Alan D. Barasky
Associate Advisor
abarasky@techpargroup.com
Alan Barasky is a Business Analytics executive who for more than 25 years has successfully led complex test and learn initiatives in a variety of industries managing both IT and business resources. Most recently Alan has focused on direct marketing and customer service, achieving talk time reductions for banking, insurance, health care and utility clients while leading call center consulting for eLoyalty Corporation, cutting new checking account prospect acquisition cost by 50% while revamping National City Bank’s consumer direct marketing program and establishing a robust customer experience function for Progressive Insurance that reduced policy service cost by 16%. He has extensive program management and data analysis experience in sales and marketing, customer relationship management and strategy development, and in-depth knowledge of the insurance, banking and call center industries. Areas of expertise include direct marketing, sales force management, customer segmentation, product management and customer service strategy, particularly regarding the use of customer service call centers, web sites and IVRs.
Alan’s analytic approach is enriched by the variety of line management and commercial assignments he has also successfully completed. At Progressive he tripled the carrier’s auto insurance business in the state of Wisconsin and managed a 60 person sales organization. As a Principal Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers he helped build a Midwestern strategy consulting practice and at British Petroleum his assignments included trading petroleum products on the spot and futures markets, negotiating union contracts for a major refinery and leading multinational investment teams in France and South Africa.
Alan began his consulting career with McKinsey and Company, where he focused on marketing and cost issues facing the banking industry.
Alan holds an MBA in Finance and Corporate Accounting from the University of Rochester’s Simon School of Business and a BA in Economics from the George Washington University.
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Scott Barnett
Associate Advisor
sbarnett@techpargroup.com
Scott is an enterprise software entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in Sales, Marketing, Product Management and Product Development. He worked at established companies and startups such as AT&T Bell Labs, IBM, BEA Systems, Novera, Atomica, eB2B and Bluenog. Scott’s skills and experience include:
• Enterprise Software – including Middleware, EAI, Enterprise Applications, Portals, Content Management, Business Intelligence, Service Bus, Search
• Business functions such as business plan creation, fund raising, go-to-market strategies, sales planning/execution
• Established writer and speaker at industry conferences/events
Mr. Barnett holds a BA degree in Mathematics/Computer Science from SUNY Potsdam and an MS in Computer Science from Columbia University.
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Michael Beller
Associate Advisor
mbeller@techpargroup.com
Michael Beller has over 25 years of experience in Information Technology management. He has led start-up, turnaround, and high growth organizations as a COO, CIO, and consultant. Michael has been directly involved in developing and implementing external business strategies and internal operating strategies combined with “in the trenches” operational execution and leadership. He has built and led diverse management teams achieving extraordinary results and operational excellence in the Retail, CPG/Consumer Products, Technology, and Services industries.
Most recently, Mr. Beller was the EVP of Strategy Management & CIO at Steve and Barry’s, a national specialty retailer. In this role, Mr. Beller worked with all business units, including product development, merchandise management, supply chain, store operations, HR, and finance, to develop and execute improvement strategies and new business technology systems. He led teams in both the US and India improving processes and establishing new capabilities (e.g., SAP ERP system) to support 59% growth in 18 months. Mr. Beller also led efforts to drive corporate planning and Balanced Scorecards for improved business and IT alignment and performance across all business units.
In 2008, Mr. Beller was featured in a cover story in Retail Information Systems News magazine for IT’s role in business strategy, listed #4 in Apparel Magazine’s list of Top 50 Innovators, nominated for ComputerWorld magazine’s list of Premier 100 IT Leaders, won the Smart Enterprise magazine award for Outstanding Achievement in Enterprise IT Management, and selected to participate on the CA (formerly Computer Associates) “flagship” Customer Board.
In previous roles, Mr. Beller held various senior executive and consulting positions. From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Beller served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) at PL Developments, a pharmaceutical packaging and distribution company that served large retailers such as Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, and Rite Aid with private label OTC pharmaceuticals. He was hired as a change agent to provide vision, strategic leadership, and tactical execution to reengineer this fast growing pharmaceutical-packaging company’s entire operation across materials management, production, finance, logistics, quality control, sales, information technology, and human resources. Collectively, the initiatives contributed to a 74% increase in revenue and a 79% increase in gross profit.
In 1999, Mr. Beller was recruited by private equity investors and charged with executive management of operations and IT for TechSmart, a technology re-manufacturing and e-commerce company. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Beller served as CIO and COO at TechSmart and led this start-up through early-stage development, a major acquisition, and revenue growth of 600%.
Prior to these executive positions, Mr. Beller held senior management positions with consulting firms that included Accenture, Technology Solutions Company, and Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. In 1994, Mr. Beller was a founding partner of Diamond and helped lead the company through a successful IPO in 1997. He led client projects with Global 2000 companies in the finance, services, consumer products, and manufacturing sectors that involved analysis, design, and implementation of business processes, information technology, and new organizational structures. Highlights of client projects include an 18-month, 100,000+ hour, SAP implementation for a multi-mode manufacturer, development and deployment of an e-commerce strategy for a multibillion-dollar distributor, and the design and development of a large scale custom system for a utility.
Mr. Beller received his Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research & Industrial Engineering from the Cornell University College of Engineering.
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Bjarne Berg
Associate Advisor
bberg@techpargroup.com
Bjarne Berg has over 13 years data warehousing and almost 20
years IT experience. He is a leading expert in SAP Business Intelligence. As
a senior manager and director in large consulting firms, he has extensive
experience in managing Fortune-500 implementations of SAP BW and traditional
data warehouses. Previously he was a senior manager at
PricewaterhouseCoopers' global data warehouse consulting group, and has
worked in the data warehouse groups of NationsBank, Bank of America and Bank
of Hawaii.
During the last eight years, he has worked as a project manager at multi-year
data warehouse projects (SAP-BW) for clients such as Ericsson,
Chevron-Texaco, and International Paper, as well a traditional data warehouse
project at International Thomson Publishing. He has also consulted and
managed smaller SAP BW projects for clients such as Equiva Services (USA),
Research in Motion (Canada), Anheuser-Busch (USA), and traditional data
warehouse projects at OTP Bank (Hungary), SEB Banken (Sweden), Bank of Hawaii
(Hawaii), NationsBank (USA), Asea-Brown Boveri (Sweden) and others.
Dr. Berg is a frequent invited speaker at SAP events such as Sapphire, ASUG,
TechEd, NetWeaver and Portals, BW Reporting Seminars, SAP Project management
conferences and other events. He also published articles in Data Management
Review, SAP Professional Journal, BW expert and other SAP publications. Berg
holds a Bachelor of Science from Appalachian State University (B.Sci.), a
Masters of Business Administration from East Carolina University (MBA), and
Doctorate in Information Systems (DBA).
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Thomas P. Colberg
Associate Advisor
tcolberg@techpargroup.com
Tom Colberg is an experienced senior executive who most recently served as Chief Operating Officer for a services firm that more than doubled its worldwide revenues over the last four years; expanded its global footprint in EMEA, Hong Kong, China, and Japan; and achieved operational and product improvements that culminated in the successful sale of the company to a strategic buyer in a related industry. In addition to his operational role, Mr. Colberg was an equity partner in the firm and was an active member of the sales effort. Previously, he was a partner in the consulting practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, specializing in large scale change management and enterprise software implementation projects for F500 companies. His management experience includes an assignment as Acting CEO of a large dot com startup capitalized at over $400 million, appointment as the managing partner for a PWC Consulting office in the Midwest with over 1000 resident consultants, and pro bono leadership roles in US and United Nations organizations charged with the development of global standards for business-to-business commercial applications. His areas of expertise include technology, consumer and industrial products, services, strategic planning, process improvement, general management, operations, and preparing companies for sale to investors. Early in his career, he worked at the Federal Office of Management and Budget and the Illinois Bureau of the Budget.
