This piece describes my work at CLB Associates and is an accurate reflection of what I was doing around the turn of the century. My work now is typically more technical but still has a strong strategy component in both technical and business dimensions.
General Skills
Clear, structured thinker; Excellent visual and verbal communications skills; Ability to work in stressful and rapidly changing environments;
General Management
Operational responsibility for customer care and satisfaction; Advisor to boards of public and private companies; Founder, or early employee, of several venture-funded startups;
Project Management
Experience developing complex project plans; Experience setting up test labs, pre-staging new systems; experienced beta-tester; Experience leading rollouts of new systems having high desktop impact;
Telecom
Wide ranging mix of "telecom" skills derived from hands-on experience with: corporate networking technologies (such as conventional Cisco routed IP networks, Microsoft's networking infrastructure, and specialized areas such as VPNs and VOIP); experience with carrier networking systems such as satellite, WLL, and carrier billing and OSS systems; experience with datacenter facilties and outside plant systems, such as civil works, power, air-conditioning, copper and fiber metro and campus networks, and wireless infrastructure. Most of my experience is in data networking although I have some exposure to GSM, and VOIP.
Business Development
Veteran of several startup companies; Personally involved in fundraising or merger transactions totaling $32 million; Lead, or number two, consultant on numerous advisory, turnaround and due diligence assignments for both public and private companies. Possess the creativity and insights necessary to conceptualize new business models, analyze the intersections between different business models and technologies, and to critically evaluate options from a variety of inter-disciplinary perspectives.
Technical Writing and Training
Authored textbooks and analyst reports; Taught numerous formal classroom training sessions; Guest speaker.
Information Technology
Acting CIO at several startup companies; Extensive hands-on experience with most Microsoft technologies including streaming media services, SQL, ISA Server, DFS, Volume Shadowing, Sharepoint, Exchange and Certificate Services.
Software Engineering
Experience as a programmer, an architect of large systems, and a software engineering manager.
International Experience
Extensive travel and work experience in under-developed countries including several in Africa and the Pacific Islands. Work experience includes both technical and business development work; able to bridge cultural divides and work effectively in any situation.
