Onriva is a cloud-native, AI powered travel marketplace for corporate and membership travelers globally.The platform has three major components:(1) The travel marketplace that uses AI to assist travelers to search, compare, book and service optimized in policy air, hotel, car, meetings and events and vacation products across many global travel providers.(2) The payments marketplace is an AI optimized fintech platform that makes payments seamlessly while reducing fraud and generating additional revenues using intelligent arbitrage across payment processors.(3) Intelligence as a Service (ISAAC) is the Big Data AI platform that powers smarter choices for travelers, their company and suppliers.Reports to the CEO of Onriva. Responsible for the fintech business division (sales, product, tech, operations P&L etc.) and strategy, planning, analytics, product, security, engineering and technical operations for the travel and big data platforms.Key accomplishments:• Evaluated the business travel industry and created a true multi-sourced travel marketplace technology platform• Designed and built the fintech business and platform from ground up• Built two big data platforms to support the intelligent platforms, including reporting• Launched and integrated Salesforce CRM• Launched automated customer self-service• Launched and integrated Netsuite ERP• Recruited business and technology teams globally• Scaled the platforms and operations 200X• Attained SOC2, PCI and PII certifications• Assisted in raising equity rounds of funding in excess of $40MM.

iCARS is an intelligent and sophisticated, global ground transportation network for discerning business travelers, offering both near-demand and future booking capabilities. The iCARS apps and mobile platforms enable corporate administrators, travel agents, and concierges the ability to book safe and reliable rides on behalf of their travelers, entirely managing their security, duty of care and quality obligations. Clients may also create their own private service network on the platform with a thoroughly vetted operator network of over 20,000 luxury vehicles across 550 major cities worldwide without the worry of surge pricing.Reported to the CEO of iCARS, Inc. Responsible for vision, strategy, planning, P&L, sales, marketing, product, technology and operations at iCARS.Key accomplishments:• Raised an equity round of funding• Negotiated a strategic acquisition (M&A)• Integrated and launched 200+ new operator companies around the world in 12 months• Sourced and launched new SEM, internet and affiliate marketing partnerships and channels• Launched a new Travel Management Company (TMC) product and technology platform• Launched a new marketplace app for passengers• Negotiated agreements with key technology and distribution partners.

CEO Flye Inc.Flye, Inc. is an IoT product company with a cloud-based loyalty platform backed by an AI big-data backend.The flagship high-tech credit-card format IoT product is a sophisticated wireless and motion-sensing computer that works with partner apps and an AI and big-data backend to consolidate your wallet into an intelligent IOT device, make payments and drive customer acquisition, attribution and loyalty for memberships, hospitality and retailers.Reported to the Founder and CVO WorldVentures Holdings.Key accomplishments:• Sourced and negotiated agreements with key technology and distribution partners• Designed, prototyped and manufactured over 120,000 units of the SmartCard IoT hardware• Launched the product in 35 countriesCTO WorldVentures HoldingsWorldVentures Holdings is a leading travel club and travel technology company that sources, curates and sells DreamTrips ™ vacations and DreamTrips Local ™ lifestyle experiences through digital social commerce and 600,000 Affiliates in 35 countries.The company’s global operations grew massively over 12+ years, often exceeding 100% growth YoY. It grew from $192MM in revenue in 2013 to $926MM in 2016.Reported to the Founder and CVO WorldVentures Holdings.Key accomplishments:• Led product and technology to drive revenue growth from $190MM to $926MM in 3 years• Launched an industry leading App (94% of users returning every 1-3 days, spending 4+ mins/visit)• Acquired a new software platform and enhanced it using apps, AI, graph databases and other current technologies to intelligently power digital experiences for social, membership, travel packages and OTA• Moved all systems to AWS cloud with 1,000 times scalability and high availability• Grew the Digital and Technology teams from 20 to 300+ people in 4 countries.

Arbonne International is a leading direct selling company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes more than 600 premium-quality skin-care, cosmetic and nutritional products in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom an Australia.The company’s global operations have grown over 30+ years, supporting up to 1,200,000 active independent distributors, generating up to $900MM in revenue using online and offline social marketing and selling methods.Reports to the CEO and CAO. Responsible for Web Marketing, User Experience (UX) and all information technologies, including Program Management, Architecture, Engineering, QA and Technical Operations.Key accomplishments:• Upgraded the technology group, and drove a culture shift from a support organization to a strategic asset, driving digital innovation, architecture and execution excellence.• Took responsibility for the Web Marketing department, recruited new leadership and established a center of excellence for UX, Design and Usability.• Recruited over 50 technology leaders and specialists across all departments in a year.• Enhanced global outsourcing by bringing in world-class technical talent from Eastern Europe and South America.• Launched multiple major business and platform enhancements including a new B2B portal, social media improvements, and the company’s first mobile application on Apple’s App Store.• Developed strategies and standards for “Best of Breed” SOA architecture, created product and project roadmaps, and obtained Board approval for budgets and resources.• Created effective strategic planning, program management, governance, processes & communications for global teams in North America, Canada, Central & South America, Europe and Australia.• Greatly enhanced Technical Operations stability, availability, scalability and security through personnel, process/governance and technical/platform improvements.

