Most recently as Chief Development Officer and Sr. EVP Software Product Line at SIMtone Corporation, Kurt defined the platform and using innovative approaches developed, packaged and delivered SIMtone’s comprehensive cloud computing network and services software platform for service providers (Telcos) within 9 months from the platform inception. This SIMtone platform dynamically provides brokered, authenticated, secure, encrypted and automatically provisioned connections from stateless zero-client and thin-client terminals to virtual desktop and real desktops and services.

Prior to SIMtone, Kurt served as EVP Marketing & Development and subsequently as CEO at ASPEED Software, a high performance computing software additive used by top Wall Street firms for Risk and Pricing applications to parallelize computationally intensive financial applications. ASPEED was acquired by SIMtone. Prior to ASPEED, Kurt was EVP Application Performance Management at Precise Software (PRSE) acquired by VERITAS (VRTS) where he drove software and professional services sales in the US and Asia (Japan, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand). Prior to Precise Kurt was CEO and Founder eBSure, Inc., a Web user experience metrics software monitor provider that was acquired by Precise.

Prior to eBSure, Kurt drove consumer, web, server, network, mainframe, file and data base security software products through three consecutive M&As, beginning at AbirtNet, Ltd. As AbirNet CEO, Kurt introduced a novel intrusion detection product, SessionWall, and drove worldwide growth until the company was acquired by MEMCO (MEMCF), a UNIX server protection, access control and SSO software provider. Within two months of the acquisition by MEMCO, Platinum Technology (PLAT) and MEMCO signed a definitive agreement this resulted in Kurt becoming CEO of MEMCO US and acting GM for Platinum Security Product line directing a team of 455 MEMCO and Platinum folks, driving the security software revenue growth to $150M over the transition period. Upon completion of the MEMCO and Platinum merger, Computer Associates (CA) acquired Platinum. Kurt managed the transition and became the CA SVP Security Product line merging the combined companies’ 50 security software products under the “eTrust” brand with a $1B revenue target, achieving $250M in the first quarter of roll out.

Additional Experience

VP Product Management and Marketing, NetManage (NETM) an Internet applications pioneer

CEO / President, SYZYGY Communications an Internet multi-media streaming company VP Product Management and Marketing, Phaser Systems an IBM mainframe LAN integration company

Multiple positions at IBM:

DireCTOr, New Business Development and Venture Group

Systems Architect

VM Program DireCTOr

Complex Systems Consultant

Data Center Services Manager (IT)

Systems Engineer

Financial Services and Business Systems Manager Diagnostic Engineer

Network Services Architecture, Design and Control Manager

Education

M.S. Managing Technology, American University, Washington, DC

B.S. Electrical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Kurt is a frequent speaker at cloud computing, grid computing, performance and security forums and has published three books on integrating and applying distributed systems as well as numerous articles and numerous papers, and articles bulletins on service level planning and management.

Master's degree. PPMC/PMI certification. Project Orange & Blue Belt certification.

Positions include DireCTOr, Programs; Senior Manager, PMO; Programs / Operations Management; Portfolio Management; Project Manager and Senior Business Analyst.

Multi-national/cultural/facility experienced (France, Germany, Italy and Mexico).

Senior level executive with more than 20 years experience in software development and concepts through product launch (Agile, Scrum, Water Fall, SDLC and others used in combinations depending on the type of software product being worked on);

Software systems developed for internal company use and customized, re-engineered for commercial market clients.

Responsibilities include installations, support and follow on maintenance with internal and external clients both in the U.S. and abroad with install periods ranging from 6 to 12+ months.

10+ years of senior management experience (VP, Senior DireCTOr) with cross functional teams which consisted of Architects, QA, Project Management and development staff. Has managed over 150 staff at one time. Also involved in outsourcing and working with groups internationally;

Has worked with Microsoft products for the past 8+ years: MCSD for VB.net and ASP.net.

Understands and has built many products with the .NET framework, and worked with SQL Server more than 8 years.

A dynamic strategist with a track history of adding significant value to a broad range of organizations by developing and managing new software projects and forging key alliances;

Motivational leader with expertise in leading cross-functional teams to deliver large, complex projects on time and within budget;

Keen analyst, adept at assessing organizational needs within several business industry disciplines. Determining product requirements, and implementing to provide effective business solutions;

A professional with superior communication / presentation skills and persuasive vendor negotiation talents;

Profit-focused business partner with proven ability to manage and allocate multi-million dollar budgets while holding full P&L authority;

Dedicated to contributing to both short- and long-term business goals and growth objectives within a challenging economy.

DireCTOr of Information Systems at a Fortune 200 company in St. Petersburg, FL., the VP and CIO at (company confidential) in Tampa,FL., and the VP and CIO at (company confidential), where he built all the PMO processes: requirements definition, technical documentation, test processes, change management, governance, prioritization scenarios and criteria to enable project alignment with strategic objectives, project and program review processes, etc. Also at (Fortune 200 company), he directed the development of the first Strategic Information Systems Plan, which became the corporate-wide model.

Built the first PMO at (Fortune 200 company) as IT Manager and PMO for a $4 billion business unit. The PMO consisted of 55 consultants and project managers to define requirements for large aerospace programs. While at (company confidential), he was sent overseas to Turkey where he lived for a year and supervised in-country project managers, technical personnel and administrative staff. He was also sent to Seoul, Korea to put final touches on and present a systems plan to and for the (client confidential).

