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Houston, Texas, US

• Provide guidance and insight for technical assessment, online strategy, and Level III assistance for commercial and retail operations.
• Completed 700+ assignments to date ranging from multi-floor, multi-site network design and installation (APs, Site-to-Site VPN, VOIP) to retail POS diagnostics.
• Expanded client base to 50+ organizations.
• Led regional Capital One wireless project to install Cisco network equipment in 20+ retail bank locations throughout Long Island. Monitored all installations and resolved issues.
• Recruited by Financial institution to determine corporate website exploit, assess vulnerabilities and restore web presence with secure implementation. Redesigned 3 corporate sites and led integration effort of backend.
• Resolved high-priority on-site issues for financial (Dreyfus, Morgan Stanley, Capital One), retail (Carters, Gap, Home Depot, J. Crew, Staples), and telecommunications (Verizon and AT&T) clients.

• Act as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for select portfolio companies. Validate market/product fit, technical capabilities, and troubleshoot existing portfolio companies.
• Spearheaded rebuilding of crowdsourced driver alerting platform backend (API to UI) with integrated mobile apps (IOS and Android). Completed project within 6-month delivery deadline and at 1/3 less the proposed cost.
• Established white label integration effort with Garmin to support access of alert database for future product launch.
• Developed and acquired initial funding for go-to-market (GTM) strategy, including competitive positioning, finances, market validation, and outsourcing partner selection for an MIT technology proof of concept.

• Co-founded and created company definition, product development, and business startup of global cargo tracking and security solutions for businesses and governmental organizations. Authored award-winning business plan.
• Defined core hardware and software architectural components for 3 platforms, including custom satellite transmitter, hand-held activator, and production backend/website.
• Recruited and managed 12-member international team.
• Authored Port Security proposal for DOT / Homeland Security which was awarded $875,000 for proof of concept.
• Orchestrated effective field trial deployment and tracked container shipments from Bose, Hasbro & HP throughout Australia, Africa, Canada, China, Europe, Japan, South America, and the U.S.A.
• Awarded provisional and utility product patent.

• As Founding Member and 2nd employee, oversaw infrastructure development and technical architecture initiatives to support all key operations for highly-customized, international reverse auction online B2B exchange for.
• Team-led the creation of NaviPact, the 1st online global tender application capable of supporting multi-carrier contract negotiations. Successfully brought to market, negotiated, and sold NaviPact technology.
• Headed migration of 1st generation spot cargo application into pure J2EE Weblogic application without downtime or loss of deal flow.
• Instrumentally increased online membership from 0 to 15,000 through strategic marketing efforts.
• Recruited, trained, and directed operations for 16-member, Agile application and product development team.
• Coordinated 3 simultaneous development projects, including launch, spot auction and contract offerings.

Initiated the transition from a concept company with a single product offering to a company that provides a series of branded traffic retention services. Established and planned strategic direction of the company by comparing product offering price / performance with real world alternatives. Distanced the company from its formative stage as a single.

New York, New York, US

In charge of a wide array of daily lab operations that evaluated new technology products, including budgeting, staffing, technology, marketing, strategic alliances, product development, delivery, and vendor relations. Expanded staff from 14 to 36 full-time members in east and west coast labs to deliver 3 comprehensive comparative reviews every 2 weeks. Met.

Bs, Business Administration

International Management | Linguistics Studies