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Alexander Golberg

Objective

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.

Work Experience

Chief Technology Officer

Castle Industrial Technologies June 2004 - November 2009 (5 years 5 months)
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.


Chief Technology Officer

Avanti Technologies June 2001 - March 2004 (2 years 9 months)
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.


Director of Technology development

Versailles Investments Corp January 1996 - January 2001 (5 years)
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.


Assistant Professor

Moscow State University May 1994 - December 1995 (1 year 7 months)
Taught computer science classes.


Vice President, Director

Computer Associates January 1992 - December 1993 (1 year 11 months)
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.


Vice President

Nantucket Corp March 1989 - January 1992 (2 years 10 months)
* 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.


Head of

Moscow State University September 1985 - February 1989 (3 years 5 months)
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


M.S - Computer Science