Expedia, Inc. is the world’s leading online travel provider with websites including Expedia.com®, hotels.com®, Venere.com®, Hotwire®, Egencia®, TripAdvisor®, Classic Vacations® and eLong™ doing over $30BB in gross bookings in over 14 countries. The Expedia Group aims to provide personalized service, the latest technology and the widest selection of vacation packages, flights, hotels, rental cars, cruises and in-destination activities, attractions, and services.Reported to the President of hotels.com and Venere.com. Responsible for all technologies, product development and technical operations for hotels.com and Venere brands, including “One H”, the global integration of business and technology for hotels.com and Expedia, Inc. Managed global technical teams of 200 directs, and over 500 matrixed across Europe, Asia and North America.Key accomplishments:• Created belief in the global platform vision (”One H”) and led 500+ people worldwide to a challenging and highly acclaimed success. (Delivering: faster time to market, 3X more frequent software releases with ongoing 30+ multi-variant testing, higher site and call-center conversion, and a $20MM/year efficiency).• Recruited the new hotels.com technology leadership team in 3 months• Launched a new technology leadership team and organization (140+ people) to drive innovation, productivity and quality of 11 new agile (Scrum) teams in London and Hungary (includes product, program, architecture, development, QA, release management and operations).• Brainstormed and negotiated cross-departmental agreements for architecture, SOA & APIs, operational practices & availability SLAs, product plans, budgets & resources. This had a major influence on business strategies, P+L plans, product roadmaps & marketing for all Expedia brands and platforms. • Member of Expedia Inc.’s Technology Leadership Council for group level technology governance.

Move Inc. (including REALTOR.com, Move.com, Moving.com, Top Producer and Welcome Wagon) is the Number 1 Internet destination in the USA for Real Estate, including existing/new homes and rentals search, home valuations and moving services. REALTOR.com is the exclusive website for the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Move Inc. had over 100 MM unique visitors in 2007 with revenues in excess of $290 MM. Move Inc. employed over 1,500 employees in operations across the USA and Canada.Reported to the President of Move Inc. As CTO of Move Inc., managed over 380 staff delivering all functions of technology and operations, including Architecture, Program Management, Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, Technical Operations, Security, Data Warehousing and Data Aggregation.Key accomplishments:• Created and launched the next-generation REALTOR.com and Move.com websites.• Restructured back office CRM and ERP organizations, processes, communication and integration, and streamlined outsourced, offshore and consulting resources to save $4 MM annually.• Led 28 cross-functional SWAT teams to create, present and gain Board approval for product and process improvement plans that delivered $32 MM EBITDA.• Hired the VP of Engineering, Sr. Director of Program Management and other key technical positions.• Created a Program Management Office to improve prioritization, alignment, coordination and focus of business, product and technical departments across the company.

eBay Inc. (including eBay, PayPal, Skype and Shopping.com) is Number 1 in the World for ecommerce, auctions, online payment processing, VoIP communication and comparison shopping. It had revenues in excess of $6BB in 2007 and has operations in 33 countries worldwide, with over 300,000,000 customers. Shopping.com had over 800,000,000 unique visitors in 2007 and was growing at over 46% year over year.Reported to the CEO of Shopping.com. As Global CIO of Shopping.com, managed 250 staff delivering all aspects of technology and operations worldwide, including departments responsible for Research, Project Management, Software Engineering (B2C and B2B), Quality Assurance, Operations, Syndication Services, Security, Product Catalog Operations and Services, and Product Management for shared services.Was a member of the eBay Inc. Technology Board for eBay, PayPal and Skype.Key accomplishments:• A key member of the eBay Inc. workgroups for defining and driving the next-generation consumer experience “Finding 2.0”, “on-eBay” and the Advertising and Distributed Commerce Network offering “off-eBay”.• Led the eBay Inc. cross-functional workgroups for defining and building the next-generation Search, Catalog, Classification and Productization product and platforms.• Successfully launched Shopping.com in Australia and improved the growth of Shopping.com sites in Germany, France, UK and USA (46% year over year) while simultaneously improving margins and profitability.• Created and launched new consumer experiences, sites and brands in Germany, France, UK and Australia. (DoorOne.co.uk, DoorOne.de etc.) using repeatable launch processes.• Increased software engineering productivity (greater delivery, flexibility, quality and predictability) with enhanced site stability (99.96% availability) and horizontal scalability (3 Billion hits/month).

