Jersey, Born and Raised
Stevens Tech '98, graduated with triple degree - BS, MS Computer Science, BA English Literature. Ran some Div III Cross Country too...
1998, straight out of college started a corporate training program at a big bank, resigned after only three months to start my first business, Shields & Patel Consulting Group
1999, started working as the Directory of Technology at Liquid Design Group, a boutique design firm in NYC, for two years until the dot-com bubble burst in 2001
2001, founded Talent Bottle as a my corporate vehicle for freelancing and tech ventures
2009, started the development team at SnakBlox, one of the fastest growing self-service publishing platforms for online games at the time
2011, released TriviaSnaks a social trivia and quiz creation platform
2013, Co-founded internet startup, LiftMetrix, a social analytics provider that helped customers make sense of data to maximize social marketing results
2017, LiftMetrix acquired by Hootsuite, the global leader in social media management
Currently, Senior Engineering Manager at Hootsuite, leading a team in New York/Toronto on the design, development, testing and deployment of Hootsuite's enterprise analytics product - Impact.