Expert Profile
Worked for IBM Store and Retail systems in multiple positions including systems engineer, applications integration and architecture, ended up as the manager of systems engineers for store systems US
Worked for Microsoft for 6 years as Director of Retail Solutions in their sales vertical. Responsible for partner consulting, worlwide customer consulting and product development.
Self employed retail consultant, 2 years, consulted on Microsoft store openings
Microsoft - 6 yrs - 2002 through 2008 - Retail Technology Director
IBM - 34 years - majority with IBM store systems and retail sales branches
BS - Businessand Economics, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
Worked on the NRF ARTS standards committees - both POS devices drivers and applicaion descriptiond and schemass
Built a store architecture for Starbucks Coffee; Documented Microsoft Store POS procedures documentation; wrote a POS architecture document for Dairy Farm Stores,