Gregg Bookspan

Advising startups on all facets of technology for web and mobile applications

L&H Industrial is a world leader in the design and manufacturing of superior aftermarket parts for mining shovels, draglines and drills. L&H Industrial also specializes in providing world-class field services and re-manufacturing and repair services for the global mining industry. As a member of the management team, working across the organization to ensure technology is being used effectively and efficiently. Leading and managing the technology vision, team, infrastructure, and all technical operations within the organization including identifying Information Systems needs, adding updates and enhancements to current computer systems and ensuring employees’ technical issues are resolved efficiently. Establishing plans and administering the overall technology policies and goals of the organization. Responsible for the budget and financial planning of all Information Technology Services within the organization. Dealing with conflict resolution, performance management, technology planning, coaching and mentoring team members, and more.

CNA National is in the car warranty business and has a legacy home-grown internal and external application infrastructure 25+ years in the making. Brought on as top-ranking technology leader to drive modernization efforts utilizing a microservices-based infrastructure for faster time-to-market execution on new products. Focused with a mandate to support business growth by leveraging technology across the enterprise. - Leading the five pillars of Information Technology: Traditional Application Development and QA, Infrastructure Operations, DevOps, Business Intelligence and Data, and Help Desk - Defacto Business Relationship Manager, bridging the gap between IT and the business to gain alignment and agreement to move projects forward - Shifting organization structure via change management to align with business goals and initiatives

Helped companies leverage data through a simply powerful BI tool so they are able to make intelligent, data-driven decisions to drive their businesses forward. Partnered with sales team to provide usable data to clients - SaaS integration into businesses large and small - Built data dashboards to make actionable insights - Coordinated ETL solutions for disparate data to align with BI + reporting goals

Spun out of the non-technical non-profit Foundation for Blind Children, serving in multiple capacities. Acting as CIO, Technology Vision Strategist, Business Analyst, Chief Systems Architect, and Hiring Manager, built a mobile application + web dashboard from the ground up with a small, agile team. The front-to-back modular application + dashboard have been built using the latest in serverless technology best practices. The application enables teachers + parents to monitor the progress made by blind and visually impaired children. - Partnering with the CEO, determined path and architected from zero to MVP in 7 weeks - Continuous integration through short iterations to add new functionality at a rapid cadence - Work with leadership throughout the organization to deliver billable metrics on student care - Work with school leadership to determine intangible progress metrics

Leading the charge to develop a technology-based system, geared to assist in freeing caregivers from the mountain of monotonous paperwork that arises from the care of special needs children.

Rural/Metro was an ambulance company with over 9000 employees in 24 markets nationwide. Operating 911 call centers, ambulance companies, and core corporate technology in a 24x7 critical First Responder environment. Side-by-side with the CIO, guided and advised IT leaders on best practices. - Led a team of geographically diverse technologists that worked closely with field business units on technology contracts, purchases, management, and maintenance - Managed all company data from inception at a 911 call center, through delivery on a ToughBook in the back of an ambulance, and utilizing the consolidation of data through multiple systems on a common data bus-enabled platform - Managed team of DBAs and database developers to bring in data from multiple disparate systems - Managed BI team to deliver actionable insights to executive management and accounting teams

Jobing.com, a leading locally-focused online job board, was a website that delivered thousands of unique job search experiences based on location, affiliation, or vertical. Led the technology integration spanning 12 acquisitions and from physical to virtual to cloud. Wore many hats, starting as a hands-on IT Director in a 1-man tech shop growing into various VP-level roles. - Maintained all aspects of technology for a team of 400+ in 24+ offices throughout the US - Managed, hired, and lead teams of front end, back end, and full-stack developers as well as DBAs - Architected API and data platform to manage 1000+ public web properties on core common code - Architected and developed the use of Amazon Web Services EC2, EBS, S3, CloudFront, and more - Architected and executed very large database migrations, acting as DBA + SQL developer - Built office network infrastructure and all technology support systems from ground up

AZCentral built, managed and maintained websites for leading local Arizona brands including Celebrity Theater, Arizona Cardinals and Bashas' grocery stores. Worked closely with these and other brands on their website marketing efforts to ensure their brand identity online matched offline campaigns. - Leadership of the web development team - Hired, trained and mentored developers and graphic designers

IHG Hotels & Resorts operates 4 collections under 16 brands with 6,000 destinations including Crown Plaza, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express. As a business services manager, I helped the organization with technology vendor relationships and procurement. - Lead Business Systems negotiator for technology-based contracts - Determined needs & planned for computers systems, phone systems, system bandwidth, and more