Seth Kaplan

Founder Institute is an innovative business incubator and executive training program for high-tech entrepreneurs. The Institute plans to help launch 1,000 companies per year worldwide. While incubating his own businesses at the Institute, Mr. Kaplan has been a founder at the Institute since 2009, serving as an advisor and subject matter expert to fellow founders and entrepreneurs that focus in web 2.0, healthcare and social media related businesses.

Oversees product development, technical architecture, technical pre-sales, and R&D; Establishes the business' product development roadmap; Demonstrates extensive industry knowledge; Builds relationships with other industry leaders and is closely involved with multiple standards committees and organizations; Reports to and advises the CIO; Customer facing. Responsible for hitting revenue targets; Is an effective recruiter, team builder, and mentor.

CMM-Level 5; duties include Project and Account/Program Management, leading teams in e-business software development and systems maintenance. Responsibilities included technical architecture design, project planning & execution, business development, P&L, resource management, appraisals, recruitment and continuing education. Projects managed include large-scale financial applications support using GEAC, mainframe systems maintenance utilizing COBOL technologies, ERP and Knowledge Management systems impl.

Reporting directly to the Vice President, duties included business and strategy consulting, Project Management, business development, Account/Program Management, and architecting web-based IT solutions with an emphasis on transaction processing and systems integration. Additional responsibilities included resource staffing and planning, project budgeting, and QA. Responsible for generating $5MM in sales. Projects managed included several EIP and CRM, mainly utilizing CGI, SQL, XML, LDAP, and J2EE. CMM-I 5.

Project Manager, Software & Network Engineer, Internet Technologist. Managed the development and implementation of Intranet and web-based IT systems for commercial and gov’t clients. Duties included strategic planning, technical architecture design, and sw development. Responsibilities included development, marketing, and P&L. Specialization in Internet technology, database management, computer and video telephony, courseware/content delivery, network security, wireless communications, and distance learning

Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Linguistics, Psychopharmacology