Experience

Waggle

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

• Board Member

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  I am honored to have been named to the board of Waggle, a trusted not-for-profit safety net you need when you cannot afford a veterinary bill.



Ankura

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director, Data Sciences, Machine Learning, and AI

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Washington DC-Baltimore Area Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to change, risk, disputes, finance, performance, distress, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 1,700 professionals in more than 35 locations globally who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative lateral thinking, hard-earned experience, expertise, and… Show more Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to change, risk, disputes, finance, performance, distress, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 1,700 professionals in more than 35 locations globally who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative lateral thinking, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivaled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Value. Show less



AgileThought

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director, Global Analytics and Data Sciences

  • Jul 2019 - Oct 2022

  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Recruited to build and run Agile Thought's 1st Global Analytics and Data Science business unit. Mandate: Create and operate a global Analytics and Data Science team supporting 6 vertical markets.



Cognizant

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President Data Sciences, Machine Learning and AI | Lead for AI Compliance & Ethics

  • 2018 - Mar 2019

  Greater New York City Area Promoted by SVP Global Head of Cognizant Digital Business, a $1.7B operating unit, into the VP of Data Sciences, Machine Learning, and AI position. Mandate: Create an Artificial Intelligence strategy for operating unit SVP. Direct report to SVP of Cognizant Digital Business. Responsible for developing company AI strategy for generating $170M and $250M, 2019, and 2020. Responsible for $10M direct/$40M indirect service revenue by creating a Causality service line. Lead a direct team of 3… Show more Promoted by SVP Global Head of Cognizant Digital Business, a $1.7B operating unit, into the VP of Data Sciences, Machine Learning, and AI position. Mandate: Create an Artificial Intelligence strategy for operating unit SVP. Direct report to SVP of Cognizant Digital Business. Responsible for developing company AI strategy for generating $170M and $250M, 2019, and 2020. Responsible for $10M direct/$40M indirect service revenue by creating a Causality service line. Lead a direct team of 3 (Master Data Scientist, Program Manager, Business Analyst), and an indirect team of 18 AI and 3 Ethical AI specialists. Partnered with 2 legal M&A and 1 IP specialist. Responsible for identifying $50M in AI businesses and $15M in AI technologies acquisitions, creating IP strategy, developing internal AI services sales training, contributing AI expertise in 10 Fortune 1000 sales deals. Responsible for producing AI articles in mainstream publications and delivering AI speeches at industry conferences. My Results: • Contributed to $450M in service pipeline growth by developing Delta Method sales methodology (systematic development method for creating predictive and prescriptive solutions using evolutionary computing). • Contributed to $91M in bookings and $450M in service pipeline through $10M Sentient IP and technical resources acquisition. • Contributed $25M - $50M in 2020 revenue pipeline by identifying 5 new patents opportunities from AI models in the healthcare industry. • Generated $11M in incremental revenue and $2M Ops expenditures reduction by creating Causality service line. • Contributed to $9M of service revenue through 26 client speaking engagements (largest event 1500 people) and 3 public conferences (largest 650 people). Healthcare conference speech resulted in $5M - $10M of 2020 service revenue potential based on first time business meeting with major insurance provider CIO.

