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The Fractional XOPartner
Nov. 2023Austin, Texas Metropolitan AreaRefining and delivering innovation to spur growth. We use a holistic and hands-on approach combined with an unconventional, multi-disciplinary perspective to unlock the potential of impactful companies.
Applied BioplasticsStrategy, Innovation, Partnership, and Corporate Growth
Mar. 2020Austin, TX► Shaped, negotiated, and executed multiple key strategic partnerships enabling company growth
► Drove product-market fit and technology evolution
► Applied advanced analytic and data analysis skills to model growth scenarios and select path most likely to be successful for available resources
► Provided ongoing P&L and budgeting guidance
► Refined corporate messaging for investors, customers, and licensees.
► Guided fundraising strategy and value propositions for multiple raises (friends & family to seed).
► Identified and engaged partners in a timely fashion to build a delivery ecosystem.
► Established operational processes appropriate to the needs and growth stage of the company.
CTX Capital GroupCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Jan. 2018 - Oct. 2019Round Rock, TX► Built structure for a $100M investment fund to support affordable communities and emerging companies.
► Shaped brand to focus on comprehensive support of early-stage companies.
► Identified and secured partnerships with an end-to-end spectrum of service providers to provide support.
► Developed entrepreneurship model to assess startup companies' (and founders') needs, including identifying typical structural barriers that impede growth
CTX Capital GroupStrategy and Director of Corporate Development, Practice Lead, Management Consulting
Jan. 2018 - Dec. 2018Round Rock, TX► Defined and launched management consulting arm to expand company's relevance for early-stage startups
► Established a go-to-market strategy for recruiting company that identified market opportunities.
Pterodactyl Ventures, LLCFounder
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2018Round Rock, TX► Delivered technical due diligence on multiple investment opportunities in EdTech, Healthcare IT, and philanthropy IT on behalf of the angel investor network. ► Redirected sales strategy to integrate district-level direct sales with teacher-driven demand generation.
IBMProgram Director and Chief of Staff – Transformation, Process Change, and Corporate Development
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2015Austin, TX► Led the establishment and use of a governance structure to define and manage KPIs and metrics to ensure full awareness of development progress across global organizations based on Agile methodology principles.
► Drove program management and operations management across product line consisting of 4 major master data management software offerings developed across 6 locations worldwide.
► Shaped business plans across functional teams to extend market presence for the major product lines
► Performed ongoing business analysis and financial analysis to support executive cost management decisions
► Implemented human resources requirements such as annual assessments and staffing actions across multi-location, multi-cultural organization
► Willingly accepted unconventional and undesirable tasks essential to the organizations’ mission.
► Developed and integrated visionary ideas for next-generation information systems resulting in concrete product strategy for future product commitments. ► Integrated acquisition into a portfolio of master data management software acquisitions in 18 months, maintaining product delivery cadence.
IBMProject Management Executive
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2010Austin, TX► Defined a new healthcare payer analytics solution in partnership with major healthcare.
► Negotiated partnership agreement to rebase legacy analytics solution onto the industry-standard platform, working with business development, legal, and partnership teams to complete agreement within 3 months.
► Led multi-company, global implementation effort over 12 months.
► Drove product management decisions regarding solution offerings involving all aspects of solution definition, implementation, and delivery across both companies.
IBMImplementation Team Lead
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2008Austin, TX► Created, trained, and led customer-facing implementation specialists for a regulated document management system.
► Delivered first-of-a-kind implementations for advanced configurations at numerous customers' locations.
IBMIT Architect Manager and Product Manager
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2005Austin, TX► Created solution blueprint and defined product strategy for the IBM platform for life sciences and healthcare research applications as part of the unit's executive team.
► Led a team of client IT architects to adapt and apply IBM solutions to life sciences/healthcare customers.
► Specified novel architecture in collaboration with medical researchers and physicians to integrate research, patient care, safety, and billing to improve outcomes.
► Analyzed, sized, and delivered IT infrastructure for research repository using digital mammography.
IBMManager, Product Management
Jan. 1995 - Dec. 2000Austin, TX► Shaped business plans for delivering web application server platforms as new category offerings crucial to IBM's software growth strategy.
► Led cross-functional teams including development, brand marketing, sales, research, support, and services across 1000+ person organizations to define and dominate the web application server market.
► Rebalanced 25-product portfolio representing $1B+ annual revenue to shift $50M investment from mature products to new initiatives to enable long-term revenue in collaboration with finance and executive team.
► Defined and implemented program management across 1000+ person organization to ensure on-time delivery of product development commitments
IBMSenior Software Developer
Jan. 1981 - Dec. 1995Progressive roles in enterprise software development, including:
IBM, Systems Management, Software Development Team Lead, 1992 - 1995 IBM, Network Management, System and Product Designer, 1984 - 1992 IBM, Federal Systems Division, Shuttle Ground-based Software, Programmer, 1981 - 1984 Key accomplishments:
► Led Research & Development teams to create first "digital twin" implementation for computer network management
► Pioneered remote management of computer network components by defining essential communications protocol and exploitations.
► Refined original peer-based software development inspection process to dramatically reduce errors and implementation time
► Wrote state-of-the-art software supporting ground operations for US Space Shuttle flights.
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