Experience

TecMe

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

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  United States



SafeT, Inc.

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Jul 2013 - Present

  Greater St. Louis Area A division of SafeT, INc. SaaS solution that tracks HIPAA Omnibus compliance for small to medium sized medical organizations. The on-line software lowers the cost of compliance and provides monthly reports and reminders because the new Omnibus rules require continuous monitoring. HIPAA consulting and policy development for the security, privacy, and breach notification rules are provided. Empowers IT organizations and HIPAA consultants to help their customers remain compliant.



SafeT, Inc

• Founder and Chairman

  • 2012 - Present

  Greater St. Louis Area Redefine how organizations and individuals assess and manage risk. Provide a secure platform and API that allows the deployment of super secure SaaS and mobile applications in record time. Combine AI, cybersecurity, and compliance expertise for a full solution



ArtinSoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Director- large account sales

  • Dec 2007 - Feb 2023

  greater st. louis area Manage large account sales in North America and many in Europe. Help organizations review their options to modernize their software infrastructure and primarily focused on migrating software to the .Net and Java environments. More recently HTML 5 using the MVVM software pattern. Help determine if a rewrite, automatic migration, or shrink-wrap purchase is the best course of action, and educate the customer in the automatic migration process. As a PMP provide some project… Show more Manage large account sales in North America and many in Europe. Help organizations review their options to modernize their software infrastructure and primarily focused on migrating software to the .Net and Java environments. More recently HTML 5 using the MVVM software pattern. Help determine if a rewrite, automatic migration, or shrink-wrap purchase is the best course of action, and educate the customer in the automatic migration process. As a PMP provide some project management support to make sure all parts of the organization are properly engaged and help determine the best architecture for the migrated application. Multi-cultural experience and 4 languages help with international sales and coordinating diverse teams. Show less



SenseiWear, Inc.

• Chairman

  • Mar 2014 - Jan 2016

  Greater St. Louis Area A stylish, Bluetooth wearable computing device that let's the maker community quickly create smart jewelry, smart clothing. The Sensei device vibrates and LED's flash when incoming alerts arrive. Forgetting a phone, incoming SMS, phone calls, can all have their own customized vibration and LED lighting pattern. A customizable button launches programs and features on the phone, remotely. It can be used to get help, check-in to a social network, start recording video or a picture, and much… Show more A stylish, Bluetooth wearable computing device that let's the maker community quickly create smart jewelry, smart clothing. The Sensei device vibrates and LED's flash when incoming alerts arrive. Forgetting a phone, incoming SMS, phone calls, can all have their own customized vibration and LED lighting pattern. A customizable button launches programs and features on the phone, remotely. It can be used to get help, check-in to a social network, start recording video or a picture, and much more. Show less



State of Missouri

• Regional CIO, Dept of Mental Health - MO

  • 2003 - 2008

  Greater St. Louis Area Ran out of ideas, and felt that becoming a CIO, normally my customer, would help me find the next "big idea". Managed a team that included: * Help desk support * Infrastructure support * Software development * Directly responsible for 3 mental health care facilities - IT * Supported (developed and maintained) several applications used state-wide in over 28 facilities * HIPAA Security Officer - HIPAA was new and I enforced performed the first HIPAA Security Risk Analysis… Show more Ran out of ideas, and felt that becoming a CIO, normally my customer, would help me find the next "big idea". Managed a team that included: * Help desk support * Infrastructure support * Software development * Directly responsible for 3 mental health care facilities - IT * Supported (developed and maintained) several applications used state-wide in over 28 facilities * HIPAA Security Officer - HIPAA was new and I enforced performed the first HIPAA Security Risk Analysis for my region of the DMH and helped develop and implement the HIPAA security rules. In addition, monthly HIPAA and change management meetings helped maintain compliance. Worked closely with the HIPAA Privacy Officer. Implemented the first Change Management system based on ITIL/ITSM best practices in the state system. Show less



ArtinSoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP of Sales

  • Feb 2001 - 2003

  Los Altos Hills, CA ArtinSoft had licensed it's technology to Microsoft and received VC investment by Microsoft and Intel Corporation. I was in charge of building a small sales team for USA and Europe. Opened offices in California, New York, Dallas, and London, England. The only migrator owned by ArtinSoft at that time was from i4GL to Java. Ramped up sales from 0 to $1.4 million in sales/ year with key accounts such as AT&T. (Building the first sales without a track record is challenging, but my specialty.)… Show more ArtinSoft had licensed it's technology to Microsoft and received VC investment by Microsoft and Intel Corporation. I was in charge of building a small sales team for USA and Europe. Opened offices in California, New York, Dallas, and London, England. The only migrator owned by ArtinSoft at that time was from i4GL to Java. Ramped up sales from 0 to $1.4 million in sales/ year with key accounts such as AT&T. (Building the first sales without a track record is challenging, but my specialty.) IBM acquired Informix and promised long-term support of i4GL instead of promoting Java migrations. Sales slumped, and ArtinSoft began developing additional migrators. Show less



SpeedSys, Inc.

• Founder and CEO

  • Aug 1999 - Dec 2000

  San Jose Costa Rica, and Los Altos, CA SpeedSys, a startup focused in the "Web 3.0" market when it was very young. Specifically focused on the content management market and personalization space. "Personalization" refers to delivering customized web page depending on a visitor's buying patterns on a website and profile. The app was named "APT" - Advanced Personalization Technology. A Java-based server side app with Java-Swing front-end. Reached beta testing with huge volume websites in Costa Rica, but when the dot com… Show more SpeedSys, a startup focused in the "Web 3.0" market when it was very young. Specifically focused on the content management market and personalization space. "Personalization" refers to delivering customized web page depending on a visitor's buying patterns on a website and profile. The app was named "APT" - Advanced Personalization Technology. A Java-based server side app with Java-Swing front-end. Reached beta testing with huge volume websites in Costa Rica, but when the dot com bubble burst, corporations would not consider a start-up application. The company could have continued as a consulting firm, ArtinSoft purchased assets and hired programmers, and SpeedSys did not continue it's software development. (Lesson: You didn't have to be a dot com to crash...and be one of the first in your category instead of finding a unique niche.) Show less



ArtinSoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • Dec 1998 - Jun 1999

  San Jose, Costa Rica Board of Directors of ArtinSoft hired me as CEO for a six month contract to help the company focus on a product strategy, and self-fund development. Reorganized the company into two division - one focused on the CRM market in Latin America, and the other on software migrations. The CRM app called TPM, was later spun off as a separate company. ArtinSoft licensed the software migration technology to Microsoft the following year and grew the company into a leadership position. Tom Button is the… Show more Board of Directors of ArtinSoft hired me as CEO for a six month contract to help the company focus on a product strategy, and self-fund development. Reorganized the company into two division - one focused on the CRM market in Latin America, and the other on software migrations. The CRM app called TPM, was later spun off as a separate company. ArtinSoft licensed the software migration technology to Microsoft the following year and grew the company into a leadership position. Tom Button is the current CEO of ArtinSoft, now renamed Mobilize.NET. Show less



Sabbatical

• Father

  • 1995 - 1997

  San Jose, Costa Rica After the sale of ClearAccess Corp, focused my time at enjoying life by moving to Costa Rica and raising my newborn son. Discovered that Costa Rica had a deep talent pool in computer science, which ultimately connected me with ArtinSoft.



ClearAccess Corp

• Chairman and CEO

  • 1988 - 1994

  Fairfield, IA Sold ClearAccess Corporation to Sterling Software (Now Computer Associates) in 1994. 100X return for investors. ClearAccess was one of the first business intelligence tools. It supported Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2,and other system. ClearAccess ran on Macintosh and Windows, won the MacUser Product of the Year 1989, and was used by over 30 of the Fortune 100, including site licenses at McDonalds', Hughes Aircraft, and Liberty Mutual Insurance. ClearAccess was a small software company with… Show more Sold ClearAccess Corporation to Sterling Software (Now Computer Associates) in 1994. 100X return for investors. ClearAccess was one of the first business intelligence tools. It supported Oracle, Sybase, Informix, DB2,and other system. ClearAccess ran on Macintosh and Windows, won the MacUser Product of the Year 1989, and was used by over 30 of the Fortune 100, including site licenses at McDonalds', Hughes Aircraft, and Liberty Mutual Insurance. ClearAccess was a small software company with 40 employees, with direct sales in USA, and distributors in Europe, Latin America, and the Pacific Rim. Show less