Vision and Strategy - Clear thinker and creative innovator who can extract solid business opportunities from concepts and complex subjects. Excellent strategic planning skills able to conceive and drive action plans to deliver desired results.

Implementation and Tactics - Able to execute tasks while remaining mindful of larger goals. Able to clearly articulate detailed tasks to achieve specific goals, assign tasks to teams and manage their timely execution.

Infrastructure Development - Capable of conceiving, documenting and implementing effective business processes and infrastructure to move the business towards its goals, effectively define and meet human resource requirements and economically acquire necessary resources.

Business Development - Experienced in all aspects of forming and running a small technology business including planning, financials, fund raising, strategic relationships, operations, hiring, team building, management and leadership.

Communications - Excellent written and verbal communicator able to make complex topics easily understood and leverage all print and online mediums. Strong verbal presentation skills. Capable designer able to create effective printed materials, websites and images for any media.

Sales and Marketing - Conceive and implement integrated marketing campaigns using web, direct mail, print ads and collateral. Able to write, design and produce print and non-print sales and marketing materials. Strong sales skills able to communicate benefits clearly.

Intellectual Property - Research market needs, conceive patentable inventions, prepare and file patent applications in association with patent counsel, match claim language to strategic business needs, participate in patent prosecution process, identify infringement, negotiate and close the patent sale.

Education and Training - Skilled trainer able to create and deliver effective training using web and classroom methods. Able to facilitate face to face or online discussions to help a group cement new knowledge, help their co-workers and share their experience with their peers.

Technology - Total grasp of computers, networks, databases, imaging and major Internet technologies including database driven websites, e-commerce, collaboration tools and knowledge transfer. Able to conceive, design and specify innovative web applications, and able to supervise development and testing teams as well as write web applications using open source tools. Macintosh, Windows, Unix platforms. Proficient with all major applications including office, graphics, web design and development.

PerkyPoll - Identified market opportunity, analyzed competition, secured intellectual property and crafted a differentiated product offering and approach to market. Assembled a core team which launched the first social network for collaborative polling in the first quarter of 2008.

HowZone Incororated - Negotiated and closed transaction selling patent assignment in 2006 with very favorable terms.

Implement.com - Technical writing for Microsoft User Assistance 2003-2004, 2006. Repeatedly recognized for rapidly grasping complex products (including MSFT Consulting Projects, Hosted Exchange) meeting deadlines and delivering a quality product in a fast-paced environment.

Transoceanic Sailing Sabbatical - Successfully achieved life goal in 2004-2005 of skippering an offshore boat on a long distance cruise. Sailed a 10,000 mile loop from Seattle, down west coast of USA into Mexico, across the Pacific to Hawaii then to British Columbia before returning home in 2005.

BCH Investments - Participated in the restart and subsequent sale of a venture backed software company in 2002. Helped develop whole product vision, developed and implemented service business, provided input on feature-set based on market needs and competitive landscape. RavenFire, Inc. - Created and executed website design for consulting company in 2002. Worked with partners to refine vision and articulate that in a high-quality design.

RavenFire, Inc. - Created and executed website design for consulting company in 2002. Worked with partners to refine vision and articulate that in a high-quality design.

Startup Alliance - Founded networking group for entrepreneurs in 2000, secured sponsorship, mentored and guided numerous founders and entrepreneurs, organized and directed speakers, built membership, organized meetings, developed and managed website, knowledge base and mailing list.

HowZone Incorporated - Founded the company in 1999, assembled advisory board and launch team, defined and refined scalable business model, designed and built innovative CRM content aggregation/distribution platform using an ASP model, filed non-provisional patent application, successfully prosecuted patent application and received broad US patent (#6,769,010) in 2004, raised capital, forged strategic relationships, initiated business development, closed first customer.

Microsurfer - Worked with founder in 2001 to refine business strategy, position the product and write marketing materials in preparation for version 2.0 launch.

SmartContractor, Inc. - Worked with founders in 1999 to interpret product/service vision and created a prototype website used to raise additional capital, communicate company vision and initiate product development.

2WAY, Inc. - Worked with founders and marketing team in 1999 to develop product demonstrations, marketing materials and help define hosted service vision.

Kiket, Inc. - Founded the company in 1996, raised capital, assembled advisory board and launch team, created pioneering online learning centers, forged strategic relationships, iterated the business model. Recognition for innovation in online learning in the corporate environment.

Binary Graphics, Inc. - Founded the company in 1987, consulted nationally on publishing workflow and electronic prepress profitability, provided high-end training to graphics professionals, created pioneering electronic prepress estimation system, wrote leading desktop file preparation guidebook. Developed and marketed electronic desktop file preparation guidelines as a self-service ASP product in 2003. National recognition for innovative production techniques which increased profits and productivity.

MicroAmerica - District Sales Representative in 1986 for leading microcomputer distribution company. Responsible for territory development in the northwest and for sales of MS-DOS, Unix and Windows hardware, software and peripherals to VAR's and retail establishments. National recognition for sales and territory growth. Resigned to found Binary Graphics.

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