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Recruited by the owners on temporary assignment to restructure operations and re-position company for faster growth. Waffle-Crete manufactures a precast concrete building system that has proven to be an ideal choice in many developing countries with staggering affordable housing shortages. Nairobi-based partner, Butterfly Properties (www.bpl.co.ke) is a recent showcase example of this point.

Co-founded company with technology architect and Adobe Systems co-founder to automate notoriously laborious aspects of professional color reproduction. FineEye Color merged with Chromaticity in 2009, moving to Chromaticity headquarters in Grand Rapids, MI and keeping the FineEye company name and website (www.fineeyecolor.com).

Purchased DocuComp technology back from Adobe, re-introduced it as a server and web-based SDK for integration into enterprise applications, rebuilt sales volume and then sold business to DocsCorp, Ltd. (www.docscorp.com), which now sells the software under the name CompareDocs.

Led buy and sell side M&A and fundraising engagements for enterprise software and Internet companies. Specialized in crystallizing and communicating compelling customized pitches to engage potential strategic partners.

Recruited to help this compliance engineering services company identify and execute a revenue growth plan, contributing to the subsequent successful company sale to National Technical Services, a compliance services industry leader.

Member of the start-up executive team for the developer of Net-It Central, market leading Intranet document publishing solution, and Allegis Sales Partner, the industry’s first enterprise partner relationship management system. Company grew to over 200 employees before being acquired by NASDAQ-listed Click Commerce, which was itself later acquired by Illinois Tool Works.

Assembled worldwide sales and marketing team (managers in US, England, Germany, Hong Kong and Japan), to identify, sign and support Macintosh operating system licensees. After signing first group of licensees Steve Jobs returned to Apple and determined that licensing the MacOS was not consistent with his strategic vision for the company and ultimately shut down the program.

Co-founded company to market DocuComp, a patented document comparison program, and additional retail products, including InTouch, a MacWorld World Class Award winning personal information manager.Also licensed the DocuComp comparison engine to leading software companies, including Microsoft, which still includes it as its Compare feature in Word. Sold the DocuComp business to Mastersoft, which was later acquired by Adobe Systems. Sold the remaining retail product line to Iowa-based PrairieSoft… Show more Co-founded company to market DocuComp, a patented document comparison program, and additional retail products, including InTouch, a MacWorld World Class Award winning personal information manager.Also licensed the DocuComp comparison engine to leading software companies, including Microsoft, which still includes it as its Compare feature in Word. Sold the DocuComp business to Mastersoft, which was later acquired by Adobe Systems. Sold the remaining retail product line to Iowa-based PrairieSoft soon thereafter. Show less