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San Jose, California, Us

Caligo Technologies revolutionizes digital promotion performance by pioneering breakthroughs in technologies, media and insights that build trust, deliver results and provide meaningful value to consumers around the world. We work closely with major consumer packaged goods companies and leading retailers to allow closer cooperation in driving consumer behavior throughout the digital offer ecosystem.

St. Petersburg, Florida, Us

As VP of Technology, responsible for all aspects of enterprise, affiliate and mobile software Development, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Product Management, and IT teams. Is a member of the executive management team.- Played a key role in the Catalina acquisition of Cellfire, Inc. - Responsible for delivering various innovative solutions in the Coupon Load-to-Card space- Enabled 100% year to year transaction growth (1 BB transactions in 2014; 2 BB transactions in 2015)- Enabled the use of the Cellfire coupon network to perform targeted and personalized Load-to-Card programs reducing costs and increasing revenue- Delivered first in class enterprise digital Offer Planning, Estimation, and Distribution application now deployed at a leading US manufacturer

San Jose, Ca, Us

As VP of Engineering, responsible for all aspects of enterprise, affiliate and mobile software Development, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Product Management, and IT teams. As a member of the executive management team reported directly to CEO• Managed joint development projects with major retailers like: Walmart, Kroger, Safeway, Meijer, Publix; Container Packaged Goods manufacturers like: P&G, General Mills, Georgia Pacific and distribution partners like: You Technologies, Quotient Technologies, Inmar, and News America Marketing. • Collaborated with Samsung to power their mobile Wallet in delivering digital promotions. • Delivered first in industry end-to-end mobile digital to POS coupon offer distribution integration between Cellfire, Kroger, and Safeway (Largest US based grocery store chains w/4600+ locations combined). Since then expanded to a variety of other retailers.• Delivered first in industry cable-TV based clip to card solution (Verizon FIOS).• Delivered multi award winning iPhone, Android, and Blackberry coupon distribution applications.• Leveraged scanning and location based services to deliver targeted offers• Revamped J2ME, Windows Mobile based (now WIN 7) and WAP based applications supporting over 600 phones across 11 major US carriers.• Extending the existing mobile infrastructure to provide and monetize new digital coupon services.• Delivered white labeled coupon solution for Verizon called VZ SpendSmart.• Delivered closed loop offer targeting and 2D bar code redemption solution for JCPenney.• Delivered various “call to action” SMS based applications for both Cellfire and other national ad distribution partners (Money Mailer as an example). • Successfully overhauled the entire US based SDLC process, Software Development, and QA organizations.

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

As VP of Engineering, responsible for all aspects of enterprise and mobile software Development, Maintenance, Quality Assurance, Product Management, and IT teams totaling over 30 professionals. • Successfully restructured the entire US based Software Development organization and added Off-shore development capability (for the back-end as well as phones). Expanded the team from an initial headcount of 3 to over 30 professionals. • Successfully expanded Obopay’s J2EE based financial back-end to include credit card processing via Pay-By-Touch, Pooled Accounts processing, and bank associations like MasterCard. • Delivered SMS, WAP, Brew and J2ME based mobile payment application on over 100 phones as well as PDAs, Pocket PC, and RIM devices.• Revamped the existing Brew based application to meet Brew development standards, then submitted and received Brew NSTL certification for the Brew based mobile payment application variants. • Implemented processes to support off-shore software development.

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As VP of Engineering responsible for Software Development, Quality Assurance, Customer Support, Technical Publications, and Product Management teams totaling over 55 professionals. As a member of the executive management team reports directly to CEO.• Successfully developed and delivered IPLocks’ entire suite of database security and audit web enabled application components (Vulnerability Assessment, User Behavior Monitoring, Privilege Monitoring, Transaction Monitoring, Metadata Monitoring and Content Monitoring) resulting in compounded quarter-to-quarter revenue growth in the Japanese market.• Work closely with US and Japanese resellers like BMC, Hitachi, Unysis, and IBM in developing custom features.

