VisualCV

Co-founder and co-inventor of recruiting concept based upon a new Internet-enabled resume format. With fellow co-founders, developed product ideas, positioning and strategy. Raised angel financing round and venture capital, and helped recruit board members. What you are looking at is remarkably close to the original vision!

Bibury Partners is a small investment and advisory firm focused on early stage Internet and software companies. Advisory work includes assistance with market positioning and strategy, financing and recruiting. Investments to date include EnterpriseDB, RollStream, VisualCV and Express Greeting Cards.

Led this business integration software company from inception through initial public offering and beyond to become a $200 million/year category leader. Developed company's very first product (in Java, 1996), and co-invented web services technology, for which US patent number 7,028,312 was granted. Attracted investors including Mayfield Fund, Goldman Sachs, SAP and Michael Dell. Drove the company's unique relationship with SAP, resulting in $15M in direct and $100M+ in indirect revenue. Generated strongest revenue growth of any US software company in the period 1998 through 2002, and led the most successful software company IPO to date in 2000. Completed and integrated four acquisitions, including the $1.2 billion acquisition of Active Software.

Headed engineering for this Australian-US software developer. Repositioned product offerings to take advantage of Java, the Internet and the emerging software deployment and management market.

Lead software engineer and engineering manager for this application development tool vendor. Led development of UNIX-based product line, developed in C and C++.