Inventor of software-as-a-service startup providing automation and remote access tools for data recovery, forensics and malware removal. Used by IT professionals to access remote computers that cannot (or should not) be started normally. Launched (beta) marketplace for the automated installation…
Read more → Identified new business opportunities and deployed new services for the subsidiaries of Columbia Ventures Corporation, a private investment company that owns and operates telecommunications, submarine network and consumer triple-play firms. Successfully identified market opportunities, gathered requirements, defined strategies, assembled resources…
Read more → Hana Micron is a Samsung Electronics spin-off company manufacturing solid-state memory devices such as USB Flash Drives. Started Memina operations to market and sell premium USB Flash Drives. P&L responsibility for product design, online retail store operations, magazine advertising campaign…
Read more → Founded and operated a service company that combined salesforce automation tools with a hosted phone system to allow sales organizations, law firms and consultancies to automatically capture and process communication events with their clients: Launched market trial with NYC-based law…
Read more → Webley was a pioneer of SIP-based Unified Communications services to small and medium businesses and the first company to offer a voice-activated hosted PBX to mobile professionals. Led the commercialization efforts of the VoIP industry’s first voice-activated, enhanced services platform….
Read more → Led Net2Phone’s $15 million investment in and licensing agreement with Webley Systems and coordinated with AOL, a co-investor. NOTE: I transitioned to Webley Systems after investment closed Started WillFollow operations, Net2Phone’s Unified Messaging/VoIP product offering P&L responsibility for new Unified…
Read more → Networked with Bell Labs engineers and scientists to identify technologies that may be commercialized and spun-out of Lucent as startup ventures. Worked on over 15 commercialization projects, including: MPEG-4 video capture and analysis system (originally called Puppeteering) that eventually spun…
Read more → Product manager intern for Lucent Digital Video’s MPEG-2 encoder. Developed market forecast for SD and HD encoder sales. Published market forecast in Stern Business Journal (1998).
Read more → This was my first venture. I had been studying for a Ph.D. in semiconductor physics, was having a difficult time and decided to take a year off. During this year off, I was introduced to the directors of Ukrainian-based aluminum…
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