Problem:
Everyone agrees that a business incubator is an economic development asset - until it comes time to pay for it.
Solution:
An incubator grows businesses, but at its heart, an incubator is a business. So create a business plan! Research entrepreneurial requirements, study other incubators and how they serve their constituencies, build a sustainable business […]

Problem:
Business Incubators have traditionally focused on centralized facilities, to concentrate resources and focus services within four walls. But the entrepreneurial community is changing to a virtual model, which makes the old physical incubator look, well, “old.”
Solution:
A Virtual Business Incubator, that allows free access to resources and services, 24×7×365,over the web. Netwok consulting talent and […]

Problem:
Digital Economic Technologies needs a scalable e-procurement platform.

Problem:
Homeland Security demands that airports and airlines know who their passengers really are.
Solution:
Photo-ID boarding pass, combined with biometric verification.
Technologies:
Visionics, BioAPI, VB.Net, touch-screen kiosk, mobile terminal.
Engagement:
Venture-level outsourcing of all engineering, marketing and operations. Vendor selection, financial modeling, and international travel.
Developed the SPIdS system, integrated with facial-capture camera, thumbprint, and magstripe/barcode passenger cards, with high-security color […]

Problem:
Salespeople hate SFA/CRM applications, but CFO’s rely on them.Solution:
Salespeople love their cellphones, so create a speech-based interface to SFA/CRM applications - call “Outlook” and talk to your calendar, address book, to-do list, …
Technologies:
Java, LAMP, Nuance, Telephony
Work done on this project:
Developed a human-transcription plug-in for a structured speech-to-text parsing engine - an early “Amazon Mechanical Turk” […]

Problem:
Twenty-year-old shrinkwrap software startup reinvents itself as an online service provider.
Solution:
Restructure engineering and program management. Inject “release train” product cycles. Develop in-house programming and integration skillsets. Coach CIO to manage the transformation process.

Technologies:
Zope, Python, Java, Sybase, Agents, SaaS.

Work done on this project:
Scaled in-house development staff with Constellation talent.  Developed and deployed N-tier […]

Problem:
Consumers lack an effective way to comparison-shop between competitive utility offerings.
Solution:
Poll and profile usage patterns, then recommend the most appropriate vender/service/plan for each consumer.
Technologies:
EDI, ODBC, LAMP, Flash
Engagement:
Pre-funding: helped build investor pitch, meet with diligence Teams.
Development: full-venture outsourcing of all branding, design, engineering and marketing functions to an interdisciplinary Team in USA and Eastern Europe.
Integration: traveled […]