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Meeting Preference: Email, Video
Languages: English
I love to help organizations look at the big picture and then focus on understandable and achievable goals, likely starting from picking low hanging fruit first. I help startups arrive at a realistic vision and strategy to implements it, and then execute on it operationally. I gained the experience over 25 years through driving three startup (technology services and product development) businesses from foundation to exit. I also help small businesses understand if and how they need to pivot to stay in business in view of changing markets, leveraging my experience in financial institutions and the University where I managed the transition of organizations IT functions to meet the onslaught of changing regulations, technology, and economic drivers. I have experience in working with Venture Capital firms, government agencies, and banks to raise capital.
I conduct the & "How to Finance Your Business" workshop.
General Areas of Expertise:
C level management
Information Technology
Marketing
Finance
Equity Raising / Grant Writing
Project Management
Industries:
Software development and services
Banking
Education
Manufacturing / Steel
Agriculture ? Vineyards & Wineries
Consulting
Career Summary:
Startups: The co-founder and CEO of four companies:
Hidden Arbor Farm - A vineyard and winery CohortFS, LLC - a Software Defined Storage development start up company (a spin off from The Linux Box). Sold the company to Red Hat corporation in 2015,
Enkive, LLC - an open source email archiving and eDiscovery software group - another offshoot of The Linux Box. Enkive remains an open source community
The Linux Box - an open source software services company
Employement:
Senior Vice President / CIO for Franklin Bank (since acquired by First Place Bank)
Associate Director of Information Technology at the University of Michigan
Vice President / Data and Network Operations center manager at Comerica Bank. IT Manager at Michigan Seamless Tube division of Quanex Corp
Earlier jobs are listed on LInkedIn.
Areas of Expertise
- Business Plan
- Management & Operations
- Marketing
- Product Development
- Strategy Development
- Technology
Industry Experience
- Agriculture
- Education
- Food & Beverage
- Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Professional Services