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Austin, TX, US

FFWD is a deeply experienced, cross-functional team that finds global businesses & technologies at Tipping Points, and then actively facilitates their best exit, independent of stage or industry.

San Francisco, California, US

• Targeted 3-6 month engagements helping executives assess, reinvent, accelerate and globalize their businesses through strategic application of relevant technologies and an exponential mindset.Leverage a deep and broad.
• Mobility & safety solutions with an enforcement & tolling legacy
• Analyzed antiquated core product portfolio, created a modern Safe & Smart City strategy, kicked off an internal incubator and a real-world Living Lab to accelerate creation and testing of innovative, connected.
• supported integration of 3rd party cameras and light with in-house
• Innovation initiatives included product extensions to school bus safety, vehicle-bicycle proximity warnings, vehicle alerting for school zones, traffic signal transit vehicle synchronization, smart city digital twins.

My "pandemic project", built a global portfolio of ~15 vacation rental properties perfect for confident couples, digital nomads, groups, golfers & snowbirds. #vowinternational.comAs part of our "Grow to 100" plan, we are inviting discerning individuals to invest in this diversified, multi-currency, multi-geography, pre-vetted real estate, in return for 20%.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

GeeqChain is a scalable, inexpensive, computationally light approach to building blockchains, using Catastrophic Dissent Mechanism, based on game theory & economic mechanism design, validating transactions through "Proof of Honesty".

Santa Monica, CA, US

Abundance360 (A360) is Singularity University’s highest-level year-round leadership program run by Singularity founder Peter Diamandis. Designed for visionary founders, investors, and executives striving to have a planet-wide impact over a 25-year timeframe, its 360 global Members collaborate regularly to create and scale exponential technologies that.

San Ramon, CA, US

Advise on product & GTM strategies, helping the Aiden team deliver a unique streaming service that enables vehicle manufacturers (OEMs) and value-added service providers to quickly collaborate independent of vehicle brands, while complying with evolving user privacy & consent policies. The no-code, in-vehicle Aiden Hub enables real-time interactivity for.

Raised a few million $$, deployed funds into a half-dozen high-potential early stage "Smart Transportation & Smart Spaces" post-revenue companies. Collaborated and guided founding teams in the areas of strategy, product, partnerships, and go-to-market, to increase near-term enterprise value.

New Britain, CT, US

• Created and operated an 80-person talent-dense global product & innovation team, driving transformational New Product Development and high-margin connected services for 7 business units across the $17B Tools, Outdoor &.
• Solutions Portfolio: Tool Connect IoT Power Tools, Site Manager ConstructionTech (ConTech) Software, DEWALT & CRAFTSMAN DIY Affinity Apps, Next-Gen Electrified Outdoor Products & Fleet Management, "Radical Innovation.
• Key Team Functions: global tech validation & sourcing, digital customer engagement & growth, data-driven concept ideation, rapid prototyping, real-world customer pilots, validation of innovative go-to-market.
• Product Development: Our integrated employee and near-shore contractor team included product managers, UX designers, and SW + IoT engineers, able to bridge the gap between the physical and digital, creating intuitive.

Haifa, Israel, IL

Advisor / Board Member mentored CEO + team while going public on Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE). Axilion harnesses AI, computer vision, edge processing, & cloud analytics to create a "living" Smart City + Transportation System Digital Twin. Interactive models enable measurable improvements for governments in the areas of carbon emissions, congestion, &.

Mountain View, CA, US

• Led Google Munich automotive development team in the creation of a product portfolio enabling foundational software-defined vehicle (SDV) capabilities for service performance over the life of a vehicle.
• Worked with OEM advanced sensor teams and Android Mobile team to create intuitive and seamless ambient computing experiences in and around the Connected Car.
• Drove open innovation incubating new ventures leveraging connected, AD/AV, electric, shared vehicle capabilities with smart city infrastructure, partnering with Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners.

Montclair, NJ, US

Advise IOTC leadership and members in the areas of global Connected Consumer, Connected Car, Smart Cities, IOT, privacy, security and best practices to move from early adoption to true mass market.

Detroit, Michigan, US

• Fortune #8 global automotive leader embracing massive industry disruption.
• Actively managed global innovation roadmap for GM Connected Car, enabled by 4G LTE connectivity, electrification, autonomous driving, and ride/car-sharing.
• Incubated 20 customer-insights driven ventures seeking to improve daily journeys, spanning purchase, financing (FinTech), usage, family safety, insurance (InsurTech), maintenance & service, and re-sale.
• Led concurrent teams to develop innovative solutions, conduct live in-market trials, and scale rollouts of mobile, in-vehicle, and smart city V2X services that leverage cloud services, mobile apps, and in-vehicle.

