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New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

Responsible for conducting technical due diligence on new investments, providing guidance and mentoring to technology leadership at portfolio companies, and overseeing Level Equity's technology infrastructure and strategic IT initiatives.

• A full-spectrum technology consulting vendor advising a broad range of clients on software/systems architecture and strategic technology management and planning. Specializing in early stage start-up ventures with.
• Software and integration architecture; Platform and technology stack
• Development process and practices; QA and testing; Release management
• Technology management and oversight; Growth planning; System scalability
• Infrastructure; Technical operations; Business continuity and disaster planning
• Team structure, staffing and hiring

• Provided technical leadership during the initial planning and ramp-up phase of a new, first-in-class business supplying clinical telepharmacy services to the hospital market. Brought in by the founders to articulate.
• Provided an in-depth build vs. buy analysis for the Pipeline technology platform.
• Drove initial platform, architecture and tool choices.
• Handled budgeting and financial needs analysis for tech organization and pro-forma budgeting for fundraising activities.
• Developed technology procedure, policy, and regulatory compliance regime necessary for securing licensing from state pharmacy boards.
• Designed, built and deployed the first version of the PipelineRx application.

• Technical founder and senior technology representative for Mirixa Corporation, the leading provider of hosted, web-based clinical solutions for pharmacist-based patient care services and pioneer in the Medication.
• Responsible for all technology infrastructure and application development culminating with mission-critical, Version 1 product release on-time and significantly under budget.
• Assembled and managed a twelve-person technology team including software developers, quality assurance and test engineers, and system engineers.
• Defined architectural patterns and engineering best practices. Designed and architected all aspects of core system, partner integrations and back-office systems.
• Established and guided an agile process enabling the extremely aggressive delivery of a high-value, low-defect system to the marketplace.
• Supervised teams responsible for both production IT environment and internal corporate IT infrastructure.

• Brought in to formalize technology and platform for VND’s flagship product Rackwise, a web-based configuration tool allowing network designers to quickly create comprehensive drawings and reports detailing physical.
• Elevated existing technology effort and infrastructure to stable, high-availability, market ready service.
• Drove major product redesign and technology planning to produce second generation of Rackwise product and expand capabilities to the enterprise.
• Conceptualized and prototyped new information architecture, functionality and user interaction design for 2.0 product including ideation and proof of concept for enhanced utilization of Microsoft Visio as the.
• Worked with CEO and VP of Business Development to establish strategic partnership with Microsoft’s Visio and MS Operations Manager product teams.
• Participated in defining management team roles and recruiting for Chief Architect and VP of Product Management positions. Established transition strategy to permanent team employing agile principles for software.

Senior architect/engineer with RelayHealth Corporation, a provider of web-based communication services for doctors and patients. Position reporting directly to Chief Software Architect. Responsible for all aspects of product engineering, release management and production support. Position required close daily interaction with QA, Product Marketing.

Irving, Texas, US

Senior developer and employee number seven with privately funded start-up providing web-based service for Doctor to Patient communication platform. Critical member of core product development team reporting to VP of Development. Key player in applying agile approach to software development process. Contributed to the rapid growth of company in a demanding.

Senior management position reporting directly to CEO. General Manager of Boston office. Responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of technical consulting and software engineering staff of six including: product design and development, client management, project and process management, team recruiting, training and mentoring. Provided.

Boston, MA, US

Webmaster for Internet and intranet web sites at 415 bed, full-service teaching hospital of Tufts Medical School. Developed technology platform and infrastructure standards. Designed, developed and managed content for both internal and external sites. Primary technical liaison for Web Advisory Group, a cross-departmental committee overseeing Internet.