Strategic thinker with 20 years experience in industries as diverse as the Internet, Telecommunications and Healthcare corporations ranging from multinational to start-up. Core competencies in strategic/business planning, development and alignment. Recognized for innovative and rigorous strategic development and creative problem solving. Expert in the creation of data standards and patented multimedia systems engineering and architecture. Proven track record of skillful delivery within strict time and budget constraints. Self-motivated individual well able to collaborate to achieve goals and effectively communicate with clients at all organizational levels.

EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Glengary L.L.C. – Advisory Partner (www.glengaryllc.com) 2003-
Venture Catalyst enterprise founded on the belief that early-stage companies require money and experienced leadership to increase their chances for success. Glengary bridges the funding gap between angel investore and typical early-stage funds.

Mills-Scofield, L.L.C. /Prioritize ‘til It Hurts (www.prioritizetilithurts.com/Deb ) 2001-
Dedicated to helping executives discover and unleash their best opportunities through strategic alignment, business prioritization, executive coaching, functional planning, career development and stewardship planning.

Redtop Company, L.L.C. 2000-2001
Medical/Mental Health information systems start-up focused on integrated delivery systems and databases for the mental health continuum of care, with approximately 30 employees.

Strategic Alignment:
Responsible for aligning the business with the current and foreseeable marketplace to position Redtop as the market leader by setting the industry standard for personal health information privacy and security.

• DEVELOPED Strategic Planning Assessment tools to focus current business and REFINED Business Plan to ensure strategic and market alignment and future investment.
• INITIATED development of Business Plan for business expansion to consulting on HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996) readiness and implementation.

AT&T Corporation 1982-2000
Multinational, Fortune 10, corporation in the telecommunications, Internet and broadband industries with $62 billion and 160,000 employees.

AT&T WorldNet® Services: Internet Industry Structure & Internet Public Policy 1996-2000
Responsible for all public policy issues affecting AT&T WorldNet's revenue/cost structure and continuous assessment of the Internet industry structure for possible disruptive technologies and trends.

• CREATED the AT&T WorldNet® Privacy Policy and COLLABORATED with others to create overall AT&T Privacy Policy with implementations throughout all AT&T systems to ensure customer privacy.
• NAMED and PARTICIPATED in “www.getnetwise.org”, a site created by Internet Service and Network suppliers, such as MCI/Worldcom, Microsoft, AOL, etc., that enables children’s Internet safety.
• CONTRIBUTED to development of P3P, an industry privacy standard in the process of being mandated by the U.S. Congress, and SPEARHEADED AT&T’s implementation of it.

AT&T Emerging Services: Strategic Planning – Internet & E-Commerce 1994-1996
Responsible for strategy and implementation plan for AT&T’s entrance into the Internet Service Provider (ISP) market (AT&T WorldNet® Services), requiring senior executive and board-level approval and funding.

• FORMULATED AT&T’s E-Commerce and Internet Strategy, business plan and eventually network architecture, involving discovery of the evolving Internet Value System. Led business development activities for realization, and identification of key potential traditional and non-traditional opportunities and threats, performing detailed competitive assessments that resulted in the creation of AT&T WorldNet Services.
• DESIGNED economic model for determining potential Internet settlement and pricing schemes, along with Quality of Service (QoS) that enables effective and realistic ISP business modeling.
• CONCEIVED and IMPLEMENTED formation of IOPS.ORG (Internet Service Provider (ISP) consortium consisting of national and regional backbone ISPs) that ensures the reliability, security, and availability of the Internet.

AT&T Easylink & Business Multimedia Services: Strategic & Business Planning 1988-1994
Responsible for internal AT&T global messaging strategy and implementation as well as several of AT&T's top multinational clients.

• DEVELOPED business strategies and ARCHITECTED e-messaging network design. This enabled both cost savings and increased productivity within and among Fortune 100 multinational corporations. Doubled AT&T market share in this industry.

AT&T Bell Laboratories: Member of Technical Staff 1982-1988
Responsible for systems engineering of multimedia electronic messaging and information exchange systems.

• PATENTED architectural platform for AT&T's Global Messaging Network called the Unified Messaging Architecture (UMA) integrating voice, data, image, video messaging.

EDUCATION

1979-1982 Brown University, BA, Cognitive Science (Graduated in 3 years; helped create the Cognitive Science Concentration at Brown)

PATENTS

U. S. Patent 4,837,798 for "Communications System Having Unified Messaging," Issued 06 June 1989. Awarded the 2000 Lucent Technologies Patent Award and Recognition: Illuminating the New Millennium for joint AT&T/Lucent U.S. Patent 4,837,798

PUBLICATIONS & ARTICLES

Over 30 publications and articles. List available upon request