While at another Fortune 200 company, he managed all the IT and PM requirements for four business units which represented approximately $2B dollars revenue from Military/Defense clients and commercial clients.

Has led and managed staff throughout the U.S., in Turkey, the U.K., India, Malaysia, China, Hungary, Scotland, Brazil and Mexico. His experience in India was with (company confidential) as VP of Software Development and PMO. The company outsourced software development and data base administration client services to India and he led that project, including revision of all PM and service delivery processes.

A proven information technology architect and leader with big-picture experience and executive presence, able to combine process engineering and information technology expertise in high technology, business services and manufacturing enterprises in multiple locations at home and abroad.

Experience starting up new functions or getting lagging functions refocused and has led the implementation of innovative solutions to solve business problems by applying vision, business sense, and experience to turn strategy into practice.

Planning, architecting, designing, deploying, and supporting innovative technology solutions.

Highly accomplished technology professional with 15 more year track record of innovation and success.

A hands-on leader with strong technical acumen, skilled in conceptualizing, architecting, developing and delivery of technology solutions to capture competitive advantage and position start-up and high-growth organization for advanced growth.

Strength in partnering with business, customers, management and teams to define needs, evaluate risks, and strategize the rollout of innovative products, systems, tools, databases, and infrastructure to meet evolving business, market and customer demands.

Natural communicator and team leader with proven ability to motivate, energize and lead to success. MBA Degree in Technology Development; MS Degree in Computer Science.

A senior finance professional with substantial experience in the financial seCTOr (since 9/96) both as a manager and hands-on Business Intelligence (BI) technologist (since 5/00) in the design and delivery of client-customized financial BI solutions, full SDLC.

BI technology experience includes Hyperion Essbase (since 5/00), Hyperion Planning & Cognos (9/05 – 11/08), and SAP (since 9/05).

Considerable financial report writing experience including Hyperion Financial Reporting.

A results-driven Financial Systems Professional (MBA) with over 12 years of superior performance, proven experience in financial systems integration, implementations, and improvements that have resulted in increased efficiencies while providing streamlined, transparent and flexible business processes.

Offers a progressive career in and hybrid skills that cross between Finance and Technology, and am an effective communicator with a proven track record of successfully partnering with all levels of management.

Effective IT leader of Business Intelligence applications, conscientious and detailed oriented, with deep experience in three industries.

MBA

Past roles: Manager, BI Applications; Manager Information & Analysis Systems; Manager Enterprise & Information Architecture; DireCTOr Business Analysis; DireCTOr Business Analysis Information Systems; Senior Business Analyst.

Worked with business unit executives and functional leaders to guide conception and define requirements, design approach, and manage development of executive level BI/decision support applications, with global scope and implementation.

Recognized by peers and managers for setting appropriate strategic direction and driving performance toward established goals. Core competencies include:

Data Warehousing

SAP Business Intelligence

Requirements formulation at all levels

Process Improvement

Six Sigma DMAIC Model

Facilitating JAD Sessions

Setting Strategic Direction

Project Management

Process Re-engineering

Team Building

Planning and Budgeting

IT Governance

Extensive Cognos experience / applications development / support: marketing, sales, pricing, revenue management, fleet and operations business management.

Senior leval position in corporate America include as DireCTOr, Applications Development for Hertz Global Holdings.

Additional information on request.

An Essbase application development professional with fourteen years of full-cycle financial systems development in software, hardware, oil & gas, pharmaceutical, telecom & semiconduCTOr industries; twelve years of financial analysis, forecasting and reporting experience, and a strong understanding of accounting practices.

Award winning hands-on team leader with proven results in process improvement in conjunction with creating optimized applications to produce timely, accurate, organized information, from the straightforward to the highly complex.

Technical Skills

Oracle Essbase (OLAP software, Versions 3.1 through 11.1.1.3) on Unix and Windows platforms, Complex Essbase calc scripting for custom applications, Esscmd Language, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), Basic, Lotus Approach Relational Databases, Financial & Variance Analysis, Project and Program management, ETL from Oracle, Peoplesoft and SQL Server

Extensive experience in specification, design, development and, management of operational and reporting systems. Relational database background includes ORACLE, SQL Server, Sybase and MS-Access. Business Intelligence tools include Cognos and Pilot

For a government agency

Created a 5-year Information Technology Plan for the detailed design, deployment and management of the complete IT infrastructure. Designed, planned and implemented Internet, Intranet and Extranet Portals. Modular Solution included Presentation layer, Wireless access, Security, Portal and Personalization, Web Server, Content Management, Applications, Multi-language, Search and other user-access tools.

For a Major Bank

Designed, developed and deployed the Corporate Intranet purchasing portal which placed web-based procurement capabilities on 70,000 desktop computers in the global environment. Defined and created an MIS Data Mart to effectively monitor the levels of customer service.

For a Major Pharmaceutical firm

Corporate growth could not be supported with current sales force database and associated applications. Designed and developed a client/server solution, which included porting existing data from a legacy system to a client/server environment. Performed logical and physical database design, re engineered applications to take full advantage of the new database, and managed development and implementation.

For a national Telecom Company

Managed development of an ORACLE application to track service calls.

For a Major Brokerage

Complete and timely information could not be provided to the customer base. To improve customer service and support growth, a core ratings system was ported from a legacy system to a client/server environment. Re architecture was completed through the performance of logical and physical design and implementation of a core ratings database.

For a Major Transportation Agency an equal opportunity contracting system was needed to fulfill government requirements.