Professional Experience
MANAGEMENT: Developed strategy in the areas of software development, business, engineering, and field staffing. Delivered end-to-end solutions for small & medium sized businesses in traditional and industrial applications.
TECHNOLOGY: Designed database and .Net Programmed Software solution, completely original to the field of customer facing kiosk solutions. Revolutionized the taxicab industry by engineering the most successful software platform in the market for passenger-facing technology. Setting the standard for the industry and follow-on application development.
SALES: Closed a total of $2.4 million in deals with advertisers, fleet owners, and investors.
DELIVERY: Assured accountability in all practices, from internal human capital management, reporting to investors, reporting customer project benchmarks, and factual results, based on numerous business areas. 100% results achievement and customer satisfaction standards.
Specialties
• Research & Development
• Strategic Innovation
• Sales Negotiation
• Team Building
• Public Speaking
• Database Logic / Design
Specialties of Interest
• Bleeding Edge Ad Targeting Technology
• Neurological Research in Advertising
• Game Theory/Strategy Consulting
Experience
Founder
CozyLap.com
February 2012 – Present (6 months) San Francisco Bay Area
CozyLap is a platform for:
• Developing a homeless population interface strategy designed with the primary goal of interpreting the needs of individuals living in homeless shelters.
• Coming up with a template to help qualified individuals sustain themselves, set goals and divide their time efficiently to achieve self-support while working towards a robust life long sustainability plan.
• Finding creative ways to hand these tools off to motivated people and organizations such that destitute is at best a station in life where one might stop if their path leads there without becoming a place where one gets stuck.
I founded CozyLap because I know that entrepreneurs create jobs, by finding the entrepreneurs we can create both.
This position is associated with:
1 Project
Entrepreneur In Residence
Seeking a New Opportunity
Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry
September 2010 – November 2011 (1 year 3 months)
Technology Leadership Specialist
Technical Architecture ▪ Software & Hardware Design ▪ Business Development
Exceptional team leader in the technology industry; broad base of expertise with numerous technology products. Outstanding knowledge of numerous platforms and architectures. Track record of inspiring people and solving complex business problems in fast-paced operational scenarios. Revolutionized an entire market niche by leveraging technology to deliver strategic results to clients.
Key areas of expertise: Software Development
Marc has 3 recommendations (1 co-worker, 2 partners) including:
1st Clyde Horner, Executive Business/Life Coach, Vistage International, The World's Leading Chief Executive Organization
1st Leo Bletnitsky, Founder & President, LBA Networking, Inc. dba Las Vegas Med I.T. and Desktop Valet
Consultant
Roth Technologies, LLC
January 2002 – October 2010 (8 years 10 months)
Led and managed all facets of comprehensive technology company. Platform experience includes:
• Technical: Microsoft technology. Servers: NT, 2000, 2003, Windows (3.1 - XP - Embedded) Exchange, SQL, IIS. Hardware RAID, Rack Servers, and NAS Routing and Switching.
• Cisco, Nortel, Linksys, and Adtran, Digital Dining, Ahola, ClubTrax, Custom Solutions, Epson printers, cash drawers, and back office.
• Networking: VPN, SaaS, Cloud Computing and wireless, Ghost Imaging for Replication and Offline Storage: Roll out, new businesses, backup, Excel, Access, Office, Quickbooks, and Peachtree. Nominal use of MAC OS and Linux as a desktop.
• Web Development: Dreamweaver, Adobe, Flash, ActionScript, HTML, Javascript, FTP, Frames, and Linux/Unix Coding - C++, C#, VB, VBA, Java, JVM, SQL, and BASIC Client types - Food Manufacturers, Restaurants, Law Firms, Medical Offices
• Database management, user support, training, and migration
Chief Executive Officer – Platform Visionary
Interactive Advertising Systems Inc.
January 2005 – January 2010 (5 years 1 month)
As a leader among advertising executives: sharing a single vision between developers, digital designers, engineers, consultants, sales professionals, and executives while keeping them customer aimed with revenue based goals at all times. The visionary of the business and software, produced the most successful software platform in the taxicab market for passenger facing technology.
• Capital - acquired $1.4M+ in investment, $1M in advertising sales to gain $25M valuation.
• Technology – inspired industries top .Net and Flash developers to re-define innovative ad space.
• Analysis - adjusted the most technical and scientific aspects of high-tech firm designs.
• Imagination - designed and created some of the most unique ad campaigns in Las Vegas history.
• Cooperation – Made channel partners of ad agencies, taxicab companies and driver community.
• Development – built the initial prototype independently at home with no outside capital.
• Patented – sought protection from the USPTO for technology design patent on The IT System.
• Acquisition – enticed stars from Silicon Valley, Transportation, Advertising, and Manufacturing.
• Leverage – made an audience of Vegas.com, Clear Channel, VeriFone, Microsoft and PayPal executives, transportation leader Veolia, along with dozens of venture capital firms.
Computer Officer Onboard
Crystal Cruises
Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Leisure, Travel & Tourism industry
July 1999 – April 2001 (1 year 10 months)
Responsible for comprehenice, shipboard technology management and systems integration.
• Technology - Novell Netware, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 2000.
• Architecture - ships wiring, token ring networks, costing C-band integration.
• Management - consultants, onboard executives, electricians, engineers and crew.
• Departments serviced - Hotel, Engineering, Deck, Housekeeping, Food and Beverage, Shorex, Ships Hospital, and Provisions.
Marc has 2 recommendations (2 co-workers) including:
1st Jeroen Bisschop, Hotel systems administrator, Crystal Cruises
1st Tanya Klett, Chief Concierge/Front Office Manager, Crystal Cruises
Consultant
Robert Half Technology
January 1996 – January 2001 (5 years 1 month)
Consulted some more
Consultant
Alternative Resources Corporation
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ALRC; Information Technology and Services industry
January 1995 – January 2001 (6 years 1 month)
Consulted
Consultant
IBM
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry
January 1998 – July 1999 (1 year 7 months)
Team Lead
• Technology - POS1 United States Postal Service. Windows Servers, IBM proprietary.
• Additional clients - Hertz, Sherwin Williams, Best Buy and Walmart.
• Management - Teams of installation techs.
Projects
CozyLap
February 2012 to Present
CozyLap.com
Team Members: Marc Roth, Erik Katz
A pool of ideas ready to grow with the human resources we can infuse them with.