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Greater Chicago Area

IT founder and CEO building multi-million dollar revenue in: AI, MathGLM, robotics, IoT; fintech, blockchain, eCommerce platforms; IT consulting services, delivery, development and testing; technology product sales and services as a VAR founder.Technology sales and services include; BaaS, PaaS, cloud, ASIC, GPU, SaaS, enterprise software licensing, data center, servers, storage, networking, systems design, integration and solutions.Corporate certifications, authorizations and partnerships include; Microsoft, Apple, IBM (Business Partner), HP, Novell, etc.Enterprise environments include; SAP, Oracle (Sun), Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, etc.Core technologies and applications include; AI, ML, DL, NN's, robotics, IoT, DB/DDB, blockchain architectures, DLT, Ethereum, Solidity, Hyperledger, smart contracts, dApps, prediction markets, BI, analytics, Fintech and eCommerce platforms, social networking, ERP, SCM, CRM, SFM, HRM, etc.Addressed Fortune 500 vertical markets include; manufacturing, Fintech, eCommerce, financial, banking, insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, education and government, etc.Key achievements as VAR founder, IT consultant:As Founder and CEO, bootstrapped a VAR (Value Added Reseller) corporation, established vendor and channel relationships, secured a multi-million dollar underwritten credit line and created a full-service portfolio of offerings in less than a year.Secured one of the largest global financial institutions as a client. Consulted and created standards and specifications for their entire multi-state data centers. Secured multi-millions in revenue and supported their four trillion dollar monthly financial activities.Conceived and developed a first generation CRM application and secured a copyright, (AHD V3.0).Founder, owner and advisor in IT ventures. Participated in a leading role for a startup whose notable founders built the largest global “big box” and “shopping club” retailers and one of the first eCommerce platforms.

Scottsdale, Arizona, United States

Tech-Based Specialty Funds

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Advisor, University of Richmond, Customer Experience Program Appointed Advisor (Active Term 02/2022 - 01/2023) for the Customer Experience Program at the University of Richmond, supporting the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business, the School of Continuing Studies and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, which opened in 1992 and was the first of its kind in the U.S.Of note, on October 15, 1992, presidential candidates George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Ross Perot came to the University of Richmond for the first-ever "town hall" televised presidential debate, viewed by 200 million people worldwide.Addressing a crowd of nearly 9,000, President Obama visited the University of Richmond to present the American Jobs Act on September 11, 2011.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Appointed Advisor (Active Term 10/2021 - 09/2022) to Advisory Council as Thought Leader to council members, industry experts and business leaders for The George Washington University School of Business. My leading Advisory Council role for the GWU CX Program is to support efforts designed by industry experts and experienced leaders in instructing professionals seeking advanced skills in developing deeper customer insights and in learning how to integrate innovative digital methodologies that make organizations stand apart from the competition. The CX Program trains and develops professionals in the ever-evolving customer experience field. Participants learn concepts for analyzing, managing, and building customer experiences that are unique and valuable in the marketplace. They are trained in strategies designed to solve messy, real-world problems and to communicate results. Participants gain technical, analytical, and communication skills through GW's project-based interdisciplinary curriculum, which seeks to provide a comprehensive understanding of the new customer experience.Our faculty includes experienced C-level CX industry experts and noted authors instructing professionals with a program curriculum designed to teach and advance customer-centric skills needed to lead essential Customer Service initiatives in organizations.At the program’s conclusion, the CX Program delivers a CX Capstone and The Customer Experience Strategic Plan into a blueprint that can be put into effect at your company immediately, along with a Professional CX Portfolio of tools and resources for implementation at your organization.

Usa

Responsible for Oracle’s GEH (Government, Education and Healthcare) vertical sales for the APS (Advanced Product Services) suite of IT consulting and delivery services. Managed clients in the central one-third US region valued at over three hundred million dollars in installed license base with over sixty million dollars in annual SPS (Standard Product Support) revenue. Key achievements: Managed Oracle’s multi-year contract for their largest global vertical S&L (State and Local) government account. Led boardroom negotiations with the client CIO team and secured millions of dollars in Oracle license, SPS and in consulting and delivery revenue from the flagship account.Responsible for Oracle’s largest global commercial education and beta site account for the introduction of their online education platform. Accelerated the rollout with the client CIO, general counsel and Oracle delivery teams within months of employment, enabling the client to realize their projections of over fifty million dollars in initial revenue. Oracle generated millions of revenue dollars in license, SPS, consulting and delivery services as a result.

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Selected highlights in descending order…ELEK-TEK:Hired by the owner and CEO of one of the nation’s first and largest independent IT distributors and retailers (ELEK-TEK, with over two hundred twenty million dollars in pre-IPO annual revenue). Drove sales as a member of a small hand-picked team focused on face-to-face CXO level engagement in expanding their Fortune 500 and government footprints.Key achievements: Leader with a team which quickly built multi-million dollar annual revenue streams prior to IPO. Landis & Gyr (Siemens):Product Manager and Marketing Analyst for the WorldWide Distribution Group for multi-million dollar lines of programmable logic controllers (PLC's), sensors and actuators for “smart” building and campus technologies. Related products; HVAC and security software and facilities management services. Key achievements: Consolidated Polygyr sensor and actuator lines (PLC's) resulting in over one million dollars in projected cost savings.GTE (Verizon):Marketing roleAdvanced rapidly and promoted to a GTE-EPG (Electrical Products Group) manufacturing division’s international corporate headquarters in marketing and planning roles for product lines producing over eighty million dollars in annual revenue. Led planning efforts with multiple VP’s and their product management teams.Key achievements: Responsible for the SLRP (Strategic Long Rang Plan) at twenty six and co-introduced new products creating over ten percent incremental annual revenue. Sales engineering roleBecame a leading revenue generator for three separate regional sales offices including participating in the opening of a new strategic location for EPG in sales engineering roles. Secured Fortune 500 accounts with products used in CNC and flexible cell automation, (supporting clients'; MRP/ERP, CAD/CAM, IR in-process controls, robotics, AGV/RFID automation/storage efforts).Key achievements: At twenty five, awarded as a national top sales category producer.

Bs, Marketing

Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: School of Management Council, Commodities TA

Advisory Council Advisor And Thought Leader For The School Of Business Cx Program

Advisor, Customer Experience Program