Field CTO, Hammerspace, Board Advisor (various)

Hammerspace delivers lower data TCO, data agility and data control and governance as the the first ever cloud-native Data Fabric and Management platform. Through our abstracted metadata service, Hammerspace delivers hybrid multi-cloud Data Agility/Mobility, Data Control, Performance and Precision. Hammerspace deploys a Universal Global Namespace and multi-cloud file system, making your data always available across all storage silos. Hammerspace delivers an entirely new level of agility to your entire data estate for data at the edge, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, and IoT. Optimize your storage capacities across storage silos; and optimize costs in the hybrid multi-cloud.
    
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      Hammerspace
  

Cloud X Partners ("CXP"), was formed in 2015, to bring a collective hive mind of proven cloud strategists and business development experts to an IT industry ripe for disruption. CXP is the leading SMB cloud platform that owns Insynq and CloudRunner.  Cloud X Partners strives to be on the EDGE of the frontier for the next wave of utility and cloud computing technology. Cloud X Partners is financially supported not only by its own capital but also by some of the largest institutional investors in the market.
    
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Engaged C-Level customers to drive innovation, scaling and cost management, decreasing speed-to-market from weeks to days, increased development agility 3X with on demand capacities, lowered costs 2X and provided guidance on building innovative teams.


About us

  At Redapt, we consider ourselves a people company first and an IT company second.

Redapt is a full service systems integrator that delivers innovative data center infrastructure and cloud solutions tailored to meet your business goals. Whether start-up or Fortune 500, Redapt can help decrease cost and increase the value or your IT. Rely on Redapt and keep your technical talent focused on your business.

Why Customers Choose Redapt: 
   >  Competitive Pricing
   >  Dedicated Customer Support
   >  Experienced staff you’ll actually enjoy working alongside.

We view ourselves as an extension of your team. There is no task too big or too small if it drives your success. 

IT may change rapidly, but Redapt’s reputation hasn't. We will always take the time to understand your business issues, your goals, and your people. We’ll architect a custom solution that meets your needs today and will scale elegantly to meet your needs in the future.


      Redapt, Inc.
        
  

Delivered Ancestry.com customer scaling capability of 2X, revenue scaling of 3X and lowered technology costs 40% over 5 years. Enabled business performance to successfully execute 2 public equity transactions. I was responsible for all IT functions, including Cloud, Security and Compliance, all web, development, marketing, product and corporate technology budgets. We built a talented, high performing team driving multi-data center and cloud, web scale global hosting platform capabilities. We transformed IT and Tech to an innovative group, driving business agility, speed to market, and web scale system performance. We designed, automated and operated the OpenStack suite as well as deploying Docker/Kubernetes container stack to form a choice of IaaS platforms; both cloud-ready.We deployed to AWS, Azure and Google clouds and managed them centrally.I was also responsible for C-Level Information Security and Corporate Data Governance.I was Sr. Director from 2011 - 2014.
    
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About us

  Ancestry is the global leader in family history and consumer genomics, harnessing a powerful combination of information, science, and technology to develop new experiences to help everyone, everywhere discover the story of what led to them. Ancestry offers a suite of family history products and services including AncestryDNA, Archives, ProGenealogists, Newspapers.com and Fold3.
 
AncestryDNA is the world's largest consumer genomics database providing consumers insights into their ancestral origins. The service enables customers to not only uncover their ethnic mix and rich family stories, but discover distant relatives with a common ancestral match, and help solve the toughest family mysteries.
 
Ancestry by the numbers:
•	Since 1996, more than 20 billion records have been added, and users have created more than 80 million family trees on the Ancestry flagship site and its affiliated international websites.
•	More than 4 million people genotyped in the AncestryDNA database.
 
The company has more than 1,400 employees in locations across the globe. Headquartered in Utah, Ancestry has offices in San Francisco, Dublin, London, Sydney, Munich, and Stockholm.

There’s power in knowing who you are and where you come from. This is the driving force behind everything we do. We’re passionate about using technology to create simple, useful, and delightful experiences that enrich lives and connect families. We’re continually looking for talented, hard-working individuals who are passionate about bringing this mission to life.

Sound like you? Visit workforancestry.com.


      Ancestry
  

David Eccles School of Business, Adjunct Professor, Masters of Science in Information Science.I teach coursework in IT Management and Transformation.


The University of Utah is the state’s oldest and largest institution of higher education and is a major research university. The U offers over 100 undergraduate and more than 90 graduate degree programs to over 28,000 students.

The University of Utah is one of the state’s largest employers and is ranked as one of the top public research universities in the nation.  In 2002 the University of Utah hosted the Olympic Village as well as Winter Olympic events, including the opening and closing ceremonies.


      University of Utah Entrepreneur Club
  

Studies in Theoretical Physics, Robotics, computer-generated orchestral music, music theory, composition and performance.

With more than 70,000 alumni and 12,000 students, Lehman College serves the Bronx and our surrounding region as an intellectual, economic, and cultural center. The College is named after Herbert H. Lehman, who was governor of New York State, a U.S. Senator, and an internationalist. His values of dedicated public service continue to guide the College today.

Field CTO at Hammerspace

Hammerspace

Field CTO

Cloud X Partners, LLC (startup)

EVP & Chief Digital Officer

Redapt, Inc.

Chief Strategy Officer

Ancestry

VP Information Technology & Security

University of Utah Entrepreneur Club

Adjunct Professor

City University of New York-Herbert H. Lehman College

Physics, Math, Music Composition

BA

Brooklyn Preparatory High School (The Jesuit HS of Brooklyn)

College/University Preparatory and Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Regents Diploma