I coach the CEOs of the startups in the Idealab NY portfolio

Working with governments, research universities, and large organizations (and the entrepreneurs within them) to explore crowd-powered innovation with Indiegogo's audience of 9.5M early adopters.

Teedot was a cloud computing company headquartered in Cold Spring Harbor, NY, about 35 miles east of New York City on the beautiful North Shore of Long Island. We developed a unique tool to help sales teams find their most important prospects automatically.Teedot began operations in late 2013 after 3 years of stealthy R&D, incubated inside groundbreaking #SocialDesign Studio, Kinetic Fin. Along the way, we pioneered breakthroughs in social data analysis, machine learning, graph database algorithms, human-computer interaction, enterprise data management, and cooperative systems. Teedot has been battle-tested on dozens of projects, including high-profile initiatives at Cisco, Frontier Communications, Citrix, and Kraft Foods.We built Teedot to solve an immense and urgent problem that one could think of as Big Data waste. The solution to so many of today's challenges, at home, at work, and across our communities, is waiting to be unlocked by a new generation of #DataSmart leaders. But there aren't enough of them. We'll need 50-60% more deep analytical talent and a staggering 1.5 million more #DataSmart leaders in the United States alone than we currently forecasted to produce by 2018 (see: McKinsey "Big data" 5/2011).While this startup did not succeed, the challenge remains, and Teedot broke new ground in tools for corporate collaboration and big data.

A groundbreaking independent Social Design and Technology Firm near NYC. We provided software and services for the next-generation of social business. Our solutions helped teams create remarkable experiences and
 game-changing collaborative campaigns that unlocked
 more powerful, more profitable customer relationships.

I served as acting COO during a crucial fundraising period for the company, raising more than $4M and rebuilding the software development team as Mio.tv developed a unique social media platform for the US Latino community. Participated in all aspects of this start up business in the digital space. Funding development and Investor Relations. Oversight of website development and design teams. Direct UI development. Managed aspects of content development and production, including relationships with creative partners. As part of small start up team, we all did what was needed to move the business forward. Great team dynamics. 2008/2009 financial downturn did not allow for investments to continue at levels needed to maintain operations and grow business.

Zodigo was successfully sold in 2008http://tinyurl.com/5paod6Much like a Movies-On-Demand service from cable operators, Zodigo is navigated either by remote control or by keyboard and mouse and includes revolutionary features that make it easy for consumers to discover and download mobile content instantly to their mobile phones. Zodigo is also the first and only software platform built for release on digital TV systems, Blu-ray players, all next-gen gaming consoles as well as at Zodigo.com and many other Web distribution partners. Perhaps most importantly, Zodigo is an intelligent system that quickly and automatically learns about users' preferences, as well as their exact mobile phone type, and recommends only content that works for that phone.

Responsible for all strategic partnerships related to game development and in-game advertising. Thought leadership on the next generation of multi-platform interactive experiences.

Responsible for the Eastern US. Sales and business development. Panoratio makes software that helps companies analyze very large datasets. Target markets include online media/ecommerce and healthcare/biopharm. Visit http://www.panoratio.com for more information or go to http://snipurl.com/DemoLink for a demo and company profile.

Red BC was an early-stage venture group investing in software-as-a-service and e-commerce. I was a principal partner responsible for enterprise leadership, business development, consulting, staffing and training. Disclosed investments and projects include SiSTeR Technologies, Auctionmercial, iSold It.

Alloptic is a startup company developing advanced technology for last-mile fiber optic deployment. I was a Regional Sales Manager, Northeast US responsible for sales hiring, prospecting, channel development, contract and price negotiation, operational reporting, major account planning, and account management for the Northeast US and Canada.

LBi is a Payroll and Human Resource IT firm servicing financial services and major league sport companies. As the National Sales Director, I was responsible for sales management, marketing, lead generation, and lead conversion including sales hiring, prospecting, business development, contract and price negotiation, operational reporting, account planning and management. I expanded relationships with AXA Global, delivering bundled IT consulting development, and data center services. I renegotiated a multiyear, multi-million dollar pay-or-play contract with Major League Baseball to build eBis.

Persistence (now part of Progress Software) built infrastructure software to speed up data access on high-traffic, real-time, integrated J2EE applications (e.g. supply chain portals, equity trading systems). As the Regional Sales Manager, Northeast US, I was esponsible for sales management, lead generation and lead conversion including prospecting, business development, contract and price negotiation, operational reporting, major account planning, and account management for eastern US clients Top global producer, 2001-2002, exceeding quota by more than 50% than $7M in total booked business. I received President's Award for 2001. I led my team to the first enterprise deal for an entirely new product line, a $4.2 million order. I worked closely with Senior Management to develop an Executive Advisory Board of key client executives. I implemented channel relationships with Bearing Point Technology group. I represented Persistence in channel planning with Samsung in South Korea. I helped design and build prototype for managing application data within digital television applications.