Mr. Colberg earned his B.A. in political science and Soviet area studies and an M.A. in linguistics from the University of Illinois where he graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and Bronze Tablet and was a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship National Designate. He has authored and contributed to numerous books and professional publications, including The Price Waterhouse Electronic Data Interchange Handbook; Better Change – Best Practices for Transforming Your Organization; and Changing vs. Rearranging.
Tom is active in civic and community organizations and was an elected member of the school board in Kenilworth, Illinois. He is past president of the Kenilworth United Fund, a member of the Joseph Sears School Foundation, and a former member of the board of directors of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago. He stays fit by skiing and playing golf and tennis.
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Samuel Davidovics
Associate Advisor
sdavidovics@techpargroup.com
Samuel Davidovics is a skillful hands-on business oriented
executive with 30+ years of experience leading information management and
technology resources in the healthcare, financial, legal, eBusiness, and
publishing industries. As the CIO of several large corporations, he has
proven his ability to provide strategic leadership, reduce capital and
operating costs, improve performance, and strengthen customer service. As the
President of a software company that developed one of the most successful
online litigation software products, he demonstrated his customer focused
project leadership and his in-depth technical expertise. With a Ph.D. in
Computer Science specializing in database optimizations, he has a proven
track record in developing and building new technology products in online
databases, state of the art software, systems integration, multimedia and
Internet products.
Jeffrey Feldman
Associate Advisor
jfeldman@techpargroup.com
Jeffrey Feldman has over twenty years of experience as
technology start-up operator and investor. He has core domain expertise in
the areas of telecommunications, data communications and specialty materials.
He offers a full range of senior executive operating skills encompassing all
aspects of the company lifecycle, e.g. from the earliest stages of business
planning, building senior operating teams, raising capital and growing
businesses all the way to dealing with restructurings, cost containments and
re-gearing during downturn periods. In terms of industry expertise, he has
worked with specialty materials, including optical substrates, polymeric
coatings and liquid crystals, and with telecommunications systems and
services, including broadband data services, Voice-Over-IP services and TV
delivery.
Jeffrey was instrumental in driving the formation and operation
of Everest Broadband Networks (aka EveresTV), and has run the firm as
President & CEO since 2000. Prior to launching Everest he was a Senior
Vice President at Pequot Capital Management and a member of the General
Partner in Pequot’s initial venture fund. He has been active in
early-stage investments in the communications sector, specifically those that
target ISPs, telecommunications carriers and other broadband service
providers. He has been involved in several of Pequot’s private equity
investments including Alidian Networks, Arrowpoint Communications, Elastic
Networks, Ennovate Networks, Millennium Optical Networks, Sycamore Networks
and Tellium. Dr. Feldman joined the Pequot family of funds in 1998 coming
from Digital Media Capital, LLC where he led investments in Critical Path and
Sandpiper Networks.
Dr. Feldman received his B.S. in Organic Chemistry from the
University
of
Connecticut
and a Ph.D. in Polymer Science from the
Institute
of
Materials Science
located at the
University
of
Connecticut
. After earning his Ph.D.,
he completed a post-doctoral study at Montedison’s
Research
Center
in
Novara
,
Italy
. After working in industry
for several years he then earned his M.B.A. from the Yale School of
Management where he concentrated on Operations Science and Finance.
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Nestor Figueroa
Associate Advisor
nfigueroa@techpargroup.com
Mr. Figueroa brings over 14 years of management consulting experience for local companies in Puerto Rico and Fortune 500 corporations in the Insurance, Energy, and Education industry, as well as the Public Sector. After a successful consulting career at international firm PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York, USA, Mr. Figueroa Co-Founded Nagnoi, Inc. in 2003, where today he is responsible for managing and leading the Performance Management Services Practice. Nestor has extensive system development and project management experience, and has lead large implementations in the areas of Integrated Analytics and Performance Management, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence, Balanced Scorecards, Knowledge Management, Process Improvement, and Change Integration. Recently, Mr. Figueroa was selected to be part of a prestigious group of only ten consultants in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean within the highly regarded Top Ten Management organization based in Madrid, Spain.
As a Thought Leader in the area of Performance and Information Management, Mr. Figueroa is frequently invited to speak in conferences in and outside of Puerto Rico, has written articles for local economy publications and participated in several radio talk shows. He obtained his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification in 2005 from the Project Management Institute and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering from Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Stuart Glazer
Associate Advisor
sglazer@techpargroup.com
Mr. Glazer has twenty years leadership experience working with
Corporate and Business Unit Executives focusing on process improvement and
technology integration to solve critical business issues. As a Managing
Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers Oracle Consulting Practice he focused the
organization on client partnering, getting to know the business, working with
the users to understand their issues, then working with the IT department to
solve the critical problems.
Mr. Glazer has built processes and controls around his clients'
financial systems, ensuring separation of duties are clearly documented,
implementing control procedures around the processing of legal entities,
departmental processing of cash related transactions, review and analysis of
account activity, etc. to help client reduce risk and meet audit
standards. He has also designed, configured and implemented
numerous ERP software packages, as well as led application development
departments in custom building sales and marketing analytic systems,
financial and operational data warehouses, Executive Information solutions,
Business Intelligence Cubes and Executive Dashboards in order to improve user
productivity and get users quick and easy access to reports and data while
ensuring the reports and data are secure for accurate financial reporting.
Prior to joining Price Waterhouse, Mr. Glazer organized and grew
the package application business for Cap Gemini
America
, solving clients back
office process and software needs. At Oracle Corporation he built the New
York Metro Applications Consulting business, growing the group from six
consultants and $1 million in revenue to sixty consultants and $20 million in
revenue. Price Waterhouse (PW) hired Mr. Glazer into their Finance and Cost
Management Practice to help clients define back office process models as well
as build their Oracle Application and Technology Consulting Practice. He grew
this practice from a start-up operation to 165 practitioners, responsible for
generating $60 million in high margin revenue to the Partnership. As a Client
Service Partner for PwC, Mr. Glazer was responsible for managing some of the
firms most prestigious clients including, McKinsey & Co., Kmart Corporation,
Reed Elsivier and The Thompson Corporation.
Mr. Glazer has accomplished this significant practice building
by partnering with the business, focusing teams on the users needs in order
to solve their business and technology issues as well as mentoring staff to
understand the value of solid project management and risk mitigation. As a
lead Partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers, he was responsible for the strategic
direction, practice management including skills mix/development and
utilization, profitability/gross margin, performing quality assurance reviews
on all practice engagements, as well as client and vendor relationship
management. Throughout his career, Mr. Glazer has worked closely with his
client's senior executives (CFO, CIO, COO), identifying and prioritizing
critical business issues to be resolved during their fiscal year. He has then
worked with these executives to set a vision for their implementation project
teams by defining solutions, project scope, success criteria, project budgets
and setting up project management offices to ensure effective project
communications and successful implementations.
