Chief Technology Strategist

Proven Technology Leader with demonstrated ability to improve business output for twenty-two years

As CIO, engineered operational improvements that reduced expenses an average 9% per year since 2004 and enabled profitability growth in a flat business climate.

Built and retained a team of talented engineers, developers, analysts and system administrators. Skilled resources with a strong quality process orientation are the key to a technology organization's success and equally key to continuous corporate efficiency improvements. Many members of my staff are senior in both technical and directorial skill and have the talent needed to run their own organizations.

Led hardware architectural changes that have enabled the Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP enterprise to achieve virtualization consolidation five times higher than the industry norm (100:1 vs. 20:1) and to reduce energy and cooling requirements by half (2007).

Led large scale software development and implementation projects for Pillsbury, Piper, Vredenburg and the U.S. Navy that improved productivity over three decades.

Led operational projects for three large Mergers and Acquisitions, for each achieving full consolidation of business processes within a year (1999, 2001, 2005).

A pioneer in network design, developed a production network management system that was among the first to apply least cost routing algorithms in data networks. The same management platform was among the first to employ a graphical network map (1989).

Led Internet development efforts for nine years including Client Service enhancing Internet and Extranet sites, Knowledge Management, internal Web Services applications (1998-2007), and the experimental site IJNews, which introduced a news aggregation format (2000) later adopted by Google News.

Experience and Education Timeline

Chief Information Officer Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP (was Pillsbury Madison & Sutro) March 2000 - Present
Programming Services Manager - Enterprise Software Architect DLA Piper (was Piper Marbury LLP) May 1994 - March 2000
Software Projects Lead - Quality Assurance Manager CACI (was Vredenburg) 
August 1992 - May 1994
Founder and President, DIRAM Medical Information Systems
November 1991 - December 1992
Naval Officer - Cryptologist, US Navy 
May 1985 - November 1991

United States Naval Academy — Bachelors of Science in Physical Science, May 1985
Averett University — MBA Studies no degree, 1992-1994

Experience Summary

Chief Information Officer
 Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
March 2000 - current

Led technology and telecommunications services organization (peak size thirty-two million dollars ($32M USD), sixteen (16) locations, six (6) countries) without budget or project cost overruns. Enabler, supported growth, merger, and expense reduction strategies. Consolidated systems and processes for five combined firms. Averaged 9% annual expense reduction while improving available technology options and reliability (2004-2007). Automated contracts management firm-wide. Managed contracts, supplier relationships, purchasing, payables, budget, staffing.

Advised emerging technology clients regarding product viability, competitive market, product positioning, market communications strategy. Developed and implemented new strategies for client collaboration, knowledge management, service quality.
Implemented organizational change control (2000), enterprise litigation support (2000), global IP network (2000), citrix thin client (2000), intranet (2000), peoplesoft (2001), pillsbury — winthrop technology merger (2001), digital signatures (2002), storage area network (2002), virtual private network (2002), customer relationship management (2002), extranet (2002), enterprise image scan and retrieval (2003), knowledge management (2004), pillsbury — shaw pittman merger (2005), electronic files (2005), combined customer service organization (2005), help desk online (2006), offshore (India) development center (2006), server virtualization (2007), voice over IP (2007), open source practice management (2007)

Programming Services Manager - Enterprise Software Architect
 DLA Piper (was Piper Marbury LLP)
 may 1994 - March 2000

Led migration from office driven to enterprise systems and procedures. Trained staff and led migration from COBOL and minicomputer to client server technology. Created Litigation Support organization.
Implemented symmetric multiprocessing unix servers (1996), informix relational database management (1996), enterprise billing and finance (1996), enterprise litigation support (1997), workgroup desktop information browser (1997), peoplesoft (1998), intranet (1998), piper marbury —rudnick wolfe technology merger (1999), piperrudnick.com web site (1999)

Software Projects Lead - Quality Assurance Manager
CACI (formerly Vredenburg)
 August 1992 - May 1994

Organized a team and led development of a suite of Client Server applications for Defense Program Management Office clients. Defined a new strategy for Lossless Software Analysis leveraging Coad & Yourdon’s Object Oriented Analysis. When used in the project above, the Lossless strategy reduced function development time from months to days. The team’s resultant success in delivering high quality modules in rapid succession, enabled the company to secure four customers and deliver six modules in just eighteen (18) months. Developed a standard methodology for desktop software development, testing, packaging and deployment to clients. Developed a team of talented developers and analysts. Billed 5,600 hours in 22 months.
Implemented vpro networked project management (1992), dms client server data management applications suite for defense program offices (1994)

Founder - President
DIRAM Medical Information Systems
November 1991 - December 1992

President of a Medical Information Services Company. Responsible for venture foundation including solicitation for funding, incorporation, and establishing banking, legal and supplier relationships. Built sales team, pipeline, relationship with hospitals. Sold first product.
Cryptologist - Naval Officer
 U.S. Navy
 May 1985 - November 1991

Deputy Officer in Charge, Naval Security Group Command Detachment, Naval Research Laboratory (1988-1989), Responsible for strategy to realize potential of fledgeling information network using commercial satellites. Deputy Officer in Charge Program Operations Control Group Ft. Meade, Maryland, Communications security inspector (1986-1988), Custodian of U.S. Navy’s third largest Cryptologic materials facility.

Implemented near real time intelligence network improvements (1988), designed tsm global monitoring system (1989), national security agency & naval research laboratory (1988 - 1991)