·         Enterprise service design and delivery

·         Strategic product planning, design and delivery

·         Extensive program management skills

 

·         Excellent collaboration and support for corporate & agency mission.

·         Technology and innovation leader

·         Top Secret clearance

Professional Experience

 

IT Specialist (OS) Dept of Veteran's Affairs                            Feb 2013 - Present

The DOD and the VA are engaged in a $4B joint program to create a range of common health and benefits services for veterans and active duty personnel.  A core component of this program is the integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR) which will ultimately replace existing agency specific records and capabilities.  The iEHR will span both agencies medical/benefits facilities and provide common capabilities, services, taxonomies and records.

 

I am coordinating the development of the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and the installation of an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) that will enable both new and existing legacy applications to function together.  I am:

 

• Serving as a senior technical engineer providing supervision, technical authority, oversight, and guidance to the design and development of a systems engineering framework that supports the ESB/SOA.

 

• Providing expert technical analysis and recommendations regarding data, messaging and service and application integration for the SOA/ESB.  I am assisting with the development of messaging, data federation, data management services, virtual private record cache, identity and access management, and terminology services that will be integrated into and available from the SOA/ESB.

 

• I am providing oversight to the design and development of critical service discovery, registration, mediation, messaging, routing, transformation, security and governance components for the SOA.

 

In support of this project, the VA and DOD will roll out 8 new development and test centers (DTC) which will house these new services.  As a senior engineer, I am providing expert technical analysis and supervision for:

 

• The development, integration, maintenance and deployment of the SOA/ESB at each DTC location.  This includes the core network design, identity and access management, data storage and database services, virtualization of platform and enterprise services, client/server messaging services, and application and service design, development, integration, testing, delivery and deployment.

 

• The close collaboration between government agencies, private sector, and contracted services that are developing and delivering components for this highly environment.

 

• Future development of enterprise IT infrastructure including re-use strategies, evolving and emerging technologies which will include mobile, virtual and cloud technologies.

 

Technical skills: IBM Websphere, WSO2, Java, Apache TomCat, Eclipse, Android, VistA, CPRS, IEHR, Meaningful Use.

 

 

CIO              US Navy Headquarters, Naples Italy                                          JAN 2007 - Jan 2013

 

I established the Office of the CIO (OCIO) for the Commander of US Naval Forces in Europe and Africa, and the US Sixth Fleet.  In this capacity, I directed the complex networks and communications services that support the mission of US Navy in Europe and Africa as well as the forces of the US Sixth Fleet.  These services support over 11000 service members, civilians and employees across these two continents.  I provided the full range of communications capabilities through an extended asset base that exceeded $20B and supported the operational, intelligence, surveillance, analysis, targeting, and Command and Control requirements of this command.  I provided direct management of all theater communications and services including IP, satellite, radio, terrestrial and mobile services required by this command.

 

I focused the OCIO on modernizing infrastructure and services while establishing an enterprise framework for the cost effective delivery of these services to the theater.  I directed a specific focus on generating efficiencies, providing a measurable return on investment, and delivering innovative solutions to communications issues.  As a result, I was able to:

 

• Modernize and upgrade theater communications (both afloat and ashore) while eliminating redundant and aging systems and consolidating enterprise services to the Naples HQ area.  This generated manpower and infrastructure savings that exceeded $225M over my tour length.

 

• Design and develop a state-of-the-art fleet communications center for the US Sixth Fleet.  This innovative communications nerve center boasts unique facilities, including Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, which allows a small watch team to access thousands of communications systems across many disparate security enclaves.  It is now a show piece for the US Navy.

 

• Authored a whitepaper which introduced an innovative business and technical ‘architecture’ that would save the US Navy approximately $4.5B over a 5 year period in development of critical Command and Control systems utilized throughout the Navy.  This whitepaper is being examined by the ASN/RDA and the DON CIO.

 

• Delivered critical new communications networks and systems to support national missions.  These systems included coalition networks designed to integrate US and coalition partner planning as well as support humanitarian assistance efforts in the region.  These systems were brought to bear in Operation Unified Protector and in the Haiti relief efforts and provided valuable coordination capabilities in both cases.

 

• Developed the first comprehensive communications-related budget, fiscal, and acquisition strategy for this command.  The thorough budgetary planning process which I developed enabled the command to exercise control over its IT spending patterns and to consolidate and eliminate unnecessary expense. In addition, I developed the Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) instruction for the command which weighs and prioritizes all IT-related proposals across the command eliminating ad-hoc spending and waste.

 

• Provided clear and concise guidance and information to senior leadership on complex communications issues as they related to operational impact. I founded the NAVEUR/NAVAF Symposium on Command and Control to discuss ideas and proposals about the “way ahead” on Navy Command and Control.

 

Technical skills: Java/JavaScript, Google Maps, WorldWind, Sketchup, Ruby, XML, KML, OTH-GOLD, C2RPC, C2 systems (GCCS, ADSI, JRE, etc), BlackBerry, BES, C#, .NET, MS Office, Unity3D, XNA, CoT, USMTJ, USMTF, Jabber, XMPP, Visual Studio, Mono.