Mr. Glazer holds a BBA degree in Economics from The University
of Pennsylvania Wharton School with concentrations in Accounting, Finance and
Computer Science.
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Joseph Goldman
Associate Advisor
jgoldman@techpargroup.com
Joseph Goldman has over 20 years of Technology and Operations management experience in Financial Services Capital Markets.
Joe’s career progressed rapidly through the ranks of Information Technology departments at some of Wall Street’s most prestigious firms. His application knowledge spans the spectrum of both buy-side and sell-side organizations with specialties in Order Management, Trade Flow Execution, Confirmations, Settlements, Portfolio Accounting, Performance and Attribution, Pricing and Valuation, Margin and Collateral Maintenance, Segregation, Client Reporting, Fund Accounting, Subscriptions and Redemptions and an array of Financial Systems such as Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable and General Ledger Accounting. He also maintains functional expertise across all Equity, Fixed Income and Derivative products, including Alternative Investments such as Private Equity, Real Estate and Life Insurance. Joe ultimately transitioned to Operations Management where he built and led teams of Global Project Managers and Business Analysts as well as assuming responsibility for various line functions.
After beginning his career within the financial Industry at Shearson Lehman and then Thomson McKinnon, Joe consulted at Dean Witter, Deloitte & Touche and Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs. He worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management for a total of 13 years where he helped define their global operating model, reengineer their business processes and build an architecture and application suite that exceeded demands of both internal and external clients. He ensured the uninterrupted flow of business through industry events such as T+3, EMU and Y2K, as well as bringing new offices (Germany and India) and applications on-line, and taking offices (Hong Kong and Singapore) and applications off-line. Joe joined Bear Stearns as Managing Director with a mandate to build a Global Projects team that would address end-to-end issues across Derivatives division. Joe excels at communicating with integrity to all levels of the organization, and developing relationships with clients, business partners, regulators and industry counterparts.
Joe earned his degree in Computer Information Science and Economics at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
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Andy Goletz
Associate Advisor
agoletz@techpargroup.com
Andy Goletz is an IT professional with over 30 years of
consulting experience in a wide variety of industries, including: Pharmaceuticals, Telecommunications,
Energy, and Manufacturing. Mr. Goletz
has strong program/project management background as evidenced in client
engagements such as: the establishment
of a Project Management Office; the managing of system application
development efforts [e.g., Order to Cash, Manufacturing (MRP), Billing,
Procurement, HR/Payroll, and Financial (GL/AP/AR)]; and the direction of
Customer Resource Management, Enterprise Systems Management, Enterprise
Resource Planning, and Networking and Corporate Internet Portal practices.
Andy has served his clients as Partner in Price Waterhouse and
Managing Director at Business Edge where he served his clients in areas that
included:
·
PMO Development & Management
·
Large Scale Project & Program Management
·
Strategic Information Systems Planning
·
Practice Management
·
Account Management
·
Vendor Management
·
Resource Management
Mr. Goletz earned his Bachelor of Arts from
Ripon
College
majoring in Mathematics and Economics.
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Adam Greissman
Associate Advisor
agreissman@techpargroup.com
Adam Greissman has over 20 years of hand-on technical architecture and software development experience. Adam is a software engineer specializing in real-time and batch data management applications in the financial services industry. Adam is a noted industry expert in such topics as the development of industry specific XML dialects, real-time transaction processing for Internet applications and high volume batch processing for financial institutions.
Adam has supported the development of proprietary trade analytic and reporting systems for an equities hedge fund and the implementation of real time market data capture and ticker plant using the TierBroker middleware platform that Adam developed.
Adam served Citigroup’s global capital markets organization involved in project work that included the implementation of new trading and risk management systems for emerging market credit derivatives. The software development activity included the use of the TierBroker middleware platform for Extract Transform & Load, regression testing, trade support and risk management reporting. He also made extensive use of Excel for batch reporting and reconciliation.
Adam is the founder and CEO of Universal Data Interface Corporation (http://www.udico.com) which specializes in middleware for linking desktop and enterprise applications to XML, SOAP and Web Services. He is the principal author of the (TierBroker) server platform.
Adam served as a Director of Financial Services Consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for seven years. He served as a technical director and system architect for global projects in North America, Europe and Asia. His accomplishments at PwC include: system architect for a global management accounting system at Nomura Securities, in Tokyo; the global credit risk management system for Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; a middle office financial controls and risk management system for Crédit Lyonnais, Tokyo, as well as other significant projects for major financial institutions.
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Lee Gruenfeld
Associate Advisor
lgruenfeld@techpargroup.com
Lee Gruenfeld has twenty years of experience in both the direct management of systems development organizations and consulting to clients in the areas of strategic information systems and technology planning, general business strategy and organization, computer-related law and litigation, contact center operations and systems, and general application specification and design.
As a partner in the management consulting division of Deloitte & Touche, Lee was in charge of training for the U.S. firm's Strategic Information Systems Planning service line and was a national resource for computer-related contracting and litigation support. His clients included the Mayo Clinic, Citicorp, Kodak, County of San Diego, the William Morris Agency and Neutrogena.
Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche, Lee was national manager of systems development for Tymshare, Inc.'s application development group, charged with creating from-scratch, custom applications for that pioneering computer timesharing company's customers, including TWA, Merrill Lynch, Manufacturers Hanover Trust, Refrigerated Express, and the U.S. Department of Health, Education & Welfare.
Lee holds a bachelor's degree, cum laude, from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He has extensive public speaking experience on a wide variety of topics including computer law, advanced technology, language and the psychology of organizations, was a feature writer for Computerworld and was on the board of directors of the Society of Certified Data Processors.
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Robert Grosberg
Associate Advisor
bgrosberg@techpargroup.com
Robert Grosberg is an experienced management professional and IT executive with over 30 years in the industry, dedicated to the effective support of business objectives and user requirements, with extensive experience in planning and managing information systems activities and resources. His experience includes worldwide support, corporate restructuring, system development and implementation, project evaluation, acquisition analysis, budget management, project and staff management, data center consolidation, vendor negotiations, hardware and software upgrades, and effective communication with an emphasis in all core corporate and financial systems, and specializing in the legal, accounting, insurance, financial services, real estate, entertainment, and utilities industries.
Robert most recently served as the Chief Information Officer for J.H. Cohn, LLP. His previous assignments included Chief Information Officer at White & Case, LLP, Chief Operations and Information officer at Mont D’Or, Chief Information Officer at Sills Cummis, Systems Vice President at American International Group, Inc., Chief Information Officer at Chase Automotive Finance, Systems Vice President at Olympia & York Companies (U.S.A.) and Systems Vice President at the Coca Cola Company’s Entertainment Business Sector.
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Andrew Gyenes
Associate Advisor
agyenes@techpargroup.com
Andrew has over 30 years experience in technology based strategic and operations consulting, global IT management, CEO and COO level software company management, and successful company turnarounds.
Andrew’s career started with almost a decade at IBM, which culminated running the scientific and large commercial systems business for the Eastern region of the SBC division. This formed the foundation of Andrew’s technical and managerial expertise, including projects as diverse as nuclear reactor simulators, satellite tracking and large scale commercial systems development.
At Warner Communications, (now Time/Warner) Andrew was responsible for global IT during the era of Atari and Qube, the first interactive Cable TV. Responsibilities included architecting the company’s IT strategy and executing its global deployment.
