Problem: Everyone agrees that a business incubator is an economic development asset – until it comes time to pay for it. Solution: An incubator grows businesses, but at its heart, an incubator is a business. So create a business plan! Research entrepreneurial requirements, study other incubators and how they serve their constituencies, build a sustainable [...]

Problem: Business Incubators have traditionally focused on centralized facilities, to concentrate resources and focus services within four walls. But the entrepreneurial community is changing to a virtual model, which makes the old physical incubator look, well, “old.” Solution: A Virtual Business Incubator, that allows free access to resources and services, 24x7x365,over the web. Netwok consulting [...]

Problem: Digital Economic Technologies needs a scalable e-procurement platform.

Problem: Homeland Security demands that airports and airlines know who their passengers really are. Solution: Photo-ID boarding pass, combined with biometric verification. Technologies: Visionics, BioAPI, VB.Net, touch-screen kiosk, mobile terminal. Engagement: Venture-level outsourcing of all engineering, marketing and operations. Vendor selection, financial modeling, and international travel. Developed the SPIdS system, integrated with facial-capture camera, thumbprint, [...]

Problem: Salespeople hate SFA/CRM applications, but CFO’s rely on them.Solution: Salespeople love their cellphones, so create a speech-based interface to SFA/CRM applications – call “Outlook” and talk to your calendar, address book, to-do list, … Technologies: Java, LAMP, Nuance, Telephony Work done on this project: Developed a human-transcription plug-in for a structured speech-to-text parsing engine [...]

Problem: Twenty-year-old shrinkwrap software startup reinvents itself as an online service provider. Solution: Restructure engineering and program management. Inject “release train” product cycles. Develop in-house programming and integration skillsets. Coach CIO to manage the transformation process. Technologies: Zope, Python, Java, Sybase, Agents, SaaS. Work done on this project: Scaled in-house development staff with Constellation talent.  [...]

Problem: Consumers lack an effective way to comparison-shop between competitive utility offerings. Solution: Poll and profile usage patterns, then recommend the most appropriate vender/service/plan for each consumer. Technologies: EDI, ODBC, LAMP, Flash Engagement: Pre-funding: helped build investor pitch, meet with diligence Teams. Development: full-venture outsourcing of all branding, design, engineering and marketing functions to an [...]