Managing Business
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CTO / CIO
Westgate Business Services, Everett, WA
2008-2010
Start-up providing real estate & finance services to failing
banks.
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- Company-wide automation
of 5 unique services via Salesforce & Netdocuments.
- Architect of company technology
systems with 90% cloud-based services, delivering low IT cost and scalability.
- Designed company-wide document
filing system universally adopted, cherished.
- Staff: 3 direct reports
| Budget: $200,000/year
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COO / Co-Founder
Westgate Capital, Las Vegas, NV
2003-2008
Start-up developing, managing
and financing real estate in the Southwest. |
- Bootstrapped company with
business partner and $50,000 seed capital to $300 million in assets
under management in 4 years.
- Staffed, managed all operations
including HR, Accounting, Legal, IT, IS, Admin.
- Successfully developed 22-story
high-rise in downtown Vegas for $140 million, $11 million under budget.
- Staff: 7 reports | Budget:
$600,000/year
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Sales & Marketing
Director
Streamline Tower, Las Vegas, NV
2006-2008
Finance, build and sell a 22-story high-rise in downtown Las Vegas.
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- Staffed and managed sales
and marketing with my partner for 250 condos in re-gentrifying urban
neighborhood.
- Managed $12 million budget,
competing with Trump Tower, W Hotel, etc.
- Procured binding contracts
on 60% of condos. Priced: $250,000 to $1 million.
- Staff: 5 vendors | Budget:
$12 million/project
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Managing Projects |
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Web Producer
iPrint.com, Redwood City, CA
1999-2001
First online print-shop. Consumer, corporate and private-label services.
IPO in 2000.
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- Design and implement features
for website, backend, intranet, extranet, and co-branded sites including
the product catalog.
- Manage backend fulfillment
including 14 order-processing apps (perl-based) processing up to 50,000
orders / month.
- Designed and implemented
systems to cost/track orders.
- Staff: coordinated 7 depts
| Budget: NA (dot-com frenzy)
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Software Producer
Creative Wonders (Electronic Arts spin-off), San Mateo, CA
1995-1998
Licensed name brands for
edutainment games.
Acquired by The Learning Co. and then Mattel. |
- Co-produced 30+ products
(sku's) including Sesame Street CD-ROMs, selling 7 million worldwide.
- Coordinated all aspects
from start to finish including developers, academic consultants, licensors,
usability, QA, design, operations, marketing coordination.
- Simultaneously shipped 7
CD-ROM games on time.
- Staff: 1 | Budget: $500,000
project average
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Designer / Project Manager
Wavequest, San Luis Obispo, CA
1993-1995 |
- Designed and managed development
of 2 side-scrolling health education games for Super Nintendo, diabetes
and asthma education.
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Other |
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BS in Computer Science |
- Stanford University, Palo
Alto, CA
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Fluent Spanish Speaker |
- Crossed the border daily
to Mexico to attend Montessori grade school.
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