UPDATE #2: After our ConnectALL to Broadcom M&A transaction/sale in May2023, I can now say "I am OFFICIALLY RETIRED" (other than a couple of Board Advisory positions that I am reluctant to relinquish)!!!! So many bosses, peers, subordinates, advisors, and friends to thank over these many years/decades - but let me try ... First & foremost the late Mr Kevin Kilroy my mentor & best friend, smartest man I ever met - and as Dorothy sez to the Scarecrow, "You Sir I shall miss the most!!!" In no particular order, others that I wish to thank and acknowledge AND have made such a great impact on my work & professional life include Bob Bickel, John Capobianca, Steve Bale, Brett Taylor, Richard Goldstein, Anne Marie Loden, Steve Feyman, Larry Winship, Steve Enright, Vincent Zaccardi, Dana Clarke, Marcie Hollingsworth, Lori Laubach, Stephanie Price, Tom Eichner, Tom Canning, Jim Curran (Semper Fi Jimmy), Craig Huke, Dave Asbell, TJ Johnson, Andy Astor, Denis Lussier, Richard Gilder, Nori Tanaka, Mike Maheu, Jobin Kuravilla, Maritess Cruz, Jennifer Libby, Matt Brenneman, Lance Knight, Tim Stiling, and so many more. THANK YOU ALL - leaving it on the table for the next generation of leaders !!!!! UPDATE #1: ConnectALL LLC sold to Broadcom, Inc on May 30th, 2023 in an M&A asset sale transaction. ConnectALL powers businesses in achieving higher agility and increased velocity. Teams from software development and delivery, IT and business units across large and small enterprises worldwide use ConnectALL’s integration platform to unify people, processes, applications and tools from multiple ALM and DevOps providers, such as Atlassian, Microfocus, Microsoft, IBM, Salesforce, BMC, ServiceNow, SAP and more. Designed to break down barriers to continuous delivery, ConnectALL helps companies rapidly create business value by bringing software innovation to market faster and increasing productivity through cross-team collaboration and value-stream-management.

Early stage Software CEO-to-CEO Advisory and Angel Investor providing CEO Advisory Services, Board Membership, Sales & Sales Operations Consultancy, and other executive services primarily to newly-funded software firms' CEO's and Founders. Assist client organizations to create and drive initial revenue, buildout of new sales & sales operations functions - via Board membership and/or CEO advisory. Advise and/or lead organizations in M&A/Financing (Seed thru Series C / M&A exit) projects. Sampling of Clients include:* Goldfinger Holdings, Inc. (Chairman of Board)* ConnectALL, LLC (Chairman of Board - Sold to Broadcom Inc)* Go2Group, Inc. (Board Chair, CEO - Sold to Adaptavist UK LTD)* CorasCloud, Inc. (Board Advisor)* SalesMethods, Inc. (Angel Investor, Board Advisor, CEO/GM Americas)* BooqSmart, Inc. (Angel Investor, Board Advisor)* CrossView (Acting CFO - M&A Exit)* Lumigent, Inc. (Acting CRO - M&A Exit)* TJ & Tommy's, LLC (Founder, CEO, Angel Investor - M&A Exit)* deFacto Global, Inc. (CEO Advisor)

Temporary role tasked with initiating, managing, and delivery of a major new premium program offering within globally renowned Gartner. This new program is uniquely designed to equip software "SMB Emerging Technology" firms and their startup CEO & Founders with the advice, tools, research, and insights they need to deliver exceptional businesss results for their organizations & their customers - and to develop their subordinates as successful business leaders; leveraging my previous CEO Advisory personal experience, Gartners' trusted analysts and research, and CEO-to-CEO peer networking that Gartner software clients can rely on for confidential or difficult discussions; dedicated to helping Founders get the insight, guidance, and coaching they require to be successful with their Investors, Board, Clients & Prospects, Partners, and Employees.

Early Stage Angel Investor/Board Member - Launched North American sales, sales ops, & training/delivery SaaS organization closing initial 100+ clients in NA & SA. SalesMethods Inc/LTD is a "Sales Improvement and Effectiveness" software startup, a product framework built natively into saleforce.com (platimum sfdc ISV/Force.com partner). SalesMethods’ Plan2Close, Plan2Prosper, and OrgChart+ software is based on a fusion of academic research and the practical experience of global sales leaders. Its sole purpose is to leverage business opportunities through effective account development, dramatically improve the win ratio of sales opportunities, and provide support to continuously improve performance. Find us on the sfdc AppExchange: https://appexchange.salesforce.com/results?keywords=SalesMethods

UPDATE: Go2Group, Inc sold to Adaptavist LTD on June 30th, 2020 in an M&A transaction. See the following link for associated Press Releases:Go2Group, is an IT consulting and software products firm focused on providing superior quality professional services and digital solutions, helping enterprises achieve business agility. Founded in 2002, the company offers enterprise-level strategic services and solutions around application modernization, Agile and DevOps practices, and Cloud. Vision:To be the number one vendor of choice for our clients’ IT modernization and transformation initiatives. We aim at pioneering innovation that helps enterprises transform mission-critical business applications to digital platforms.

appGRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) enterprise software

Driving initial startup Revenue for Postgres Open Source Database company (Oracle Compatibility feature/functionality). Built initial global field sales (America's, EMEA, and APAC), inside telesales, channel organization, sales/systems engineering, and sales operations group. Closed over $12mm in global sales, including all initial clients including Sony, Verizon, NTT, and many others. Left to return to Law School and start Angel/Seed/CEO consulting company.

Recruited by major Venture Capital company (Baker Capital) to drive initial revenue for MIT-spinoff software company (Curl Corporation) as CEO and COB; troubled company in turnaround scenario, was successful in closing over $9MM in less than initial 18 months after $0 revenue (and $40MM in seed capital in previous 4 years), reduce monthly burn rate by over 70%, and drove company to cash-positive position. Raised two rounds of additional capital (Series D and E rounds). Established/closed international channels of distribution (including a nearly $7mm ISV deal with Japanese software firm Sumisho) – personally closed majority of revenue generation for Curl Corp; led M&A efforts and sold company to Sumisho/Sumitomo of Japan in 2004.

IT/Software consultancy and staff augmentation to the Financial Services Industry (BankofAmerica, Wachovia, First Union, etc). Merged with Seer Technologies, Inc. (M&A)