C-suite technology executive and thought leader responsible for enterprise technology and data strategies focused on driving business value and growth through building the right products the right way. VPs of Engineering, Product and Data Operations report to me.

Focused on the intersection of technology and digital media. Extensive small business and startup experience. Advise founders and executives on technology and product strategy by using a holistic approach to organization building, agile business practices, and long-range planning in a fast-paced world.

Accomplished result oriented technology executive managing the Technology division responsible for execution of the company's strategic product roadmap including design, development of software products and technology across The Beatport Group's brand portfolio.Accomplishments:- Provided oversight and planning of the company's technology strategy in collaboration with executive team.- Restructured the division and leadership team transforming our engineering culture to one of collaboration, creativity, curiosity with a focus on successful business outcomes that produce value for both customers and shareholders.- Brought fiscal discipline and sustainable product development through the implementation of P&L driven value streams along product verticals creating transparency, accountability and ownership between product teams and business stakeholders.- Evaluated potential M&A opportunities that further Beatport's strategic vision in the marketplace.

Provided executive-level leadership and full accountability over product development and technology initiatives for Beatport, the global leader in dance music for DJs. Program Manager of LINK, Beatport's flagship technology platform that delivers music streaming services into the DJ performance environment through third-party software and hardware integrations.Accomplishments:- Proven success in product development planning, execution and delivery of customer facing products and complex technology integrations.- Provided executive oversight and accountability of Engineering, QA, and Infrastructure departments.- Executive leadership of agile development practices, improving planning, iterative development, and product outcomes.- Strategic leadership working with C-level executives on long term product roadmaps and technology for the next generation of customer and supplier products.- Developed new technology strategies with stakeholders and partner companies expanding the LINK program breaking new ground in the evolution of DJing in the modern marketplace.

Infrastructure department head and Program Manager of LINK, Beatport’s flagship technology platform that brings music streaming into the DJ performance environment through third-party software and hardware integrations. Accomplishments:- Directed the operations and engineering of Beatport’s public and private cloud infrastructure powering Beatport and Beatsource music stores, LINK services, content pipelines and other services.- Directed feature development of LINK SDK including the locker technology and development tools for third-party developers integrating LINK into their software and/or hardware platforms as the Product Owner.- Managed resourcing and product development of LINK integrations for internal and external partnerships.- Strong emphasis on collaboration with executives, technical project managers and development teams organizing and streamlining product delivery from concept through release using agile practices delivering incremental business value to the company and our customers.- Mentored engineers and technical managers in product development, software engineering disciplines, and the soft skills required to become effective leaders and professionals.- Deep experience with music industry digital supply chain management, content ingestion and fulfillment through retail shopping and audio streaming.

Thought leader within the company on the evolution of what it means to be a DJ. Executive leadership of engineering department to design and build the first content locker system and streaming service within DJ performance applications. Worked with Product, Content, and Executive teams to rebuild and lead the Engineering department into a highly effective producer of software products and services for partners, record labels, and customers in the DJ market. Competency highlights:- Directed daily operations across most engineering, product development, and infrastructure disciplines.- Defined and executed product development and technology road map aligned with company product and financial goals.- Managed and mentored a team of software and infrastructure engineers with emphasis on pragmatic development practices, automation, test driven development, and reusable software patterns.- Redesigned and built core product platform including REST APIs, microservices, content ingestion system, content website, SDKs, and mobile applications.- Directed day-to-day technical aspects of the digital supply chain, music discovery, and fulfillment through Pulselocker’s technology platform.- Author/Co-Inventor of “Secure Content Access System” (USPTO APP 62/412,799) and “Content Ingestion System” (USPTO APP 62/532,551).- Managed product integrations projects with Serato, Pioneer DJ, VirtualDJ and other technology companies.

Responsible for realigning company's infrastructure and product operations strategies.Competency highlights:- Managed day-to-day infrastructure, DevOps, and deployment of servers and applications in private virtualized environment and AWS public cloud.- Collaborated with development teams troubleshooting performance, code quality problems and implementations of open source technologies such as RabbitMQ, Redis, PostgreSQL, uWSGI, Couchbase, and Elasticsearch.- Mentored software engineers in distributed system architecture and best practices.- Optimized REST API and stack improving average response time from 6700ms to 35ms.- Created and executed an infrastructure plan that reduced monthly operating expenses by 70% while improving performance, stability, and reliability.- Built infrastructure as code using Chef for managing the configurations of servers and application deployment automation.

Solved complex business IT problems for non-profits and professional firms throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.Competency highlights:- Streamlined and standardized IT projects while consistently completing them within budget and required time frame.- Managed server installations for customers with particular focus on Microsoft Windows Server and Exchange.- Troubleshooting and repairing Active Directory, Exchange Server and Microsoft Small Business Server installations.- Advised clients on appropriate technology solutions for their business problems.

Co-founded the company as a dialup ISP eventually pivoting into a web hosting provider and application development services firm. Participated in management of day-to-day business including finance, marketing, and business development. Served on board of directors responsible for governance of the company.Competency highlights:- Directed, developed, and implemented company's technology and product roadmap.- Managed daily operations across software engineering and infrastructure disciplines.- Lead engineering in the areas of web application development, database management and geospatial systems on both Linux and Windows platforms.- Designed and built Windows desktop applications that consumed backend SOAP web services built around .NET Framework.- Mentored individual team members.

Provided systems engineering support to IT operations and development teams across manufacturing in the US and Asia.Competency highlights:- Provided administration, maintenance and critical support of mid-range and mainframe systems in US data center.- Mentored application developers in advanced VAX/VMS operating system internals topics to improve performance and reliability of their software products.- Lead efforts to build an automated application testing and deployment framework for testing internal applications against new software and operating system versions.

Responsible for installation and management of VAX midrange systems in data center. Other competencies included:- VAX/VMS capacity planning and tuning.- VAX/VMS operating system internals expert and advisor to development teams for best practices and performance optimization.- Troubleshooting system and application failures.- Educated software engineers on optimization techniques for their applications.- Planned and executed move of data center to a new location.- System Engineering team technical lead.

Responsible for day-to-day management of SII publishing systems running on Tandem mid-range cluster. Other competencies included:- Software development for digital typesetters for daily newspaper- System administrator for VAX/VMS and Tandem mid-range systems- Writing various reports for advertising department- Developed software and styles for the digital typesetters used for composition and layout of newspaper.- Technical support for editors in the newsroom