Proven Leader

20+ Years of Leadership Experience

Stix is a proven leader with over 35 years leadership experience - from leading creative and engineering talent in the design and development of innovative applications, to a technology executive leading a global 1000+ person application delivery organization. A 1983 graduate of the United States Military Academy, the premier leadership institution in the world, his broad leadership experience spans multiple disciplines:

  • Officer, U.S. Army

  • Project Engineer on several Air Force classified systems

  • Enterprise Architect and Thought Leader on dozens of mission critical applications

  • Senior Technology Executive managing a $100M annual P&L

  • Cross-functional leader in the development of 15+ mobile applications

  • Business advisor to multiple media and entertainment companies

  • Award-winning film and television Producer directly responsible for the development and production of scripted content


Enverus
2019 - 2023

Head of Mobile Applications

Led a cross-functional team in the design, development and maintenance of three high-value mobile applications - including a brand-new, green field field ticketing app that became the “Uber of the Oil Field”

Accomplishments

  • Led a global 15+ person team of product managers, designers, iOS & Android developers, backend service developers, and QA test engineers in the design and development of a suite of mobile applications

  • Over half the team was located in war-ravaged Ukraine. Managed the disruption and risk of the Russian invasion while ensuring the safety of the team and simultaneously meeting delivery milestones

  • Top and bottom-line growth exceeding 100% for all 3+ years

  • Consistently maintained NPS scores over 50 on all apps

  • Consistent delivery cadences with 8-10 new release per app per year.


Vixlet
2015 - 2017

Head of iOS Applications

Stix led a cross-functional team in the design, development and support of five game-changing social apps:

  • MLB Fans - the Official social platform for Major League Baseball

  • LFC Extra - the Official social platform for the Liverpool Football Club, the most popular sports team in the world.

  • Slipknot Outside the 9 - the Official social platform for the nu-metal band Slipknot. Also developed was a Beta tvOS app which delivered content and social action direct to the living room.

  • LA Kings Fans - the Official social platform for the LA Kings NHL Hockey team.

  • ATP - the Official social platform for men’s Professional tennis and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP)

Accomplishments

  • Led the development and support of five high-visibility and high-value social apps and collaborated directly with our partners vendors through the app life cycle.

  • Designed an app architecture allowing all apps to share a single-code base with individual apps tailored and shined at build-time.

  • Designed and developed a tvOS app from the core iOS app that delivered social actions and content delivery from a social app directly to the living room


Simplexity
2014 - 2015

Chief Technology Officer

Responsible for the design and end-to-end development of Vizit, Simplexity’s flagship mobile application.

Accomplishments

  • Led the end-to-end development of Vizit and deliverd the MVP within three months of original concept

  • Staffed the team with top-notch talent. Our head of design is currently Head of brand at Lucid and our head of infrastructure manages creative partner integration for Marvel

  • Chief architect for the app, with primary focus on app design and crowd-source data mining of user locations.


Egen
2013 - 2014

EVP - Web & Mobile Solutions

Founded Egen’s Web & Mobile Solutions group and built Egen’s enterprise mobility practice from the ground-up.

Accomplishments

  • Defined market positioning, set solution messaging and created business development and marketing collateral to drive market interest in Egen offerings

  • Developed Egen’s innovative iSuite enterprise solution line - a comprehensive set of tools, technologies processes, and service offerings for web & mobile app development.

    • iBlock Architecture.  An n-tiered MVC architecture and solution framework for composite mobile applications (apps with both web & mobile clients).

    • iCore Stack.  A standard, customizable composite app solution stack.

    • iDev Process.  A scrum-based agile delivery process for composite app development.

    • iTeam Delivery.  Cross-functional teams and demand management processes for composite app development.

    • iViz & VizUX.  A repeatable process for designing and implementing a world-class UX


CSC
2004 - 2012

Industry Executive

Senior CSC Executive responsible the delivery of application managed services, financial performance and day-to-day operations of CSC’s Aerospace & Defense business unit.

Accomplishments

  • Led a global applications services delivery organization of 1,000+ engineers, analysts and test engineers.

  • Consistency maintained a 45% direct margin and a 30% operating margin on an annual P&L of $100 million.

  • 15-20% year-over-year revenue growth for every year in this role.

  • Managed the strategic relationship with 8-10 Fortune 500 customers.

  • Managed the relationship with multiple vendors and strategic partners in in the delivery of services

 

Account Executive

Account Executive and turn-around specialist for the Foremost Insurance account. Responsible for the delivery of application managed services, financial performance and day-to-day operations of managed application services.

Accomplishments

  • Highly successful turn-around of a failed account. The customer had requested the managed serviced agreement be terminated and the account was consistently returning an negative operating income.

  • Within six months, client relationship and trust had been re-establish and the account returned to profitability.

  • Led 75 developers, analysts Subject Matter Experts, and testers in the development and support of multiple mission-critical applications.

  • Consistently maintained a direct margin exceeding 40% and an operating margin of 30%.


Kuvera
1998 - 2003

Managing Partner

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Kuvera, a boutique consulting firm specializing in enterprise solutions and technology transformation.

Accomplishments

  • Developed Kuvera’s national consulting practice from the ground-up, including hiring and recruiting.

  • Developed and executed highly successful account penetration strategies and doubled clients and revenue each year.

  • Opened a large number of key accounts and successfully closed multiple high-value opportunities (> $1 million).  Key accounts included: CitiGroup, Merrill Lynch, AIG, ING, Zurich Life, BankOne, JP Morgan Chase, Royal & Sun Alliance, First Data, Principal Financial Group.

  • Developed several successful and high-value packaged service offering for our Agile and Financial Services practices.

  • Doubled the size of Kuvera’s national practices and increased revenue by over 100% each of the first four years and achieved profitability within the first 6 months of starting the firm.