In subsequent years Andrew leveraged his extensive experience helping companies to formulate strategies for short and long term growth as well as the implementation of operational tactics for profitability.
As an entrepreneur, Andrew further honed his management skills as the founder and CEO of a B2B web based competitive marketplace for the Restaurant industry.
Most recently, Andrew was responsible for the turnaround to profitability of FatWire Software, a web content management company. As COO and ultimately as CEO, Andrew turned the company’s multimillion dollar loss in 2004 into growing revenues and profitability in each year from 2005 to 2007. He continues to be a Director on the Board of Fatwire Corporation.
Andrew has a Masters Degree in Mathematics from the Courant Institute at NYU.
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Sigmund Handelman
Associate Advisor
shandelman@techpargroup.com
Sig has served more than 27 years in the IBM Research Division. He worked as a Special Research Associate to Dr. Benoit Mandelbrot, and created Fractal programs starting in 1974. Sig contributed to technical projects in graphics and systems programming, and received an IBM Outstanding Achievement Award for printer development (1982). IBM sponsored Sig for a Sabbatical at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Turning to Open Systems, Sig led projects in UNIX, TCP/IP, Network Management, creating program products for IBM in these areas. He participated in POSIX and IETF work. From 1996 to 2003 Sig led efforts in Research on XML, ebXML and Business Services in the Auto Industry and participated in the development of ANX, the Automotive Network Exchange. He was the chairman of the XML Work Group of the Auto Industry Action Group (AIAG) and has received three Outstanding Achievements awards from the AIAG (2000, 2002 and 2003). He did undergraduate and graduate work at Yeshiva University in NYC, and is currently an Adjunct Instructor in the School of Continuing and Professional Education of New York University. He has recently taught courses on Application Servers (J2EE, .NET and PHP) and the Semantic Web and Autonomic Computing. Sig has participated in a team to create a large ASP.NET website and has worked on SharePoint 2007 projects.
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Carl Hartman
Associate Advisor
chartman@techpargroup.com
Carl has over 25
years of experience in IT in a variety of roles from marketing and sales to
development, support, and training. He
has worked with a number of start-up technology companies to create and
implement marketing and business development strategies designed to gain
market recognition, secure funding, and drive revenue growth.
Carl spent nearly 18 years at Computer Associates, where he held
executive positions in marketing, sales, business development and strategic
alliances. Among the roles CA, several
are notable:
·
VP Marketing for Information Management Solutions, a $200 million
business covering database, application development, and business
intelligence technologies, including the launch of several new brands and a
leadership position in the nascent Enterprise Information Portal market;
·
VP Field Marketing, in which he started and built an 80-person team
which delivered corporate marketing resources to local sales geographies
throughout
North America
;
·
VP Partner Programs, where
Carl
built a team to capitalize on industry-leading technologies (including the $2
billion Unicenter family for enterprise IT management) and technical
resources to build dozens of lasting, revenue-building partnerships with IT
solution providers including Cisco, IBM, Netscape and Xerox;
·
VP Sales Operations, in which Carl hand-picked a small
“commando-style” team and created an eLearning solution from
scratch to deliver over 100 hours of interactive industry and product
training content deployed to over 8,000 customer-facing employees in less
than one year.
Carl is well-known in the software industry as a speaker on
technology strategy at client gatherings, industry events and conferences,
and Mr. Hartman is noted for
his ability to quickly understand technologies and develop innovative ways to
bring integrated solutions to market. He holds a degree in specialized business with a major in computer
management.
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Neal Hill
Associate Advisor
nhill@techpargroup.com
Neal Hill is a Corporate Development Executive with over 30 years of experience in the software, telecommunications, media and entertainments markets. Neal brings a clear and insightful approach to every project he is involved in, with a long record of successful investments, acquisitions and strategic development projects to his credit.
Most recently Mr. Hill was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, for Cognos Incorporated, the Ottawa-based worldwide leader in business intelligence and performance management software. In this role, Neal reported directly to the Cognos CEO, and was responsible for leadership of corporate strategy development, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic alliances. In an earlier stint with Cognos, Neal also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President, Marketing for Business Intelligence Tools, as the company went through a major, highly successful, re-positioning from its earlier position as a development tools vendor.
Mr. Hill also served as managing director of VIMAC Ventures, a Boston-based venture capital firm concentrating on early-stage software firms. While compiling top-quartile investment returns for VIMAC’s investors, Neal served on the boards of 10 different early-stage companies, many of which are now strategic operating units contributing strongly to such firms as Motorola, Amazon.com, eBay, and Ciena. Earlier in his career, Neal also was CEO of a leading New England advertising and marketing agency, COO of a startup software company, and a Senior Analyst covering database and operating system trends for Forrester Research, an influential consulting and analysis firm in technology industry research.
Mr. Hill appears regularly as a speaker at industry events and has been widely published in trade and business journals. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, majoring in physics and political science.
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Lew Kamman
Associate Advisor
lkamman@techpargroup.com
Lew Kamman is a seasoned IT executive, manager, and consultant, with a history of both staff and line positions. Industries include Financial Services, eCommerce, and Healthcare. He has held positions as program/project manager, software product architect, software development director, technical services and infrastructure director, planning and strategy head, and CIO/CTO.
Lew is particularly adept at successfully turning around ‘problem’ projects or initiatives, establishing great customer and investor relationships, designing and leading systems integrations, executing transformations/migrations from a current state to a target future state, conceiving and designing innovative software solutions, managing vendors and vendor products, evaluating technology architectures for scalability and performance, creating and leading high quality and agile technology teams, and implementing best practices-based processes and solutions. He has deep technology specializations in the areas of integration and collaboration.
Prior to joining TPG, Lew founded Groupware Integration Services and Lew Kamman Consulting, Inc. Through those firms he headed product development for Advanced Monitored Caregiving, served as Enterprise Portal Architect for New York Life, led the development of the Customer Experience Architecture for JPMorganChase Treasury Operations, developed the 3-year Operations and Infrastructure Roadmap for Lord Abbett, and consulted to IBM for collaborative computing architecture and deployment. In these roles, Lew operated both as a strategic counselor/advisor and a hands-on implementation project manager.
As an IT executive, Lew was Vice President of Sales and Marketing Technologies at OppenheimerFunds, where he created the Firm's eBusiness capabilities. He served as consultant to Oppenheimer's CIO for IT strategy, best practices, and leadership development. He also served as internal consultant to Goldman Sachs' CIO for planning and strategy and had the CIO/CTO role at Advanced Monitored Caregiving and Home & Stone (a high-end eCommerce-based home accessories retailer).
As Vice President at JPMorganChase, Lew established and led the Collaborative Computing Development and Infrastructure group moving the Firm from email and Lotus Notes technologies into transaction-based Web/Internet services, including the deployment of the first Internet-based Investment Research publishing facility on Wall Street.
At DeutscheBank, Lew established and led the Global Trading Information Architecture and Applications Integration, creating essentially a portal for Traders using ‘green-screen' technology 15 years before Internet portals were invented. There he also established the Firm's first globally decentralized, standards-based computing group spanning New York, London, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Latin America.
Mr. Kamman is an alumnus of Princeton and Tufts Universities and a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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John Kneiling
Associate Advisor
jkneiling@techpargroup.com
John Kneiling has 20 years of experience guiding companies,
governments, and other institutions throughout the
world as an IT executive, consultant, author, and lecturer.
