Experience

ChemDirect

• United States
• Internet Marketplace Platforms
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Technology

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Metropolitan Area • Building and Sustaining a High-Performance IT Teams: Focused on maintaining team performance amidst challenging VC market conditions. • Co-Leading AI Enrichment of Chemical Product Catalog: Spearheaded the use of generative AI (LLM) to enhance a catalog of over 500,000 chemical products. • Applying Generative AI for Database Optimization: Utilized generative AI for refining the golden record database, enhancing chemical taxonomy, and improving buyer-industry matching. • Enhancing… Show more • Building and Sustaining a High-Performance IT Teams: Focused on maintaining team performance amidst challenging VC market conditions. • Co-Leading AI Enrichment of Chemical Product Catalog: Spearheaded the use of generative AI (LLM) to enhance a catalog of over 500,000 chemical products. • Applying Generative AI for Database Optimization: Utilized generative AI for refining the golden record database, enhancing chemical taxonomy, and improving buyer-industry matching. • Enhancing Product Search with AI: Implemented AI to enrich product search functionality, focusing on chemical relevance and predictive search intent. • Incorporating LLM Workflow into Data Pipeline: Integrated Language Model workflows into the existing data pipeline for enhanced processing and analysis. • Developing Microservice Event Triggers: Established microservice event triggers based on activity in the Marketplace and Data Lake. • Co-Leading Product Development for Enhanced User Experience: Managed multiple development teams to improve the user experience in chemical purchasing. • Hands-On SEO and GMC Optimization: Actively involved in technical and content SEO, specifically for the full chemical catalog, to optimize search engine and Google Merchant Center performance.

• Interim Chief Technology Officer

  • Jun 2020 - Dec 2022

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Metropolitan Area



Zeytech - Solutions and Support

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

• Founder & President

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area • Driving Sales and Strategic Growth: Leading the charge in sales initiatives and formulating strategic plans for the company's growth and expansion. • Thought Leadership in Tech Industry: Establishing a strong presence as a thought leader and writer, contributing valuable insights and perspectives in the technology sector. • Influencer in Corporate Innovation and Product Design: Influencing corporate innovation through creative product design and strategic development. • Advisor and… Show more • Driving Sales and Strategic Growth: Leading the charge in sales initiatives and formulating strategic plans for the company's growth and expansion. • Thought Leadership in Tech Industry: Establishing a strong presence as a thought leader and writer, contributing valuable insights and perspectives in the technology sector. • Influencer in Corporate Innovation and Product Design: Influencing corporate innovation through creative product design and strategic development. • Advisor and Coach for Technology Products and Teams: Providing expert advice and coaching to enhance the performance and development of technology products and teams. • Development of Startup Ecosystem: Actively involved in nurturing and developing the startup ecosystem, providing support and guidance to emerging businesses. • Expertise in SaaS, IaC, Process, and AI Engineering: Demonstrating deep technical expertise in Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), process optimization, and AI engineering. • Strategic Partnerships and Alliances: Building and maintaining strategic partnerships with other companies, vendors, and technology leaders to enhance business opportunities and technological advancements. • Regulatory Compliance and Risk Management: Ensuring the company adheres to relevant laws and regulations, and managing risks that could impact the business. • Sustainability and Social Responsibility Initiatives: Leading efforts in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, aligning them with the company's values and goals. Show less



Inventive Ventures

• Co-Founder & Startup Developer

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Boise, Idaho, United States • Evaluating Startup Pitches: Actively engaged in listening to and assessing pitches from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and tech startups, providing critical feedback and suggestions for improvement. • Strategic Business Coaching: Offered expert guidance in business strategy development and market fit analysis, helping startups align their products or services with market needs and customer expectations. • Networking & Opportunity Identification: Identified and facilitated… Show more • Evaluating Startup Pitches: Actively engaged in listening to and assessing pitches from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and tech startups, providing critical feedback and suggestions for improvement. • Strategic Business Coaching: Offered expert guidance in business strategy development and market fit analysis, helping startups align their products or services with market needs and customer expectations. • Networking & Opportunity Identification: Identified and facilitated cross-network opportunities, fostering synergies among startups and stakeholders to enhance business growth and collaboration. • Business & Product Development Oversight: Played a key role in the development of business models and product strategies, ensuring alignment with market trends and technological advancements. • Innovation & Start-up Management: Applied skills in business innovation and start-up management to guide new ventures from conception to execution, focusing on sustainable and scalable business models. • Technical Leadership & Digital Strategy: Provided technical leadership and strategic direction in digital transformation initiatives, leveraging technology to drive business efficiency and growth. • Transportation Management Expertise: Utilized knowledge in transportation management to advise startups in this sector, optimizing logistics and supply chain strategies. Show less



