San Francisco, California, United States
Lead research and collaborate with clients to drive positive impact with artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies in business, the economy, and society. Frequent speaker at major global conferences, and research has been cited in leading publications around the world. PhD dissertation, entitled "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For: Web Searching as Query Refinement," examined Web user search behaviors and the usability of Web search engines. Served clients in the high-tech, media, and telecom industries on strategy, innovation and product development, IT, sales and marketing, M&A, and organization.
Direct research on the impact of technology on business and the economy. Advise clients on product development, product strategy, marketing and business development, M&A and organization
• Executive line role with P&L responsibility for all government IT expenditures • Led a staff of 15 professionals responsible for implementing and maintaining diverse IT systems that supported a public sector conglomerate, including public safety, utilities, public works, finance and accounting, etc. • Championed and executed the modernization of enterprise IT infrastructure using IP, Linux and Open Source technologies, increasing the capability and flexibility of government while containing total costs of ownership • Managed complex, multi-constituent telecommunications infrastructure initiatives, including construction of leased municipal dark fiber infrastructure and relationships with large wireless and wireline telecommunications providers • Coordinated innovative multi-agency project that made Bloomington the first community in the world to provide live and video-on-demand Webcasts of public meetings
Founded an Internet Service Provider that pioneered the deployment of local broadband and dial-up Internet connectivity in Indiana, using a unique cooperative business model
Member of a software R&D team that developed a frame manager and an artificial intelligence planning and scheduling system