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Tampa, FL, US

Saint Petersburg, Florida, US

Developed a program for first-time tech founders focused on the principles of product management and creating a path from early adopters to sustainable revenue. This series of workshops has helped participating startups (and their investors) embrace the value of customer discovery, product-market fit, and a more focused go-to-market strategy. The program.

Frankfort, IL, US

PDA's mission is creating, sustaining, and enhancing Private Company value through the active use of diverse Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards. We advocate for excellent practices in board formation and governance. We provide a national network where executives and professionals interested in board service can find and meet with those interested in.

Tampa, Florida, US

• TechNova has been organizing and sponsoring collaborative tech ecosystem events such as BarCamp Tampa Bay and Ignite! Tampa Bay since 2008. This all-volunteer grassroots group is lead by experienced tech entrepreneurs.
• Mentoring early-stage tech start-ups & founders
• Supporting local hack-a-thons and other events
• Volunteering to be an advisor and judge for entrepreneurship and STEM education programs
• Recruiting sponsors, volunteers, and subject matter experts to facilitate annual BarCamp unconference
• Representing start-up business interests in local policy and economic development related discussions

Tampa, FL, US

Phonism is intelligent Device Lifecycle Management (iDLM) Automated Service Delivery Platform.They enable service providers, manufacturers, distributors, and app developers to eliminate the costs and complexities of provisioning, deploying, managing, and securing VoIP devices.A vendor-agnostic approach allows customers to take advantage of legacy equipment.

Clearwater, FL, US

f.k.a. StartupSpace, EIC is a platform that enables communities to identify, build, and measure inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems. Customers include municipalities, academic institutions, public-private economic development agencies, non-profits, foundations, and other advocates of start-up and small business enablement.

Tampa, Florida, US

• Interim executive and fractional CMO / COO who works with technology companies and their investors to reduce risk and get the right products to market faster through focused product planning, building market awareness.
• Guided business strategy, new product development, market launch, and go-to-market tactics for B2B and B2G businesses in EdTech, MilTech, CyberSec, SaaS, CRM, social media, and economic development
• Conducted end-user research to develop targeted customer retention and lead generation programs to help optimize the marketing and business development budget resulting in bigger contracts and lower cost of sales
• Spearheaded product development initiatives from beta through launch, keeping client staff and leadership focused on long-term goals of increased customer conversions, organic industry press, and analyst coverage
• Conducted market and economic development research to create operations guidelines, mentoring programs, events to engage the entrepreneurial ecosystem, collaborative workshops, and investment coaching,

Tampa, FL, US

• Redefined business model, overhauled digital marketing, streamlined customer-facing interfaces, and elevated the industry awareness of a B2B platform with 200 high-end brands, 30K architects, and 60k+ independent.
• Led product development for SaaS platform that needed to reverse declining monthly usage, replace an outdated search engine, and create product tracking analytics - increased use by 2x and engagement by 4x
• Overhauled all digital marketing activities and developed a multi-touch outbound content strategy with broader usage of email and social media, which increased inbound user engagement across all digital channels by 4x
• Simplified market positioning and sales materials, shifting focus away from volatile advertising budgets to more tangible revenue metrics for the CFO & CRO - this increased average deal size by 4x - 5x over existing.

Tampa, FL, US

Ideafield was Tampa Bay's first full-time start-up and freelance-focused coworking office space. As Tampa's tech ecosystem matured, it was apparent that the local commercial real estate market was not adjusting to the realities of a more nomadic workforce. At the time, the available short-term office rental spaces catered to traditional service.

Tampa, FL, US

The Emerging Companies Academy was created to help incubate, mentor, educate, and energize early-stage entrepreneurs and start-up founders. The program was funded by the Florida High Tech Corridor as a platform to match seasoned business and technology executives with startup founders. This experiment in grass-roots tech-based economic development served.

• Persystent was an early-stage end-point systems management software company for enterprise IT. The software allowed IT staff or managed service providers (MSP) to maintain end-user service levels and configuration.
• Recruited to direct product management, demand generation, documentation, training, reseller programs, user support, analyst outreach, and press relations for an end-point security and software configuration solution
• Built thought leadership and branding strategy that resulted in 40 press mentions, including Network World’s Top 10 IT Mgmt. Companies and Gartner Magic Quadrant Report on PC Life Cycle Configuration Management
• Reposition business from a one-time license to a recurring revenue platform for ongoing maintenance - by reducing IT support costs by more than 25%, refocused sales strategy on enterprise clients with a 5x deal size
• Collaborate with developers on daily stand-ups, roadmaps, and release criteria of internal and partner features

• Fortress provided high-strength cybersecurity for wireless networks. These FIPS validated security gateways, and 802.11 WiFi access points are employed in military networks as well as security-sensitive commercial.
• Directed product technology vision and business development strategy for emerging market opportunities in military-grade secure wireless infrastructure solutions (hardware & software)
• Creative repositioning as a wireless-only security offering grew sales to $8M, winning two back-to-back awards as SC Magazine wireless security product of the year, and recognition in the Gartner Research Magic Quadrant
• Managed team of marketers and product managers to lead user research and prioritization of new features
• Expanded marketing communications, business development, and VAR partner relations efforts beyond DoD and federal government to security-savvy industries, including healthcare, financial services, and supply chain

Voice Web Solutions developed Grammar Studio™, a WYSIWYG grammar editor designed as a natural language recognition developer tool for visually creating and deploying speech grammar formats for voice-activated web content, VoiceXML telephony, multimodal Speech Application Language Tags (SALT), and X+V applications.

• AudioTrack was a venture-funded start-up that developed digital watermarking for the forensic analysis of media files being exchanged via peer-to-peer protocols to both improve digital rights management and help.
• Developed a detailed industry analysis to understand the impact of peer-to-peer file sharing and the emerging convergence of the PC software market & the entertainment industry’s traditional business model
• Industry thought leader in the formation of online digital rights standards (Secure Digital Music Initiative)
• A key spokesperson in VC fundraising presentations, roadshows & funding pitches
• Managed intellectual property disputes and refinement of patent filingsDuring the high-profile days of peer-to-peer file sharing (Napster, LimeWire, Scour, etc.), AudioTrack developed the industry’s first practical.

• Appliant was an early stage systems management tool focused on enterprise applications performance and web traffic analytics.
• Directed partnerships and alliances with key partners such as Microsoft and Hewlett Packard
• Structured an OEM licensing deal with HP to distribute Appliant technology as part of an SDK for Java developers; included renegotiating terms with University of Washington Center for Commercialization (Tech Transfer.
• Responsible for a wide scope of corporate functions (product management & marketing, investor relations, alliance management, and industry thought leadership presentations)

Harris County, Texas, US

• Spearheaded special projects, partner strategy, and business development relationships for Compaq's investment in emerging technologies including broadband, internet applications, interactive media, high-density.
• Launched a new generation of web & enterprise management standards (WBEM). Project included structuring an industry alliance between Microsoft, Intel, BMC, & Cisco which evolved into the broad use of Internet protocols.
• Managed joint effort with Microsoft and Intel to prototype digital TV and interactive media systems over cable and telco networks - Project "Tiger" tested early versions of interactive and on-demand content delivery.
• Directed product & market strategy for the adoption of ISV and OEM products including cable modems, DSL, satellite delivery systems, fiber to the home, and smart home / smart grid applications, and security & energy.
• Managed corporate investments in internet products including market analysis, licensing, and royalty negotiations
• Conducted M&A research and post-merger integration of assets, programs, and products

Systems Analysis, Statistical Simulations, And Marketing

B.A., Economics

Ny State Regents Degree, Science - Physics