With over two decades of experience in the IT/Telco world (spanning from the dawn of the IBM PC (programming the original, IBM BIOS) through the "Big Iron" mainframes, Unix, Telephony, the Internet & Convergence) Chris Simandl has led internationally distributed development & delivery organizations for companies ranging from small startups to global corporations in the US, Europe and Africa.
Guiding principles:

1. Have Fun
2. Keep Learning
3. Collaborate
4. Be Passionate 

40meters high in Kinshasa, analysing WIMAX Tower/RAN deployment

Teaching about Dynamic AAA, proxying firewalls

1.  Listening to & distilling requirements to empirical objectives
2. Validating directions or looking for new & different ways to proceed
3. Collaborative & coercive mediation
   1. between Companies,
   2. between Cultures/People,
   3. between Infrastructures & Technologies
4. Driving & managing program/product.

This could be called "Coaching", or, Consulting, Professional Services, Business Development, Strategic Alliances, Account Management, etc.

I call it passion: sharing, learning, reflecting & collaborating, using new Web tools such as social network systems, blogs, Web Services & wikis. I constantly try out new tools and techniques & then I use my pragmatic business bend to recommend the right ones for my clients & colleagues.

I have been strategizing & executing for 3 different CTO's & a number of CEOs, hence my multidisciplinary nature.

I can help, from roadmapping to implementation.

Chris Simandl