Professional

Brief Summary

I am an entrepreneurial technologist. I’ve founded and sold a few small companies, and I’ve built and managed the technology for others. I’m passionate about leveraging existing technology and inventing new technology to solve business problems.

I’m a strong advocate of OSS (Open Source Software). I’m Linux developer, administrator, and user with 15+ years of experience. For the past 8 years, most of my personal computers (servers and desktop) have been Linux machines running RedHat (or Fedora) for the first four years, then switching to Ubuntu about four years ago. I’ve consistently pushed my employees and departments to switch to Linux/OSS solutions (when possible) in order to reduce costs and encourage open access to information.

I am especially interested in web technologies and e-commerce. In recent years I have specifically focuses on integrating the following into the web:

  • Distributed systems
  • E-commerce
  • Computer vision
  • Geographic information systems
  • Street level data
  • Augmented reality
  • Large file distribution
  • Peer-to-peer
  • Application redundancy

Experience

Moda Operandi, CTO

I am the Chief Technology Officer for Moda Operandi. We are a fashion e-commerce start-up whose members can “shop from the runway” and pre-order pieces from complete designer collections (far more than what is featured in retail or existing online stores).

Heavy.com, CTO

Heavy.com is a broadband entertainment website. I lead the team that completely rebuilt the internal and external technology architecture from scratch using open source technologies. We did so in under three months (time was of the essence). At the time, Heavy saw 10 million unique visitors per month with 9 page views on average per visitor.

Visre, Inc., EVP of Technology and Operations

Visre was a leading provider of ground-based virtual mapping services, high-definition street-level video/imagery. We developed numerous technologies for use in property sales and valuation including, “Video DriveBy”, a high-resolution panoramic video of properties and neighborhoods. We also provide on-demand 16.8 megapixel video and images of properties throughout the United States. I served as the Executive Vice President of Operations and Development at Visre until the real estate economy forced our closure in 2009.

BizAtomic, Founder and CTO

BizAtomic was a provider of e-commerce and CMS applications to the small and medium business (SMB) market. I founded BizAtomic in late 2000 and grew the company continuously for 6 years. I built and/or oversaw development of a high-availability data center, a rich e-commerce platform, and a CMS system. The business was sold in 2007.

Propaganda Networks, Founder and President

Propaganda Networks was a provider of localized and universal search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) on a software basis. We used proprietary software, an in-depth knowledge of search engine indexing algorithms, and numerous low-level web server modifications to push clients to the top of multiple search engines simultaneously. We also developed and hosted ancillary websites and web applications. Propaganda Networks was sold in early 2000.