Plato Data Intelligence specializes in Ai and advanced automation to curate the latest sector intelligence with insights into the people, companies and culture driving innovation today.The Plato search and hashtag engine allows professionals to easily identify and organize this consensus-driven intelligence and thereby accelerate their research and decision-making efforts. Plato’s current MVP is focused on the emerging generative AI vertical.

• Director, Online Services for Print / Fulfillment company in Burlingame, California• Managed team of 7 development / customer service individuals with 1 offsite in Cincinnati, Ohio• Rebuilt department to streamline sales and development of online portals and associated systems.• Introduced development methodology and culture, including integration with onsite IT department• Served as a sales engineer for the department, and was responsible for all presentations and outgoing Project Proposals• Responsible for drafting and maintaining departmental contracts with both vendors and clients

Etheralabs was the initial iteration of Plato Data Technologies, a vertical market intelligence search and discover engine built upon a proprietary and scalable framework that, in its simplest form, allows users to automatically generate and distribute searchable backlinks to the community. One of the key features of the platform is a UI that provides a powerful a 360° view of the market through an intuitive and content rich user experience.

• Designs, develops, delivers and maintains an enterprise SaaS based social platform and associated mobile applications • Works directly with Venture and Angel funding partners to define strategy and to secure finance arrangements for start-ups and ongoing projects, including development timeline and budget requirements.• Produces Product and Technical Requirements documentation including application interfaces, wireframe content flow diagrams and development roadmaps.

Developed and launched the Social Platform supporting Realta’s flagship product, BandFuse: Rock Legends, a music video game that integrates real musical instruments with PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles using real electric guitars, basses and microphones, providing scoring and real-time performance feedback during play.

Spearheaded the Internet strategy and development for highly visible leading brands including Universal Music, The Black Eyed Peas, Specialized Bicycles, Electronic Arts and CBS Radio as well as numerous start-ups financially backed by Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, Hummer Windblad, Pacific Rim, Ridgewood Capital, and Advance Ventures.Led BPG Worldwide to develop the market expertise necessary to deliver cutting-edge websites for major brand’s consumer facing, critical Press / investor facing and B2B markets.Hired, trained and worked directly with BPG’s Product / Project Management, Infrastructure, Information Architecture, Database Design, User Experience / Design, Mobile Development and Quality Assurance development teams to create high visibility web and mobile traffic from concept to release and beyond, bringing innovative online experiences to everyday consumers fulfilling both business needs and customer requirements.Facilitated company marketing initiatives and long-term strategy from the core software design throughout company, branding and marketing initiatives. Contributed to the successful streamlining of large-scale site build development cycles and Quality Assurance processes to work within an agile development methodology that iterates on a tri-weekly basis, working hand-in-hand with developers to answer implementation questions and assisting with last minute changes.

Worked primarily as a sales engineer; brought in and helped close $500k in new business over a three month period.

Web development agency based in San Jose, CA. Our clients included National Semiconductor, Miller Genuine Draft and workcomp.com.

Worked on projects for local government and non-profits as part of a larger full service media marketing company. Developed one of the first true multi-media websites for CBS Radio’s flagship Northern California radio station, KOME 98.5 Rock Radio, which featured full video, on-site live event media postings, chat sessions and streaming audio clips. Awarded ‘Shocked Site of the Day’ designation for Flash development in the area of audio streaming.