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Daniel E. Lewis, Ph.D.

STRATEGIST -  TECHNOLOGIST - SOLUTION INNOVATOR - BUSINESS LEADER - CHANGE CATALYST

Daniel E. Lewis, Ph.D. provides expertise in emergent markets and technology commercialization based that spans 25 years of success with a diversity of applications that have changed the very way we work and live. These innovations have ranged from tangible products to intangible services across a wide diversity of vertical market applications including: retail operations, logistics, transportation, warehousing, manufacturing, financial services, health care, mobile data, and the Internet. Beginning as a software systems engineer, his career advanced through positions in sales, product marketing, strategic planning, business development, product management, and executive general management positions while spanning situations ranging from start-ups and joint ventures to turnarounds and global multinational fortune 100 firms. This unique diversity of experience provides tremendous wisdom and insight into not only "what is" and but also subtle alternatives of what can be which are often not obvious to those experienced in a particular industry. Dr. Lewis leverages this insight with broad knowledge of best practices to help clients harness their collective knowledge capital and unleash their hidden creative capabilities. The result is often new product innovations that create new market opportunities and drive exceptional growth.

CAREER THUMBNAIL 

Beginning life as a product development engineering, my carrer progressed through roles in sales, marketing, product management, strategy, business development, and senior management positions.  These positions have spanned a variety of organizational situations ranging from fortune 100 global multi-nationals to entrpreneurial start-up ventures.  In all cases, my focus has been on development of some new product, venture, or market, and thus has always involved high levels of risk and uncertainty in fast changing environments. While the volatility of these situations  has resulted in a higher number of job transitions, it has also provided the opportunity for an unusually high number of successful programs involving different markets, organizational cultures, business situations, technologies, and functional perspectives. The result is a deep and holistic understanding of how team dynamics, diversity, and organizational culture impact the success of innovation efforts. This unique insight fuels my ability to quickly integrate diverse cross-functional perspectives into a unified vision, and lead the conversion of the collective hidden tacit knowledge of an organization into new products and services that produce exceptional growth. 

Chief Marketing Officer - Arsenal Digital Solutions - ($20 million dollar venture backed firm).

VP - Product Management and Strategy - Cable & Wireless a-Services (An application service provider start-up joint venture with Compaq Computers) 

Sr. Director - Strategy and Business Development - Internet Products and Services - Compaq Computer

VP/GM Systems Product Division - Telxon Corporation ($500 million public global firm acquired by Symbol Technologies)

Analyst and Reseach Director, Network Technology Strategies  - Gartner Group 

Sr. Director Software Product Marketing - Norand Corporation ($250 million public global company acquired by Intermec)

Sr. Systems Analyst Architect - Retail Systems Group - British Petroleum 

Computer Products Sales Specialist - Arrow Electronics

Manager, Software Product Development - Diebold

Systems Engineer, Corporate Engineering - Firestone Tire and Rubber

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

Ph.D. - Organization and Management - Technology and Innovation Management

e-Business Graduate Studies Certificate 

M.B.A. - The University of Akron 

B.S.E.E. - The Ohio State University

Licensed Professional Engineer - State of Ohio

CPHIT - Certified Professional Heath Information Technologies

CPEHR - Certified Professiononal Electronic Health Records

CPHIMS - Certified Professional Health Information Management Systems

CHSS - Certified HIPAA Security Specialist

ITIL - V3

Spiral Dynamics Certified  Level II

Marquis Who’s Who in America;  Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Industry  


SELECTED COMMERCIAL SUCCESSES

In my 25 years of creating and marketing information technology, I have continually been on the leading edge of driving innovations that change the way we live and work. My diverse experience across multiple technologies and industries has allowed me to develop a very deep understanding of how market forces and technical trends influence the diffusion, acceptance, and market gorwth of innovations. This knowledge and experience forms the foundation for my strengths in strategic planning and developing product roadmaps that remain align with real and current market opportunities.  Utilizing the insight and experience from one industry often forms the basis for innovation in another, and provides the ability to identify opportunities often not obvious to established industry veterans.  The time line based information below highlights my continual participation in the early stages of market emergence and continued perspective on the leading edge of transformational change.

Recent years 

  • Current activities are focused around Internet and Web based technologies and applications and include  VoIP,  health care automation, knowledge management systems, e-communities, and ambient intelligence.  The central theme is the use of computer mediated communication and distributed processing in the generation and application of collective knowledge.  

Early 00's - Delivering software and IT support as a managed Internet service. 

