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San Francisco, Ca, Us

SPAN is a digital innovation firm that strategizes, designs and develops digital products for clients ranging from small startups to large global brands. SPAN works across industries, devices and borders helping businesses to deliver powerful capabilities embedded in compelling, delightful experiences.As CTO for SPAN I focus on four main areas. Technical Strategy & Innovation - Helping customers define or revise their strategy. I then work to convert that strategy into action focused on the realization of innovative digital products and services. Software Development & Testing - Assembling software teams, defining architectures, and overseeing delivery quality. Ensuring agile response to feedback and effective risk management. Delivery & Evolution - Delivering scalable and reliable SaaS, and custom, solutions to our customers. Maintaining and evolving solutions based on feedback from users, customers and operations.Operations and Processes - Recruiting and mentoring elite technical talent, constantly optimizing our development and support processes, and advising/training customers on best practices.

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Established and led an advanced development organization of 30 rotating staff including managers, architects, and senior engineers. Led multiple 6 month rounds of scouting, project selection, development and integration. Implemented an agile approach with small teams of 3 to 5 embedded in customer sites focused on high risk, high value projects. Member of the Enterprise Imaging Informatics Management Team contributed technology and business strategy guidance while supporting and leading various initiatives at a business unit level. Delivered multiple innovative new features and capabilities that were integrated into the product. Technologies: Linux, Windows 2008, SQLSever, Hadoop, Hive, HTML5, javascript, C++, Mobile,iPhone, iPad, .Net, and many others

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl

Acquired StentorLed the successful integration of the iSite Engineering department into Philips. Tripled the size of the team from about 20 to 60 in under 12 months. Delivered 3 new versions of the product to the market (iSite 3.6,4.0,4.1). Supported a rapid increase in the number of customers from 50 to over 300. Internationalized the product allowing deployment in Europe and Asia. Achieved CMMi level 2 while passing several FDA audits. Proposed and initiated the Philips Healthcare Informatics Infrastructure based on iSite combined with existing Philips assets. Gained backing for the new approach from multiple Philips stakeholders, and funding from Executive Management.Established and led two global distributed delivery teams for two of the three layers of the new architecture. Technologies: Windows XP, Windows 2008, SQLSever, HTML5, javascript, .Net, MFC, C++,

Acquired by PhilipsI took over as leader of the Stentor software engineering team, responsible for development and support of the iSite PACS solution. iSite is an FDA regulated (Class II) diagnostic Picture Archiving and Communication System, delivered as a pay-per-use service, with guaranteed SLAs (99.99% uptime and sub 3 second image retrieval), to many of the largest Hospitals in the US.Rallied a stalled pre-IPO, startup, development team. Developed a strategy and plan for product delivery with consensus backing. Established a delivery oriented culture, hired new staff and management team. Implemented an agile scrum like development process. Executed the plan. Successfully delivered two new versions of iSite PACS (3.5, 4.0) to the field. Technologies: Windows XP, Windows 2003, SQLSever, MFC, C++

Boston, Ma, Us

Technical lead during the analysis, design, implementation, and commissioning of large systems. Established and led Sapient’s digital globalization practice group over a 2 year period. Technical lead for Sapient’s Learning Services group for over a year. Advisor to client executives on technology strategy, digital globalization, and eLearning. Account management and ownership. Marketing, Business Development and Sales. Staff Manager supporting career growth, hiring, and general personnel management.Supported the integration of the newly acquired Studio ArchetypeExample Projects: Redeveloped the Cisco Networking Academies Program Management System. Developing cross-channel strategies for Nike, and channel partner strategies for Sun Microsystems. The redesign of HP.com, and technology consulting on globalization approaches and information supply chain management for HP. Developing eLearning Strategies for the United States Marine Corps. Other Clients included Risk Management Solutions (RMS), Wells Fargo Bank, Charles Schwab, GM, Hartford, Hallmark, California Power Exchange, Sunglass Hut and Staples.Technologies: Multiple web technologies and enterprise middleware systems

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Technical lead responsible for the analysis, design, and development of IBM’s web based Business Catalog System. Defined the system architecture, managed the overall project plan and weekly work schedules for a core team of 20 developers. Established an evolutionary development methodology, that resulted in 18 incremental releases in 10 months leading to the first release to the customer, which passed acceptance testing.Technologies: C++, DB2 version 5, aix 4.2. visual basic, EDI interfaces.

Gb

Developed and led HFC Banks database strategy. Chief analyst and designer for the main data warehouse. Analyzed and designed various credit related systems, improved ETL strategies. Defined procedures for software development, database administration and general unix system development. Acted as HFC representative on the Oracle User Group. Attended conferences and seminars on Oracle, Unix and Internet related topics. Expanded scope of data warehouse to all credit worthy adults in the UK provided new datamartsTechnologies: Oracle, unix, AS/400

Designed and developed a web based job portal for contract jobs. Developed a pipeline of 5 possible customers for the system. Negotiated corporate alliance with Oracle and SCO. Failure to secure additional funding led to closure of the company.Technologies: Oracle V.7, pl/sql, Perl 5, SCO unix

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Gb

Led the Applications Development Department of 10 staff and acted as the Primary technical contact for Oracle during the £30m HISS project. Analyzed requirements, designed solutions, planned the development of software sub-systems to meet deadlines, negotiated enhancements, and monitored plans in order to control risks and ensure timely delivery. Developed standards and procedures for design, build and formal quality review of the system. Collaborated on the analysis and design of sub systems including; Patient Master Index, Ordering, Results Reporting, Care Planning, Maternity, Theaters, Pharmacy, and Facilities Management. Led the design and development of a generic message processing middleware and bulk data loading system. Completed in 9 months. Managed the loading and commissioning of the HISS with a patient index of 1.3 million patients. Developed interfaces to multiple clinical, laboratory, and departmental systems. Supported live systems 24x7x365Technologies: Oracle V.6, pl/sql, unix, Perl 4/5, C

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Gb

Led a team of 3 developers and 2 data administration staff through the design, development and loading of the British National Geochemistry Database and supporting applications. Loaded the system with details of a million geological samples collected by a team of 10 geologists over a 20 year period. Technologies: Oracle, Oracle Forms, pl/sql, SQR, VAX/VMS, Fortran

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