Experience

Nalukai Foundation

• United States
• Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Partner

  • Jun 2012 - Present

  Nalukai is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting entrepreneurship & innovation in Hawaii. We're building a startup accelerator and bringing together a community of entrepreneurs, talent, investors and corporate partners. Nalukai is a nonprofit organization focused on supporting entrepreneurship & innovation in Hawaii. We're building a startup accelerator and bringing together a community of entrepreneurs, talent, investors and corporate partners.



Kosak & Associates

• Technology, Information and Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Apr 2009 - Present

  I help startups and small/medium enterprises reach their goals through executive level consulting. (KosakAssociates.com) * Advised various startups in e-commerce, search, social gaming, and cloud computing markets * Designed patent-pending technology for a research firm and an enterprise cloud company * Planned & assisted with cloud deployments on Amazon AWS, Eucalyptus, RackSpace Cloud, Heroku, and RightScale. * Assisted businesses and law firms with patent portfolio and intellectual property development * Designed, engineered, and launched several mobile applications for iOS (iPhone/iPad0 including Wiki Edit (WikiEditApp.com) the MediaWiki editor for iPad Show less



Lycos, Inc.

• United States
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Oct 2004 - Mar 2009

  Chief Technology Officer for Lycos. Responsible for all technical aspects of the company, operations, engineering, and product innovations. * Created 6 innovative products in the internet video, web hosting, and search space: Lycos Mix, Lycos Cinema, WebOn, Tripod App Hosting, Hotwired Search, and Lygo Search. * Assisted with sale and transition of 4 major web sites: Quote.com, Ragingbull.com, Wired.com, and Matchmaker.com * Migrated all of Lycos' web properties to a single scalable low cost open-source platform. * Virtualized our on-site and off-site colocation facilities creating a cost-efficient portable "cloud" environment to operate and scale our web services. Show less



Terra Lycos

• Technology, Information and Internet

• VP of Engineering

  • Oct 2000 - Oct 2004

  As VP of Engineering for Terra Lycos' Communities and Communications group I was in charge of roughly 100 software engineers in the US, Mexico, and Brazil. We created and expanded a variety of internet services, as well as integrated acquired companies and their technology. * Created several new products including Tripod's subscription and blogging services, Terra's global instant messenger, Terra's game portal, and Lycos' social networking products. * Conducted technical due diligence on Ragingbull.com, GetRelevant.com, a second-tier search engine, and a major social network service. * Led the technical integration of acquired companies including Tripod.com, Angelfire.com, Matchmaker.com, Quote.com, Gamesville.com, and Lycos Communities. Show less



Lycos

• India
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sr. Director of Engineering

  • May 1998 - Oct 2000

  At Lycos I was in charge of core technologies, including the Search and Directory products. With the acquisition of Tripod, Angelfire, and Clubs, I took over Lycos' community engineering and developed a new product called HTML Gear for the company. * Led the globalization of Lycos Search, Matchmaker, and Tripod for 29 different countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas. * Conducted technical due diligence on WhoWhere.com, Angelfire.com, MailCity.com, Wired.com, Hotbot.com, Gamesville.com, Quote.com, and Matchmaker.com. * Director of Lycos Labs, an early Internet Startup Incubator. Coached startup founders, helped with launch plans, customer acquisition and scaling. Show less



WiseWire

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of R&D

  • Nov 1995 - May 1998

  Lead Operations, Research, and Development of one of the first Collaborative Filtering engines on the web. Helped sell the company to Lycos in 1998. Lead Operations, Research, and Development of one of the first Collaborative Filtering engines on the web. Helped sell the company to Lycos in 1998.