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San Francisco, Ca, Us

Kirkland, Wa, Us

▶︎ Led a team of microbiologists and mechanical and software engineers to design bioreactors, software and processes for algae growth.▶︎ Invented proprietary technologies to enhance the growth rate and density of targeted algae strains. This accelerated biomass production technology was used to: ▷ Generate high lipid algae for the development of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF), ▷ Create remediation technologies that are capable of filtering elemental toxins such as arsenic, chromium, mercury, and selenium from groundwater or mining and industrial runoff ▷ Create esters, bioplastics and chemically derived materials to replace petroleum-based materials.

R&D engineering company focused on developing clean, silent, marine generators incorporating Hydrogen PEM fuel-cells.

Bellevue, Washington, Us

▶︎ Disrupted legacy legal discovery, primarily for large corporate litigations and mergers/acquisitions, revolutionizing a completely manual process to a fully automated, internet based, digital process▶︎ Developed the foundational patents for the current $11B e-Discovery industry and deployed the first system to process, index, connect and reveal critical, previously hidden, meta data in email, files, and other digital corporate data at a revolutionary rate▶︎ Enabled 100% full text search, filterable by meta data which had never before been available▶︎ Reduced the time and costs associated with preparing litigation material for review by over 90% by completely eliminating all paper from the process. Critical data would be available for review and search within hours of receiving original media▶︎ Automated the processing of the original data, dramatically reducing variable costs resulting in maintaining a stable > 85% gross margin with no significant price erosion▶︎ Processed the data from Enron, Worldcom, Global Crossing, and Tyco litigations in addition to many other high profile corporate cases resulting in the discovery of the most notorious emails and files▶︎ Produced over 10 million pages in online documents for the HSR review of the Hewlett-Packard/Compaq merger▶︎ Aggressively grew the customer base to become the de-facto standard in original format document processing and review, used by 70% of the top 100 US law firms within two years of launch▶︎ Generated nearly 100% quarter over quarter growth immediately in advance of company sale▶︎ Raised one common and two preferred rounds and returned 5 - 7x ROI for investors within 2 to 4 years▶︎ Won multiple industry awards including Ernst and Young "Entrepreneur of the Year"▶︎ Negotiated the sale to Reed-Elsevier Lexis/Nexis for the highest multiple to date in the industry

Spun out of Prism-Direct, developed and licensed the Spectra distribution system. Developed and deployed a Certificate of Authenticity tracking and license verification system for Microsoft's Authorized Replicator (AR) program participants including KAO Infosystems, Logistix, and RR Donnelly.

WinSales was the premiere Windows customer relationship manager software that incorporated automated "drip marketing" techniques so prevalent in the systems today.▶︎ Served as a board member and advisor▶︎ Assisted in the analysis and negotiation of the sale of the company

▶︎ Founded the premiere outsourced software distribution and inbound telemarketing service company for the packaged software industry▶︎ Architected and developed the Spectra warehousing, inventory, distribution and telemarketing support system.▶︎ Established relationships with the four software assembly companies to receive pallets of product manufactured for our mutual customers including Microsoft, Adobe, Aldus, Asymetrix, Delrina, Edmark, WallData, Attachmate, and WRQ into our warehouse for eventual distribution to wholesalers and fulfillment to end users▶︎ Negotiated aggressive rates with LTL and common carriers and integrated Spectra directly into their networks▶︎ Provided backup distribution services to Microsoft upon interruptions occurring at their plant▶︎ Chosen by Microsoft to collect licensing fees from and ensure compliance by OEM computer manufactures who included Windows and other Microsoft products with their systems▶︎ Serviced the companies responsible for the majority of the software originating from the greater Seattle tech sector▶︎ Assisted with the acquisition of the parent company by a public entity

London, Gb

London, Gb

Management Consultant assigned to the Finance, Information Technology, and Resource Productivity practices▶︎ Restructured the Finance and Product Marketing departments of Smith-Kline Beckman as part of a larger effort to prepare the company for a merger with The Beecham Group.▶︎ Redesigned the procedures for the Institutional Equities department at Shearson Lehman/American Express amidst the Friday the 13th junk bond market collapse▶︎ Developed new processes for AT&T Power Systems to increase quality of equipment distribution▶︎ Additional projects for Equitable Assurance, Consolidated Edison (ConEd), PSE&G

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, Finance, Operations Management

Aerospace Engineering

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