Experience

Cirrus Change Readiness

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Every team can be ready for change! We empower teams to upskill with predictive analytics, certified training and tools so they can be high-performing and great places to work. Every team can be ready for change! We empower teams to upskill with predictive analytics, certified training and tools so they can be high-performing and great places to work.



Starkweather Association Services

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal

  • Jan 2009 - Present

  We provide AMS managed adoption services to association clients. We use scrum, change management, gamification and online collaboration to help teams successfully adopt their technology. Our services include operations and technology management, strategic branding, social media, eLearning, data, project and online community management. We provide AMS managed adoption services to association clients. We use scrum, change management, gamification and online collaboration to help teams successfully adopt their technology. Our services include operations and technology management, strategic branding, social media, eLearning, data, project and online community management.



brainfruit

• Germany
• Internet
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Apr 2008 - Dec 2008

  Brought the the Desktop Marketing Channel and Desktop Media Channel products to market identifying appropriate market niches. Develop advertising and sponsorship relationships. Brought the the Desktop Marketing Channel and Desktop Media Channel products to market identifying appropriate market niches. Develop advertising and sponsorship relationships.



Sway, Inc.

• Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Strategic Business Development Consultant

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2008

  Guided strategy on reseller program development. Guided strategy on reseller program development.



Starkweather Association Services

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founding Partner

  • Nov 2006 - Apr 2008

  • Developed strategic communications practice to create and drive new business initiatives by developing leader branding, network and grassroots marketing enabled by Web 2.0 collaborative technologies. • Developed guerrilla-marketing campaigns to introduce clients to the WI state capitol community. • Developed new revenue models and supporting tools for clients enabling self-service revenue generation by implementing SaaS tools and workflows. • Clients include Fortune 500 insurance company entrepreneurial “skunk-works” team, multiple statewide trade associations, regional online news service and more. • Established partner agreements with providers of SaaS and rich media technology providers. • Managed all aspects of the business to include marketing, sales, contracting, project management, customer service, collections, and more.



Sonic Foundry Inc.

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Vice President for Government Solutions

  • Apr 2002 - Nov 2006

  Marketed, sold and led adoption of new rich media communications and distance-learning technology in a state government enterprise, across three branches. Results include millions of dollars saved, thousands of hours of distance-learning content created, viewed by hundreds of thousands of people and company revenue of over $1.5M in a > $12M publicly traded company. Applied strategic and field marketing initiatives to successfully convert the brand image of a small niche software company to an “enterprise-quality” communications technology provider. Recognized for closing the largest deal in Sonic Foundry's history at that point in time.



Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation and Affiliates

• United States
• Financial Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• E-Business Strategist/R&D Program Coordinator/Project Leader

  • Aug 2002 - Mar 2004

  Identified and created new business opportunities through leadership of new software teams. Demonstrated market opportunities by creating "brandable" Internet application services yielding an initial 300 new loan applications per day for the pilot customer. Created motivated software teams and demonstrated potential opportunities through the rapid development of software capabilities. Researched and demonstrated agile development methodologies and the Python development language. Created new leadership career paths and business plans for potential market opportunities. Managed a team of 17 developers successfully transitioning from legacy to Internet development.



Seventh Generation Information Systems

• Madison, WI

• Director of Projects

  • Apr 1999 - Jun 2000

  Successfully led Internet-based development projects resulting in innovative technology solutions and $700,000 in revenue. Led effort to restructure technology architecture to create and deliver application services via the Internet. Managed all components of E-commerce infrastructure. Areas of responsibility included project management, staff recruitment and management, training, infrastructure management, business and partner development, and vendor relations. Successfully led Internet-based development projects resulting in innovative technology solutions and $700,000 in revenue. Led effort to restructure technology architecture to create and deliver application services via the Internet. Managed all components of E-commerce infrastructure. Areas of responsibility included project management, staff recruitment and management, training, infrastructure management, business and partner development, and vendor relations.



State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections

• Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Open Systems Applications Project Manager

  • Dec 1997 - Apr 1999

  Managed numerous project teams serving a $2 Billion, 9,000 person agency. Managed over $3 million in project resources, delivering custom developed application software to over 1500 users statewide in one application project alone. Coordinated every facet of successful projects with agency leadership and staff. Lead a team of ten programmers; coordinated the activities of numerous consultants. Lead agency Information Technology Strategic Planning Project. Managed numerous project teams serving a $2 Billion, 9,000 person agency. Managed over $3 million in project resources, delivering custom developed application software to over 1500 users statewide in one application project alone. Coordinated every facet of successful projects with agency leadership and staff. Lead a team of ten programmers; coordinated the activities of numerous consultants. Lead agency Information Technology Strategic Planning Project.



State of Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions

• Madison, Wisconsin Area

• Director of Information Technology

  • Jun 1996 - Nov 1997

  Directed the IT operations for a $20 million, 180-person agency. Supervised an IT team of 6 and numerous consultants. Led the first agency IT strategic planning effort that resulted in a biennial IT budget of over $3 million. Supervised major projects: the design and migration to a Windows NT 4.0/Windows 95 environment during an agency move; the design of IT components within a new facility; the roll-out of over 50 laptops to mobile staff and leadership; the implementation of MS-Exchange mail environment to include dial-in support; the implementation and support of agency Intranet/Internet tools; the migration of mainframe applications to a client-server environment.



US Army

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Officer

  • May 1987 - Jun 1995

  Managed intel operations for batallion and brigade sized elements. Managed intel relationships between AK-based HQ and Washington DC-based national assets. Managed intel teams responsible for counter-intelligence, human-intelligence and imagery intelligence. Managed intel operations for batallion and brigade sized elements. Managed intel relationships between AK-based HQ and Washington DC-based national assets. Managed intel teams responsible for counter-intelligence, human-intelligence and imagery intelligence.



WI State Senate

• Madison, WI

• IT Policy Advisor/GIS Consultant

  • 1991 - 1993

  Manage IT operations for the WI Senate Republican Caucus, develop IT policy position papers, advise Senate Chief Clerk and senate offices on IT operations, technology and policy. Manage IT operations for the WI Senate Republican Caucus, develop IT policy position papers, advise Senate Chief Clerk and senate offices on IT operations, technology and policy.