Rich Sadowsky

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Part-time technology consultant for hire. Currently 50% Fractional CTO at Viking Cold Solutions. @ Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.
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Greater Boston, United States, United States
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About Rich Sadowsky

My passion is early stage startups with disruptive emerging technology. I am Chief Technology Officer at Waverley Software. Previously spent 5 years at Jibo, a social robotics in Boston. As the 7th employee I built out the server/cloud organization and moved into leaderships roles such as Head of Security & Privacy.I spent 6 years at software giant Symantec Corp where I invented LiveUpdate in the mid-1990s and greatly simplifying the user experience upgrading software and leading to several patents.I was a chief software architect at Affectiva where I built the first two generations of their Affdex web affective computing platform. I was CTO and SVP of RadioCentral one of the most exciting startups in the early Internet radio space. We produced innovative music programming for major web sites such as Lycos, Earthlink, About.com and others.From the breakthroughs in development tools in my early years, to major contributions to award winning software at Symantec, to the thrilling startups of the last decade, I keep delivering quality software on aggressive schedules with limited resources. Whether a job requires me to lead and build a team or by architecting and building software, I am tenacious and will get the job done. I've worked with co-founders and VCs to raise funds. I align with functional areas such as sales, marketing, support, finance and other to achieve solid business results.Innovative, resourceful leader delivering products years ahead of the competitionExceptional team building and startup skillsTrack record of delivering disruptive emerging technologies that change the market History of delivering award-winning, best selling productsBusiness technical executive fostering win/win partnershipsNamed to Computerworld Premier 100 top IT professionals along with Jolt Cola Awards, Editor's Choice and many US and foreign Patents.New Podcast series entitled High Risk/High Reward: Stories from a Life in Technologies is available at: https://www.spreaker.com/show/high-risk-high-reward-technology

Rich Sadowsky's Current Company Details
Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.

Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.

