I left Microsoft and started Spiffy Ventures to immerse myself in the startup ecosystem and the technologies used there. I served as a CTO to a variety of startups in the EdTech, MedTech and energy verticals. In that role I led teams to design products and services, architect their technologies, develop their MVPs and to support them as they grew.

Support Analyst

I was part of the Platform team in the newly formed Information, Platform and Experiences group within the Online Services Division, working closely with Bing, Windows Phone and Xbox on integration, better together scenarios. As a GPM I was responsible for the work of multiple teams developing a variety of features across multiple platforms.

Principal Group Program Manager

I managed multi-discipline development teams in England, France and China building consumer facing web sites for MSN and 3rd party advertisers.  I significantly improved the team’s development capabilities, with a particular focus on improving their success doing distributed development between Europe and China.  At the tail end of this role I built an Asian counterpart to the EMEA team I had managed, hiring and establishing a presence in five Asian markets.

Group Manager

As part of MCS I led a variety of consulting engagements for enterprise customers, including the UAW, Kmart Corporation and several engagements for Ford Motor Company where I led the implementation of two multi-million dollar ecommerce initiatives.  While in MCS I also frequently taught the MSF Principles of Application Development class for customers and partners.

Senior Consultant

Assistant Management

I started in this role responsible for several feature teams - Bing's Webmaster portal, App Search capabilities, Bing's schema.org participation and the like - but focused most of my time on long term planning and strategy around how search is evolving.  This strategy work was the catalyst for creating an entirely new division at Microsoft.

I supported Microsoft's Chief Software Architect in technical and business research, product group relationships and briefings, speeches and other special projects that include driving CSA priorities and prototyping technical solutions.  Distributed development, enterprise social and open source were the subjects of the more substantial projects I have been engaged in.  This role has given me the opportunity to participate in briefings and see demos of literally hundreds of Microsoft and competitive products and technologies.

Principal Program Manager

I was brought in to turn around a struggling development team that hadn’t shipped anything in years. I built a healthy team with the right talent that shipped several releases and grew at an impressive rate both in terms of end-users and internal adopters.

Lead Program Manager

As part of the SQL Server product groups Customer Advisory Team and owner of the Customer Lab, I worked with some of our largest, most complex and reference able customers, ISVS and IHVs to help architect and optimize their SQL Server implementations and to drive feedback into the product team during development of SQL Server 2005.

Developer

I lead engineering teams from each of our companies to drive convergence of disparate data and technology stacks acquired through mergers. Our goal is to deliver on the promised value of those mergers – a common user base, shared marketing and loyalty programs, engineering efficiency and cost savings initiatives. This role has me leading efforts in corporate product planning, engineering technology strategy and company culture.

VP, Head of Product Data/Engineering Platforms, Director of TPM

I designed, built and maintain the online learning platform that All Things EQ uses to communicate with our teachers and deliver content to our students in K-12 schools. As with any startup role, I also contribute to strategy, marketing, videography, etc.

Chief Technology Officer

As part of the Mixed Reality at Work and Power Apps teams at Microsoft, my goal was to create genuine business value for companies leveraging Augmented Reality in the workplace. To accomplish this, I helped lead our team to be the first in the industry to bring Augmented Reality to a low-code, no-code developer platform.

At Clarity Forge, I lead the mission to empower organizations with the tools and frameworks to build healthier, more effective workplaces. As the founder, my focus is on driving our vision to create clarity and capability at every level of an organization, helping leaders set and achieve strategic goals, align teams and cultivate cultures of collaboration and trust.

I oversee product development, ensuring our platform addresses the real challenges organizations face by integrating best practices in goal setting, project management, talent management and community building. I work to inspire companies to embrace organizational health as their competitive advantage, unlocking the potential of their teams and fostering innovation.

My role involves connecting with forward-thinking leaders, refining our product to meet their needs and sharing insights on how clarity transforms organizations.

CEO / Founder

CEO/Founder at Clarity Forge.

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