• Vice President Data Sciences

  • 2015 - 2018

  Recruited from Capgemini into Cognizant’s 1st Global Data Science venture by SVP Global Head of Digital Works Technology Business Unit. Mandate: Create and operate a global Data Science team supporting 12 vertical markets. Direct report to SVP Global Head of Digital Works Technology. Responsible for developing/leading $20M direct and $120M indirect revenue through world-class Data Science business unit servicing 30 clients in Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and… Show more Recruited from Capgemini into Cognizant’s 1st Global Data Science venture by SVP Global Head of Digital Works Technology Business Unit. Mandate: Create and operate a global Data Science team supporting 12 vertical markets. Direct report to SVP Global Head of Digital Works Technology. Responsible for developing/leading $20M direct and $120M indirect revenue through world-class Data Science business unit servicing 30 clients in Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, and Manufacturing markets. Responsible for building startup BU including hiring, sales (direct & indirect), training, and delivery; 8 direct reports (6 where PhDs): 5 Master Data Scientist AVPs, 2 Program Managers/Sr. Directors, 1 Marketing Specialist/Director; 300 Data Scientists/analysts and lead partnership with 1,200 analysts across N. America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and India. Responsible for creating Cognizant Academy of Data Sciences (CADS) and training Data Scientists. Responsible for producing Data Sciences articles in mainstream publications and delivering Data Science speeches to clients at industry conferences. Results: • Contributed $300M revenue through training 1,500 Data Scientists over 3 years by creating $4M Cognizant Academy for Data Scientists (CADS). • Generated $22M (47% GM) direct and $125M indirect revenue with 68% resource utilization growing Data Science business unit from 0 to 68 customers (65% F1000, 15% F100) completing +100 Data Science projects. • Contributed $20M revenue and recovered $3M (over 2 years) by reducing time to source certified Data Scientists from 4 months to 1 through training in Cognizant Academy of Data Scientist (CADS). • Reduced delivery risk on $34M of service revenue through creating a standardized Enterprise Data Science Methodology that reduced project failure < 5%.



Capgemini

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President and Chief Data Scientist | Global Lead for Advanced Digital Intelligence

  • 2014 - 2015

  Greater New York City Area Tapped by CEO of Capgemini Consulting North America. Mandate: Build 1st Advanced Digital Intelligence (ADI) venture. After a change in leadership, was promoted to Chief Data Scientist by CEO of Capgemini Insights & Data. Direct report to North American Insights & Data Practice. Responsible for creating/leading $12M direct revenue digital intelligence business unit that provides intelligence services to banking, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, insurance, retail, and manufacturing markets… Show more Tapped by CEO of Capgemini Consulting North America. Mandate: Build 1st Advanced Digital Intelligence (ADI) venture. After a change in leadership, was promoted to Chief Data Scientist by CEO of Capgemini Insights & Data. Direct report to North American Insights & Data Practice. Responsible for creating/leading $12M direct revenue digital intelligence business unit that provides intelligence services to banking, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, insurance, retail, and manufacturing markets. Responsible for startup BU including hiring, partnering, and delivery; and leading direct team of 4 (Senior Data Scientists, Principal). After a change in Capgemini Consulting’s leadership, responsible for $9M revenue through Data Science business unit serving 18 clients. Responsible for delivery through Global Business Information Management (BIM) team composed of 84 Data Scientists and 20,000 analysts. Responsible for producing Data Sciences articles in mainstream publications. Results: • Contributed to $12M revenue (35% GM) by creating a $1M intelligence platform and completing 6 intelligence projects. • Generated $9M (41% GM) of service revenue and contributed to $50M indirect revenue by growing Data Science business unit from 0 to 18 customers, completing +20 Data Science projects. • Reduced delivery risk on $50M of service revenue through creating a standardized Enterprise Data Science Methodology that reduced project failure < 10%. • Contributed $5M service revenue through 5 groundbreaking research articles in the area of Data Science, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and intelligence analysis. Show less



3iMind/Sentillian an AGT Company

• Chief Data Scientist for Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Startup

  • 2013 - 2014

  Greater New York City Area Recruited by AGT Founder/CEO. Mandate: Develop and operate an enterprise Data Science-based Artificial Intelligence insights platform in a startup venture. Direct report to CTO 3iMind. Responsible for $10M services revenue and end-to-end development of Data Science open-source intelligence platform, $1M budget, directing team of 3 (Senior Data Scientists). As a startup business unit, also responsible for methodology development, technology selection, partnership… Show more Recruited by AGT Founder/CEO. Mandate: Develop and operate an enterprise Data Science-based Artificial Intelligence insights platform in a startup venture. Direct report to CTO 3iMind. Responsible for $10M services revenue and end-to-end development of Data Science open-source intelligence platform, $1M budget, directing team of 3 (Senior Data Scientists). As a startup business unit, also responsible for methodology development, technology selection, partnership development. Results: • Generated $12M revenue 35% GM while capturing the first 11 customers through developing and operating a $1M Data Science /AI-based intelligence platform. • Directly contributed to $10M revenue for Vocativ (an online publication and peer to AGT Company) by utilizing our Data Science intelligence platform to discover unique stories and generating original news content. • Empowered a $25B Global Tobacco Manufacturing client to improve portfolio ROI of tobacco leaf purchasing strategy by utilizing a Data Science platform to identify relationships between shipping container purchases and tobacco leaf consumption. • Empowered a $1B Global Chinese Real Estate client to improve portfolio ROI of property development investment strategy by utilizing a Data Science platform to identify relationships between residential real estate occupancy and home appliance purchases. Show less



