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Sergio D. Caplan New York, NY 10021 Sergio@WarpTV.com
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Objective : | To harness more than 25 years of experience in Retail Sales, Management, Programming, Team Leadership, and Entrepreneurial Ventures to lead the group that creates the next "it" application and/or website. |
| 2005 - 2008 | zReturn : Online Lost & Found |
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Co-founder. Took concept from 1991 and applied it to the Internet. Worked in all
capacities: Raised monies, designed & programmed website, researched and created retail kits for
sale via the internet and retailers.
x • Inspired the following article in PC Magazine Oct. 2006 : "Losing It" • Macworld's Dec. 2007 : "49 Of The Season's Best Mac Gadgets To Please Everyone On Your List" • Appeared on CNN : "Smart Traveller with Richard Quest" |
| 2000 - 2004 | ModeEleven : Broadcast Screensaver |
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Co-founder. Conceived and led the development team that created one of the first broadcast, self-publishing,
screensavers that included video, was interactive, and allowed individuals and corporations
to create their own dynamic, ever changing screensavers, viewable by the public.
x Wrote patents, assisted in fund raising, and led in sales of the ModeEleven service: i.e. New York Post's Page Six. x • Nominated against Microsoft in PC Magazine's 20th Annual Tech Excellence Awards |
| 1997 - 2000 | Cortex Telecom : VoIP |
| Hired to build one of the first VoIP systems which gave free international phone calls from any phone (no computer required) supported by 15 second ads every three minutes. Designed and built a modular network that could be taken to any city in the world, plugged into the Internet and in under 1 minute be part of the Cortex Telecom network. |
| 1995 - 1997 | Gruntal & Co. |
| Worked as a retail stock broker to round out my "cold calling" skills and learn more about the financial sector. |
| 1992 - 1995 | Sherlock : Document Management (Windows 3.x) |
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Hired to create a Document Management system for Windows for commercial use. Led a
team of five developers where we learned about how Windows worked, and designed a common
filing system which was seamlessly placed in between the user and many Windows apps. Patent issued
x In addition, solely conceived and designed the graphic interface tool (Watson) which would allow even the most basic computer user to create drivers for almost any Windows application, even custom ones. This eliminated much of burden of creating drivers from the development team. |
| 1986 - 1990 | The Computer Factory |
| One of the leading computer retailers at the beginning of the home computer era, NYSE listed. Began in sales, and worked towards operations then management. Was placed in different Manhattan stores where I consistently brought up revenue and profits, eventually being offered the flagship store. |
| 1984 - 1986 | E33 Typewriters & Electronics |
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(Age 19) One of Manhattan's most competitive consumer electronics stores brought me onboard
because of my computer knowledge. Was positioned to run their computer counter just as the
Commodore 64 was emerging into the market. Computer related revenue rose "many fold" and
they eventually converted the adjacent warehouse into a full blown computer store.
x • Created my first professional piece of software (Point of Sale) for in-house use |
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Links to above articles available upon request |
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