Jud Cole
Technology Leader, Strategist, Innovator, and Mentor

If you've found your way to this website you likely already know a bit about me. On this site, you'll find more details about what I can do for you and the rich skill-set and experience that I bring to the table. Some notable achievements include:

  • Built and led the software development organization for an online interpretation and translation company that grew to $250m+ in annual revenue.
  • Founded and led a self-funding and profitable technology startup that grew to 25+ people in 3 locations in the USA and the UK, supporting over 50,000 paying customers throughout the world.
  • Built and led the team that designed and delivered on schedule the tablet-based assessment system pilot for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Technology Based Assessment that was administered to over 130,000 students across the U.S.
  • Created multiple commercial software development tools purchased by over 75,000 developers and 10,000 companies around the world.
  • Led technical efforts for the winning proposal for a $64 million technology contract with the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES).
About me

An experienced technology leader, innovator, strategist, and mentor who loves to solve complex technical challenges and lead organizations and teams in creating efficient, high quality, and easy to use and maintain technology-based solutions.

Repeatedly recognized as a leader, team builder, and motivator who combines the technical expertise of a software architect with the business and management acumen of a C-level executive.

  • Transformation of business challenges into reliable and scalable solutions: Innovative creator of technology- based strategies and solutions that provide optimal value for an organization and its customers.
  • Visionary and inspirational IT leadership: Enthusiastic driver of organizational, team and personal evolution through team building, empowerment, and mentoring to create a culture of success and achievement.
  • Exceptional results exceeding expectations: Committed goal- and result-oriented pioneer of cutting-edge techniques and technologies to enhance operational efficiency, reliability and profitability while reducing associated risk.
  • Clear communication: Skilled speaker and writer with international and multi-cultural experience in business development, proposal writing, product briefing, public speaking, training, and authoring technical manuals.
  • Far reaching technical expertise: Knowledgeable problem solver and builder of technical solutions for Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Mobile (Android, iOS), Web, Desktop (Windows, Linux, macOS), and Virtual (Docker, VMware, VirtualBox, Xen) platforms and environments.

As a self-motivated and internationally experienced technology leader and innovator I am currently looking for an organization that values innovation, openness, productivity, efficiency, high quality, and sustainability, and I look forward to leveraging my unique skill set as a key strategic contributor to your company's leadership team.

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