Foundation to Advance Jazz

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim Chief Technology Officer

  • Nov 2020 - Jun 2022

  San Francisco Bay Area • Technical Infrastructure Optimization: Successfully consolidated and streamlined the organization's cloud-based technical infrastructure, enhancing efficiency for file-based and linear audio streams. • Strategic Collaboration & Roadmapping: Collaborated closely with business team to roadmap and improve the core listener experience and non-profit payment platform, aligning technology with organizational goals. • Product Offering Expansion: Oversaw the expansion of the product offering… Show more • Technical Infrastructure Optimization: Successfully consolidated and streamlined the organization's cloud-based technical infrastructure, enhancing efficiency for file-based and linear audio streams. • Strategic Collaboration & Roadmapping: Collaborated closely with business team to roadmap and improve the core listener experience and non-profit payment platform, aligning technology with organizational goals. • Product Offering Expansion: Oversaw the expansion of the product offering, including the development of a consistent listening experience across mobile devices and Alexa-enabled devices. • Leadership in Software Development: Led the organization through multiple transitions involving software development vendors and subcontractors, ensuring seamless project continuation and quality delivery. • Documentation & Knowledge Management: Consolidated business and technical documentation, creating a unified internal knowledge base for improved information sharing and team alignment. • Vendor Management: Actively involved in the management of all third-party service providers, overseeing contracts, performance, and relationships to ensure optimal service delivery. • Hands-On Technical Development: Directly engaged in the hands-on development of serverless cloud code, including configuration and workflow management, demonstrating a strong technical acumen and hands-on approach. Show less



SAFIO Solutions

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

• Interim Chief Technology Officer

  • Mar 2020 - Nov 2021

  Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States • Vendor Relationship & Integration Management: Established and managed key third-party vendor relationships, focusing on integrating these services into Netsuite and ensuring seamless data integrations. • Strategic Product Roadmapping: Collaborated in the development of the product roadmap, identifying strategic market fits and aligning product development with market demands and business objectives. • Operational Support Coordination: Organized and managed level 2 operational support in… Show more • Vendor Relationship & Integration Management: Established and managed key third-party vendor relationships, focusing on integrating these services into Netsuite and ensuring seamless data integrations. • Strategic Product Roadmapping: Collaborated in the development of the product roadmap, identifying strategic market fits and aligning product development with market demands and business objectives. • Operational Support Coordination: Organized and managed level 2 operational support in collaboration with the software development vendor, ensuring efficient resolution of complex technical issues. • Cloud Migration Leadership: Oversaw the migration of the company's SaaS platform from Azure to AWS, ensuring a smooth transition and enhanced platform performance and scalability. Show less



Ecumene Ventures

• Singapore
• IT Services and IT Consulting

• Interim Chief Technology Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

  Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland • Agile Methodology & Product Lifecycle Coaching: Provided product team coaching in agile methodologies and product lifecycle management, enhancing team efficiency and product development processes. • Team Talent Assessment and Development: Conducted talent assessments and provided targeted coaching to team members, fostering skill development and enhancing team performance. • Product & Technology Risk Analysis: Performed detailed assessments of product architecture and technology risks… Show more • Agile Methodology & Product Lifecycle Coaching: Provided product team coaching in agile methodologies and product lifecycle management, enhancing team efficiency and product development processes. • Team Talent Assessment and Development: Conducted talent assessments and provided targeted coaching to team members, fostering skill development and enhancing team performance. • Product & Technology Risk Analysis: Performed detailed assessments of product architecture and technology risks, leading to informed decision-making and risk mitigation strategies. • AIS Telemetry Data Review and Integration: Oversaw the review and integration of AIS telemetry data, for the validation of accuracy and effective utilization in product development. • Third-Party Data Vendor and Resource Management: Managed relationships and resources involving third-party data vendors to improve collaboration and resource allocation. Show less