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Part-time technology consultant for hire. Currently 50% Fractional CTO at Viking Cold Solutions.
Rich Sadowsky Work Experience Details
  • Viking Cold Solutions, Inc.
    Chief Technology Officer
    Viking Cold Solutions, Inc. Jul 2022 - Present
    Houston, Texas, Us
    Consulting (aka "Fractional") Chief Technology Officer reporting to CEO. Roll involves working with all functional groups within the company with a focus on software and controller development. Viking Cold Solutions provides a unique, patented, industry leading Thermal Energy Storage solution that provides energy savings, energy load shifting, resilience, reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and other cold storage use cases.I work 50% of a full-time roll leaving capacity to take on other consulting technologist roles. I've been serving as a fractional CTO for roughly 4 years, in addition to holding full-time roles throughout the last 25 years where I have also held Chief Architect, Chief Privacy and Security Officer,SVP of Technology and other exciting and challenging roles.I work remote from the Greater Boston area. Viking Cold's headquarters are in Houston Texas. I am open for more consulting roles where my unique creativity and history of development excellence deliver value can provide significant value. Whether for a one day speaking engagement, ongoing leadership, personnel mentorship, team building, legal/compliance/IP protection strategy, conflict resolution, due diligence and support for obtaining financing, corporate strategy, and even software architecture or writing code. Specialties include convergence of emerging technologies with high value use cases, cloud, embedded, robotics, edge, mobile, desktop, microprocessor-based, and other exciting and challenging products. Many decades of proven results with best selling, award winning, high customer satisfaction software and systems.
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  • E2F, Inc.
    Chief Technology Officer (Fractional)
    E2F, Inc. Jun 2021 - Sep 2022
    Boca Raton, Florida, Us
    Helped CEO to refine software development strategy, team composition, strategic business development, and assistance with technical due diligence for partners, customers, board of directors, and similar.
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  • Waverley Software
    Chief Technology Officer
    Waverley Software Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
    Palo Alto, Ca, Us
    I have been using California-based Waverley Software to provide Ukraine-based developers for over 6 years. In this time period I joined the company as their CTO helping to create strategy, find solutions for clients, provided substantial support in launching new regional offices such as South American practice, and developing the role of fractional CTO to offer our clients.
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  • Plannuh, Inc.
    Vice President Of Engineering
    Plannuh, Inc. Jan 2020 - Nov 2020
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
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  • Plannuh, Inc.
    Engineering Lead
    Plannuh, Inc. Dec 2018 - Jan 2020
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    Joined marketing domain experts in this early stage startup as first full time engineering hire.
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  • Jibo, Inc.
    Head Of Security & Privacy
    Jibo, Inc. Nov 2013 - May 2018
    Boston, Ma, Us
    My job evolved with the needs of startup Jibo. I was the company's seventh employee when I joined as Software Architect for Server/Cloud. During crowd funding and prototyping phase I wrote code wherever needed including embedded C++ code on the robot. Became Head of Server where I ran server development, DevOps and IT. My team and I selected AWS, Docker/Container Services, Microservices architecture in node.js as foundation of server APIs. I led the design of the security posture in collaboration with robot platform team.
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  • Turbine/Warner Bros Games
    Technical Lead
    Turbine/Warner Bros Games May 2013 - Sep 2013
    Needham, Massachusetts, Us
    At Turbine, a division of Warner Brothers, I worked as a contractor on a Node.js system for exposing an API for big data consumption by the game, web pages and partner web sites. We used CoffeeScript. Additionally I have had to use my C++ experience to debug and fix modules provided by third-party vendors.
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  • Affectiva
    Chief Architect
    Affectiva Jan 2010 - Mar 2013
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    As Chief Architect I implemented a vision for our software platform that met customer requirements to deliver exceptional value. Had to deliver rapid iterations to close funding and early customers. I was at the company when there were under 10 employees and helped fuel the growth past 50. Affectiva is a fast paced, successful startup with excellent leadership allowing me to work on exciting disruptive technology. Code was written in Grails/Groovy/Java and Python.
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  • Quick Hit, Inc.
    Director Of Technology
    Quick Hit, Inc. Apr 2008 - Jan 2010
    Foxboro, Ma, Us
    Director of Technology for Quick Hit Sports (formerly Play Hard Sports). I designed the system architecture, developed prototypes for all tiers, and built and served as the Technical Director managing the Core Technology, Web, and game client teams. The system uses a modern n-tier architecture with MySQL as the database foundation, an enterprise Java-based application tier, a LAMP-based PHP web tier, and an Actionscript 3-based game client implemented as both a Flash in-browser game and a high resolution Adobe AIR application. Hired as 6th employee. Game reached half a million registered users.
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  • Gryphon Networks
    Product Architect
    Gryphon Networks Mar 2007 - Jul 2007
    Boston, Massachusetts, Us
    Product Architect in charge of design of all new products, Work with combination of onshore/offshore teams to build products. Company is in compliance business service space. Company is about 10 years old, profitable, and growing fast.
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  • Pyramid Radio
    Cto And Vp Of Technology
    Pyramid Radio 2005 - 2006
    Boston, Ma, Us
    Founding CTO of new generation custom radio company founded by industry big shots. Created first generation technology for early customers and built company infrastructure with Los Angeles radio programming division and Boston corporate headquarters. Hired and managed engineering staff.
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  • Centerspan Communications Inc.
    Cto And Acting Coo
    Centerspan Communications Inc. Feb 2002 - Feb 2004
    Came in as VP-level advanced technologist and ended up as acting COO and later CTO.
  • Fios, Inc
    Cto And Vp Of Engineering
    Fios, Inc 2003 - 2004
    Provided strategic product and technology planning, managed large engineering group engaged in both legacy/income producing systems development and designing next generation platform, and performed executive staff duties reporting to the CEO as Chief Technology Officer.
  • Vendaria
    Cto
    Vendaria 2003 - 2004
    London, Gb
    Vendaria was a challenging role. I was striving to help this young and growing startup to define a clear niche in the ecommerce space. It was another chance to work with a venture capitalist I had worked with on several companies now. Building that relationship and understanding the needs of his portfolio companies was my greatest accomplishment during this short stint in Seattle.
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  • Radiocentral, Inc.
    Cto And Svp Of Technology
    Radiocentral, Inc. Aug 1999 - May 2002
    Founding CTO of VC Funded online radio network which created custom programming for major online websites and brands. Chief architect of all technology systems from radio production tools to web-based player with interactive metadata and calls to action. Created custom radio for majors brands such as Lycos, Earthlink, Scour, A&E Television, About.com... Hired and built entire technical team and technology infrastructure. Reported to CEO and assisted in fundraising and other business development activities.
  • Onradio.Com
    Director Of Development
    Onradio.Com 1999 - 2000
    Managed software development and Quality Assurance teams.
  • Symantec
    Director Of Emerging Technology
    Symantec 1998 - 1999
    San Jose, California, Us
    Researched emerging technologies, worked with product groups and field offices around the world, reported to executive staff on intersection of emerging technology and user needs.
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  • Symantec
    Chief Architect, Shared Technology Group
    Symantec 1996 - 1998
    San Jose, California, Us
    Invented, designed, built prototype, and championed integration of innovative LiveUpdate technology. Awarded 2 US Patents related to LiveUpdate. Managed developers and QA teams. Held Acting Director of Shared Tech after existing Director promoted to General Manager, ACT! group.
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  • Symantec
    Staff Software Engineer
    Symantec 1993 - 1995
    San Jose, California, Us
    Joined the collaborative "Bedrock" project between Apple and Symantec. Shortly after merged into the devtools team responsible for Visual C++ and Visual Cafe. Acted as Development Manager and Product Manager in addition to software design and development.
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  • Turbopower Software
    Sr. Software Engineer
    Turbopower Software 1988 - 1992
    Working at TurboPower Software was a dream come true for a young man interested in the powerful platform Turbo Pascal. Working under the guidance of the brilliant Kim Kokkonen and fellow programmer Brian Foley created a team that provided Turbo Pascal programmers with the finest development tools available at the time. We each had to define our own software, implement it, document it, support it and take sales calls. It set me up for a lifelong focus on customer success that continues to be my focus. We worked on the most cutting edge problems and delivered unprecedented productivity tools for our customers.
  • Articulate Publications
    R&D
    Articulate Publications 1984 - 1988
    Articulate Publications was a small vertical market medical software firm in Los Angeles. I started in a tech support role where I spoke directly with the usetr of the software. I quickly rose to a Director level role where I assisted the CEO in meeting needs of the burgeoning medical software industry.

Rich Sadowsky Skills

Software Development Cloud Computing Start Ups Enterprise Software E Commerce Agile Methodologies Web Applications Product Management Integration Software Design Mysql Javascript Saas Scrum Strategy Databases Web Development Strategic Planning Software Engineering Architecture Linux Scalability Ruby On Rails Php System Architecture Executive Management Entrepreneurship Apache Git Python Software Architecture Mobile Applications Xml Subversion C++ Architectures Data Privacy Data Security Information Security Privacy Law Cyber Security Privacy Policies Privacy Compliance Cryptography Encryption Software Api Web Application Security Web Services Cto

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