Creative, hands-on technology executive with 16 years of professional experience, specializing in early-stage start-up companies.  Broad technical generalist with diverse experience in both software and hardware product development, as well as creating and operating large-scale network and systems infrastructures.  Independent problem-solver with both boardroom-facing and customer-facing communication skills.  Current technical proclivities include programming with Ruby and Rails, virtualization infrastructure, cloud services, and next-generation unified data-center network fabrics.