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Responsible for the overall product architecture, selection of standards, and integration of various software components and technologies. Created and staffed the Software Development, Quality Assurance, and Technical Publications teams totaling over 30 professionals. • Responsible for the development and delivery of Brandsoft’s entire suite of web management tools enabling organizations to control their multitude of internet, intranet, extranet, wireless (BREW, J2ME, WAP based platforms), portal sites and content management systems.• Implemented a technical framework that exploits J2EE, Web Services, and Semantic technologies to integrate heterogeneous Content Management Systems, Web Publishing Systems, Work Flow, and rights management applications via a Resource Description Framework (RDF) infrastructure. • Recognized by Tim Berners-Lee (Director of the W3C) for delivering one of the first Semantic based commercial applications. Was invited to speak at two different W3C Conferences (World Wide Web Consortium) as a guest speaker.• Established and negotiated off-shore development capabilities, resulting in substantial software development cost reductions.

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As VP of Engineering, responsible for Software Development, Maintenance, Technical Support, Quality Assurance, and Technical Publications teams totaling over 40 professionals. • Successfully expanded Visto’s entire suite of mobile access product offerings such as email, calendaring, contact, and synchronization on mobile phones and “smart” devices such as PDA, Pocket PC, etc.• Lead a joint project with HandSpring, Inc. in developing the first smart-phone mail client now known as Treo Mail.• Responsible for the development and deployment of wireless clients for devices such as PDAs, Pocket PC, RIM, and mobile phones utilizing the WAP, Brew, J2ME, etc. platforms.• Participated in fund raising activities with financial partners and prospective investors.

Newbury, Berkshire, Gb

As VP of R&D for the Visigenic Division, was responsible for the overall Software Development, QA, Technical Support, and Technical Publications activities relating to the Inprise Application Server, VisiBroker, and Application Center product lines with over 120+ professionals across the San Mateo, CA; Australia; and Singapore development labs. • Successfully integrated the Visigenic’s and Inprise’s development teams resulting in zero employee turnover, greatly improved morale, and predictable product delivery.• Restructured long-term product line strategy to be aligned with the evolving Internet and B2B/B2C market evolution.• Delivered major releases of the VisiBroker and Inprise Application Server products. Software Development magazine rated the Inprise Application Server product as “Best in its Class”, surpassing BEA’s and IBM’s offerings.• Revised and implemented development processes and procedures to ensure predictable product delivery. Re-built and re-focused the various teams in accordance with budgetary constraints.

Houston, Texas, Us

As Director of R&D, was responsible for distributed systems data base backup and recovery product line (SQL-BackTrack) for Oracle, Sybase, Informix, MS SQL Server, and IBM’s UDB database environments running on most UNIX and NT operating systems. These products are critical availability components for most of the Fortune Global 1000 companies.• Successfully integrated pre-IPO software startup, DataTools Inc., into the BMC Software, Inc. organization.• Expanded the Engineering group from 30+ professionals, including 4 managers, to a staff of over 100+ professionals and 7 managers responsible for all aspects of software design and development, product quality assurance, product documentation, product support, and product marketing. • Responsible for 100%+ annual global revenue growth ($70 million, up from original $17 million).• Implemented quality assurance, project management, code management, documentation, and technical support procedures/processes. • Worked extensively with customers and development partners such as SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Siemens to create unique 24x7 availability and backup and recovery solutions. • Responsible for defining, developing, promoting and coordinating BMC’s Messaging Oriented Middleware (IBM’s MQSeries) product line corporate wide. Duties included budget, personnel administration, code development, quality assurance, technical publications, product support, and product marketing. • Previously responsible for distributed systems and mainframe IMS, DB2, and CICS/VSAM application restart product line.

CIO responsible for multiple data centers running mainframe, AS/400, and distributed systems. Managed a nationwide private data communication network of over 2000 terminals.

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