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Assess/review technology architecture and strategy for software product and services companies, coach agile/scrum teams on best practices for development/QA/DevOps, build and manage engineering teams.

Consultant CTO/CIO, Engineering Manager, Solution Architect, and Product Manager for software and SaaS companies. • Client: ActivePrime. Oversaw engineering, product development, and IT operations (global, remote team) for early-stage SaaS company focused on data cleansing for CRM. Responsibilities included growing and managing the engineering department and maturing agile processes and technologies to support CI/CD.• Client: RxPhoto. Helped small company scale tech operations to support exit (successful sale/merger March 2021 to PatientNow). Areas of support included: reorganizing product teams, developing standard roles and responsibilities, interviewing/hiring, co-managing 3 global development teams, formalizing processes for product development from ideation through delivery, introducing agile scrum, restructuring Jira and Confluence to support scrum, implementing DevOps best practices, compliance with regulations including HIPAA and GDPR, architecture and security reviews, and development of product roadmaps and technical architecture diagrams. Led technical due diligence for company sale.

Bourne, Ma

Managed all technology groups (product development, professional services, database development, quality assurance, and IT infrastructure). Member of 4-person executive team (CEO, CTO, COO, CSO).• Helped CDS transition from reactive market follower to innovation leader in the event services space.• Spearheaded broad company reorganization to separate product, IT, and services divisions.• Built out product development organization by creating and staffing the following practices: product management, product design, product support, release management, integration services, and database/BI. Led adoption of agile scrum in product development.• Served as Chief Security and Data Privacy Officer. • Developed multi-year colo-cloud migration strategy (AWS and Azure).• Directly managed build of scalable SaaS registration platform on Microsoft MVC. • Key participant in due diligence process culminating in Freeman acquisition.

Framingham, Ma

Manage delivery of solution architecture services for TJX Corporate and TJX Canada. Lead Solution Architect for Master Data Management and other enterprise projects. Help coordinate efforts among business, integration, data, and security architects. Develop standardized architecture deliverables and write technical articles. Create key design decisions for major projects.

CIO/CTO contract consultant for firm specializing in helping small-medium sized business use technology more effectively.

Wayland, Ma

Manage product development and engineering team for SaaS company specializing in content management, internet marketing, and data solutions for member-based organizations in the leisure and hospitality industry.

Led development of the JFK Library website and online digital archive portal which went live January 20, 2011 (50th anniversary of JFK inauguration). Responsible for project management, solution architecture, software and vendor selection, budget, and delivery. Coordinated vendor partners and hired/managed resources for the duration of the project.

Co-founded and ran a recruiting company for highly skilled information technology professionals and consultants. Built and managed all technical infrastructure and applications for the firm, including internal commissions system and candidate tracking system built in ASP.NET. Mindcircuit uses a unique peer sourcing and peer screening model to locate and screen the best high-tech talent for our customers. Peaked at $5M annual revenue, 42 employees.

Dedham, Ma

Co-founded Microsoft-focused technical consulting firm. Engagement and technical lead for multiple technical and management consulting projects. Decision Logic was purchased by TAC Worldwide in 2003.

Boston, Ma

Wrote lots of cool web code for big companies and hip little ones with cartoon animal logos. Drank champagne at expensive launch parties. Rode internet consulting wave with everyone else planning to get rich on options until we bashed into the sea wall of the 2001 economy. Left humbled.

Natick, Ma

Managed consulting group of 10 developers. Wrote a big client/server app in VB/SQL that ran the training company. Trained corporate clients on Microsoft apps and programming languages, managed trainers.

Ma, Fiction Writing

Wrote some really good stuff that wasn't quite good enough to publish so had to get a paying job.

Bachelor'S Degree, English

Magna Cum Laude Significant coursework in Physics, Math, French. Less significant but more fun coursework in Mysticism and Paleontology.