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New York, NY, US

CCTi’s mission is to use technology to create an active digital marketplace that will drive innovation in the community-focused financial industry by making loan transactions more transparent, data-driven and profitable.

Random Dynamix is a FinTech Innovation and Advisory Firm advising client organizations on emerging Technology and Information Security trends within the Financial Services industry, while specializing in the development of Enterprise Blockchain-based solutions to address distributed trust challenges in high-volume, high-security environments.

Blue Spruce Capital is a private wealth management firm with offices in Colorado, Texas, and California.

Lafayette, CO, US

At Trofi Security, our focus is on providing consulting and advisory services based on the specific security risks impacting your organization. Our team of security professionals analyzes all available information in order to devise the right security program based on your industry specific threats and vulnerabilities. The assigned consultants then work.

Denver, CO, US

Denver, CO, US

• Re-ignited the innovation engine of this early-growth stage SaaS provider of invoicing and payment services to the SMB market by steering the product roadmap toward more aggressive, consumer-oriented goals rather than.
• Introduced Portfolio and Program Management constructs and tools into the product development lifecycle.
• Re-implemented the development team's software development lifecycle (SDLC) in order to follow more efficient and productive Agile methodologies, as well as Secure Development Lifecycle principles..
• Implemented a new collaboration platform to allow executive management to better understand and control the potential return-on-investment and resource impacts of product initiatives.

Denver, CO, US

• Led the enterprise evolution of the technology team, platform, and infrastructure of this late-stage startup, SaaS Platform and Services Provider to the Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW) Advisor market. Responsible for.
• Led the initiative to re-engineer the technology platform and operational processes necessary to support the business’ primary Service Operations Offering, with the target of increasing platform scalability by 100x and.
• Developed the hybrid on-shore/off-shore operations model currently being implemented to achieve the forecasted operational efficiency, as well as established the vendor relationships necessary to support the model.
• Negotiated the divestiture and subsequent outsourcing agreement with the former executives and original founders of WealthTouch for an ancillary line-of-business software product no longer considered a core value.

• Provide expertise to client organizations in the areas of Enterpise Architecture, Portfolio and Program Management, and Business Process Re-engineering. Manage the internal and outsourced consultancy operations to.
• Social Media Platform Provider - Managed the technical teams responsible for designing and developing an OAuth & OpenID-based Authentication Web Service to be marketed to the social media development industry..
• Outsourced Production Provider to the Title Insurance Industry - Provided expertise to the founders and senior management in formulating the technology platform, production strategy, vendor structure and budget.

• Spearheaded the re-formulation of corporate IT strategy and corresponding IT organizational structure to better align corporate asset utilization with the rapidly declining, financial market situation and emerging.
• Centralized key IT decision making and re-organized production operations in order to establish standards, improve enterprise service availability, and leverage economies of scale.
• Orchestrated the consolidation of 26 disparate, end-user operating environments into 2 geographically separate, virtualized, datacenter environments resulting in a 20% reduction in server, datacenter, and support.
• Coordinated the development and implementation of a streamlined purchasing workflow model for the enterprise, which resulted in an annualized cost savings of $775K in technology and operational supply purchases and the.
• Established ITIL-based governance policies and procedures targeted at increasing the integrity, visibility, and manageability of the change management process for purposes of achieving and maintaining SOX, GLB, and.

• One of three founding executives of this centralized, title production subsidiary targeted at aggregating and offshoring the commodity processes of 26 sister, operating divisions. Led the development of the technology.
• Developed the initial budget forecast and cost comparison breakdown responsible for securing funding and support from the corporate holding company to start the project.
• Built and managed the development, QA, and infrastructure teams, which successfully implemented a new origination, integration and production platform for aggregating production processes across the enterprise.
• Co-architected the workflow model and.NET software components necessary to integrate 26 disparate production systems, communication processes, and product requirements with the centralized production platform.
• Successfully coordinated the deployment of services to all 26 operating divisions over a 2 year period, resulting in a consolidated operating expense savings of $35 million by the 3rd year, with a projected annual.
• Established the quality-metric and service-level requirements for offshore vendors and managed ongoing conformance in the day-to-day production cycle.

• Formulated and directed the application development strategy for the enterprise focused on streamlining company financial operations through the use of COTS software solutions and custom software development. Managed a.
• Conceptualized, architected and led the development of a Federal Reserve Fed-Wire clearing-house system which resulted in an annual transaction cost savings of $5.3 million across all operating divisions in 2004.
• Re-architected the transactional and analytical data model of in-house developed systems to accommodate Gramm-Leach-Bliley and HIPAA privacy requirements.
• Coordinated the consolidation of 4 production systems and 3 accounting systems over a 1 year period as part of company M&A activities.
• Compiled an enterprise risk assessment of all operating division software systems.

Researched and developed the core technology disciplines and methodologies used by all consulting teams. Collaborated with the Business Development group to analyze engagements for technology/expertise alignment, revenue potential, and level of risk. Architected client solutions and managed the consultant teams’ conformance to software development.

Identified emerging technologies for use in developing next generation products and services for the company’s target industries as well as established architecture and coding best practices for the company’s development teams. Managed an international team of developers working from offices in London, Dusseldorf and Englewood developing systems for use in.

Mba, Business

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

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