LiquidHub

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Managing Director IT Strategy, Data Sciences and Analytics | Author

  • 2011 - 2013

  Greater Philadelphia Area Recruited by Partner to assume leadership of the company’s Strategic IT practice. Mandate: Create and operate strategic IT practice. As the practice grew, a new mandate included: Creating and operating Venture Technical Due Diligence Practice and a Data Sciences and Analytics practice. Direct report to Partner. Responsible for developing/leading a $4M 45% GM IT Strategy business unit. Responsible for practice P/L, client sales, development of delivery methodology, staffing requirements… Show more Recruited by Partner to assume leadership of the company’s Strategic IT practice. Mandate: Create and operate strategic IT practice. As the practice grew, a new mandate included: Creating and operating Venture Technical Due Diligence Practice and a Data Sciences and Analytics practice. Direct report to Partner. Responsible for developing/leading a $4M 45% GM IT Strategy business unit. Responsible for practice P/L, client sales, development of delivery methodology, staffing requirements and placement, resource rates, and utilization by leading 3 direct reports (Management Consults, Senior Principal) and 20 management consultants. As the practice grew, asked by Partner to develop/lead $2M technical due diligence and $2M Data Sciences and analytical business units. Also responsible for coauthoring IT architecture book with company partners. Results: • Grew revenue by $4.1M (45% GM) and acquired 15 customers (25 projects) by creating our IT Strategic practice and IT strategy delivery methodology (maintained 70% resource utilization). • Contributed $15M indirect revenues through coordinating follow-on services from IT Strategy projects. • Grew revenue by $2M (50% GM) and acquired 4 venture capital customers by creating our technical due diligence practice and delivery methodology (maintained 65% resource utilization). • Grew revenue by $1.5M (50% GM) and acquired 5 customers by creating our Data Sciences/AI practice and delivery methodology (maintained 65% resource utilization). • Contributed to $1.5M of strategy service revenue through 5 pharmaceutical clients from coauthoring an architectural book with company CEO and 4 partners. Show less



Symphony Services

• Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

  • 2005 - 2010

  Greater Boston Area Recruited by CEO as the company’s first CTO. Mandate: Create and transform the company to the technology-based outsourcing model, establish client Centers of Excellence (CoEs), lead product and services development strategy. Direct report to CEO. Responsible for creating/leading $3M budget offshore delivery CoEs and leading 5 direct reports (Senior Developers) and matrixed into the leadership of a 200-person development organization. Also responsible for leading enterprise product and… Show more Recruited by CEO as the company’s first CTO. Mandate: Create and transform the company to the technology-based outsourcing model, establish client Centers of Excellence (CoEs), lead product and services development strategy. Direct report to CEO. Responsible for creating/leading $3M budget offshore delivery CoEs and leading 5 direct reports (Senior Developers) and matrixed into the leadership of a 200-person development organization. Also responsible for leading enterprise product and services development strategy for Fortune 1000 clients. Contribute to the establishment of offshore operations in China. Results: • Generated $48M revenue ($16M/yr recurring) supporting 20 clients through developing and operating $3.5M ($4M budget) CoEs (innovation, product, SOA, Cloud, PDLC). • Contributed to $50M service revenue through the creation of China delivery operations by providing technical due diligence on acquired development company. • Generated $1.5M revenue from the global supplier of Banking IT technology by transformation automating the conversion of 7.2 million lines of C/C++ code into a CORBA messaging system based on Java. • Contributed to being listed as the “#1 Software Engineering Service provider and Top 50 Best-Managed Companies” by the ‘Black Book of Outsourcing’ based on revenue growth, ability to execute, and strategic vision. • Contributed to being ranked #1 Outsourced Product Development (OPD) Vendors in 2009 by Global Services magazine based on revenue. Show less



Nova Southeastern University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Professor - Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Big Data

  • 2003 - 2010

  Taught courses at the Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences focused in primary research interests, including evolutionary and agent-based systems, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and big data.



