Overview:
Private Sector: Throughout my multifaceted career I've enjoyed a wide range of roles. Starting in computer programming, progressing through technical management positions at a 1200 store national retailer and a Fortune 500 CPG manufacturer, then evolving into entrepreneurial ventures founding multiple startups, including two successful cybersecurity software companies with users in excess of half a billion, revenues in the hundreds of millions of dollars and exits of about $40M and $20M respectively. I've been awarded three patents, most recently in cryptography, and have a proven track record of success as a product strategist, technology architect, and business advisor across diverse industries. My focus has been innovation at the intersection of business and technology, with strengths in identifying emerging trends—sometimes ahead of market adoption. I love living at the intersection of thinking and doing and I operate equally well at 50,000 feet and 5 feet.

Public Sector: It has always been important to me to be a contributory citizen. In high school I was the co-founder of the Student Action Committee negotiating with the School Board and working with the Superintendent for improvements in the public school system. At the same time, as the Chair of the City Council Youth Commission, I worked with the Council on public policy for youth engagement and I also worked at the Senate of Pennsylvania as a Page. Later, as an adult and graduate of Leadership Harrisburg, I went on to serve on various non-profits Boards and Committees supporting the arts, kids and coding, entrepreneurship, healthcare tech, and the PA House of Reps Emerging Technologies Task Force. Finally, most of my civic volunteerism has been with the Technology Council of Central PA, or on the Board of SWFL Tech, and other less-visible organizations all striving to help build tech ecosystems.

Strengths and Skills:

• Leadership and Board Experience: Founded and led multiple startups, managed diverse teams across IT and product development. Served on multiple non-profit boards and advisory committees.
• Business Strategy: Developed Strategic Focus Alignment management model and guided companies across numerous industries through strategy to execution.
• Innovation: Demonstrated history of creating products and solutions ahead of market trends.
• Product Strategy and Development: Guided product strategy and/or shepherded over a dozen products from concept to market and revenues.

• Systems Thinking: Ability to understand complex organizational and technical systems holistically.
• Problem Solving: Repeatedly identified as the "go-to" person for complex interdisciplinary challenges.
• Cross-Industry Knowledge: Experience spanning cybersecurity, education, retail, manufacturing, and many others.
• Communication: Published author, speaker, coach, and advisor.
• Adaptability: Successfully navigated multiple career transitions and industry shifts.
• Fundraising: Successfully secured equity funding for startups and grants (including from Gates Foundation).

Executive Bio/Resume

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Some active side-ventures

Patent analytics data products for EDOs, IP law firms, universities, enterprises, and business magazines.

Simple, Speedy, Supple, Secure: today's best data encryption. (9x faster than AES256 while much stronger.)

Unique sculptures made from marble, alabaster, and other rare stones.

Selective civic interests

About the Techno-Socio Gap and what we can do about it. Perhaps the most important thing I've ever written.

Growing the tech ecosystem in southwest Florida.

Growing the tech ecosystem in south central Pennsylvania.

Community Foundation.

A global competition honoring excellence in new product and service development.

Some "Just for the Fun of it" Projects

Some tools for Duplicate Bridge play. 1,154,454 Bridge hands generated so far!

A tool for folks thinking about naming babies.

About once a month, my wife and I host a Documentary, Dessert & Dialog evening. We call it "3D Theater." Want to host one also? I have online tools to help you. Contact me!

UberCrypt is a novel symmetric key stream cipher with a fantastic random number generator. Give it a try!