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Greater Chicago Area

This has been both a 0-1 AND 1-10 journey as part of the team who started this digital products consulting firm. Led by a team of analysts and engineers with extensive backgrounds in software, marketing and general business -- we help clients build and launch their digital product vision. My role often includes leading design, development in the interest of clients needs and I am sometimes relied upon by clients as an acting or interim CTO. I oversee aspects of building client digital products such as needs analysis, project planning, software architecture, team building, business practices, management controls and have also been part of supporting capital raising efforts.

Franklin Park, Il

This was a 1-10 work journey taking company's client data and software development capabilities from one person to a department of 30+ teammates comprising business analysts, project managers, feature-assurance testers, user interface experts & one of Chicago's premier teams of Ruby-on-Rails software engineers who actively contribute and influence to the open source community.

Schaumburg, Il

Oversaw client projects specializing in the use of direct-response marketing principles via the Internet to increase advertising & sales process efficiencies. Gathered requirements, created work tickets, led programming efforts.

Greater Chicago Area

This was a 0-1 work experience leading design and development for what became an award-winning, top-5 online restaurant guide covering over 12,000 worldwide cities including more than 120,000 restaurants. Achieved top 2% consumer ranking with ½ million monthly visitors (2001). Acquired major competitor, CuisineNet, (also top 2%). Inked strategic alliances, partnerships & data licensing deals with over 100 top sites including Yahoo, WebTV, Go.com, CNN, eLocal, Epinions, iVillage, WomensForum & InfoSpace. Unleashed web distribution program that grew more than 3,000 affiliates strong. Featured in Business Week, Internet World Magazine, CBS Newsradio, Chicago Software News & Crains Chicago Business.

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