 

Systems Analyst / Developer              Dept. of Labor, Washington, DC              02/06 – 01/07

I designed, developed and delivered departmental applications and solutions which supported analysis of labor market employment.  These applications integrated data from the US Department of the Census, Department of Labor and other sources to provide historical trends as well as snapshots of current labor market activities.  These solutions enabled analysts to gain access to a broader set of historical records while also improving their analysis of trending data.

 

Additionally I provided administrative support to a small range of Windows and UNIX servers and data services that provided the essential research infrastructure for this department.  I managed and maintained user accounts while performing essential services such as backups, restoration and implementing/ensuring security protocols were maintained.

 

Technical skills: Visual Basic, C#, .NET, MS SQL, MySQL, Visual Studio, BackupExec, Symantec End Point, MS Vista, XP, Windows 2003 Server, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory.

 

Executive Consultant/Developer Blue Seas, Inc. Denver, CO                            04/02 – 02/06

I established a strategic consulting business which provided services to early stage startups as well as development services targeting Jabber Instant Messaging.  I assisted early stage startups in identifying product and licensing strategies, developing roadmaps, establishing their engineering organizations, product priorities and even their development methodologies.  I identified new business opportunities as well as product offerings that created competitive advantage and I worked with their senior leadership in presentations to early round venture capital.  I worked w/ corporate leadership to identify and recruit key personnel.  As a result, I:

 

• Directed the restructuring of Intelligent Results engineering organization.  I streamlined and refocused efforts on flagship products while overhauling the QA and engineering departments.  I introduced an Agile methodology which improved focus on priority features as well as the quality of product releases.  Subsequent product releases generated critical revenue streams which improved its competitive posture and allowed it to be acquired by First Data Corp.

 

• Identified and developed initial product requirements for Anoto, a new pen computer manufacturer in this market.  I identified the key market differentiators, the core business model and developed the initial licensing programs.  I worked w/ their primary licensees to establish an equitable licensing model and helped establish the 3rd party content and creative markets which were critical to this business.

 

• Designed and developed real-time applications and services for commercial ISPs using Jabber and other infrastructure services.  These services enabled more efficient communications with end-users providing direct business value and establishing on-line customer help-desks.

 

Technical skills: C/C++, Java, C#, Visual Studio, Apache TomCat, XML, XMPP, Jabber, LINUX, MS Vista/XP, Eclipse, Mono.

 

VP Product Development & CIO,              Jabber, Denver, CO                            11/00 – 04/02

I identified and delivered on 4 critical priorities for Jabber: 1) Reorganize the Product Engineering Department re-developing the key roles and relationships between Product Development, QA and Solutions Engineering.  2) Identify the strategic product positioning for Jabber Enterprise Instant Messaging and rapidly deliver product that captures significant revenue.  3) Lead efforts to obtain additional rounds of venture capital that ensure Jabber has the time to establish itself in the Instant Messaging market.  4) Establish an Enterprise Services department which utilized Jabber’s Enterprise products as an entrée to ISP offerings as well as consulting partnerships that were leveraged by Solutions Engineering. Specific accomplishments include:

 

• Reorganization of Jabber's Product Engineering Department which trimmed some staff while simultaneously adding key leadership to QA and Development.  I formalized development processes between organizations and introduced an Agile development methodology.  These changes produced a highly effective team that produced the first commercial XML-based Enterprise Instant Messaging product in the market which was rapidly matured by successive releases.  These products generated over $7M in revenue which established Jabber in the Enterprise Instant Messaging market.

 

• Formulated the strategic product requirements that differentiated Jabber in the Instant Messaging Market which included an open, standards-based approach.  I led efforts to establish XMPP as an IETF standard for Instant Messaging.  This is a cornerstone IETF standard today.

 

• Succeeded in producing a robust and reliable enterprise IM service utilized by large ISPs because it provided support to over 250,000 simultaneous users while delivering over 70M messages a day.  This led to $12.5M in additional venture financing for Jabber.

 

Technical skills: Java, Apache TomCat, Jabber, XMPP, Visual Studio, C#, Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL, Berkeley DB, Active Directory, Open LDAP, Sun Solaris, MS Server 2000/2003, LINUX.

 

VP Product Development, CIO, REBOL, Inc., Ukiah, CA                            07/99 – 11/00

I led all aspects of product design, development, QA, support, and documentation which produced the first commercial releases of the flagship product.  I organized, hired and led each department from early startup stages through mezzanine round funding. 

 

As CIO, I developed and managed the corporate IT infrastructure which later included all online support, release-to-web tools, product payment, and fulfillment systems.  This effort led to over 500K downloads, 200 top industry partners utilizing the core product, the capture of $3M in additional venture capital, and ultimately an early stage acquisition.

 

Technical skills C/C++, REBOL, Java, LINUX, MS Vista/XP, Sun Solaris, OpenVMS.