The Travelocity group of companies (including Travelocity Europe and the Lastminute.com group) is Europe’s leading independent travel and leisure online retailer in over 20 countries worldwide, with over 10,000,000 customers and over 60,000 suppliers. The group’s websites, call-centers, shops, kiosks, IVR and WAP channels offer consumers and trade partners last minute opportunities to acquire airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations and home delivery, specialty services, gifts and auctions.Reported to the CEO of Lastminute.com. As Global CIO of the Lastminute.com group and Travelocity Europe, managed 350 staff delivering all aspects of technology worldwide, including departments responsible for Product & Program Management, Online and Offline Creative & Editorial, Software Engineering (B2C and B2B), Quality Assurance, Operations, ASP Services, Information Technology, Security, Purchasing and Vendor/Supplier Management/Contracts. Works with the CEO on trading, business and product strategies, partnerships, and finance.Key accomplishments:• Successfully developed and launched next generation products and technical platforms for the Dynamic Packaging and Hotels categories, Search & Guided Search, Cross-selling, Personalization, Content Management, Search Engine Optimization and Caching, etc. across a Service Oriented Architecture.• Increased product and software engineering productivity (greater delivery, flexibility, quality and predictability) with enhanced site stability and scalability (140% YOY) and a year over year saving of $12MM, beating the stretch target by $6MM.• Successfully supported M&A activities that resulted in the sale of Lastminute.com to Sabre Holdings (Travelocity) for $1.1BB. (A 55% stock price premium).• Successfully executed Phase 1 of the Lastminute-Travelocity M&A Integration Plan within 3 months.

Star Solutions is an outsourced business development and consulting company to the technology industry. It builds partnerships between technology consultants, service providers, product companies and clients.As CEO, was responsible for strategies, product, technology and sales positioning, and was the prime negotiator for all deals and contracts.Key accomplishments:• Raised $12 MM Venture Capital funding for Star Solutions.• Built an international network for technology and business process outsourcing.• Negotiated and executed multiple business partnerships.• Successfully launched an offshore software company in North America.

BlueLight.com is Kmart’s e-commerce, and Internet Service Provider (ISP) subsidiary. It provides a broad B2C experience for Kmart, BlueLight, Martha Stewart, etc. on the Internet, and on over 3,500 kiosks in Kmart stores across the United States. The ISP service was the fastest growing ISP in the US, enjoyed over 7,000,000 customers, and became profitable under a new paid service model.Reported to the CEO. As President and COO, managed departments responsible for Operations, Contracts, Product & Program Management, UI/Usability, Creative & Editorial, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Customer-care and Logistics/Fulfillment for BlueLight’s e-commerce and Internet Service Provider (ISP) businesses.Worked with the CEO and Board of Directors on business strategies, partnerships, and finance.Key accomplishments:• Successfully developed, launched and operated the e-commerce site and 3,500 kiosks in Kmart stores.• Successfully managed high volume operations for the 2000 and 2001 holiday seasons. (More than 1,200,000 unique visitors/day).• Turned around the ISP’s $3MM/month burn-rate into a profit.• Turned around the e-commerce burn-rate from $12MM/month to under $2MM/month in three months, to under $1MM/month in five months, and to profitability in under a year.• Successfully executed BlueLight.com’s merger into Kmart, including the re-negotiation of all contracts.• Re-engineered the supply-chain and item-master interfaces with (1) drop-ship suppliers, (2) the 3PL warehouse and (3) Kmart, to significantly improve merchandising, order fulfillment and warehouse replenishment (warehouse receiving and in-stock inventory).• Successfully executed the acquisition and integration of Spinway (ISP).• Converted the free-service ISP business (and operational infrastructure) into a profitable paid-service.• Outsourced the e-commerce and ISP billing operations in 25 days without any customer outages.

ReSource/Phoenix (Phoenix American) is a full-service financial services BPO/ASP and CRM software company. It has provided software and BPO/ASP services to Fortune 500 companies like GE, John Hancock Funds and Deutsche Banc since 1992.Reported to the President and COO. As SVP and CTO, built and managed departments totaling 140 employees for ReSource/Phoenix’s rapidly expanding software and BPO/ASP businesses. (Accounting, Oracle ERP, BroadVision, “MARS” CRM, Phoenix Leasing and “STAR” Investor Services).Managed many groups including Product Management, R&D, Software Development, QA, Professional Services and Implementation, Technical Operations and Customer Support.Performed a variety of hands on roles while building the organizations and infrastructure (Technical Lead, Architect, Business Analyst, Sales and Contracts Support, etc.).Key accomplishments:• Built platforms and data center from ground up• IPO on Nasdaq.

Wells Fargo Bank is one of the top ten banks in the United States, with worldwide brand recognition.Reported to the COO, Consumer Banking Group. As VP of various established and newly created departments, recruited and managed technical and management staff that supported multi-billion dollar lines of business.Responsible for selecting technologies, developing applications and running operations to support many areas of consumer and business banking, including credit cards, installment loans, lines of credit, home equity, student loans, checking and deposits.Implemented and supported large Web, client-server and legacy systems for Web, IVRU, call center and direct mail channels, Decision Support, Data Warehousing, Marketing, Risk Management, Telemarketing, Credit Originations, Customer-Care, Securities Margining, Collections, and Imaging & Workflow.