I work with founders and small-business owners on practical execution across technology, operations, and growth. My background spans running and scaling an engineering/manufacturing company, enterprise IT leadership, and building SaaS products. I help clients translate strategy into action—clarifying business models, improving operational and financial discipline, leveraging data and AI appropriately, and making sound technology decisions without over-engineering. I’m particularly effective with businesses facing complexity: technical products, operational scale, regulated environments, or inflection points around growth, systems, or leadership structure.

My bio:

I'm technologist and executive with experience in IT, manufacturing and nonprofit. I'm President of Cober, Inc., an industrial heating equipment manufacturer providing large scale oven systems to companies such as Proctor and Gamble, Corning and GE. Previously, I held senior IT leadership positions at Time and the Reader’s Digest Association in the roles of division CTO, global data center management, strategy and governance.

I'm board Chair of the Reader’s Digest Partners for Sight Foundation, a non-profit grant maker focusing on direct services to increase the independence of blind and visually impaired individuals.

I founded and built Whysper, a text-to-speech audio content aggregator. I also serve on the board of the International Microwave Power Institute and advises Tech 2 Success, Cyber-Seniors and Creative Coefficient.

I'm a frequent presenter on topics of business and technology and the intersection of them.

Core capabilities:

• Consulting and advising
• Business and technology leadership, strategy and governance
• Portfolio and program management
• Process development and change management
• Financial management
• Nonprofit leadership, strategy and governance
• Speaking, presenting

Technical capabilities:

• AI
• Application architecture and software development
• Cloud
• Infrastructure and operations
• Information security
• Networking

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