 

Director Windows OEM Development, Veritas, Mountain View, CA              09/1998 – 11/1999

As the Director of Windows OEM Development, I developed and executed the market and product strategies which enabled Veritas to enter the Windows OEM market.  This enabled Veritas to sell its flagship products through highly leveraged relationships with key Windows OEMs such as IBM, NEC, HP, Dell, Compaq and Microsoft.

 

Central to this strategy was the placement of the Veritas virtual file system technology into the Microsoft Windows core product which was enabled by a strategic agreement with Microsoft which I led.  I negotiated ensuing strategic partnerships with selected OEMs to provide value added services on top of the core Veritas product which generated millions in new revenue to Veritas.  I was responsible for all aspects of this strategy as well as the rollout of several key Veritas products into the Windows market including Backup Exec, Volume Manager and VxFS.  In addition, I led the efforts to integrate these products into key Microsoft applications such as Exchange and SQL Server.

 

Technical skills: Veritas Backup/BackupExec, VxFS, MS Windows 2000/2003 Server, Windows Kernel development, Sun Solaris kernel development.

 

Vice President, General Manager, NEC Redmond Technology Center              9/1994 – 7/1998

I established this facility in order to develop closer strategic research and development relationships between Microsoft and NEC Corporation.  I grew the organization from inception to over 130 individuals who delivered the Asian versions of Microsoft products that produced $100’s of millions in revenue for NEC.

 

I developed the strategic relationships with the key Microsoft development groups that enabled NEC to co-develop Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft Office, Visual C/C++, Visual Basic, IIS, Exchange and SQL Server for the Asia-Pacific markets.

 

I managed all aspects of the research center’s activities including recruitment, budget, strategic priorities, negotiations with Microsoft and other key partners and vendors and managed a $15M annual budget.
 

I also led strategic partnerships for NEC with many US and International corporations in various joint partnerships and efforts.  I established or extended partnerships with Compaq, Tandem, Sequent, IBM, Intel, Symantec, Siemens, Veritas, RedHat, Silicon Graphics as well as many startup companies such as Google, Amazon, and Ebay.

 

Technical skills: Windows NT kernel and driver development, C/C++, VC++, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Visual Basic, Visual C++, MS Office, OLE, OLEDB, MS SQL, MS Internet Information Server, MS Exchange.

 

Manager, Windows Development, MIPS – Silicon Graphics,                            10/1989 – 9/1994

I supported the sales of MIPS processors, compilers and tools to Silicon Valley systems providers and successfully enabled them to incorporate MIPS products with their offerings.  As a result, I developed a wide range of applications, app-notes, and tools while assisting vendors with developing their applications for the MIPS RISC architecture.

I coordinated the MIPS software development efforts that enabled Microsoft to support the MIPS chip when Windows NT 3.1 was introduced. I provided technical information and support to Microsoft engineers developing the Windows NT operating system.  In addition, I developed and/or debugged device drivers, HALs, compilers, and firmware to support the development of MIPS platforms.

 

Technical skills: C/C++, MIPS/SGI IRIX kernel and driver development, HAL, C/C++ compiler development, Fortran, Windows NT kernel development.

 

Manager Technical Sales, Digital Equipment Corporation                                          2/1984 – 10/1989

I was responsible for designing, developing and delivering numerous applications and systems based on the VAX architecture on VMS, VAXClusters, and ULTRIX.  I also administered large networks of VAX systems for key aerospace and defense contractors, providing secure and reliable communications and applications for classified and non-classified projects.

I successfully planned, developed and delivered a complex technical solution in support of a complete overhaul of NASA Ames computing infrastructure.  This $110M RFP provided a complete upgrade to existing infrastructure including servers, clusters, desktops and high end graphics workstations.

 

As Manager of Technical Sales, I led two sales support teams with 13 engineers and a budget of $3.2M.  We successfully met all district and corporate sales goals by supporting over $140M in district revenue in FY 1988-1989.

 

Technical skills: DEC/VAX VMS kernel and application development, DEC-C, DEC-Fortran, PDP-11 UNIX development, DEC-ULTRIX.

 

Programmer/Analyst, National Security Agency                                                        6/1982 – 2/1984

I developed secure and reliable communications applications that operated in real-time on UNIX systems.  These systems enabled critical message traffic to be prioritized and delivered reliably over next generation computing networks.

 

These applications were developed on PDP-11/UNIX systems and written entirely in the C programming language.  I worked on a team of engineers and was responsible for the design and development of core components (libraries) that were leveraged by the other team members.  Working with the team, we designed the requirements, identified the core library components and interfaces.  I was responsible for the internal specification, design and development.  I worked with team members to revise and debug any issues found in the libraries and/or components.  All components were developed using early ARPANET (pre-TCP/IP) capabilities.

 

Technical skills: PDP-11 C development

 

Other:

Top Secret Security Clearance

 

Education:

Bachelor’s degree, University of Colorado, Political Science