Recently, I was one of 50 Technology Thought Leaders invited to the first ever Tech Meetup at the White House. Purpose of this Tech Meetup was to creat a dialog and engage community to help find ways of bridging skill gap, gender gap, & diversity gap in IT. For more than 20 years I have been a technologist, architect, consultant, manager, CTO, and an investor. I have managed business and IT at Fortune 500 corporations, directed large scale IT projects with distributed teams across continents, managed diverse application portfolios, and led architecture & solution delivery teams in creating significant product breakthroughs. I have also been involved in multiple business ventures as an investor, adviser, or a founder/co-founder. I take pride in my ability to bring big picture thinking, innovation-driven approach, and strong business acumen to any organization I am involved with. I am persistent. Nothing worth doing is easy, is it? I have staying power to navigate through difficult situations, seeing the projects through from inception to implementation. I make sure that products that should be launched are launched, and projects that should be completed are completed. I bring positive energy & CAN DO attitude to my surroundings. I have a proven track record of leading teams to turn around previously failed or once struggling projects. I believe that "Foresight, Innovation, and Execution"​ are like three legs of a Tripod, and essential components for the long term stability and continued success of any public or private enterprise! And finally, I also subscribe to general life philosophy of "Give More Than You Take" - which is essential for any healthy, sustainable ecosystem. Expertise: • Strong business acumen • Strategic business planning and IT governance • Program / project management • Identity and Access Management (IDM / IAM) solutions • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Multi-tenant solutions design and delivery • Cloud Computing • Technology Due-Diligence

Founder, CEO @ From 2015 to Present (less than a year) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaFounder, CTO @ From 2010 to 2014 (4 years) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaFounder, Solution Architect @ From 2007 to 2010 (3 years) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaCo-founder, CTO, Chairman @ From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) President @ From 2006 to 2007 (1 year) Line-of-business/Portfolio Architect for the Supply Chain @ From 2005 to 2007 (2 years) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaLead Technologist - WestLaw Legal Content Technologies @ From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaManager, Advanced Technologies @ From 2000 to 2003 (3 years) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaCo-Founder, President @ From January 1997 to December 2000 (4 years) Enterprise Architect @ From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) Consultant, Integrated Student Record System @ From 1995 to 1997 (2 years) Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaTurnaround Lead @ From 1994 to 1995 (1 year)

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