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Denver, CO, US

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Engineering leadership to develop a smart insole designed to detect and monitor foot complications such as ulcers, charcot and hyperkeratosis caused by peripheral neuropathy in diabetic patients. The primary goal is to decrease the frequency of hospital readmissions due to recurrent ulcers, infections and other foot complications. By doing so, we.

New York, NY, US

Developing enterprise software platform for multi-family property management companies backed by best-in-class networked smart locks. APAD will transform property management activities including access control, maintenance and work orders, package management resulting in cost and labor efficiencies and savings.

Los Angeles, CA, US

The New York CTO Club is an independent, not-for-profit, invitation-only group of senior technologists. We meet monthly to share ideas and expertise.

Satellite Beach, Florida, US

Assisting teams with Interim CTO Services: Technology/Product Strategy & Roadmap, Team Structure, Growth, Budgeting, Diligence Functions for both sellers and purchasers, Content Distribution, Operational Challenges.

Seattle, US

Engaged as Interim CTO for London based MelodyVR and assisted their process on their acquisition of Napster which closed in December of 2020. Integrated MelodyVR and Napster business units, commenced large-scale turn around of all aspects of technology: Rebuilding and Re-Launching Consumer Products, Cloud Migration to Google Cloud, new investments in.

New York, NY, US

Miami, Florida, US

• Directed integrations of audience/customer-facing platforms for Consumer Products, Advertising Operations and Engineering for univision.com, gizmodo.com, theonion.com, and fusion.tv. Created the operational strategy to.
• Led technology integration strategy following acquisition of 3 media properties. (The Onion, Fusion TV, and Gawker)- Achieved 4x improvement in page load time and 17% uplift in page views/user, and expedited launch of.
• Directed digital product/technology strategy for Mexico City Televisa to align assets.
• Reduced operational costs by establishing new office in Bogotá, Columbia to expand product, design, engineering, and editorial capabilities.
• Completed multiple cloud migrations to AWS and GCS. Managed creation of custom data warehouse with AWS Redshift and Looker.

New York, NY, US

• Startup building a next-generation Enterprise Software SaaS platform.
• Hands-on technology principal implementing deployment and testing procedures.

Amsterdam, North Holland, NL

• Elsevier is a global information analytics business specializing in science and health. Oversaw all technology aspects of company’s customer-facing electronic products. Ensured high data requirement around PII and.
• Created the strategy and implementation plan to support organizational restructuring and re-platform technology to better align with customer needs. Built new London office to support initiative.
• Migrated group from 9-month development cycle to 2 weeks by formalizing Agile processes.

Mclean, VA, US

• USA TODAY is one of the largest newspapers in the United States. Hired to manage product, engineering, program management, and design for newly created Sports Media Group digital business.
• Key member of launch team; built technology infrastructure from the ground up and hired team of 50.
• Supported 2012 London Olympics.

London, England, GB

• Oversaw development, operations and architecture teams handling media assets, content management, production tools and statistics. Supported 30M+ users/week as one of the top destinations in the UK and managed all.
• Managed organization transformation, changing focus from disconnected projects to key long-term products. Set two-year direction allowing organization to remove 25% of the annual budget of £137M.

London, England, GB

• Held overlapping role with full product responsibility for all BBC’s mobile activities including BBC iPlayer on Mobile.
• Created first iPhone news application and liaised with business development and regulatory teams to manage deployment. App became BBC’s most popular and paved the way for creation of additional apps.
• Oversaw interactive technologies for the UK National Radio Networks in partnership with BBC editorial division.

PO Box 77592, London, GB

Elected as Vice-Chairman on the EMEA board in February 2010.

• Responsible for video on demand joint venture between BBC Worldwide, Channel 4 and ITV television networks.
• Restructured technology plans ensuring the product was ready to publicly release in February 2009.
• The UK Competition Commission ruled the venture to be a competitive threat in February 2009. Technology assets subsequently sold to Arqiva, which created the foundation for seesaw.com.

New York, NY, US

• Led core technology initiatives at CBS’ web-focused unit that enabled expansion into a top Internet destination. Successfully grew technology team from under 20 to over 100 distributed staff.
• Ensured flawless execution of groundbreaking live online events, including March Madness, Masters Golf, and CBS News.
• Set online audience records in 2006 and 2007, while halving year-over-year delivery costs, for March Madness. Team was recognized with a Technical Emmy in 2007.
• Oversaw technical due diligence of CBS acquisitions, including Sportsline and last.fm.
• Integrated Sportsline while adding functional capacity and scale without adding additional costs.

New York, NY, US

• Drove timely and seamless separation of technology infrastructure for the CBS/Viacom split in 2005. - Adhered to an 8-month timeline and $40M budget, coordinating over 20 distinct vendor and consultant firms..
• Evolved CBS IT operations through standardization, optimization, and cost reductions, driving measurable improvements in data center, telecom, data networking, messaging, active directory, security, help center, and.
• Negotiated hundreds of hardware, software, and services contracts during tenure, driving savings of up to 50% compared to prevailing market rates.

San Diego, CA, US

Developed original technology for Sony's first online gaming service

New York, NY, US

Director Technology for NBC Online and NBC Desktop Video: nbc.com, msnbc.com and 1996 Summer Olympics

Montreal, Quebec, CA

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