William R. Sinclair

Altitude Control Technology specializes in home oxygenation and scientific altitude simulation systems suited for both scientific research as well as to improve sleep in high elevation homes. As the world leader in normobaric altitude simulation, ACT has more experience and installations than all other companies in the field combined.

Assist builders in the pre-construction phase of development including estimation and materials procurement. Uses a combination of computer vision, artificial intelligence and humans to provide material and labor takeoffs for construction projects.

• Recruited to join venture-backed company after its headquarters moved to the US from Australia
• Responsible for leading and scaling product development and general corporate strategy

Empowered customers to leverage blockchain assets to secure cash loans. Established a robust and streamlined process that ensured the ongoing protection of cryptographic assets for both borrowers and lenders.

• Created and formalized the product management and engineering organizations including hiring, product roadmap, engineering processes, continuous integration, security and product delivery
• Delivered an industry first, automated lending and custody platform within 4 months of hire
• Collaboratively led a team of over 100 employees geographically disbursed across three countries. Empowered team members with technical knowledge, skills, training and performance management
• Focused heavily on reducing costs and improving the company’s profitability. Slashed the monthly burn rate by 43% within 60 days of being appointed Interim CEO, grew loan book by 4X during same period
• Authored standardized processes and company controls that enhanced capabilities, compliance, scalability, efficiency, and the organization’s overall productivity
• Built and hired the professional executive team including the CFO, CLO (Legal) and CPO (HR)

Championed all aspects of a unique Internet of Things (IoT) business model for real-time insight to business operations performance via cellular and satellite sensors. Served customers in 30+ countries.

• Secured funding for the company in excess of $10MM through several rounds of capital expansion
• Boosted the enterprise value of the company by over 3X
• Guided the creation of strategy, vision, company culture, and standardized processes/procedures
• Created and formalized the product management and engineering organizations including hiring, product roadmap, engineering processes, continuous integration, security and product delivery
• Instituted Agile software development methodology to the team. Decreased deployment times from a maximum of eight hours to a minimum of five minutes with zero impact/customer outages
• Helped position the company for its sale to Geoforce

Pioneered the launch of the first-ever patented revenue and land management SaaS application, MineralFile, for oil and gas mineral owners. Sold the company to Neofirma in November 2014.

• Co-founded the organization after spinning the main product out of a private equity firm in 2006
• Directly oversaw all aspects of SaaS product development for MineralFile
• Achieved one patent with another patent pending in the United States
• Closely tracked and monitored financial performance and systems throughout the organization
• Oversaw the sale of the company

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