Breakthrough

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Director, Business Solutions

  • Feb 2018 - Apr 2019

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area • Rapid MVP Development & Market Penetration: Successfully built and launched a new MVP product service for the Mexican logistics market within 45 days, leading to the onboarding of the top two shippers in the country within nine months. • Major Infrastructure Upgrade Leadership: Led a comprehensive live business application and infrastructure upgrade involving 64 servers, completed efficiently in just 11 weeks. • Technical Product Expansion for Business Growth: Directed the technical… Show more • Rapid MVP Development & Market Penetration: Successfully built and launched a new MVP product service for the Mexican logistics market within 45 days, leading to the onboarding of the top two shippers in the country within nine months. • Major Infrastructure Upgrade Leadership: Led a comprehensive live business application and infrastructure upgrade involving 64 servers, completed efficiently in just 11 weeks. • Technical Product Expansion for Business Growth: Directed the technical expansion of products to support a twofold increase in business size, while also enhancing customer Disaster Recovery (DR) requirements and Service Level Agreements (SLAs). • Security Compliance & Endpoint Vulnerability Management: Oversaw the improvement of security compliance, focusing on enhancing endpoint vulnerability scans to safeguard organizational data. • Bi-Modal IT Organization Management: Managed a bi-modal IT organization, balancing operational support with maintaining a culture of innovation within the team. • Digital Transformation and Cloud Migration: Acted as the technical liaison for the digital transformation of legacy on-premise applications to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring a smooth and efficient transition.

• Senior Director, Business Solutions Architecture

  • Sep 2017 - Feb 2018

  Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Director, Business Solutions Architecture

  • Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area



HuTerra Rewards

• Founding Member

  • Dec 2012 - 2019

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Jun 2013 - May 2015

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area Assure the successful execution of the company’s business mission through development and deployment of the company’s product and services. This requires envisioning the company’s service offerings as a web-based business, leading implementation of web products, and planning for risk and growth. Daily Down and Dirty Skills • Node JS development on HuTerra crowdfunding platform with CouchDB and PostgreSQL • AWS DevOps management • Vendor management of 3rd party IT services •… Show more Assure the successful execution of the company’s business mission through development and deployment of the company’s product and services. This requires envisioning the company’s service offerings as a web-based business, leading implementation of web products, and planning for risk and growth. Daily Down and Dirty Skills • Node JS development on HuTerra crowdfunding platform with CouchDB and PostgreSQL • AWS DevOps management • Vendor management of 3rd party IT services • Architect and designer of HuTerra hosted site offerring using Omega8 BOA • Open Source contributor



ZyQuest Inc. Technology and Development

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Business Solutions Consultant

  • Apr 2015 - Jun 2017

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area Business Solutions Consultant @ Breakthrough Fuel • Provided strategy to live, legacy system migration • Executed strategic Proof of Concept system migration to validate process and procedures to larger implementation • Reviewed existing IT capabilities in relationship to business technical functions • Advised on technical organization development changes - Provided technical design direction and guidance to new product development



The Volary

• Board Member at The Volary

  • May 2011 - Dec 2014

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area Product development, business planning, management of finances, financial statements, tax filings.



ZyQuest Inc. Technology and Development

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Development Service at ZyQuest

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2013

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area • Manage 46 member department of web designer, application developers, system architects, business analysts, and game developers. • Develop, maintain, and mentor the methodology and practices of all development services activities. • Assist in the oversight and execution of projects as needed at all role levels. • Manage the invoicing, budget, and P&L reviews and approval for the department. • Mentor and provide leadership training for department and team leaders.

• Business Solutions Architect

  • Jul 2007 - Aug 2010

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area • IT Consultant • Trainer and Speaker of Java and .Net Technologies • Technical Lead for Java and .Net • Project Manager • Business Analyst • Database Analyst (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server) • Enterprise Service Architect

• Senior Information Technology Consultant

  • Oct 2004 - Jul 2007

  Green Bay IT Consultant @ Schneider National Inc. Example Project: Rail Waybill Management. Creation of waybill information to send to railroads via EDI regarding trailer or containers needing to be shipped. Responsibilities included: • Assisted in business requirements definition during the assessment phase for multiple business units. • Provided technical leadership for COBOL and Java designers and developers. • Assisted in defining the Enterprise XML Message Model for all SOAP… Show more IT Consultant @ Schneider National Inc. Example Project: Rail Waybill Management. Creation of waybill information to send to railroads via EDI regarding trailer or containers needing to be shipped. Responsibilities included: • Assisted in business requirements definition during the assessment phase for multiple business units. • Provided technical leadership for COBOL and Java designers and developers. • Assisted in defining the Enterprise XML Message Model for all SOAP services. • Planned and designed three enterprise web services. • Assisted in tech lead and testing responsibilities. • Conducted Java code reviews and helped with defect resolution.

