ROBERT H ZAKON www.Zakon.org abp98f@r.postjobfree.com

WORK SUMMARY

Chief Technology Officer & Director of Creative Technology Solutions, Zakon Group LLC, 2001-Present

Sample Clients: Cyber Defense Agency, Appalachian Mountain Club, MITRE Corp., Clean Air Task Force

Sample Projects: OpenConf, intranets/extranets, e-commerce, architectures, highest WiFi in NE-US

Senior Vice President & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), SoftZoo.com, Inc., 1999-2001

E-commerce consumer software portal and ASP

Principal Engineer & Internet Evangelist, MITRE Corporation, 1992-1999

Lead Scientist, 1994-1997; Member of Technical Staff, 1992-1994

Multilingual Computing, Intelligence Systems, Internet Technologies, Information Security

Director, Distributed Decision Making Research Lab, Weatherhead School of Management, CWRU, 1990-1992

Independent Consultant, 1988-1990

Sample Clients: VA Hospital, Apple Computer, NCR Corp., TechPool Studios, CWRU

Sample Projects: Expert system development, OOP & UI research, marketing

KEY STRENGTHS

Strategic Technology Initiatives

Rapid Prototyping & Programming

Emerging Technology & Market Assessments

Team Building & Management

Strategic Corporate Planning

Systems Integration & Administration

Advanced Technology Research

Training, Development, & Mentoring

Cross-Organization Collaboration

Client Needs Analysis

Multicultural & Accessibility Sensitivity

Simple & Creative Solutions

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Provided guidance on FDA’s $2B ICT21 procurement and HHS CMS’ electronic health records architecture

Lead developer for the commercial open source OpenConf peer-review management system

Set the vision and led the development and operations of a consumer software portal and ASP, bootstrapping initial operations and later raising over $1M.

As a Technical Ambassador, spent one year at MITRE sites around the world building and deploying rapid prototypes, educating engineers and managers on emerging technologies, and facilitating collaboration with their corporate campus counterparts.

Led the deployment of a multi-national secure network. Brought in to jumpstart this stalled program with responsibility for the design and implementation of the network and information infrastructures, and to lead technical discussions with non-US government officials from Australia, Canada, Israel, and EU countries.

Integrated the first machine translation system with the Web, pre-dating similar Internet capabilities by more than three years. This capability has been deployed and used worldwide for over ten years.

Designed and developed one of the first corporate intranets, MITRE's Information Infrastructure.

Designed and deployed the highest wireless network (WiFi, 802.11) in the Northeast US.

Designed, developed, and managed dozens of web sites, including sites receiving millions of daily hits.

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ROBERT H ZAKON www.Zakon.org abp98f@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH, 1986-1992

M.S. Computer Engineering & Science

B.S. Computer Engineering major with Psychology and Philosophy concentrations

The Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ

Col gio Andrews, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fluent in English and Portuguese; speaking ability in Spanish

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Board of Advisors Member, First Run (Angel) Investment GroupOrganizing Committee Member & Web Advisor, ACSAC (Security Conference)Chairman, SIGNIDR V (Networked Information Discovery & Retrieval Conference)Co-Chairman, User Interface SymposiumCoordinator, Foreign Language Technology SymposiumAuthor of Hobbes’ Internet Timeline, published in hundreds of magazines, books, and web sitesPresenter at over 20 conferences, symposia, and invited keynotes, including the WWW (W3C) Conference, Eastern Communications Forum, and NATO Information Systems Management ConferenceAuthor of over 30 technical papers and briefings ranging in topic from information security and Internet technologies to multilingual computing and policyBook reviewer for O’Reilly & Associates and MacMillan Publishing

AWARDS AND TESTIMONIALS

Testimonial, Lead Government Contractor

You are a professional with tremendous skills, you are an asset to every team you work with, and we value your help at all times.

Recognition Award, OSIS International – secure multinational VPN

Your efforts have resulted in a solution that allows International access securely using low-cost commercial technologies in an innovative manner

Recognition Award, BCS – first bilingual (English/Japanese) Intelink extranet

Your contributions are indicative of the type of behavior that adds value and reflects well on MITRE

Testimonial, Non-Profit Executive Director

And I personally thank Robert for his patience, expertise and ingenuity for making this very, very complicated upgrade to our site happen. I can't even imagine where we would be without Robert!

Director's Distinguished Accomplishment Award, WebMT – first web integration of machine translation

Despite an extremely aggressive schedule, and a limited budget, The Team rapidly defined, designed, and deployed Working with initially vague requirements, the indefatigable Team worked long hours to ensure an excellent product which received customer praise

Director's Distinguished Accomplishment Award, MITRE Information Infrastructure (intranet)

Program Achievement Award, Intelligence Community Open Source Coverage & Capabilities Database

Special Recognition Award, NASA Spacelink Interface Study

Your contributions were outstanding and performed under difficult conditions, including short turnaround time and limited funds. Your participation was critical to the success

Testimonial, OpenConf Client

Thanks a million, Robert. You are one in a million.

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