Prior to joining TPG, Mr. Kneiling was a Director of WebEAI,
where he created the XML and Web Services strategy for Bristol-Myers
Squibb’s Global Strategic Sourcing Group to decrease costs, increase
the speed of supply management, and enhance competitiveness.
As Vice President at MetLife, Mr. Kneiling established and led
the Information Architecture group in developing Information Channels,
MetLife's program to leverage technology, information architecture and
governance to provide businesses and application developers rapid access to
accurate, relevant enterprise data, information and knowledge. By connecting
enterprise data to new web and traditional applications, the ability of
diverse business units to easily translate business vocabularies and use
existing data and systems across business lines was significantly enhanced.
He also co-established an Enterprise Architecture Council for MetLife’s
CTO to discover common business requirements, and to reach consensus on a
uniform architectural framework and implementation technology. This allowed
senior management to eliminate redundant application projects and
infrastructure technology.
Mr. Kneiling was a Principal at DataBase Associates, where he
planned, designed, and implemented Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and
Middleware Infrastructures, for Swiss Bank Corporation, leading a team to
design and implement a comprehensive customer-focused data model and
information distribution framework. He developed and implemented a
comprehensive Global Data Standards Program for Overseas-Chinese Banking
Corporation in
Singapore
,
including a forum and process for high-level management to resolve data
ownership issues based on business and data architecture relationships, as
well as technical components ranging from metadata management to middleware
information delivery standards. He developed and delivered a client/server
and distributed object technology education curriculum for AT&T employees
throughout North America, produced technology direction and organizational
strategy papers, and managed the UNIX+ Expo Conference at the
Jacob
Javits
Center
in
New York
.
As founder and CTO of SDLC Technologies (Canada) and as Senior
Manager at Price Waterhouse, Mr. Kneiling managed the product development for
Distributed Data Integration software, organized marketing programs with IBM,
negotiated VAR agreements with other partners, and provided IT architecture,
strategic planning, and project management consulting services for Amdahl
Computers, The Government of Canada, The Bank of Montreal, AT&T, the US
Army, Bell Canada, Chase Bank, Viacom, The Limited, The Thompson group and
other US and Canadian clients.
Mr. Kneiling has participated as a speaker in numerous user and
professional groups, and has authored a number of publications on Information
Technology in the
US
and
Europe
. His seminars on Web Application Development,
Information Architecture, XML and Web Services, and Enterprise Application
Integration are offered in the
US
and
Europe
. He was a founding member of the
Wall Street Chapter of the Data Administration Management Association, and
former president of the New York Chapter, as well as a former voting member
of the Web Services Interactive Application Task Force (WSIA-TC) of the
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).
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Gerald M. LeBow
Associate Advisor
jlebow@techpargroup.com
Gerald LeBow has over 30 years experience developing,
implementing and marketing technology in a number of business areas including
Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Emergency Alert and Warning, IT systems
integration, Data Networking and Wireless systems. Mr. LeBow was
Co-founder of 3 public companies including Sage Broadcasting Corporation,
Sage Alerting Systems, Inc. and Ameridata Technologies, Inc, a $ 2.2 billion
IT company which was sold to General Electric. He was also a Co-founder and Co-chairman
of Vytek Wireless, a wireless systems integration company. He is currently a
Founder and CTO of Convergence Technologies, Inc, the parent company of Core
Business Technology Services (Core BTS), a $100M computer systems integration
company that focuses on the convergence of Voice, Video and Data.
For more than two decades, Mr. LeBow has also been President of
Technical Marketing Consultants, Inc., a firm that has served companies such
as Lucent Technologies, Robert Bosch GmbH, Data Speed, Freeplay Energy,
MusicGremlin and others. He has been instrumental in supporting
technology companies with their financing, developing marketing strategies
and with market implementation. Mr. LeBow has presented numerous technical
papers at the IEEE, NAB, CEA and introduced a number of
Communications technologies to
North America
including Radio Data Systems (RDS), ARI, AM Stereo. He assisted Lucent
Technologies with their development and deployment of HD Radio for the AM and
FM broadcast bands. He is currently advising MusicGremlin about the
design and marketing of the World’s first fully wireless Wi Fi enabled
“i Pod like device” and is providing marketing strategy and
M&A assistance to Freeplay Energy in the areas of sustainable energy
including human power, wind, solar and fuel cell technology.
Mr. LeBow holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
Engineering from the
University
of
Rhode Island
, an FCC commercial radio license, an
FCC amateur radio license K2SMC/8P9AV and is on the Board of Barrett Xplore,
one of
Canada
’s
largest broadband and satellite ISPs.
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David E. Levine
Associate Advisor
dlevine@techpargroup.com
David Levine is a seasoned international sales executive with
over 10 years experience in the telecommunications industry. As one of IDT's
first employees, he initially worked as an international sales manager in the
Callback Department, where he built and managed a network of more than 100
overseas agents selling discounted international long distance services. He
then served as the director of the department, during which time he
established it as the most profitable division within the company and helped
to promote IDT as the industry leader. He later worked as a manager of
gateway services for ITXC, a wholesaler of international VOIP services in
Princeton
,
New
Jersey
, where he helped to deploy and maintain a
multi-million dollar network of equipment around the world and played an
integral part in the company's success in forming relationships with numerous
international carriers. He has also worked for several other long distance
and VOIP concerns. David holds a BA from
Columbia
College
in
New York City
.
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Dr. Zvi Loewy
Associate Advisor
zloewy@techpargroup.com
Dr. Zvi Loewy has over eighteen years experience in technology
and business development primarily focused in the pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, diagnostics and engineering industries. Dr. Loewy has been a
significant contributor, inventor and business strategist for four new
biotechnology start-up companies.
Most recently, Dr. Loewy invented and led development of several
genomics / proteomics technology platforms, and directed a strategic
initiative that resulted in the acquisition of a biotechnology company. A
subset of his patented twenty-three inventions have given rise to the
formation of Rosedale Medical, Inc. a glucose monitoring company, and the
transition of Orchid Biosciences, Inc. from a drug discovery –
combinatorial chemistry company into a leading micro-fluidic biochip producer
for drug discovery, identity testing and diagnostic applications.
Dr. Loewy is highly experienced in managing complex technology
and business development programs for government as well as commercial
clients. To create value for several start up and mid-size companies he has
focused on internal inventions, licensing, acquisitions and creating and
implementing a vision. Dr. Loewy’s unique experience with start-up
companies is complemented with his tenure at large companies including Roche
and Sarnoff Corporation.
Dr. Loewy received his B.A. from
Yeshiva
University
,
M.S. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Ph.D. from the Albert Einstein
College of Medicine. He is on the faculty of
Yeshiva
University
,
New York
Medical
College and
Drexel
University
.
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Martin Markovits
Associate Advisor
mmarkovits@techpargroup.com
Martin Markovits is a seasoned Senior IT Manager with 30+ years of adroit hands-on experience in all aspects of IT Operations. He has achieved his distinctive background in IT leadership by developing exceptional expertise in managing large-scale global technology projects. Martin consistently delivers results within time and budget constraints, and develop teams to produce innovative solutions in bureaucratic environments.
