ELLIOT RAIS


SUMMARY

• Take-charge professional for launching challenging initiatives
• Diverse entrepreneur with honed analytical, conceptual and design skills
• Creative thinker with demonstrated achievements as designer, writer and inventor
• Articulate communicator with intercultural and well traveled background


EXPERIENCE

WEBDRIVER Corp., NY - Founder/Owner (1995 - 2004)

Webdriver is an INTERNET service provider, creating corporate WEB site presence, offering consulting services, design, development, programming and computer hosting on the Internet. Designed and programmed a proprietary Meta Program called "EZwidget". SEE the EZwidget Product Review in the highly respected Cold Fusion Developer's Journal. Webdriver also designsed and provided various Telephone Interactive Services. Webdriver developed and hosted TRADE VOICE, an interactive trading systems that served one of the largest trade exchanges in the United States.

HALLMARK DEVELOPERS INC, NJ (& Pratt Carey Ltd) Founder - Director (72 - 95)
Home Builder and Land Developer. Engaged in land development construction and architectural design. Performed contract negotiations and project implementation. Liaison with the planning boards and zoning boards of adjustment, as well as all levels of municipal, county and state government. Coordinated personnel and materials to successful project completion. Controlled purchasing and marketing. Directed all architectural and engineering activities. Personally designed some of the houses Houses

NEWARK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING - Professor (1970 - 72)
Taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Mathematics (Calculus) and Computer Science. Focused on hardware configurations of different computers with special indication of trends in logical design and their influence in programming.

ITT - DATA SERVICES - Manager, - Technical Coord/Planning - Eastern Region (1969 - 70)
Managed technical planning and implementation for Eastern Region

AUTOMATION INSTITUTE of AMERICA - Vice President (1967 - 69)
Directed facilities, personnel, marketing and purchasing.

IBM Corp. - Advanced Systems Development Division - Programmer (1965 - 67)
Completed the Poughkeepsie Systems Training Program and promoted to the Advanced Systems Development Division (ASDD). Designed Time Sharing Systems at the Mohansic Labs.


EDUCATION
Columbia University, Pratt Institute, New York University
Highest Degree: MS in Electrical Engineering, with heavy focus in Computer Science and Mathematics

ACHIEVEMENTS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY - Author of Stealing the Borders. Published June 1994 by S.P.I. Books and Distributed by I.C.D./ The Hearst Corporation, available at all major bookstores.

"Automated Pipeline Routing" - Developed the first interactive graphic computer system and program for on-screen design of buildings (chemical refinary plant). The Project was filmed by IBM / World Trade Division for world wide distribution.

INVENTED US Patent #4,475,009 "Method and Device for Remotely Controlling Telephone Call Forwarding"

INVENTED US Patent #7,121,105 "Window-mounted split air conditioning apparatus and method of installation". SEE demonstration Video of Patent

INVENTED US Patent Pending "Vertical Form Laptop Computer". SEE demonstration Video of Patent

Awarded other patents - three of which are included in a book called "More Future Stuff, Over 250 Inventions that will Change Your Life by 2001" (Penguin Books).


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