• Information Technology Consultant

  • May 2003 - Oct 2004

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area IT Consultant @ Grede Foundries, Inc. • Project: Price Management System. A web-based system to track customer prices for all manufactured parts. Included quantity discounts, market index surcharges for raw materials, and currency conversions. • Designed the frameworks and provided direction on transaction processing, concurrency, and session state for the web application. • Performed project management for remote development team. • Provided technical leadership, including… Show more IT Consultant @ Grede Foundries, Inc. • Project: Price Management System. A web-based system to track customer prices for all manufactured parts. Included quantity discounts, market index surcharges for raw materials, and currency conversions. • Designed the frameworks and provided direction on transaction processing, concurrency, and session state for the web application. • Performed project management for remote development team. • Provided technical leadership, including design, programming, and problem resolution. • Performed time and cost estimates on project tasks and bi-weekly reports on the project status. • Performed on-call support of WebSphere 5.0.1 environment on SUSE 8.2 Linux. • Developed web- and batch-based reporting system using eReports and eSpreadsheet. • Conducted code reviews for other members of the team and suggested improvements in design and coding styles.

• Information Technology Consultant

  • Nov 2002 - Jun 2003

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area IT Consultant @ Jabas Group • Project: Compensation System. Sales compensation system was designed to handle commissions for the client’s new collaborative selling model. • Provided systems analysis, project management, and programming in Access • Estimated project cost and timeline. • Provided risk and scope management. • Interviewed and managed developer resources on project. • Designed and implemented compensation system with transaction logging and email… Show more IT Consultant @ Jabas Group • Project: Compensation System. Sales compensation system was designed to handle commissions for the client’s new collaborative selling model. • Provided systems analysis, project management, and programming in Access • Estimated project cost and timeline. • Provided risk and scope management. • Interviewed and managed developer resources on project. • Designed and implemented compensation system with transaction logging and email support. • Interfaced with 3rd party software system for import of monthly actual revenue transactions. • Conducted weekly status meetings with client.

• Information Technology Consultant

  • May 2002 - Oct 2002

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area IT Consultant @ FuelQuest, Inc. • Analyzed and redesigned architecture of Fuel Tax system to optimize performance with Oracle. • Analyzed and converted Visual Basic modules into Oracle stored procedures using PL/SQL. • Provided design and technical advice regarding optimizing Fuel Tax system for Oracle. • Provided benchmark performance reports between the Visual Basic version of Fuel Tax system and the Oracle PL/SQL version.



Lakeland University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Adjunct Instructor

  • Sep 2003 - May 2004

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area • Taught CS440.G1 - Database Management course. • Taught CS415.G1 – Java Web Development. • Developed the syllabus, administered exams, and assigned homework for the course. • Lectured and provided in class exercises.



ZyQuest Inc. Technology and Development

• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Information Technology Consultant

  • Oct 2000 - Mar 2002

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area IT Consultant @ American Express Financial Advisors Example Project: Insurance Products. This was a ten-month project employing ten full-time developers to add insurance products to the American Express Credit Card, allow billing of the cardholders, and provide customer support for the products. Responsibilities included: • Served as the Lead Architect, directly responsible for two of the developers. • Determined whether Orion J2EE WebServer with Java or the Microsoft Visual… Show more IT Consultant @ American Express Financial Advisors Example Project: Insurance Products. This was a ten-month project employing ten full-time developers to add insurance products to the American Express Credit Card, allow billing of the cardholders, and provide customer support for the products. Responsibilities included: • Served as the Lead Architect, directly responsible for two of the developers. • Determined whether Orion J2EE WebServer with Java or the Microsoft Visual Studio Development Tools should be used. Orion WebServer was determined the best solution. • Performed a risk assessment of development tools for Java. The tools were NetBeans and TextPad; with NetBeans being determined the best tool for their needs. • Designed and implemented the External Data Exchange for outside vendors to transmit card product client information into the Card Products System. • Designed all reports for the Card Products System.

