Experience

Cognitive Medical Systems, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President and Cofounder

  • Apr 2011 - Present

  Greater San Diego Area Cognitive Medical Systems ("Cognitive") was created to change the healthcare system in the US through innovative software solutions, platforms and tools. We specialize in standards-based software engineering solutions for organizations where real world experiences with healthcare standards, clinical workflow, decision support, and/or legacy system integration are needed for success. The Company has the following socio-economic set-aside designations: Service Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO)… Show more Cognitive Medical Systems ("Cognitive") was created to change the healthcare system in the US through innovative software solutions, platforms and tools. We specialize in standards-based software engineering solutions for organizations where real world experiences with healthcare standards, clinical workflow, decision support, and/or legacy system integration are needed for success. The Company has the following socio-economic set-aside designations: Service Disabled Veteran-Owned (SDVO), Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) and Small Business in all NAICS codes. Our general business model is to use DoD/VA/HHS professional services contracts (custom software development and services) to fund the company's software products development. Today we have a broad platform in an area of healthcare IT called Clinical Decision Support (CDS). One of the most promising strategies available for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of health care is CDS, which entails providing clinicians, staff, patients or other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information, intelligently filtered or presented at appropriate times, to enhance health and health care. Our platform for CDS is called the Clinical Optimization and Reasoning Architecture (CORA). We are starting to build commercial products on top of CORA and, ultimately, that will be our primary market. We will sell these products to payors, provider networks, hospitals, clinics, accountable care organizations and clinical quality consortia. Show less



Outdoor Outreach

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

• Director and Board Chair

  • Jul 2008 - Dec 2016

  San Diego Provide guidance on scaling and growing the company. Grow and mature the Board of Directors. Help to execute the yearly fund raising plans. Provide strategic planning capability.



DefenseWeb Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Jan 2003 - Apr 2011

  San Diego, CA Created a turn-around and transition plan from the founder and a growth strategy for this struggling professional services company. Implemented immediate head-count reduction and cost savings plans to bring expenses in line with revenues and return the company to profitability. Swapped out remaining staff over the period of the first year to bring in the second stage team. Created an outside Board of Directors and Advisors and implemented strong governance and accounting controls. Acquired… Show more Created a turn-around and transition plan from the founder and a growth strategy for this struggling professional services company. Implemented immediate head-count reduction and cost savings plans to bring expenses in line with revenues and return the company to profitability. Swapped out remaining staff over the period of the first year to bring in the second stage team. Created an outside Board of Directors and Advisors and implemented strong governance and accounting controls. Acquired a commercial credit line for the company. Created strategic partnering and exit strategy plans which achieved annual revenue growth rate of over 92% from the period of 2003 – 2006. In 2007, the Company was acquired by Humana (NYSE: HUM) and is now a wholly-owned subsidiary. Since the acquisition, the Company has integrated with Humana as its technology arm. The Company continues to grow and be profitable, exploiting its new relationship with Humana into new markets, products and services. Show less



Sentek Global, Inc.

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services

• Advisor

  • Jul 2007 - Sep 2010

  Provided growth and scale advice as a part of the corporate Board of Advisers team. Participated in strategic planning.



Simile Software, Inc.

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President & CEO

  • Jul 2000 - Dec 2002

  NY, NY Placed as interim CEO to orchestrate a massive reorganization and redevelopment of the struggling analytics company. After reducing the headcount from sixty to fifteen, cutting the burn rate from $1M/month to $100K/month, raising $3M in additional working capital, building and launching the product on both J2EE and .NET frameworks, Simile acquired four new customers (AOL Time Warner, Cox Communications, McClatchy, and Hearst). In January 2002, the board decided to sell the company. The… Show more Placed as interim CEO to orchestrate a massive reorganization and redevelopment of the struggling analytics company. After reducing the headcount from sixty to fifteen, cutting the burn rate from $1M/month to $100K/month, raising $3M in additional working capital, building and launching the product on both J2EE and .NET frameworks, Simile acquired four new customers (AOL Time Warner, Cox Communications, McClatchy, and Hearst). In January 2002, the board decided to sell the company. The management team executed the acquisition strategy over the next six months and sold the assets to various buyers. Show less



Prodesis, LLC

• CEO

  • Jul 2000 - Jun 2001

  Co-founded a professional services firm that helps technology companies launch new products and refine existing products in the market. Prodesis delivers a wide range of business and technology consulting services including product management, business development, sales, marketing, customer service, engineering, quality assurance, venture capital financing, and executive management. The list below highlights my specific successes at Prodesis: - Indyme Electronics (www.indyme.com) –… Show more Co-founded a professional services firm that helps technology companies launch new products and refine existing products in the market. Prodesis delivers a wide range of business and technology consulting services including product management, business development, sales, marketing, customer service, engineering, quality assurance, venture capital financing, and executive management. The list below highlights my specific successes at Prodesis: - Indyme Electronics (www.indyme.com) – Business Development - Keylime Software (www.limesoft.com) – VP of Marketing - Trintech (www.trintech.com) – Product Management - Qpass (www.qpass.com) – Software Development - InvestByAgent (www.investbyagent.com) – Product Management Show less



HNC Software (now Fair Isaac)

• President and COO, eHNC

  • Jan 1999 - Jun 2000

  Co-founded HNC Software’s Internet commerce spin-off, eHNC. Created the company’s vision of next-generation merchant services, launched the company’s award winning products, and helped to acquire marquis clientele such as Amazon.com, Dell, Excite@Home, VerticalNet, eBay, and VeriSign. The product suite helped on-line merchants reduce costs (risk management and customer service) and increase profitability (CRM and cross-sell/up-sell). Guided the implementation of all products in an ASP model… Show more Co-founded HNC Software’s Internet commerce spin-off, eHNC. Created the company’s vision of next-generation merchant services, launched the company’s award winning products, and helped to acquire marquis clientele such as Amazon.com, Dell, Excite@Home, VerticalNet, eBay, and VeriSign. The product suite helped on-line merchants reduce costs (risk management and customer service) and increase profitability (CRM and cross-sell/up-sell). Guided the implementation of all products in an ASP model using a J2EE framework out of a production operations center (Exodus). Exceeded all company and Wall Street financial expectations for eHNC quarter after quarter and grew the company to eighty employees and $8M in revenue ($4M recurring). Show less



