Experience

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  Travelers

  • United States
  • Insurance
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Solutions Architect

    • Sep 2023 - Present

    Championing architecture and software modernization across greenfield and legacy applicationsDriving user-centric product development initiatives to deliver cutting-edge solutionsImplementing DDD and collaborative modeling to facilitate cross-functional collaborationCo-leading a diverse team of 30+ software engineers and designers

  • Director of Software Engineering

    • May 2022 - Sep 2023

  • Director of User Experience

    • Oct 2017 - Apr 2022

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  Meredith Interactive LLC

  • West Hartford, CT

  • Founder & Product Lead

    • 2009 - 2017
    • West Hartford, CT

    Founded this independent consultancy to support the launch of new companies and productsGuided clients through the complete product development lifecycle including discovery, design, solution architecture, build, and release of innovative web and mobile applicationsFostered cross-functional collaboration and streamlined product development processes with Agile and Lean methodologies.

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  Accelerize New Media

  • Newport Beach, CA

  • CTO, Co-Founder, & Board Member

    • 2001 - 2009
    • Newport Beach, CA

    Co-founded this financial data services company and brought it public in 2008Led all technology strategy, solution architecture, and implementation of web products & servicesGenerated millions in annual revenue and grew the company to a $25 million market cap by 2009Developed successful consumer products including MapGUI, EDGAR Index, and SECFilings.comOversaw the complete product development lifecycle and fostered cross-functional collaboration

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  mBLAST

  • Mansfield Center, CT

  • Product Manager

    • 1999 - 2001
    • Mansfield Center, CT

    Founding team member of a start-up B2B marketing data repositoryLed product design, solution architecture, and technical implementation of patented web technology with a cross-functional team of 25

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  Modern Medium Inc

  • Software Designer

    • 1995 - 1998

    Contributed to development of standalone software and web applications for early-stage start-upKey member of the product development team, participating in numerous software releasesDesigned digital map app with aerial photos and real estate data a decade prior to Google MapsConducted user testing and validation to promote product releases