• Information Technology Consultant

  • Feb 2000 - Sep 2000

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area IT Consultant @ Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Provided systems analysis and programming in Access and Visual Basic on multiple projects. Many projects also required database redesign, including table normalization. • Assisted in the modification of a Visual Basic application designed to generate HTML using parsing techniques, HTML Help, and Active-X components. • Revised the Complaint Tracking System for the Member Relations Unit, using Access with an ODBC connection to mainframe… Show more IT Consultant @ Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Provided systems analysis and programming in Access and Visual Basic on multiple projects. Many projects also required database redesign, including table normalization. • Assisted in the modification of a Visual Basic application designed to generate HTML using parsing techniques, HTML Help, and Active-X components. • Revised the Complaint Tracking System for the Member Relations Unit, using Access with an ODBC connection to mainframe DB2 tables. Redesigned the Access table structure, increasing efficiency. • Rewrote the Special Investigations System used to track insurance fraud. Used Access with VBA and redesigned the database structure, reducing its size by 80%. This was critical because the system had 5 databases and over 300 users. • Developed the Image Queue Reporting System to support customer service staff. This system used a sequential file of medical data generated from the daily work queue in an Oracle database and loaded into an Access system with complex logic to ensure that none of the 100+ users got locked out. • Developed a Cellular phone Billing system to read and manipulate billing data sent on CD and loaded it into an Access database so that each user could look up his/her own bill. Coded in VBA to disable bypass keys to protect access to sensitive data. • Developed the ACD Reporting system in Access to track and report phone utilization by agents. Telephone data was imported to the mainframe DB2 database and accessed by the Access system via an ODBC connection. • Enhanced the Continuing Education Program, a system to track and report staff training and certification, including multiple state certifications and history. The system was tied to a DB2 database via ODBC and handled some electronic data transfer for state reporting. Enhancements included streamlining the system, reducing 60 – 80 man-hours/week to approximately 1.5.



Wisconsin Film & Bag

• Network Administrator

  • Jun 1998 - May 1999

  Shawano & Hartland, Wisconsin • Oversaw all multi-plant information systems and technologies. • Designed and implemented an inter-plant WAN and developed various applications in Visual Basic and C++ to automate workload. • Managed corporate IS capital expense budget of $200,000. • Coordinated all Y2K efforts and made presentations to upper management on the progress of those efforts. • Gave presentations at corporate meetings on Information Technology plans for each 6-month planning period.



New Technology Solutions

• Information Technology Consultant

  • Mar 1998 - May 1998

  Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area IT Consultant @ Kimberly-Clark • Provided analysis and programming in Visual Basic for the Clinical Research Center. • Rewrote a Survey System to convert it from a UNIX environment to Windows using Visual Basic. • Redesigned the VAX-based Survey Manager system to run in Windows, developing a new user interface in Visual Basic with an Oracle database and Crystal Reports for the reporting requirements.

• Information Technology Consultant

  • Nov 1997 - May 1998

  Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area Developed an ISP e-commerce site in ASP with VB Script interfacing with SQL Server. Incorporated Verisign Certificates for SSL and the CyberCash credit card transaction plug-in.



University of Wisconsin-Green Bay

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Computer Workshops

  • Aug 1996 - May 1998

  Green Bay, Wisconsin Area • Scheduled and coordinated weekly and monthly computer workshops and hired computer workshop instructors. • Advertised the available workshops to the student body and provided training in word processing and spreadsheets.



The Training Center

• Trainer

  • Mar 1996 - Feb 1997

  Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area • Mentored students in over twenty software applications for both Mac and PC. • Administered student tests and certified student graduations.



Lawrence University

• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Networking Affiliate

  • Sep 1994 - Aug 1996

  Oshkosh, Wisconsin Area • Worked as part of the network staff helping install and troubleshoot PC and Macintosh operating systems, software and VAX connections, and assisted with the maintenance and troubleshooting of the campus-wide network. • Set up network components such as cables, routers, and hubs as the network was expanded to multiple buildings on campus.