Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Back in the saddle..

Well it's been a bit of a whirlwind for the past couple years as CIO for a large E-commerce company from which I just recently left. I am pleased to finally be able to pursue new opportunities and to spend more time on some of my pet projects. I know ...

@ Mobile Content World: Personalizing Sites By Knowing The User

It is amazing that this is a talk being given in 2007. Our software has been doing this since 2001 and maybe, just maybe people are ready for what we've been doing for years. If you're a mobile content provider and you're looking for mobile personalization as described below, contact ...

My lame WWDC predictions…

Well WWDC surely didn't pan out for my prediction. Oh well, guess I'll retire from attempting to be an Apple prognosticator. However, it is interesting to pickup on what happened with the lack of a reasonable SDK for iPhone. I don't necessarily mind the lack of a native ...

June predictions at WWDC

Quite a number of people are speculating what the major announcements at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference might be.... well here is my prediction. I just finished watching the historic Bill Gates - Steve Jobs discussion from D: All Things Digital and it shed a little light on what ...

Proud Dad moment, redux

Sitting quietly at my desk when the phone rings. I answer in the best professional voice I can when shrills and shreeks explode out of the earpiece. Kristina, my middle daughter was accepted at UCLA and Berkley next year. She will be choosing UCLA and joining ...

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Jerry has been involved in the enterprise software industry as a principal and consultant for more than 25 years. His clients have included Hughes Aircraft, Time Warner, Sun Microsystems, NeXT Computer, and Apple Computer. In 1993 he founded Flashpoint Systems, a leader in Internet and Intranet application development. Following Flashpoint System’s 1995 merger with a leading systems integrator, he served as CTO, directing product research and development. He has been a visionary leader in the development of Internet-based enterprise business applications. In 1998, Jerry and Simon Arkell founded VERSIFI, Inc. The company’s initial product was considered the world’s leading technology in the area of enterprise content management by Gartner Group. They sold the company in 2000 for 48M to a European content management company funded by The Carlyle Group. In 2003, VERSIFI Technologies was reconstituted and acquired AdaptiveInfo.com, the leader in predictive content delivery to wireless devices using Bayesian Algorithms. In 2008, he co-founded Perssonas, Inc. Perssonas is a social network based hyper-aggregator with a focus in delivering branded, content rich experiences for the entertainment industry and major brands worldwide.

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