Author - Broward Horne

Thirty-five years of eclectic software development, including seven startups, IT staff at a major university, several USDOT grants and fifteen years of corporate consulting. Three DEFCON presentations on predictive analytics.

State governments

From 1991-1996, I was the original architect in several Federal Highway Administration grants developing the first handheld and wireless systems (ASPEN, CDLIS, ISS) for State-level motor carrier inspections. I led a quarterly design conference with representatives from ten States to define features and recommendations and worked directly with State managers, IT staff and police officers. We achieved a 40-State adoption of this software and I was named Boise State University employee of the year in 1994 and received a commendation from the US Secretary of Transportation in 1996.

Startups

Federal Highway 1992-96, R&D on early mobile systems
Saleslogix 1998-2000, CRM startup, SDK and Salesforce competitor
Sunhill Software 2004, supply chain logistics and KPI
Gloo 2013, health & wellness analytics
DLVR 2016-17, video analytics
Sila 2018, stablecoin SDK and toolkit
Ensomata 2022, health care analytics

Digital Currencies

Hands-on work with three currencies - the Digital Money Trust in 1994 (a precursor to Bitcoin), an IoT token prototype in 2014 and Sila stablecoin in 2018 which received $21 million in venture capital. I developed the MVP (minimum viable product) in 100 days and we used it in 50 demonstrations for funding. I designed and wrote about 75% of the original beta release code, API, security.

Contracting

Significant projects at Boeing (call center), Avnet (e-commerce), Aetna (case management), Amdocs (payment system), DLVR.com (video analytics), Verizon (ring tone sales), Staples (e-commerce). Many run one million+ transactions per day and had requirements for internal integrations, adapters and legacy limitations, etc.