Multi-industry software/IT executive with extensive information systems management, software quality engineering, systems integration, enterprise architecture, and business continuity expertise. Visionary leader with broad experience building technical organizations and competencies “from the ground up” and providing successful organizational leadership in challenging business environments. Strong competency in data/database management, DBMS systems, CRM/ERP cloud-based solutions, and software/IT systems project management. Career Highlights:I have been very fortunate to work for thought leader Denis Hayes (Solar Energy Research Institute/Golden, CO), software industry pioneer Peter Schnell (Software AG/Darmstadt, Germany) and visionary entrepreneur Jirka Rysavy (Corporate Express/Broomfield, CO) -- and to have the opportunity to build organizations and to lead technology initiatives -- as they led their respective companies to the forefront of rapid technological change and innovation:In 2004 I became an early adopter of NetSuite CRM/ERP cloud-based systems, and have since worked with organizations using NetSuite to achieve business objectives. Progressing from computer programmer to executive leading projects, products, teams, and organizations:• Led software application projects in the 1970s at the dawning of Structured Programming methods and the introduction of 4th generation languages (4GLs).• Led early commercial DBMS evaluations & benchmark testing, as well as DBMS implementations & administration (ADABAS) in the late 1970s, as the relational model and SQL emerged. • Developed DBMS technical support operation methodologies and managed software support teams for US customers during the infancy of the software industry in the 1980s• Developed systems software testing methodologies and strategies; initiated quality metrics; and built/led Software Quality Engineering teams in the 1990s• Led CRM/ERP system selection and implementation as an early adopter of cloud-based CRM/ERP solutions (NetSuite). • Provided IT leadership and expertise on product development teams, incorporating wireless machine-to-machine technology and GPS functionality with payment assurance devices, resulting in multiple US patents/applications. Upon completing a Masters Degree at the University of Denver (2001), I shifted my career focus to strategic technology management - creating business value through technology -- as Chief Information Officer/CIO for a technology startup and as an IT consultant for the SMB market.