Experience

RoomIt by CWT

• United States
• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO at RoomIt by CWT

  • Apr 2018 - Present



RR Donnelley

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President - Digital Services Group

  • Aug 2012 - Apr 2018

  Lead Software/ Product Development and Technical Services for IoT and e-commerce solutions including cloud and mobile applications for various industries including: direct to consumer, supply chain, retail, financial services and health care. Lead Software/ Product Development and Technical Services for IoT and e-commerce solutions including cloud and mobile applications for various industries including: direct to consumer, supply chain, retail, financial services and health care.



Tatum by Randstad

• Business Consulting and Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Partner

  • Apr 2012 - Aug 2012

  On assignment at RR Donnelley's Digital Services Group On assignment at RR Donnelley's Digital Services Group



nvisia

• Software Development
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Independent Consultant: E-Commerce Services Strategy

  • Dec 2011 - Apr 2012

  Assigned to Health Care Services Corporation Assigned to Health Care Services Corporation



Sears

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• DVP, Online eCommerce

  • Jul 2010 - Dec 2011

  Responsible for PMO, Business Operations and Content Management. Owned Project and Portfolio Governance of over 500 projects and directing CIO’s $100+ million budget in dynamic delivery environment. Directly managed a team of over 75 associates and contractors. Led online item content support team including standards, enrichment and availability. • Implemented enterprise project approval and engagment compliance process in the first two months, resulting in a reduction in planning cycles and increased cost containment. Show less



Orbitz Worldwide

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• GVP Global Technology & Operations

  • Nov 2007 - Jul 2010

  Functioned as change agent; restructured the organization to align by function and restored leadership accountability. Responsible $90 million technology budget in labor and operating expenses. Software capitalization goals were over-delivered in first year. All major initiatives delivered on time and under budget. Lead over 800 global technology professionals supporting over a dozen business in Chicago, Denver, Europe, Israel, India, Australia, and Argentina. • Drove the turnaround and timely delivery of European deployment of global technology platform and avoided projected cost overruns of $5 – 15M. • Initiated cost management and oversight practices which reduced operating expenses by 15%. • Successfully implemented changes in delivery, time-tracking, project definition which lead to internal productivity and throughput increases of 20 to 150%. • Instituted a series of strategic shifts in offshore and distributed development which led to 20% reduction in defects and a 10 – 50% decrease in turnaround times • Initiated first “global technology survey” garnering a 76% response; feedback was openly shared and actioned against by tech management and establish active performance management culture Show less



Cendant

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CTO & Vice President

  • 2004 - 2007

  Defined and delivered new technology strategy and instilled leadership qualities and improve overall performance of staff of 90. Orbitz acquisition mandated platform and resource consolidation to Chicago in 2005; role expanded to eight online booking products and business P&L, including Travelport and Orbitz for Business, Northwest Airlines.com and American Airlines.com. • Introduced controls to break cycle of poor delivery score sheet by implementing simple turnaround measures, resulting in zero release date slippage. • Improved overall stability and uptime metrics of site operations by 10%. Show less



Cendant Retail Travel Services: Cheaptickets and Trip.com

• Greater Denver Area

• SVP / CIO

  • Jan 2001 - Aug 2004

  Responsible all online/offline development and operations systems of 190 professionals for Cheaptickets.com, and Trip.com. Led tech mergers and acquisition diligence, assessment as well as integration of several development and operations centers (Honolulu, Denver, Seattle, Parsippany) • Scaled acquired technology platform to traffic by 1000%, transactions 500% and peak capacity transactions by 10,000% while minimizing financial investment. • Delivered average of 300 enhancements annually while increasing release frequency by 100% and improving site performance time by 60% • Delivered the largest online GDS customer conversion in travel industry history (circa 2002) with less than 3% error or loss and no disruption of active reservations Show less



Netmarket Group/Cendant

• Seattle, WA

• Vice President, Technology & Product

  • 1998 - 2001

  Rapidly created unique haggling auction e-commerce environment in Hagglezone.com. Directed a staff of 45 in total effort from systems development to front-end design; merchandise, branding, promotions, Artificial Intelligence (AI) merchant behavior, character content and casting, and user experience. Rapidly created unique haggling auction e-commerce environment in Hagglezone.com. Directed a staff of 45 in total effort from systems development to front-end design; merchandise, branding, promotions, Artificial Intelligence (AI) merchant behavior, character content and casting, and user experience.



Cendant

• Travel Arrangements
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President, Creative Development Group

  • 1997 - 1999

  Lead staff of 30 responsible for establishing company-wide standards for web design, user interface design and creative innovations for several corporations in the Cendant portfolio, including travelersadvantage, autovantage, netmarket, era.com, and cendant.com Lead staff of 30 responsible for establishing company-wide standards for web design, user interface design and creative innovations for several corporations in the Cendant portfolio, including travelersadvantage, autovantage, netmarket, era.com, and cendant.com



Sierra Online

• Computer Games
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • 1995 - 1997

  Produced and developed Internet gaming systems, extending the reach and feature set of Sierra CD-ROM based products Produced and developed Internet gaming systems, extending the reach and feature set of Sierra CD-ROM based products



Nickelodeon, Fox Television, Sony Television, Barris Industries Entertainment, etc.

• Los Angeles, CA

• Television Production Management

  • 1987 - 1995

  Held various production management positions with various studios Held various production management positions with various studios