• Consumer IOT Platform Pioneer, founded by XPRIZE sponsors, delivers IoT services to global customers in Dubai, India, Russia and South Africa.
• P&L owner, formed 4 new product teams to develop apps & services in the areas of Home Monitoring & Control, Media & Entertainment, eHealth, E-Government; established Los Angeles development center focused on mobile apps.
• Drove formal product innovation efforts, delivering new features such as whole home voice control, geo-fencing, universal dashboard, next-gen UX, and Google Thread Protocol support.
• Defined, launched and grew multi-faceted 3rd-party partner ecosystem to improve the connected consumer experience while accelerating roll-out of intelligent, monetizable, blended services.

Seoul, KR

• $50B global electronics manufacturer.
• Initiated Smart Home and Consumer IoT initiatives, defining strategy, validating new market, and launching initial security and lighting services with ADT, Time Warner Cable, and Best Buy.
• Launched Smart TV category, driving features such as Live TV Streaming, Universal Search & Discovery, NLU Voice Assistant, Easy Activation, OTT streaming optimization. Developed Pay TV strategy and solutions, signing.
• Led LG Silicon Valley innovation team, ideating and validating new products and services supporting entertainment, security, mobile, wearables, appliances, lighting and HVAC businesses. Engaged North American partners.

• Targeted 3-6 month engagements helping innovators assess, reinvent, accelerate and globalize their businesses through strategic application of relevant technologies and an exponential mindset.Leverage a deep and broad.
• Hired by Board of Directors and new CEO to conduct strategic review of product line and organization, assessing in-hotel products, mobile apps, services, external partnerships and core team; created plan to.
• Rebooted PC-based home network strategy, creating solution for home IoT devices. Delivered multi-million dollar OEM licensing and revenue-share deals with Toshiba, iolo, iYogi.MORPHLIX (early stage portable DRM video.
• Negotiated agreements with multiple Hollywood studios for thousands of HD titles; leveraged CE, retailer and kiosk relationships to build multi-pronged distribution strategy.

Suwanee, Georgia, US

• Paul Allen company, creator of Emmy Award-winning Moxi middleware & set top boxes.
• Created OTT content & Connected Home services portfolio for Moxi DVR, offering differentiation & revenue for channel partners.
• Presented Moxi UX, apps & services to leading TV manufacturers and service providers.
• Negotiated Digeo’s first OEM licensing deal.
• Developed nationwide channel strategy and inked Digeo's first retailer relationships to bring Moxi multi-room DVR products to market.

US

• DSL Residential Gateway and standards-based broadband device management pioneer.
• Created SaaS-based device management solution targeting global Tier-1 + Tier-2 telcos, supported by an 18-month roadmap, a product development process, a product marketing plan and new pricing models.
• Activated and managed 15M+ broadband homes with CMS, a TR-069 standards-based enterprise software platform. Customers included: AT&T, Qwest (CenturyLink), Bell Canada, SingTel, Telstra.

Chesterfield, MO, US

• $4B back-office software & services provider to global communications & media companies.
• Founded Silicon Valley Innovation Center incubating new value-added service management, billing, & payment solutions with global partners.
• Co-created functional smartphone prototypes with HP & Amazon, unveiling at Mobile World Congress.
• Built innovative IPTV Solution with Motorola, Microsoft, Intel, to power AT&T U-Verse TV.

• Provided strategy & solutions engineering services to.com and Fortune 50 clients.
• Led Netscape and SUN iPlanet e-commerce practice, collaborating with product and professional services teams to win and deliver 10 concurrent projects across North America.SELECTED CLIENTS: Daimler-Chrysler, Safeway.

Ottawa, Ontario, CA

• Led 6 to 600 person teams in a wide variety of tech & non-technology projects.
• CIO role, led network & IT infrastructure design, build, & ops across the 1800-mile wide Canadian Western Region, with 15 campuses.
• HW, SW, & Cybersecurity Product Manager for Supply Chain Modernization project.

Bachelor’S Degree, Computer Science

M.Sc. Computer Science Studies, Ai & Human Computer Interaction (Hci/Hmi)