Jeff is an experienced software executive who serves clients typically as a fractional or interim CTO/CPTO. He has extensive experience leading and transforming product development organizations to achieve efficient, effective, sustainable delivery of products and services. His approach is to work closely with the leadership team to understand and address the strategic needs and objectives of the business.

His areas of expertise include software development, software delivery, strategic alignment of development resources, building and leading software development teams, team assessment and improvement, Agile development process, continuous delivery optimization, software architecture, product roadmap delivery and product market fit. Jeff has served in a wide range of markets including FinTech, InfoSec, MarTech, Healthcare Tech and more.

During his distinguished career, Jeff has been an executive leader with the following:

CTO, Alogent (FinTech) – Jeff managed the launch of a new online and mobile Digital Banking platform as well as the continued advancement of continuous delivery, containerization, and orchestration throughout all of Alogent’s products.

CPTO, Optima (Healthcare) – Jeff led all aspects of product and engineering including expanding the product offering from one to four product lines in less than two years. He was a key executive in M&A activity and in the acquisition of Optima by Net Health

Director, IBM Commerce Marketing Development – Jeff was responsible for the development and delivery of IBM Commerce Marketing software worldwide. This included the development, launch and ongoing support of the IBM Marketing Cloud, ongoing development of the IBM Marketing software on-premises suite as well as shared services. At IBM Jeff was a key leader driving Saas/Cloud services, agile development and the convergence of Cloud and on-premises offerings.

SVP, Product Development, Silverpop – Jeff led all product development and product management for the Silverpop SAAS platform trusted by more than 5,000 brands around the globe. He was a key executive in the acquisition of Silverpop by IBM.

SVP Engineering, Secureworks – Jeff led the development of all SecureWorks products including a security information management platform that processes nearly 20 billion events per day serving approximately 3000 customers including several Fortune 10 companies and nearly 10 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. During this time he built the development organization from a team of 20 to a team of 130 people across four cities supporting revenue growth from $10M to $130M. He was involved in the technical due diligence of multiple companies and was an active contributor on the team that led to a successful acquisition and integration of SecureWorks by Dell.

He has also held senior leadership and technical positions with organizations that included Air2Web, MultiActive Software, SSI and Bellsouth. Jeff earned a Masters of Business Information Systems from Georgia State University and a BBA (Finance) from the University of Georgia.When Jeff is not working with clients, he enjoys hiking, mountain biking and trail running.