Mark Travis

Experience

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  IBM

  Jun 1989 - Mar 2003

  Innovator and Disruptor

  Position titles: Product Marketing Manager : Program Manager : Delivery Project Executive : Sr. Consultant - Created analysis that led to the acquisition of a $2B software company.- Represented IBM products to clients, partners, and analyst companies such as Gartner and Forrester.- Facilitated the creation of developer tools, solutions, and partner programs that drove revenue from zero to $80M+/year in revenues.- Program manager for multi-vendor, multi-year outsourcing project.- Part of team that implemented employee services for 400K employees.- Established and helped build a consulting practice from zero to $25M/year in revenues.- Created customer-focused, fault-tolerant software at global scale from scratch.- Proficient in C, C++, PL/1, COBOL, DB2, Oracle, Lawson, Mainframe, OS/2, AIX, zOS Clients include: Atlanta Olympics Committee, McDonalds, Lawson Software, Long John Silvers, Denny’s, Manulife Insurance, Federated Department Stores, Object Technology International, Rational Software, QNX Software, Merant, Serena, Togethersoft, Red Hat, Suse Show less

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  Mark Travis & Company, Inc

  Apr 2003 - now

  Founder

  I guide organizations to new revenue by showing them how to remove friction from how they deliver value to customers. I help them ask better questions to uncover the forces that affect their businesses internally and externally so that they can better equip their organization to deliver maximum value. I have been creating business systems and disruptive software solutions for decades, and I can help you pioneer new ideas with grounded pragmatism.Past consulting clients include: BBDO; IHG; Georgia Tech VentureLab; Aristotle Research Group; Coca-Cola; Resilience Alliance; User Insight; Sportplanes of Florida; Eclipse.org; Cox Communications; USAF; Raytheon; Northrup Grumman; EcoManor Buckhead; Interior Media; NetIN Solutions; Innoppl; Red Tree Labs; Crestron; MacStadium; and many others. CEO of the following startups (on loan from Mark Travis & Company, Inc.)- Fractal Rock Solutions - Multi-platform, SaaS AI offering (BBDO Atlanta)- ForeSale Software Solutions - Multi-angle streaming software usability platform- Synpros Corporation - Industrial and Home automation software (IoT before it was called IoT)Other accomplishments:Won repeat business from US Air Force, Raytheon and Northrup Grumman. Developed an ongoing partner relationship with vendors across the US and Switzerland for software services. Worked with Gartner to develop a client company's press/analyst tour and position for Magic Quadrant status. Worked with a $2 billion client to create and direct implementation of web services products across customer base. Architected the commercial portal for hundreds of vendors around the globe that now resides at marketplace.eclipse.orgIncreased a client company's earnings by 20% by accelerating collaboration and project velocity. Created a commercialization plan for a ground-breaking aviation manufacturing testing suite for a leading educational institution. Show less

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  Information Builders

  Apr 2007 - Jan 2009

  Southeast Territory Consulting/Engagement Manager

  - Business intelligence strategy development for billion dollar insurance company.- Championed integration between sales and operations that resulted in increased revenues.- Managed software implementation that increased in value by 50%. Clients include: Kehe Foods, Morehouse College, Triple-S

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  Fractal Rock Solutions

  Apr 2012 - now

  Founder

  Founder of Fractal Rock Solutions, Inc. - Originated in 2012. Hybernated a few years. Officially back in 2023. Great ideas never die.A revenue-positive startup providing multiple SaaS-based artificial intelligence modeling tools, including Fractal Insights, which is based on our Sandstone neural network engine.I wrote AI/ML engine and data-optimization algorithms in C++17 utilizing the Wt (webtoolkit.eu) framework for a front-end. App is currently hosted on AWS. So far, all software, hosting, product management, etc have been performed by me. I expect to start hiring in 1st or 2nd quarter of 2025. Show less

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  Cogeco Peer 1

  Jan 2013 - May 2013

  Global Director of Product Management

  Introduced product management best-practices designed to reduce time to market and increase revenues by decreasing friction between sales and marketing as well as national and international teams. The company was acquired shortly after I joined.

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  Nour Cohort Community

  Sept 2018 - Sept 2021

  Cohort Community
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  Veritux

  Oct 2019 - Sept 2021

  Community Member