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Remarkable STEAM is Connecticut’s leading organization promoting innovation and creativity in the areas of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics.Our flagship event is the annual Maker Faire Westport (westport.makerfaire.com), the greatest show (and tell) on earth! Maker Faire Westport is Connecticut's largest event focused on creativity and innovation. It’s a family-friendly celebration we started in Connecticut. The seventh annual Maker Faire Westport will be held on Saturday, April 21, 2018 and we are planning on a record 12,000 attendees.Maker Faire Westport drives year-round activities and initiatives that have a positive impact on communities, schools, libraries and businesses.

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Maker Faire Westport is the first and largest official Maker Faire event in Connecticut. Maker Faires are family-friendly celebrations of creativity and innovation. The sixth annual event held in April 2017 attracted a record 10,000 attendees, making it Connecticut's largest event focused on creativity and innovation.

Created the first expansion of the CTO Club franchise outside of New York.

Elected member of seven-person Board of Education. Annual operating budget exceeds $115 million with 5,500+ students and 1,000 employees in 8 schools. Elected board chair in August 2018.

Kirkland, Washington, Us

Brought in to a new CIO position for Appen to address needs for a growing company that had recently resulted from the merger of two companies. A major initiative was back-office integration. SAP was selected and implemented in 7 months on time and within budget.

Run a group of approximately 150 senior IT professionals in the New York tri-state area, including incorporating the entity and obtaining 501(c)(3) exemption. Am now President Emeritus while I continue as a member.

New York, Ny, Us

o Establish standards and implemented solutions for internal and customer-facing technology, including applications, collaboration, communications, infrastructure, security, backups, help desk and more.o Provide technology leadership to company and clients on current and emerging standards.o Represent NexFirm in client engagements and public forums regarding best practices.o Lead technology aspects of sales calls and implementations, including tripling number of users.

Santa Monica, Ca, Us

o Lead customer facing business development initiatives to improve RampRate’s presence in the marketplace;o Lead a staff of 8 in the delivery of IT outsourcing advisory services and research;o Lead all technology initiatives, including the development of the SPY Index and IT operations; ando Developed enhanced reporting systems and processes within salesforce.com and Microsoft SharePoint.

Brought in to stabilize and re-structure Kagan Research’s Technology group and prepare it for substantial growth through numerous acquisitions and organic growth. The company has staff and offices in the United States, England, France, and Germany. Responsibilities included:o Managed the technology aspects of the merger of Kagan Research with JupiterResearch, delivering all commitments on time and under budget, including a systems migration and data center move;o Established a new shared services technology organization within the combined companies;o Selectively outsourced non-critical IT functions which resulted in lower labor costs;o Introduced automated tools to cost-effectively monitor systems and increase uptime;o Delivered five substantive unanticipated products during the merger;o Opened two new offices in San Francisco and New York, including infrastructure and operations; ando Lead the technical divestiture of the Kagan Research division as a result of its sale in early 2007.

Lead organizational transformation of a Swiss-based multi-national financial services information company, including creation of a Project Management Office and other best practices

Norwalk, Ct, Us

Brought onboard to take control of the IT organization, guide completion of key development projects, and orchestrate turnaround in profitability. Directed complete reorganization/re-launch of the struggling unit: redefined core business focus and model and brought in new staff, implementing more stringent project controls and intensifying focus on business fundamentals and strengths.o Achieved profitability in 6 months, delivering revenue and operating profits 10% above target.o Salvaged an inherited implementation of a troubled multi-million dollar eCommerce project, turning the application into a viable eCommerce site with projected revenues of $5MM+ in 2002. Engaged new development/project management staff and tightened financial controls.o Slashed telecommunications connectivity costs 80% (simultaneously increasing speed, functionality, and security) by spearheading a corporate LAN infrastructure project.

Steered company through successful start-up as an electronic publisher and subsequent evolution into a professional services firm providing large and small companies with a broad array of business and IT consulting, thought leadership, project planning/implementation, and eBusiness solutions. Established company vision, mission, and core objectives; mapped strategic direction; and defined sales, marketing, and business development plans. Served as lead project manager on key accounts to ensure successful strategy, project design, and implementation. Aided clientele with customer relationship management (CRM) issues and strategies guiding one-to-one marketing, personalization, content management, dynamic content, dynamic content repurposing, and wireless technology.o Grew company to one of the most respected and award winning in the industry, receiving every award available from Folio Corporation, including Industry MVP;o Led numerous successful Vignette (a major eCRM and content management vendor) implementations and project implementations of other dynamic Web technologies;o Forged strategic alliances with key vendor partners to ensure proper alignment and integration of products with company services.o Increased business with existing clients 50% and enhanced close rate with prospects 30% by speaking at conferences, seminars, and other events, which boosted confidence levels and broadened company exposure.o Became a successful speaker at trade shows and conferences at venues around the world.o Named "Industry MVP" by Folio Corporation.o Named to Computerworld magazine's inaugural list of "Premier 100 IT Leaders"

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Led delivery of consulting and education services to employees and clients of Unisys Corporation, including high profile companies like Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Liberty Travel, World Bank, SWIFT, and Fritz Import/Export. Focused efforts on development of new database technologies and operating systems; also aided customers with capacity planning and performance measurement. Recruited, developed, and managed a team of 20 consultants.o Assisted clients in determining capacity planning needs and ensuring maximum benefit on monies spent for multi-million dollar capital purchasing.o Drove development/rollout of highly successful marketing campaigns, coordinating customer surveys and market analyses and collaborating with external ad agencies in the design of collateral for promotions and trade shows.

Ch-8200 Schaffhausen, Ch

Managed 10 non-U.S. databases from the company’s Brussels-based European Data Center for 2.5 years. Spearheaded database synchronization efforts for both U.S. and European data centers and coordinated database-related issues for applications developers focusing on the creation and/or modification of applications. Early roles included that of Systems Support Engineer and Manufacturing Systems Engineer at the Menlo Park (CA) center.

Stockton, California, Us

Provided programming services for the University's mainframe application systems.