IPR Secure

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

• Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering

  • 2002 - 2005

  Greater Philadelphia Area Recruited by former COB/CEO of SCT to reshape and grow startup company. Mandate: Develop and lead a 3-year strategic transformation plan. Direct report to CEO. Responsible for developing technology and business strategy used in company turnaround. Responsible for developing and implementing 5 IT backup and recovery services and leading 3 direct reports and 7-person engineering team. Also responsible for developing research priorities and leading research and development (R&D) activities.… Show more Recruited by former COB/CEO of SCT to reshape and grow startup company. Mandate: Develop and lead a 3-year strategic transformation plan. Direct report to CEO. Responsible for developing technology and business strategy used in company turnaround. Responsible for developing and implementing 5 IT backup and recovery services and leading 3 direct reports and 7-person engineering team. Also responsible for developing research priorities and leading research and development (R&D) activities. Responsible for contributing to the angel and seed venture capital fundraising. Assumed leadership and operational control when the 7-person company had $1,500 cash assets. Results: • Contributed $20M revenue from company turnaround by creating 4 IT data protection services, delivered through creating novel $1M +100 Terabyte electronic recovery architecture. • Contributed to $10M in angel funding, directly convincing 1 investor in invest $600K, by representing deep subject matter expertise during the fundraising program. • Contributed to $1M of service revenue through 3 public conferences (largest 150 people) based on first-time business meetings with major healthcare provider CIO. • Enabled ~$10M in incremental revenue by developing product capability that reduced client litigation risks from lost information to ~0% by developing a 2000-year MTBF electronic backup and recovery solution (versus industry-standard 5-year MTBF systems). Show less



SCT

• Saudi Arabia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer

  • 1999 - 2002

  Greater Philadelphia Area Recruited by CBO/CEO as 1st CTO. Mandate: Develop and lead strategy to transform the firm from legacy to emerging technologies and innovative development processes. Direct report to CEO. Responsible for developing next-generation architecture for company flagship ERP products and leading 25 direct reports across 4 business units and 1,200 indirect reports throughout NA and India. Responsibilities included developing an offshore strategy to increase development capacity and reduce… Show more Recruited by CBO/CEO as 1st CTO. Mandate: Develop and lead strategy to transform the firm from legacy to emerging technologies and innovative development processes. Direct report to CEO. Responsible for developing next-generation architecture for company flagship ERP products and leading 25 direct reports across 4 business units and 1,200 indirect reports throughout NA and India. Responsibilities included developing an offshore strategy to increase development capacity and reduce engineering costs, and a $6M budget for systems architecture, design & development across 4 business units. Results: • Saved +$45M in internal operating costs through a $6M re-engineering program transitioning flagship ERP system "Banner" from Oracle Forms-based 2-tier client/server system into a Java-based, distributed N-tier architecture. • Contributed to $35M revenue by integrating new virtual face-to-face collaboration software into existing higher education EPR solutions. • Contributed to $8M new product revenue by creating a novel relationship-based architecture, improving customer decision making, and reducing operating costs. • Eliminated $5M in delivery risk through improving client satisfaction by 200% through increasing ERP performance by 230% in the legacy system. • Contributed to raising $300K in donations for the Philadelphia Independence Visitors Center by co-Chairing inaugural open house funding event. • Reduced decision time on technology application governed by the Philadelphia Constitution Center Technology Committee by providing technology strategy during early phase construction. Show less



US Navy

• United States
• Armed Forces
• 700 & Above Employee

• Naval Officer | Nuclear Engineer | Pilot | Project Engineer | Data Science & Intelligence Analyst

  • 1983 - 1991

  Recruited by Admiral Rickover (father of US Nuclear Navy), out of US government R&D center. Mandate: Operate submarine-based nuclear reactors. After becoming a nuclear engineer, a new mandate: Flying carrier-based jet aircraft.