Fluent is the only dental source that combines comprehensive historical and current dental procedure data with AI technology, analytics, research and dental domain expertise to address the questions and business concerns of our customers and partners.

The LA CTO Forum is a vibrant, private, invite only network of 250+ CTOs that meets once a month in Santa Monica. This is an amazing group of the top technical minds in Los Angeles and I’m proud to be part of its success. More at: www.lactoforum.org.As a member, I assist the LA Startup Ecosystem by providing help to startups and VCs as an Informal Technical Adviser, Formal Technical Adviser, Technical Consultant and Part-Time CTO.

Deep 6 AI is the leader in precision research software, connecting all research stakeholders in an AI-powered, real-time, data-driven, collaborative ecosystem. Our Precision Matching software mines millions of patient records, including “unstructured” physician notes, to pin-point eligible patients in real-time. Deep 6 eliminates months of manual data validation, de-risks and accelerates clinical trials, because clinical trials should be a gatekeeper and accelerator, not a bottleneck to innovation. Clinical trials to the power of AI.

Head of Technology (reporting to the CEO) at growth-stage health-tech company serving 50+ health insurers. Scaled teams to support organizational growth from Seed to Series D. Operated as an integral member of a 9-person executive team to drive technology initiatives powering finance, operations, clinical, sales, and marketing. Presented technology strategy to CEO, Board, and potential investors.TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE & INTEGRATION-Led rebuild of core SaaS product used by 3 of the top 5 U.S. health plans; product’s technical innovation was the focal point of private equity firm’s investment thesis raising $65MM-Orchestrated AI/ML/NLP solution to extract clinical events from structured and unstructured medical records; achieved 85% accuracy and improved operating efficiency by 500%; CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE & CYBERSECURITY-Modernized technical stack by driving guidelines of architecture to support a highly available distributed system improving performance by 100% and meeting 99.99% 24/7/365 SLA requirements as user base scaled 50x-Initiated CI/CD dev-ops model with real-time monitoring coverage via New Relic to support 0% downtime -Design and management of HIPPA/HITRUST policy compliant enterprise cloud infrastructure platformDATA & ANALYTICS-Owned business intelligence and analytics strategy; drove migration across Tableau, SSRS, and Looker and launched data warehouse-Directed data operations team in implementation of processes supporting data exchanges across 15MM health plan membersORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN & VENDOR MANAGEMENT-Scaled tech organization from 6 to 70 team members across infrastructure, frontend/backend, quality assurance, IT, dev-ops, security, analytics/reporting, data infrastructure, and data science-Doubled capacity through partnerships with offshore and near-shore vendorsTECHNICAL DUE DILIGENCE-Owned technical due diligence efforts across multiple M/A targets, including post-merger integration of 25-person product development team

VP (reporting to the CIO) at Fortune 500 company with 2,500+ retail locations, 1.5MM active customers, and $1.2B in annual transactions. Led team of 30 on-site, off-shore, and vendor-based engineers supporting consumer, retail, and call center customer channels.• Directed software resources and scheduling for $19MM re-architecture of enterprise POS/CRM application from the ground up• Implemented Agile/Scrum principles from scratch and created a collaborative environment through regular code and design reviews; increased velocity by 50%• Member of 5-person IT Steering Committee and Operations taskforce; crafted presentations to support IT initiatives including centralizing gate systems, security strategy, ITIL, and business process automation

Progressive leadership roles transforming 24/7 mission critical operations supporting business units nationwide across FOX Sports, FOX Broadcasting, and FOX Cable Networks. Built and led team of 25 software engineers. Directed software design, development, launch, and support for production broadcast software, media content systems, web development, and departmental support systems. • Orchestrated $4MM re-architecture of broadcast systems; released and deployed 120+ new systems• Led development of “Fox Box”, the principal software operating all NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, and NASCAR FOX Sports broadcasts worldwide; established workflow engine for daily processing of 100s of event and statistical data feeds• Drove creation of automated digital file delivery system to manage terabytes of daily deliveries across all partner affiliates; created API interface allowing a common framework across departments that provided automation, tracking, and overall efficiency metrics

Technical lead for online real estate site and operator of the Move Network of real estate web site for consumers and real estate professionals. Led in the design and development of multi-tiered web applications deployed across a large server farm. Joined company as employee number 26 and through IPO.