AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Profit & Loss Acquisitions / Merger Leadership
Budgeting Startups /Turnarounds Vendor Management
Internet / Intranet / Extranet GroupWare / Data / Voice Training / Mentoring
Team Building Security /Disaster Planning Project Management
Agile/Scrum methodologies Web Application development Full Software
Development Life
Cycle (SDLC)
Professional Experience
* Broad technology and business experience with 20+ years guiding the design, development and implementation of advanced technology solutions.
* Experienced IT professional with proven track record of managing global teams in Software Development, Operations and Services.
* Experienced in outsourcing to Russia, China, and India.
* Develop strategic plans for worldwide implementation and operation, product support, quality assurance and training.
* Initiate and enforce strict budget controls to increase business efficiency.
* Expert in crisis management, trouble-shooting, problem-solving and negotiating.
* Experienced in joint application development, web software design, benchmarking, capacity planning, project and resource management, cross-functional team training.
ExperienceCastle Industrial Technologies
Chief Technology Officer - June 2004 - November 2009
- Delivered multimillion-dollar project in 2009 from a zero resource startup position to completion on time and under budget at a profit in excess of 300%.
- Designed new products and led patent filing to protect intellectual property.
- Created and managed new national projects adding revenue of 600% over a two-year period.
- Responsible for P&L, Budgeting, Merger, Internet/Intranet/Extranet, Training, Vendor Planning, Team Builder.
- Directly responsible for Design and Development, including web programming, Team Building, Budgeting, P&L, Merger, Training/Mentoring, Leadership.
Avanti Technologies
Chief Technology Officer - June 2001 - March 2004
- Designed and directed development of computer security system software application for large networks, called GHOST.
- Developed software product was sold to major European Broadband providers.
- Implemented software to accelerate speed of video stream without changing hardware and significantly increased security level for Broadband customers.
- Within two years achieved multimillion-dollar revenue.
- Directly responsible for Design and Development, including tools design for web programming Team Building, Budgeting, P&L, Merger, Training/Mentoring, Leadership.
Versailles Investments Corp
Director of Technology development - January 1996 - January 2001
- Versailles was a venture capital firm that launched several enterprises, including three commercial software startup companies in which I was appointed as lead member of the technology team.
- My role was to evaluate technology proposals, select most valuable technologies and manage full cycle from development to distribution.
- Within five years I personally selected 12 projects and managed to develop and sell all 12 projects to customers such as Microsoft, Oracle, IBS and others.
- Managed team of twenty software developers.
- Responsible for Design and Development, including tools design for web programming, Team Building, Budgeting, P&L, Merger, Training/Mentoring, Leadership.
- Dramatically decreased costs and shortened development cycles.
- Each project bought an average $5M net profit.
Moscow State University
Assistant Professor - May 1994 - December 1995
- Taught computer science classes.
Computer Associates
Vice President, Director - January 1992 - December 1993
- of Sales and Marketing in Europe
- Provided executive consulting for Microsoft business development in Eastern Europe.
- Responsible for new product line development and distribution in Europe.
- Managed 120 people.
- Increased revenue to $90M within one year from $20M per year.
- Direct responsibilities P&L, Budgeting, Hiring, Vendor Management, Leadership, Training/Mentoring, Team Building, Technical support.
- Reduced expenses 50% by introducing of intranet reporting system.
Nantucket Corp
Vice President - March 1989 - January 1992
- Managed development and European distribution for Clipper 87, Clipper Tools II, and Clipper 5.0.
- Managed 140 people.
- Achieved $30M profit per year from zero within 2 years.
- Expanded company business from USA to UK, Germany, Belgium, France and Russia markets.
- Opened subsidiaries in different countries and in less than 2 years international business expanded to over 3 times US business.
Moscow State University
Head of - September 1985 - February 1989
- Designed and programmed robotic devices. Taught students.
- Education
Moscow State University
- Thesis: "Methods for Accelerated Access to Databases within Private Secured Network"Ph.D - Computer Science
Moscow State University