INTRODUCTION

21 years of accumulated experience, insight, and knowledge of the computer and software industry gained during technology's integration into business. Today his focus is on Information Security as the VP Information Security at Morgan Stanley, where he is reducing the myriad areas of data security and vulnerabilities into priorities and tasks. His goal is to be on offense in Information Security while also on defense preventing attacks. He draws on extensive business and technology expertise to cast vulnerability into business risk in terms that business leaders understand.

He started in software development on PL/I and Cobol on mainframes, expanded through small PC systems, client/server software and web-based systems, through DOS, OS/2, Windows, NT, and Unix, across IT, LAN/WAN, and website operations, as software developer, Application Architect, Sybase and Oracle DBA, Operations, Project Manager, Product Manager, and Executive leadership roles.

He has been leading software and technology efforts for small start-up companies and very large corporations, across the entire software product lifecycle, for internal projects, high-volume websites, data integrations and feeds, mission-critical infrastructure support, and commercial enterprise software.

His business domain expertise spans banking, insurance, publishing, and commercial software, but is concentrated in Wall Street. He knows first-hand about equity and fixed income Syndicate, investment cost-basis and Research. He loves the mathematical complexity of Commodities. Hands-on experience in all these areas create broad perspective and ability to produce broadly-designed software and process for specific business needs.

A unique leadership style of directed active listening culls the best ideas out of many and lays down a plan to accomplish multiple goals simultaneously. Repeated delivery over weeks, months and years has underscored his success with local and remote teams.

Effortless swapping between strategic Executive and detailed Architect, demonstrates respect, receives credibility, and delivers results in all efforts.

Experience managing budgets and P&L dealing in millions of dollars help deliver projects on time and within predictions.

Articulate writing skills and public speaking experience, both in US and Europe, help business people understand technology, and vice versa..

A positive friendly outgoing personality who loves to laugh and craft both balance and beauty in all his family, landscaping, and home-oriented activities rounds out his calm action outlook.