Engineering and business development partner for Hitachi. Responsible for introducing the Hitachi 3D LiDAR product line to the North American market. 0pened up and proved new market opportunities for Hitachi in retail analytics, healthcare, farm management, oil rig optimization, theme park security and much more. Spearheaded development of HVS Sensor Fusion software technology, allowing Hitachi to lead the way in combining 3D LiDAR, computer vision, and AI into real customer focused solutions.

Helped lead research and development for the M-Disc DVD and Blu-Ray archival optical storage technology. Multiple roles also included developing strategic partnerships with foreign manufacturers, product development, and customer relations. Integrated hardware and software solutions with drive partners around the world.

Bluefish Wireless offers a suite of tools designed to allow clients to easily create, manage and deploy branded content and applications to all mobile devices. Core technology components were originally licensed from West Wind Technologies. Responsible for the merger with Bluefish Wireless. Developed strategic relations with Palm, Motorola, Apple, and others.

Developed mobile technology tools and toolsets used to provide a rich user experience for mobile devices. This included the PIVuT platform used on several mobile platforms including PalmOS, Windows Mobile, iPhone, and Blackberry. Licensed the technology to Novell, ACR International, and Bluefish Wireless.

Led development and consulting on several teams to implement new technologies into Novell products, primarily in the security and cryptography areas. Architected and implemented PKI Certificate Provisioning allowing network users to be securely productive on day one. Implemented SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) technology into Novell products and worked with other partners for full interoperability.

Grew the company from a small startup to a full development team of over 80 people. Led the development of PalmOS location based computing resulting in the award winning Geode which integrated GPS and PDA, a forerunner of today's cell phone navigation systems. Managed technical relationships with OEM partners in Japan and Germany. Developed patent-pending vector and raster map technologies resulting in fully interactive maps of the entire US.

Oversaw and implemented full-text searching into the award-winning Netscape Servers for NetWare. Responsible for tying Entrust PKI security products to Novell, including the port of Entrust's key servers onto the NetWare platform.

Productized the ProIndex full-text indexing and retrieval technology and introduced it to the market running on 15 platforms. Managed employees, contract programmers, and partnerships allowing for quick turnaround of custom installations and extended projects. Implemented GUI applications for multi-tier client/server architecture with Win32, Mac, Linux, and Web interfaces. Produced over 10 complete products for partners using ProIndex technology including Ameritech Library Services, IBM/WorldBook, Broderbund, and UITA. Company sold to InfoSphere, Inc. and later to Cadessa (www.cadesa.com).

Helped grow the company from three to 30 people. Led various development teams including the initial port of Zinc Application Framework to Windows. Hired and managed support and consulting services teams. Developed a week long object oriented training and GUI development course resulting in doubling the revenue of the company. Developed core algorithms allowing complex data manipulation with a simple API.