The best talent to build software is essential. I've built and managed teams in 7 countries (USA, Canada, India, China, Vietnam, Ukraine, Bulgaria). It takes very special skills to manage teams in different time-zones and to make the Agile process work to keep projects on track and on budget.
Security Information and Event Management combined with Intrusion Detection Systems are used to protect corporate networks and applications monitoring suspicious activity. This is a specialized area that takes years of understanding to effectively implement and comply with federal regulations for logging the use of customer data.
Building apps for the iOS and Android operating systems is very different. Screen sizes are just one hurdle to jump. Each one has its own programming language, and it takes specialized skills to take advantage of the native device features. My specialty is designing, developing, and deploying mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.
I've spent 15 years perfecting the Software-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, and Infrastructure-as-a-Service delivery models for software development and management. My specialty is implementing these models for industrial-strength software development and deployment used by millions of users.
Developing software applications is just the beginning of the process for a software product to become successful. It requires a combination of Internet marketing skills including a responsive Website, SEO, PPC, Email, Video, PR and Social.
I'm certified in relational database modeling and design. I've modeled logical and physical databases to handle millions of users. My specialties are databases used for Operational Data Stores, Reporting Data Stores, and Data Warehouses.
As a CIO, there are 3 areas I focus on: People, Product, Process.
People is where I devote time to vendor management, staffing, and budget. It takes a lot of vendors to handle software development, internal systems, and technical support. Each vendor has their own budget which requires a coordination with our COO and individual department heads. In addition to vendors, I'm responsible for all IT staffing that's divided into CTOs, security teams, project managers, and help desk support.
Product is where I devote time to implement the vision of the product management team. This involves a coordinated effort to move product development along the stages of wireframing, user-interface design, clickable-prototypes, programming, database design, staging, app store approvals, production, client implementation, analytics and release cycles.
Process is where I devote time on managing the security around our entire technology infrastructure and our software hosting facilities. This requires an expertise and significant investment in SIEM (security information and event management) and IDS (intrusion detection systems) so our customer's data is safe and secure. I assure that all our platforms are PCI, FISMA, HIPAA/HITECH, SOX and ISO compliant.
Kaviva develops mobile apps that transform the healthcare experience using innovative technology to connect, engage and empower people with award-winning solutions.
As the Chief Information Officer (CIO) my major accomplishments over the past 4 years include:
Rubeyes is The Next Generation of Social Networking. Sharing texts and photos and talking about what happened in the past is old school social networking. Rubeyes is about getting friends together and doing things in person, in real-time.
As the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for Norris Software, I was responsible for:
HitChecker is the #1 Marketing Tool to show you in 1-click how effective your Website, Social Media, & Online Marketing are really working.
As the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for HitChecker, I was responsible for:
As the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Internet Merchants, I've designed, architected, and developed software products for a variety of industries that are used by millions of users.
Scrubber is used to perform the ETL process on client data files. It uses an innovative shopping-cart process where a data analyst controls file processing in stages that's not only simple to use, but has feedback reports that make client communication dead easy.
Secure Office is a back office portal that manages all client accounts for each product line. Using a one-click process to single-sign-on to a client's account allows customer service agents to quickly manage each client. The entire portal is white-labeled for each client allowing for total customization.
Prognosis is used by doctors to collect the usage of Rx/OTC medications and nutritional supplements taken each day/week/month by their patients associated with a self-assessment questionaire. Patients take this information to their doctors at each visit to communicate valuable feedback of their individual progress, and report any side effects experienced.
EasyINN is a reservation system used by Bed and Breakfast inns across the United States and Canada. Inn owners can take reservations online or over the phone, track individual guest needs, coordinate/book local activities with participating companies, process all payments and supply each guest with a detailed invoice.
Mill Manager is used by lumber mills across the United States to handle load and log processing. Once a truck arrives with raw logs, the load is weighed and a print ticket is provided to the driver to know the tonnage for each load. Cut lumber that is loaded onto outgoing trucks are weighed for DOT compliance. Easy to create reports make communicating with drivers fast to eliminate delays getting back on the road.
South Carolina Memories has been used by thousands of couples getting married in South Carolina to locate and select the vendors they will use in their wedding. Divided into 6 regions across the state, couples can select from 14 categories of vendors. Each selected vendor is managed in the couple's personal account. SCM is also an advertising portal for local and national brands as a platform to advertise their businesses.