Hospitality:Following a dream and looking for a new challenge, my wife Laurel and I found it here in Penn Yan, NY where we took an 1865 Victorian home in the historic district and turned it into a top-rated bed & breakfast. Since 2011, guests love staying at La Belle Vie B&B while they explore the beautiful Finger Lakes Wine Country.www.LaBelleVieBB.comSoftware Engineering:With a multi-discipline technical expertise honed over two decades, I approach software engineering challenges with an inventive combination of creativity and experience. Initially developing system software applications for international financial industry trading floors (PBS, SPC, DEC), I evolved to large-scale networked telephony system development and implementation (NYC Dept of Correction, SmartServe Online). At Dreyfus Corp. I designed and built financial systems Internet applications. For over seven years starting in 1999, I directed engineering at start-up Upoc Networks, the wireless communities pioneer and cell phone social networking phenomenon.My management style benefits from participation in both large companies and small, from Wall Street to Silicon Alley. A firm believer in the team dynamic, I inspire by example and strive for engineering discipline with clearly defined goals and reproducible, scalable and solid results. Yet, I am no stranger to real-world-get-it-out-there politics and have found that my most important leadership role has been the successful balancing and communication of these priorities.Specialties: Wireless Application Technology; Social Networking Systems; Telephony System & VRU/IVR Design