Martin’s most recent assignment involved performing detailed assessments of a major financial institution’s IT Controls environmental (Sec-Admin, Change/Release Management, Quality Assurance/Quality Controls, Help Desk, Production Support, Production and Disaster Recovery Data Centers to assure Business Continuity, Network and Voice platforms) to highlight risks and associated deficiencies along with an aggressive corrective action plan. Prior to this, Martin served as the global CTO of Citigroup’s Investment (Equity) Research group. Additionally, Martin was the CIO of The Capital Markets Company (CapCo).
Martin has a BA degree from Queens College of the City University of New York.
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Alejandro Mimó
Associate Advisor
amimo@techpargroup.com
Alex Mimo has 19 years of experience in various aspects of
Information Technology. He has advised companies from around the world on new
technologies, powerful architectures, effective software development methods,
and best practices. He has given numerous technical presentations and
seminars at clients, user groups, and national conferences. His clients have
included companies from the Consumer Credit, Brokerage, Insurance, and
Software Development industries.
As President of Strategic Information Management, Mr. Mimo
managed several software development efforts and provided consulting services
to the firm’s clients. He has a proven track record as a Software
Architect for highly complex, large-scale business applications. He
evaluated, recommended and selected key technologies for large projects. At
Wells Fargo Financial, Mr. Mimo was a lead Architect and
Mentor
on a 400-person development effort.
He mentored client staff on OOA&D techniques, designed their Model Management
process, defined development standards, and managed several development
teams. At Liberty Mutual he developed the Legacy Migration strategy, designed
their Data Conversion process, and defined the Object-to-Relational mapping
guidelines for a 250-person project. He has hands-on experience designing and
implementing distributed applications using various Analysis and Design
techniques, Relational Databases, J2EE, Web Technologies, and Application
Servers. He used his expert knowledge of application development and database
design to define highly effective data mapping strategies and design
patterns. His emphasis on standards and best practices has allowed his
clients to adopt new technologies while building flexible systems that can
easily grow and evolve with their changing business needs.
As an Associate at DataBase Associates, Mr. Mimo advised clients
on Database Design, Client/Server and N-Tier Distributed Architectures, and
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design methods. His seminars covered topics such
as Enterprise Client/Server technology, Object Frameworks, and
Object-to-Relational Mapping. He was a regular speaker at the DB/Expo and IT
Forum conferences, and participated in Data Administration and Meta Data
standards committees. He also provided litigation support that lead to a
winning verdict.
Prior to his consulting career, Mr. Mimo held technical
positions at Charles Schwab and Bachman Information Systems. He designed and
developed several artificial intelligence systems, software development
tools, and business applications. While at Charles Schwab, he provided
guidance on the effective use of CASE tools and became the President of the
Bay Area Bachman User Group.
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Barbara A. Nichols
Associate Advisor
bnichols@techpargroup.com
Barbara Nichols is an accomplished Information Technology
professional with 30 years of experience assisting clients and software
vendors to develop IT solutions and products to leverage data and information
to their strategic advantage. Barbara has specialized experience in metadata
modeling and management with a focus on integration in repository-based
environments.
She founded the consulting company Metaview360 in 2002 and has
focused her business in the areas of data and information management. She has
assisted dozens of international companies including a number of Financial
Services institutions to implement their 'best practice' data management
through her consulting in the areas of data integration, data warehousing,
metadata management, and information systems architecture.
Barbara has articulated and implemented metadata architectures
for Fortune 500 clients which have included data quality assessment, data
analysis, data modeling, ETL processes and business intelligence
implementation via an integrated meta data repository. She has developed detailed
processes to analyze and map data for ETL implementation of Data Warehouses
and defined the organizational roles and responsibilities for data governance
to facilitate corporate compliance with current government regulations, such
as Sarbanes-Oxley.
Barbara is a frequent
speaker at DAMA and the Wilshire Conferences on the topics of integrated
metadata life-cycles, data governance, data architecture, and information
management. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the
University
of
Michigan
.
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Michel Renard
Associate Advisor
mrenard@techpargroup.com
Michel Renard has over 30 years experience in applying
technology and business process improvement to help companies create business
value through process re-engineering, enabled by information technology. He
has a varied background working with firms in the Pharmaceutical, Chemical,
Food, Aerospace, Automotive and Process Controls industries, where he led the
development and application of technologies that changed the game in
Manufacturing, Supply Chain, R & D, Engineering and Operations. Michel
has extensive experience in working in culturally diverse settings, having
managed projects in North America, Western and Eastern Europe and
Japan
.
He designs and delivers workshops frequently.
Before joining TPG in 2004, Michel was Director, Business
Process Solutions at Merck & Co., Inc., where he was responsible for a
team of internal consultants, charged with improving business impact,
business cases, project management and governance in the delivery of projects
by the Corporate Information Systems organization. He contributed to the
Portfolio Management, Electronic Notebook, CFR Part 11 Task Force, Document Management,
IS Architecture, Recruiting Process and Balanced Scorecard initiatives.
At AlliedSignal, Michel created the vision, value proposition
and program to select and roll-out a family of standard Manufacturing
Execution Systems technologies, applied to the varied production environments
there: continuous, batch, discrete and designed to order. He participated in
the integration of the Honeywell Corporation with AlliedSignal after the
merger. He conceived a program to increase market penetration of Honeywell in
the pharmaceutical industry for their building climate control and process
control products. This was accomplished by defining and applying product
development and project delivery processes and documentation that follows the
FDA requirements in Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and 21 CFR Part 11.
At General Electric, Michel was first responsible for a team of
scientists, engineers and technicians responsible to develop advanced
automated machines to manufacture new product prototypes in the lighting
business. After GE purchased Tungsram, a Hungarian manufacturing
conglomerate, he volunteered to transform and westernize their machine
building business. He had a chance to utilize his facilitation and team
building skills in reaching consensus and commitment to apply western
processes in costing, estimating, and project management. Subsequently, he
pioneered the use of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma techniques, applied to
transforming old production facilities in the Midwest and
Canada
, to prevent plant closings and keep
manufacturing from moving to
Mexico
.
At Nabisco, as Director of Advanced Manufacturing Technology,
Michel developed or adapted sensor systems to measure the physical and
chemical properties of the materials characteristics, processes and equipment
conditions, needed for the automation of manufacturing processes in baked
products, canned fruits and vegetables, and frozen foods. During his first
tenure at Merck, he developed process control technology to automate the
production of drugs: chemical synthesis, fermentation and biotechnology, the
finishing and sterile processes. He also pioneered the use of computers to
automate research by applying them to operate or control analytical
instruments, or to operate “lights out facilities” using robots,
machine vision and automated analyses.
During his first Honeywell service, Michel developed climate
control systems for large building complexes like the World Trade Center, NY
and the Seattle Tacoma airport, WA. He developed a climate modeling program
to predict savings in energy by using Honeywell climate control technology
and initiated after hours education of engineers in process control
automation. As a Reserve Officer in the French Navy, Michel managed the
project to replace the Navy Telex with a network of computers, using similar
technology as the internet.
Michel pursued his technical education in
France
, with a Baccalaureate in
Mathematics and Philosophy, a Bachelor in Engineering (Automation Major) and
a Master’s in Physics. He has a Master’s in Business
Administration (MBA) degree from the
School
of
Business
in
Chicago
.
