Thomas Solomon

About Me

A highly accomplished Software Developer, Sales Engineer, and Technical Evangelist with 20+ years of demonstrated achievements in web/software development, product management, systems engineering, and sales engineering is seeking new opportunities. A driven professional known for pioneering original technological advancements to capture new markets, expand business relationships and increase profits. Customer-focused problem solver, team mentor and communicator with a proven ability to evangelize, design, and ease client integration of cutting-edge hardware and software solutions that generate fresh revenue, produce business growth and dramatically impact the corporate bottom line.
Specialties: Emerging Technologies • Hardware Design • Software Development • Product Management • Web Applications • Mobile Products • Storage • Team Leadership, Mentoring & Training • SEO • SEM • Product Launch • Lead Generation • Systems Architecture • Customer Relations • Systems Integration • Product Lifecycle • Full Stack Development • Debugging Procedures • Process Improvement

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Experiences

Provided consulting / development services for small office or home office (SOHO) based businesses. Services included local business marketing (lead generation), Company branding, Blogging, Social networking, search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), web application/web service development, and website design. Server side code developed in c and c#, server side scripting using Perl and PHP. Client Web page content developed using HTML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript (angular.js, node.js, and other frameworks).

As the President / Founder of iBizPros LLC, I provided consulting / development services primarily targeted at small office or home office (SOHO) based business owners that needed help establishing and/or growing their businesses. Provided the following services - Business coaching, Local Business Marketing (Customer lead generation), Internet (Company branding, Blogging, Social networking, Search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO), Application/Web Application/Web Service development, and Website design / E-commerce).

Defined the architecture for a new .NET/SQL-Server based web application targeted to help families care elderly or sick relatives, family members, or friends. Spearheaded all development efforts for the project up until proof of concept. Personal identification / system security implemented using biometric technology.

Performed bug fixes on code system-wide while designing Newton Product with complete template, profile-based system/customized sales/marketing portal.
Optimized customer business solutions by implementing new database architecture and content profile themes in .Net.
Specific Accomplishments:
Originated interface allowing direct access to Equifax reporting for automobile credit authorization based on applicant name and social security number.
Spearheaded development of new private loan program aimed at producing business and revenue growth. Collaborated on creation and implementation of company system architecture to enhance productivity, accuracy and efficiency. Efficiently managed release of updated credit authorization systems. Implemented new database architecture and content profile themes in .Net to provide completely brand-specific solutions to customers.

Served as primary service and support contact for mobile software issues reported to helpdesk.
Solved issues and effectively delivered release candidate to sales department in just 90 days by taking over under-performing project.
Specific Accomplishments:
Boosted company profits and market penetration by successfully leading launch of mobile product and integrating system into Boston, Massachusetts and DeKalb County, Georgia communities while implementing user training.
Provided expert leadership for new software releases including mobile version of Hansen 8 product. Directed day-to-day activities of 5-person team of engineers. Designed and developed software for company and clients as needed. Devised effective strategies to integrate and debug client applications. Delivered on site training and staff development for multiple city government offices. Served as primary liaison and point of contact between customers and clients for integration issues.

Collaborated with FAA and multiple outside companies to formulate plans for information delivery and final proposals.
Produced an additional $1M+ in revenue from a built-in flight data tool for Apple Operating System and a template based flight data tool for embedding the app on other sites..
Incorporated multi-feed flight data by coordinating updates to standalone and web-based products.
Initiated multi-feed flight data system after 9-11-2001 allowing product continuation, a requirement of the FAA.
Produced $2M+ in revenue from new MySQL, Html, Javascript and Perl implementation.
Specific Accomplishments:
Skillfully developed and maintained server and client applications for Flytecomm flight data system. Designed server software to acquire real time flight data from FAA and multiple outside feeds. Designed flight information display fee based web applications as well as free flight tracking application for use on company website.

Worked onsite at Microsoft main campus to ensure complete compatibility of M-Systems flash products with Microsoft operating systems.

Managed all technical marketing for the NEC MobilePro 200 and 450. Assembled and managed a large number of independent hardware and software vendors. Strategically bundled their products with the MobilePro to provide more functionality for the price point. Dramatically increased actual sales versus projected sales for the first 6 months!

Provided technical training to the SanDisk sales team for new products. Provided all necessary documentation and hands-on design help for customers integrating new SanDisk products into there new systems.

Built a 6 Engineer/5 technician team to support Maxtor Marketing, Sales, and Engineering Teams. Responsible for Field Applications, Customer Integration, Compatibility Testing, Independent Hardware/Software Manufacturer compatibility testing, and Competitive Product Evaluations. Worked with IEEE standards committees to develop ATA, ATAPI, and plug'n'play SCSI disk drive interface specifications. Designed first multiport IDE interface card/software drivers (DCP1020). Worked with Microsoft, Novell, Sun Microsystems, and RedHat to develop software support for these new interfaces and multi-drive configurations.

Skills

Spanish
English

PPC
Real Estate Investor
Storage Solutions
jQuery
PHP
Pre/Post Sales Engineers
Customer Facing Roles
Integration
Technical Presentations
Business Development
Web Marketing
SEM
SEO
Mobile Devices
Consulting
Web Applications
Enterprise Storage
Software Development
C-Level Presentations
Business Intelligence
JavaScript
Leadership
HTML 5
Management
Lead Generation
Sales Engineering
Positioning
Technology Evangelist
Mobile Marketing
Start-ups
Lease Options
Small Business
Technical Sales Presentations
Entrepreneurship
Digital Marketing
Investment Properties
Technical Marketing
Social Networking
Storage Architecture
Strategic Partnerships
C/C++
Networking
AJAX Frameworks
SaaS
Node.js
Customer Acquisition
.NET
REO
Perl Script
E-commerce

Interests

Real Estate Investing
Internet Marketing
New Product Development
Camping
Playing with my kids
fishing
boating

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BSEE

Santa Clara University

Languages

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