Globeset (now Trintech)

• VP Product Management

  • Jan 1998 - Apr 1999

  Oversaw all aspects of product management across the company’s merchant and financial institution security products. Managed the entire product lifecycle including validation of the initial idea; performing market research and managing product prototyping; overseeing product development and QA; coordinating marketing press, packaging, and collateral; and facilitating delivery to OEM channel partners. Created market requirements definitions, technical requirements definitions, functional… Show more Oversaw all aspects of product management across the company’s merchant and financial institution security products. Managed the entire product lifecycle including validation of the initial idea; performing market research and managing product prototyping; overseeing product development and QA; coordinating marketing press, packaging, and collateral; and facilitating delivery to OEM channel partners. Created market requirements definitions, technical requirements definitions, functional specifications, release specifications, and product lifecycle plan. Show less



Tenth Mountain Systems, Inc.

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• President & Chief Operating Officer

  • Jul 1996 - Jan 1998

  San Diego, CA Co-founded a wholly owned spin-off of SAIC (NYSE: SAI), a then $6B, F500, systems integration company. Tenth Mountain Systems was a San Diego-based software company that focused on the testing of electronic commerce protocols. Negotiated the exclusive contract between MasterCard and Visa for Tenth Mountain Systems to be the Secure Electronic Transaction Compliance Authority. All software vendors implementing the SET protocol were required to regularly test their software against Tenth… Show more Co-founded a wholly owned spin-off of SAIC (NYSE: SAI), a then $6B, F500, systems integration company. Tenth Mountain Systems was a San Diego-based software company that focused on the testing of electronic commerce protocols. Negotiated the exclusive contract between MasterCard and Visa for Tenth Mountain Systems to be the Secure Electronic Transaction Compliance Authority. All software vendors implementing the SET protocol were required to regularly test their software against Tenth Mountain Systems’ software for a fee. Maintained full profit and loss responsibility for Tenth Mountain Systems. Revenues from the first year of operations exceeded $4M. Responsibilities included all aspects of management, finance, operations, staffing, budget, client relations, marketing, and software product development. Built and managed a staff of twenty people. In 2000, Tenth Mountain Systems was reacquired by SAIC. Show less



SAIC

• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP Electronic Commerce

  • Jul 1994 - Jun 1996

  San Diego, CA Created the first electronic commerce business unit inside of SAIC. Responsible for electronic commerce business development in the areas of information security, payment system security, cryptography, and risk management. Developed a revenue base of over $6M with excellent profitability and developed a staff of ten people. Developed the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol for MasterCard and Visa. Worked with GTE, IBM, Microsoft, Netscape, Terisa, and VeriSign on the… Show more Created the first electronic commerce business unit inside of SAIC. Responsible for electronic commerce business development in the areas of information security, payment system security, cryptography, and risk management. Developed a revenue base of over $6M with excellent profitability and developed a staff of ten people. Developed the Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol for MasterCard and Visa. Worked with GTE, IBM, Microsoft, Netscape, Terisa, and VeriSign on the committee to design, develop, test and debug the protocols for cryptographically securing payment card transactions over unsecure networks. Responsible for drafting the compromise protocol between MasterCard’s SEPP and Visa’s STT protocols. Helped form the SET Technical Advisory Panel and served on standards committee board. Marketed, bid for, and won many professional services contracts, focused on information security, from Visa International and Visa USA. Managed all aspects of the resulting projects. Contracts included firewall strategy and implementation, network performance and penetration testing, smart card security review, enterprise encryption and PKI architecture, Internet/intranet security strategies, and on-line banking security review and strategy. Show less



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Programmer

  • Dec 1992 - Jun 1994

  Developed the underlying transport protocols that were used in implementing a networked storage and retrieval image database for the National Agricultural Library. The protocols were used for transferring images and text over a distributed and heterogeneous computing environment using client-server architecture. The final system consisted of a state-of-the-art three-tier architecture with a Mosaic web-browser interface, a query request broker, and an object-oriented database management engine.



Integrated Decision Systems (now Fiserv)

• Technical Support Engineer and Systems Administrator

  • 1991 - 1992

  Designed underlying database applications for a suite of investment portfolio management software using SQL and C. Provided training for customers in Unix and Informix RDBMS. Provided second and third level technical support for customers. Optimized high performance financial databases using Informix On-Line and Sequent Symmetry multiprocessing computers. Responsible for all software release control and systems administration across seven distribution platforms.



Grow Group (now ICI Chemical)

• Financial Analyst

  • 1990 - 1991

  Provided system and database administration for all division financial information reporting to the central accounting division of Grow Group, a F500 chemical manufacturing company now owned by ICI. Developed financial models for fiscal projections and budgeting. Maintained division budget. Taught company-wide training classes in operating system, hardware, and application systems. Purchased and networked all division hardware and software systems. Created the company’s first gateway to… Show more Provided system and database administration for all division financial information reporting to the central accounting division of Grow Group, a F500 chemical manufacturing company now owned by ICI. Developed financial models for fiscal projections and budgeting. Maintained division budget. Taught company-wide training classes in operating system, hardware, and application systems. Purchased and networked all division hardware and software systems. Created the company’s first gateway to the Internet. Show less