and materials, and conceive of new products and services.

Responsibilities at this .com startup included enterprise architecture; management of development team; introduced SCRUM methodology to company; project budgeting and scheduling; management of key client relationships; gather customer requirements and conceive of new product ideas; support sales and marketing road shows; reported to CEO, board of directors, and shareholders. In addition, conduct product and market research for use in new product development.

Developed fraud detection algorithms and methodologies for ecommerce.

Solution scalability work involved re-architecting and software development lead taking a single chassis voice/fax retrieval node into what was then the worlds largest broadcast fax service for customer US Sprint (Overland Park, KS)

Researched library automation solutions and developed RFP that was basis for statewide system.