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Peter Roome
Associate Advisor
proome@techpargroup.com
Peter is a visionary executive/scientist with a demonstrated record of success in strategizing, architecting, designing and supporting innovative, high quality, global, web-based business services in the Pharmaceutical industry. Peter spent most of his career working at Merck where he was initially responsible for the introduction of Internet technology to Merck and for leading IT strategy for the Research division. As Peter’s career expanded, he took on roles leading Quality Assurance, e—Business Infrastructure Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering and Architecture for Merck. As the Director of Quality Assurance, Peter led the development Merck’s System Life Cycle Framework and facilitated numerous process improvement initiatives. The latter part of Peter’s career focused on the creation and support of Merck’s open-source-based web application hosting infrastructure supporting 3,500 application environments and 800 external web sites. Peter led the introduction of numerous collaboration-based technologies (IM, e-Rooms, WebEx, Interwoven) inside Merck. Peter also led development of Merck’s Global Infrastructure Operating Model and implemented key ITIL processes within Infrastructure. Peter has served on customer advisory boards for AMD, Akamai and Covalent and served as a board member for SAFE-Biopharma.
Prior to joining Merck, Peter worked as a research scientist at Howard Hughes Medical Institute where he designed and installed all of the business and scientific computing capabilities of the Institute in Dallas. Peter received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas Southwestern Graduate School at Dallas where began his career as a biochemist working on a variety of research topics in physical biochemistry. The computational nature of his research topics led him to a career that focused on the computational support of scientific disciplines.
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Joseph Rosenholtz
Associate Advisor
jrosenholtz@techpargroup.com
Joseph Rosenholtz has twenty years of experience defining the strategies, processes, and technologies used by IT in the Fortune 500.
While the leader of an independent consultancy, Joseph has been in the forefront of successful initiatives in financial services, banking, healthcare, and E-Commerce, providing both technology direction and process oversight.
Accomplishments include:
- As Acting CTO and Head of Business Reengineering for an important hedge fund he instituted processes, controls and state of the art technologies that dramatically improved systems reliability and uptime, reducing daily breaks more than 90% while lowering budget over 20%.
- Re-engineering of systems addressing straight-through processing for interest and credit derivatives trading for a large bank.
- Architecting the design of cash management, payment, securities, clearing, custody and settlement services used for international banking.
- Technical leadership of systems designed to integrate corporate clients for a leading healthcare provider.
- Performance evaluations of strategic enterprise-wide systems for an international insurance industry leader.
- The development of business rule frameworks for the payroll and compensation system of a large telecom.
- Technical leadership of the municipal bond trading system for a major securities industry corporation.
During the last four years he has been engaged with offshore and outsourcing suppliers, helping to identify methodologies and processes that best allow companies to effectively employ overseas resources.
Most recently, Joe was acting CTO for a major hedge fund, integrating state of the art architectures and best practices to achieve a fully automated processing environment.
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Jay R. Rothstein
Associate Advisor
jrothstein@techpargroup.com
Jay Rothstein has more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology as a specialist in Strategic Sourcing, Management Consulting, and Audit and Controls.
Jay recently completed an assignment of two and a half years as a technology procurement consultant at The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, where he was responsible for negotiation of business and legal terms on major purchasing initiatives. Jay successfully negotiated deals with Bloomberg, Broadridge, EMC, HP, IBM, Infor, Thomson Reuters, and Verisign, among others, touching $73M annually and impacting 72%. He achieved savings of 23% on a $7.9M deal for 1099 outsourcing and delivered a $5M three-year deal for Business Process Outsourcing of Health-and-Welfare Benefits.
Previously, Jay served as Sourcing Process Leader at Verizon Communications, Inc., for Midrange Hardware and Maintenance, a $90M buy, and for Internet Systems and Services. As single point of contact for Year 2000 Compliance, Jay ran an RFP to remediate 37M lines of code and led a team of thirty negotiators in rescuing a late-starting $1B network-element portfolio with 1200 products and 150 companies. As Senior Staff Consultant for Acquisitions Cost Analysis, in a single year, Jay completed $34M in deals focused on engineering and deployment of web applications. He also discovered supplier fraud, negotiated a rebate, and initiated a new five-year software contract with savings of $12.3M.
Jay is an accomplished management consultant. His achievements include:
-
Performing original market research for the American Express
small business campaign, based on analysis of the retirement
programs of six leading mutual fund, brokerage, and insurance
companies;
-
Recommending a $6M investment in Amtech Radio Frequency Identification (RF-ID) Traffic Toll Systems, commercialized as “EZ Pass” and now dominating the US market.
For the CIO of Mitsubishi in Tokyo, Jay researched and developed outsourcing strategies, and created a program and methodology for Business Intelligence. Jay installed fourteen online and CD-ROM facilities for BI and conducted forty research projects.
As a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Jay authored a paper on “Managing IT Procurement Risks,” published by EDPACS and on the TPG website. He served as a member of an IBM/TechPar Group team at Fannie Mae responsible for designing and implementing systems controls for the restatement of 2002-2004 financials. As part of ten years of service at Mitsubishi International Corporation, for the Investment Support Team, he conducted operational and financial audits of “Big 4” systems implementations.
Jay received his A.B. degree cum laude from Harvard University, in History and Literature – American, and his M.A. degree from Columbia, in Linguistics. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Gale Directory of Databases, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), and the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). Jay has authored and delivered papers at industry forums and is considered an expert in IT Procurement, Management Consulting, and Audit and Controls.
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Victor Schabes
Associate Advisor
vschabes@techpargroup.com
Victor Schabes has over 20 years of Business Development,
Marketing and Sales Management experience, the last 13 of which were spent in
leadership roles at a variety of small and large companies in the Technology
and Communications sector.
Victor led the infrastructure sales force for a small NYC based
Systems and Software Integrator. Prior to that position, Victor spent 5 years
with AT&T leading a Global Services account team, responsible for
maintaining and growing $25 Million in client services sales. Victor also led
the Eastern US Channel sales group for Qwest Communications. Prior to his
service with Qwest, Victor led the Channel and Direct sales organization for
TTI National, at the time Wiltel/Worldcom’s largest re-seller. During
Victor’s tenure with the company, TTI National was acquired by Worldcom
and today is a wholly owned subsidiary of Verizon Business.
Victor holds a BBA from Baruch College of CUNY. In addition,
Victor has gained accreditation from a variety of organizations such as,
AT&T Consultant Liaison Program, Bell Atlantic Fast Packet Program in
addition to such Sales Management organizations as Huthwaite, BayGroup
International and Holden International
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Israel
Sendrovic
Associate Advisor
isendrovic@techpargroup.com
Israel Sendrovic served for 33 years at the Federal Reserve Bank
of
New York
(FRBNY), 19 of those years as its CIO and 15 years as a member of its
Management Committee. While at the FRBNY he developed and ran Fedwire, the
world’s premier funds transfer system, at “five nines”
availability with real-time contingency capabilities.
Mr. Sendrovic also provided oversight to all phases of the
successful design, development, deployment and operation of the
private-sector owned Continuous Linked Settlement Bank System (CLS) formed to
reduce risk in the daily settlement of foreign exchange transactions in
excess of one trillion dollars. He acted as the senior adviser and trusted
intermediary on the project working with the primary vendor (IBM), CLS,
regulators, central banks, and shareholders.
