Also known as: pfreet
I am a commercialization catalyst at the Georgia Institute of Technology. I help professors and researchers to create startup companies based on their research. In November of 2007, I was inducted into the Geogia Tech College of Computing's Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni. I am also the founder and President of Salestrakr, a web-based contact manager, salesforce automation tool and CRM. It is similar to ACT or Goldmine or Salesforce.com. In 2000, I founded Racemi. This private, venture capital backed company was founded in 2000 and is based in Atlanta. Racemi developed and was one of the first manufacturers of server blades. I am an inventor on one of the very first issued blade server patents. Racemi exited the hardware business in early 2002 and has evolved into a pioneer of data center virtualization and automation software for on-demand computing. Racemi graduated from the ATDC in the spring of 2007. Prior to founding Racemi, I was a founder and CTO of TruSOLUTIONS, a San Diego-based start-up that built Linux servers for Internet infrastructure applications. Founded in 1996, TruSOLUTIONS introduced the world’s first low profile server to the market in May 1998, and then the world's first affordable ultra-low profile server in September 1999. TruSOLUTIONS was sold to VA Linux in March of 2000 for $200M. Before founding TruSOLUTIONS, I worked in the semiconductor industry in California. I was a Sr. Marketing Manager for Hitachi Semiconductor and introduced the SH microprocessor into the US market in 1994. I am a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1986 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and a certificate degree in Computer Engineering. I live in Suwanee, GA with my wife and four children. Specialties I have built complete web services and have deep experience in the Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP open source stack. I also have expertise in client side Javascript, Ajax and user interface design. I like making complex products easy to use. My greatest strengths are: Creating and growing start-up businesses, Identifying new market opportunities, Strategic thinking and planning, Internet marketing, Building web services and Launching new products.
