Grant M Howe

Advisory engagement through Geekbyte LLC. Partnering with the CEO and engineering leadership on technology strategy, team scaling, and operational excellence.

Geekbyte provides fractional CTO services, board advisory, and post-close growth advisory for private equity firms and PE-backed portfolio companies. I bring multiple successful PE exits, 27+ M&A integrations, and 20+ years of CTO/SVP experience to every engagement — helping technology become a value driver, not a risk factor. Services: → Fractional & Interim CTO for portfolio companies → Technical due diligence review and post-close remediation → Board advisory and technology committee leadership → Post-acquisition integration and exit readiness

Interim CTO engagement through Geekbyte LLC. Leading R&D organization, focusing on engineering leadership, operational improvements, and technology strategy. (PE-backed, Accel-KKR portfolio company)

Interim CTO engagement through Geekbyte LLC. Led R&D organization through leadership transition, focusing on goal setting, risk management, and operational improvements.

Providing interim CTO services for SugarCRM, focusing on R&D leadership, coaching, goal setting, risk management, operational improvements, AI adoption, and R&D hiring.

Provided interim CTO services for TravelNet Solutions, focusing on R&D leadership, coaching, goal setting, risk management, and operational improvements.

* Oversee product development processes, technology choices, metrics, staffing, product road maps, and releases across ECi portfolio. * Insititute product management disciplines, go to market processes, and portfolio managment. * Drive cloud transition and delivery for the ECi portfolio. * Lead cloud operations and Internal information technology with a customer experience focus.

* Consulted directly with CEO on strategy, business development, and global restructuring * Introductions and business development * R&D organizational structure, personnel development, and job ladders

* Formerly Sage Nonprofit Solutions division acquired by Accel-KKR PE firm on 3/20/13 and operating as a stand alone business. * Delivered v 1.0 Fund Accounting Mobile application in a 5 month timeframe for Android and iOS * Led buyer side technical due diligence efforts for acquisitions

* Achieved revenue and profit margin growth year over year during recession as member of executive team * Led cultural transformation resulting in intense collaboration, increased performance, product predictability and usability through holistic restructuring of people and processes across the business * Served as an external thought leader for niche and technology industry. Authored articles for leading trade journals and blogs, presented at conferences and served as a spokesperson for the business * Led team which developed an organically engineered product for the business. Minimal additional investment, record time to market, and immediate demand * Led cloud hosting strategy and implemented in three months. Offering grew to desired contribution margin with less than three hours of unscheduled downtime over four years * Provided business and technical guidance to North American and Group leaders to shift traditional software models to subscription pricing with flexible deployment options across multiple lines of business * Championed vision and execution of global common component which delivers software updates to entitled customers. Project completed with limited investment, no impact to strategic roadmap, and quick North American adoption * Led seller side technical due diligence efforts for sale of business unit to Accel-KKR PE Firm. * Business unit acquired by Accel-KKR PE firm on 3/20/13 and currently operating as a stand alone business.

* CareFlash.com is a Web 2.0 social networking site that provides a secure and invitation-only community to communicate information surrounding a family member or friend’s health condition or medical circumstance. * Assumed leadership of a failing project, recovered and drove project to beta test with live users * Recruited a team of consultants and worked jointly with them to recover the project and bring it up to quality standards * Outsourced quality assurance to South America and closely managed the relationship * Worked directly with the CEO and provided feedback and direction on financials, marketing, and fundraising

* Planned and managed budget of $15 million, staff of 120 domestically with supplemental staff in Bolivia and India. Included developers, quality assurance, documentation, and usability. * Led due diligence activities for a $12 million technology purchase including contract review, source code and IP review, technical service agreement negotiation and in depth discussions of market exclusions and inclusions. * Developed product delivery processes that assure interlock and visibility with Product Management, Marketing, Sales, Tech Support and Executive Management. Processes adopted company wide. * Planned and executed closure of development site in New Zealand. Project came in under budget by 20% and exiting engineers finished release on time with high quality 6 mos. after announcement. * Teamed with Product Management on product strategy, investment strategy, staffing, field issues / opportunities, and product line P&L’s.