Richard Finn Email & Phone Number

Mansfield, Tx, Us

Pearland, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Teaching on IoT and Big Data as part of the MSITM Program.In 2023 I created a course on Product Innovation and I co-teach a course on AI in Business.

Boston, Ma, Us

Managing product planning and roadmaps, including launching new products and new versions of existing products (such as the Notecard Cell+WiFi).

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

Industrial Internet of Things for AT&T - working with some of our major partners to establish IoT products and services powered by AT&T.

Irving, Tx, Us

• New product strategy & development - CaseEdge.• Solution management and architecture (SOA based) through design of systems and managing solution architects/product managers.• Manage corporate IT operations.• Negotiate with vendors.• Digital and social media marketing.• Operations coordination for new products.• .Net, C#, LINQ, ASP.Net MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, SQL Server, Windows, IIS, Photoshop, Visio, MS Office

eSiteful provides web-based interactive and mobile solutions. I work with clients through the entire process - guiding business analysis, specifications, project management, development, implementation, and maintenance. • Strategic marketing plans for clients that break down the walls between channels and take advantage of new methods for reaching customers utilizing eSiteful solutions.• Envisioned and managed development of an iPad-based CRM and POS system for a furniture retailer which ties into their existing ERP per spec and sales performance research. Reduced time to complete an order by ~10 minutes, increasing staff efficiency by 5-10%.• Led project teams of 1-2 engineers, 1-2 graphic designers, a SEM manager, and partner firms on projects • Consulted with clients, gathered requirements, and created product requirement docs.• Envisioned and managed development of an iPad-based CRM and POS system for a furniture retailer tying into their existing ERP and payment systems. Reduced time to complete an order by ~10 minutes, increasing staff efficiency by 10%.• Created sales process across channels for online retailers and consulted on go-to-market strategies including customer and potential customer interviews.• Crafted strategic marketing plan for retail client mapping 4 existing and 3 new sales channels across the sales process.• Market research and product road mapping.• PHP, Python, Ruby, .Net, C#, LINQ, Linux, Windows, Apache, IIS, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Redis, MongoDB, JavaScript, jQuery, Backbone.js, NodeJS, Visual Studio, Eclipse, mobile, ETL, Magento, Photoshop, Vision, MS Office

New York, Ny, Us

Rapp (formerly Rapp Collins Worldwide) is a direct marketing arm of Omnicom. It specializes in data driven marketing initiatives.• Started as Sr. Interactive Engineer.• Managed a team of 5 back end and 5 front end engineers as well as contract developers and vendors through requirements gathering, requirements definition, software design, development, implementation, and maintenance.• Saved a project with the US Treasury, First Data, and Bank of America, through high-touch communication and a firm grasp of the facts. Direct impact of ~$2M, indirect impact on relationships worth ~$60M that year.• Created multiple web sites for 7-Eleven, HEB, HP, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Best Buy, SuperValu, Toyota, the Travel Channel, and Hyatt Hotels.• PHP, ASP.Net, C#, Linux, Windows, Apache, IIS, MySQL, SQL Server, JavaScript, Visual Studio, mobile, ETL, Photoshop, Visio, MS Office, MS Project

Houston, Texas, Us

I managed development for the Blinds.com flagship ecommerce site and its derivatives. This included managing and delegating local, remote, and off-shore programming as well as network administration. I worked closely with the Marketing department to translate ideas into working features and analytics. • Started as Sr. Programmer• Managed the Blinds.com & Blinds.ca team of in-house offshore engineers (7 reports).• Led tech team in validating changes through business analyses, A/B testing, user behavior tracking, sales impact, web analytics, and inbound marketing techniques. The combined efforts of Marketing and my team increased revenue by ~25% over my tenure.• Requirements management with RUP use cases.• PHP, .Net, C#, Java, Linux, Windows, Apache, IIS, MySQL, SQL Server, Visual Studio, EDI, Photoshop, Visio, MS Office, MS Project

Houston, Tx, Us

Rice University is a prestigious private research university. • Managed projects as the product owner and project manager in overhaul of over 20 web sites and applications for groups attached to Natural Sciences.• Advocated for Natural Sciences and web initiatives on committees, including the University Web Steering Committee - achieved creation of the Web Services organization within IT, then joined the new group.• Developed the SDLC process adopted by the Web Services organization.• Gather and define requirements as well as project management and product owner role.• Web policy roadmaping.• ColdFusion, PHP, ASP.Net, SQL Server, Oracle, Photoshop, MS Office

HIWD was a custom development firm specializing in Internet based software and web sites. It was founded by combining the staffs and assets of Houston Web Design and Digital Identities.• Created and managed the feature set for a template-based web site builder service for more than 70,000 dynamic web sites.• Directed cost centers: network operations, help desk, and programming (20 reports).• Designed and developed a cross-database object-relation mapping layer (ORM).• Architected, designed, and implemented many solutions for clients including: a petroleum product trading desktop application, an MP3 site driven by jingles prepended to the songs, a literature summary e-commerce site for students, a baseball fan and marketing platform, a train equipment B2B e-commerce site for CSX, and a resort scheduling site.• Product roadmaping.• Requirements gathering and feature specification.• TCL, Apache, FreeBSD, Linux, Solaris, Windows, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, DBM, Java, JavaScript, Photoshop, Visio, MS Office

I tamed the customer support system for NeoSoft's web developer clients, taught programming classes, and helped work on NeoSoft's Apache module for embedding TCL in dynamic web pages. I initiated a project to create an ORM in TCL for use by these web developers.

I founded Digital Identities to fill a need: web design firms that lacked deep technical expertise. I led a group of part-time programmers who filled this need in addition to selling our services. DI completely merged into Houston InterWeb.

Help desk, server admin, ran cables, supported PCs, older Macs, Wyse terminals, and even a Vax.

Mba, General Management

Bas, Interdisciplinary: Bus. Adm./Mis

Computer Science