A seasoned CTO, Dan Woods has built technology for companies ranging from Time Inc. New Media to TheStreet.com. He has managed the product development cycle from initial requirements through sales for web sites and software products designed for the publishing and financial services industries. At TheStreet.com his systems supported the company's successful IPO and handled millions of daily page views while the number of subscribers tripled and new lines of business were launched. At CapitalThinking, Dan's software was purchased by the IT departments of large financial institutions including General Electric, JP Morgan Chase, and Citigroup. Dan has navigated all phases of the business cycle: crafting strategy and budgets, building and managing large development teams, writing patent applications, negotiating large vendor agreements, operating data centers, communicating with board members, raising money, and selling and marketing a product. Dan is the author of two books and a frequent contributor to InfoWorld and other publications.

·         As CTO, member of founding team and board observer, participated in raising $35 million

·         Successfully sold CapitalThinking's software as ASP and installed product to large IT departments

·         Managed product development during transition from ASP to installed software product

·         Designed hybrid Unix and Microsoft architecture that now leads the CRE industry

·         Juice Software was founded based on research and development done at CapitalThinking

·         As TSC's first CTO, participated in raising $150 million in capital

·         In 8 months, built new team, new content management, publishing system, and operations center

·         Built state-of-the-art e-commerce system for subscription sales, direct marketing, and customer service

·         Supported successful IPO, tripling of subscriber base, and international expansion

·         Built Personal Edition, a custom news product, sold to Compuserve for $10 million

·         Built applications and infrastructure for leading magazine sites with over 100 million page views per month including Time, Money, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated

·         Created content management system for Teen People to support web site and AOL RainMan technology

·         Supported direct marketing and custom publishing sites for Time Inc. brands.

·         As Database Editor, supported newsroom's computer assisted reporting program through developing technology, research, and reporting

·         Built legislative bill tracking system and school information database for the web in 1994

·         Pioneered commercial use of open-source WAIS software for searching newspaper archive.

·         Author, The Education of a CTO, a book on improving CTO performance (to be published this year by Addison Wesley)

·         Co-author of Developers Guide to the Java Web Server, published by Addison Wesley in 1999

·         Member InfoWorld CTO advisory council

·         Board Member, American Bankers Association Policy Advisory Board on Public Key Infrastructure

·         Board Member, Board of Directors of Big Star Entertainment

·         University of Michigan, BA Computer Science, 1982

·         Columbia University Journalism School, MS Journalism, 1989