  • Established growth position for a storage management start-up in new emerging compute utility services market. Through creation  of strategic plan, market reposition, and movement toward a collaborative culture, achieved brand recognition, position on Gartner's magic quadrant, EBITDA positive, and #20 on region's list of fastest 50 growth companies.
  • Broke new ground in web based delivery of hosted desktop and business applications in ASP (application service provider) joint venture.  Revised organization structure to enable innovation. Resulting products won industry recognition for innovation earning NetWorld+Interop Best of Show finalist and UK “ASP of the Year”.

90's - Handheld computers, wireless networks, and mobile data systems. 

  • Developed commercialization strategy for PDA information appliance and mobile phone convergence using mass customization of common core platform, expansion perhipherals, and addition of software solution building blocks. Product quickly ramped to 400,000 unit backlog after launch and won industry acclaim.
  • Leveraged software assets of handheld computer manufacturer to create industry’s first branded suite of mobile middleware and wireless system management software, forming new $100 million software business unit. 
  • Established early market for commercial handheld computers and mobile pen based computer systems by creating front line data collection and access systems for vertical market applications leveraging bar code and RF-ID technologies. 
  • Pioneered wireless LANs as an original founding member of IEEE 802.11 standards effort and developed early market through creation and commecialization of market leading commercial product line, eventually acquired by Cisco.

 80’s -Distributed computer systems (in the days before PC's) 

  • Innovated concept of credit card activated dispensing in retail gasoline sales through development and launch of national electronic payment systems for a global petroleum company.This system set the standard for new industry approach for self service retail gasoline sales.
  • Pioneered the use of flexible n-tier architecture and parameter driven customization in ATM (Automated Teller Machines) systems application. Designed application ran on a middle tier and provided multiple ATM and financial network interconnection, an early example of transaction oriented middleware. Design has been ported to several operating systems and is still the dominate system in use today.
  • Designed and implemented a leading-edge multi-tier supervisory control and data acquisition system combining supervisory minicomputers with programmable logic controllers, and dedicated microprocess user terminals, setting new company record for shortest time from initial power on to full production capabilities.

PATENT GRANTS

# 6,259,898 (2001) - Multi-channel wireless network access point.

# 6,393,261 (2002) - Multi-function wireless network access point.

# 6,453,159 (2002) - Multi-level encryption system for wireless networks.

# 6,457,049 (2002) - Handheld computer middleware for enterprise systems.

# 6,473,805 (2002) - Wireless middleware server for enterprise networks.

# 6,526,506 (2003) - Multi-level encryption access point for wireless network.

# 6,876,295 (2005) - RF-ID Tag device configuration

# 7,106,175 (2006) - Wireless device configuration by RF-ID tag

# 7,234,002 (2007) - Tracking method for enterprise transactions.

PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND SELECTED RESEARCH MANUSCRIPTS

  • (2005) Ethical Dilemmas in Internet Data Collection, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2005) Role of the Stage Gate Process in Transformational Change and Continuous Improvement, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2005) Collaboration and Trust in New Product Development, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2005) Organizational Lifecycles in Technology Firms, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2005) Barriers to Market Adoption of Telemedicine Solutions for the Consumer Market, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2004) The Fuzzy Front End of Product Development, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2003) Application of Contingency Theory in Transitional Firms; Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2003) An Emergent Market Opportunity for Managed Data Protection Services, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2003) Transformational Change in an Emergent Growth Company, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2003) The Use of Statistical Significance Testing in Adoption and Diffusion Research; Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2002) An Analysis of Storage Networks as a Disruptive Technology in the Future of Information Systems, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2002) A Collaboration ASP Start-Up Business Plan, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2002) An Electronic Collaboration Environment for New Product Teams, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2002) Telemedicine Internet Delivered Health Care: an Emergent Disruptive Internet Application; Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2002) Virtual Community Application in a Hospital Volunteer Organization, Unpublished Manuscript, Capella University
  • (2003) Keeping the Doors Open, Computer Technology Review, August 2003, Volume XXIII Number 8
  • (1996) Rugged Wireless Systems for Front Line Workers, Wireless for the Corporate User, 1996 Buyers Guide
  • (1995) Wireless LAN Fault Tolerance, Wireless for the Corporate User, 1995 Buyers Guide
  • (1995) When the wireless network is mission critical, it must be fault-tolerant, Automatic ID News, March 1995, Volume 11 No. 3
  • (1994) Manufacturer Takes Stock in Wireless System, Wireless for the Corporate User, May/June 1994, Volume 3 Number 3
  • (1994) MRP Goes on the Air, ID Systems, August 1994, Vol 14. No.8