He represented FRBNY on the Bank of International Settlements
Group of Computer Experts for 20 years and chaired its Working Party on
Security Issues for nine years. In that capacity, Mr. Sendrovic headed the
G-10 task force that produced the study on Security of Electronic Money. He
also advised central banks and international organizations on payment systems
and technology issues.
Mr. Sendrovic is an experienced executive with demonstrated
strong leadership skills, broad management perspective and the ability to
organize and direct large-scale efforts towards successful completion. He is
particularly adept at motivating diverse constituencies with competing
interests including suppliers, customers, regulators and staff. He can deal
effectively with uncertainty and situations arising from unresolved governance
and responsibility issues.
Mr. Sendrovic holds a BS in Mathematics from
Brooklyn
College
and an MS in Operations Research from
New York
University
.
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Michael Stiglianese
Associate Advisor
mstiglianese@techpargroup.com
Mike Stiglianese is a seasoned senior executive who recently retired from Citigroup after an 28 year career. His experience includes 25 years in Citigroup’s Financial Control function, beginning as a management trainee in the Regulatory Reporting Department in 1979 and advancing to the level of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for several of Citigroup’s major businesses including The Financial Institutions and Transaction Services Group, Global Transaction Services, Global Shared Services and Corporate Operations and Technology. In December 2004 Mike was named Citigroup’s Chief Information Technology Risk Officer, responsible for managing the corporation’s global information security and continuity of business programs. At the time he was appointed to this role these programs were under scrutiny by various regulatory agencies and were areas which were in need of improvement.
During his time as the CFO of various businesses Mike was instrumental in driving new initiatives. In Global Transaction Services he established a management reporting process which captured key information on a global basis, providing management with the data needed to run this business. In Global Shared Services he designed and implemented a billing process which allowed Citigroup’s various businesses to manage the shared service business as a third party and have visibility into the services provided by shared services and an understanding of the costs. In 2000 Global Shared Services was combined with several technology infrastructure units within Citigroup, forming the Global Operations and Technology business. Mike was appointed CFO of this expanded unit and was a key member of the management team which formed this organization. Finally, after being named Citigroup’s Chief Information Technology Risk Officer Mike implemented a sustainable program for both information security and continuity of business, culminating in obtaining a satisfactory rating for both programs from the regulatory agencies. In all of these roles Mike has had responsibility for senior level reporting.
Mike has spent his entire career with Citigroup, graduating in 1979 from C. W. Post College with a Bachelor of Science Degree, majoring in accounting. Recently Mike established an informal organization comprised of the Chief Information Security Officers of several major financial institutions in order to discuss common issues. He frequently speaks on the subject of risk management, most recently at Columbia University and NYU School of Business.
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Donna Stueber
Associate Advisor
dstueber@techpargroup.com
Donna Stueber has over 25 years of Information Technology experience with Merck & Co., Inc. Donna is accomplished IT Executive with a broad range of experience in IT Governance, Infrastructure and Finance. She has also made major contributions in the area of Business Process Management (BPM) While at Merck, Donna’s accomplishments included:
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A member of the CIO senior leadership team for 15 years, active in determining IT direction for the company
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Leading, developing, and implementing the Business/ IT strategic plans
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Implementing global IT processes for SDLC and project management; introducing process management as a method for improving and restructuring organizations
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Designing the governance model for IT at Merck with the business and technical leaders
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Delivering marketing projects including domestic and global market share, sales forecasting, global pricing, and promotional materials tracking
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Leading global financial and HR applications with emphasis on self-service models
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Introducing six-sigma to the IT environment and leading infrastructure six-sigma projects in the desktop engineering and support organizations.
While at Merck, Donna also spent two years working in the HR organization, learning the business, improving processes, and designing new HR processes that used the web for employee self-service. Donna has been an active member of SIM for over 15 years and one of the original co-leaders of the SIM User Group Forum. Donna has a BS in Mathematics and an MBA.
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John Tiglias
Associate Advisor
jtiglias@techpargroup.com
John Tiglias is an accomplished IT Executive with over 30 years
experience in technology management, professional services and helping
companies achieve value and innovation. He has an extensive background as a
Chief Information Officer for multi-national enterprises providing the
leadership and vision to successfully deliver solutions in the areas of
Strategic Planning, global ERP implementations, Supply Chain Optimization,
CRM, eCommerce and Business Process Reengineering. John is extremely focused
on benefits realization, reducing TCO and creating customer centric IT
service organizations.
As CIO for Sharp Electronics, John led a global initiative that
integrated factories and business operations worldwide using a standard ERP
platform. This highly successful initiative improved product lead times,
reduced deployment and transportation costs and established centers of
excellence in North America, Europe and Asia to support the real time
delivery of information and customer care throughput the enterprise. He was
also responsible for the development of eCommerce solutions linking
retailers, distributors and end users of consumer electronics and business
products, creating virtual channels for new business initiatives and
providing technical and customer support.
At Insignia Financial Group, John created a unified technical
architecture for messaging, collaboration, CRM and financial reporting for a
global market leader in integrated financial and real estate investment and
management services. This included the establishment of a Program Management
Office responsible for overseeing the implementation of Oracle, PeopleSoft
and Siebel solutions across the enterprise, utilizing rapid implementation
methodologies to enable the company’s aggressive expansion into new
business lines and international markets.
As CIO for Carl Zeiss, Inc., John was an early adapter of
SAP’s ERP software that allowed the organization to integrate its
supply chain and implement consolidated financial reporting for strategic business
units and foreign subsidiaries. He is also led the adoption of open
architectures that eliminated redundant and costly proprietary systems while
creating a centralized IT organization servicing business operations in over
twenty countries.
John was also a Manager in Coppers & Lybrand’s
management consulting practice where he was involved in numerous engagements
developing IT strategic plans, assessing organizational needs and leading
large-scale implementations in the Financial Services, Manufacturing and
Heath Care sectors.
John has taught Information Systems Management at the Iona
College Hagan Graduate School of Business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Economics from
Fordham
University
and Master of Science degree in Computer
Science from
Polytechnic
University
.
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Eric Tonghini
Associate Advisor
etonghini@techpargroup.com
Eric Tonghini has been selling and delivering technology solutions to NY-Metro area Financial Services companies for over 20 years. His experiences include large sales pursuits, sales training, sales management, managing multi-million dollar P&Ls and sales pipelines, product pricing and re-seller enablement and development. He has spent the last 12 years working for large software and services companies including Ernst & Young, EDS, LogicaCMG and BearingPoint.
Eric leads sales and delivery teams on sales pursuits and campaigns. He possesses excellent communication skills, often directing diverse, global teams in identifying needs and developing solutions. Eric cultivates professional relationships, manages account teams and provides oversight to build consensus, earn trust and win executive sponsorship. With a strong entrepreneurial spirit, he smartly leverages his people skills, professional network, business and technical knowledge and general experience to meet and exceed quotas...
Eric is known and respected for his ability to foster relationships, present value statements which compel the customer to act. He is a leader and has been successful in accomplishing his sales goals through team activity. He brings a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to every pursuit he manages. Consequently, the support teams are very please to work with him.
Eric has worked primarily with ‘C’ level executives and their direct reports to help them assess their needs, define requirements, perform product demonstrations and assessments, develop and lead oral presentations defining the customer value proposition.
Eric earned his B.S. at Seton Hall University, Paul Stillman School of Business and is pursuing an M.B.A. at the University of Connecticut.
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