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Who is Mel Reyes?

An accomplished enterprise information technology and security leader who designs and implements global digital strategies.

He always asks:
Why? What if? and So what?

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Coach - Mentor - Leader

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coach · mentor · leader

Mentor and coach who attracts, retains, and develops high-performing talent encouraging individual entrepreneurship to realize a team’s full potential.

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I build the systems that either make or save companies money.

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Solutions

Over 25 years of digital expertise in delivering eCommerce, Consumer Credit, payment processing, ERP integration, data warehousing, marketing, interactive, mobile solutions, social media, and sales reporting needs to increase revenue, streamline processes, provide bottom-line savings, and reduce risk. Successfully build highly productive and accountable teams to deliver complex, scalable, and flexible application workflow solutions.

Experience

Execution expertise in delivering Business & Product Development, eCommerce, Agile, DevOps, interactive, and mobile solutions deployed across varying markets for companies like PayPal, eBay, T-Mobile, Mercedes-Benz, Sharp, Lowe’s, Pepsi, Priceline, Bank of America, Kraft, AT&T, eMusic, MiMedia, and Thomson Reuters.

Leadership

A practical technologist, mentor, and product development specialist; internationally recognized by leading publications and media for his innovative software designs and utilities and has managed large-scale Open Source user communities. As well as providing eCommerce, design, content management, and marketing solutions for several non-profit organizations, digital media, and retail startups.

Mel's Blog

How do you want your legacy to remember what you did for others now and years to come?

What do you want to remember from 2020? How do you want your legacy to remember what you did for...

Seven Days of My Favorite Inspirational Quotes

Photos by Mel Reyes

Mentoring 101: The Art and Ultimate Guide to Resume Writing

Change the Way You Think About Your Resume The number one obstacle that job seekers think they have is their...

MR Tech Approved & Recommended Tools & Sites

Inspired by a recent LinkedIn post, I decided to revisit my old haunts of sharing tools, enjoy! ⬇ MRTech.com circa...

Mentoring 101: Advice if your looking to break into a new field (with little or no experience)

Given the current turmoil in the job market, I wanted to make sure that the advice I had been sharing...

Mentoring 101: Learning

Whether hard or soft skills, if you are not learning you are losing out on expanding your mind and your...

Mentoring 101: Giving

To advance the mentoring series, I wanted to focus on one of the most underrated and unrecognized topics: Giving. There’s...

Mentoring 101: The Connector’s Advantage

This will the first in a new series of posts that I’m creating to help folks at all stages of...

latest tech news

16 traits of a world-class chief innovation officer

16 traits of a world-class chief innovation officer

Your innovation program, and the role of the CINO, is too important to leave to chance. Make sure whoever holds...

Four Strategic Frameworks for Digital Transformation

Collectively, the world of business and IT just isn’t learning about effective ways to digitally transform nearly as quickly as...

How cloud enables banking transformation towards contextual finance

Source: How cloud enables banking transformation towards contextual finance

What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive

They have to tightly align their practices and clients. Source: What Professional Service Firms Must Do to Thrive

AI Leads The Fight Against Human Trafficking & Harassment

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world we live in. Several AI tools are helping society by fighting unjust like human...

How to build (and sustain) high-performing IT teams

With shorter chains of command and by ‘not shooting for perfection,’ CIOs are emerging from the chaos of 2020 with...

The importance of a zero trust-based approach to identity security

As new identities multiply across the enterprise, this survey emphasizes the importance of a zero trust-based approach to identity security....

Why are Latin American fintech startups so attractive in the global entrepreneurship landscape?

The increase in easily accessible and scalable technologies, and an increase in mobile technology consumers, would be the reasons for...

portfolio

eMusic Source Code, API, and Tools Website

Open Source Cross Platform Application & API Development

Coordinated with eMusic’s Product, Web, and Services teams to pioneer, package, and design two cross-platform desktop applications.

Lowe's Interactive Table

Interactive Digital Installation & Cell Phone Launches

Managed the interactive digital installation at Lowe’s and two T-Mobile Phone launches.

MiMedia Personal Cloud Redesign and Replatform Homepage

Mobile Replatform & Rebranding

Collaborated with MiMedia C-Suite, design agency, and technical teams to provide strategic guidance to successfully deliver the complete functional redesign...

Lightning Labels' eCommerce Hotjar Heatmap Page

eCommerce Projects

Various eCommerce solutions including Magento, Shopify, WordPress, and custom stores with ERP integration.

Print Design Projects

Samples of retail box art and three 20-32 page programs created for Annual Gala.

Business & Product Development Projects

eBay launches new Rewards points card Partnered with New Business Development team to land new direct eBay Mastercard offering. PayPal...

associations/achievements

Pace University Cybersecurity Program – Advisory Board Member

HMG Strategy Financial Services – Advisory Board Member

Society for Information Management (SIM) – Member

Tech Impact – NPO Advisory Board Member

Somers Chamber of Commerce – NPO Board Member

Fashion Your Passion Podcast – Advisor

 

Certified SAFe 4 Scaled Agilist

Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

 

Patent #9,183,232: “Systems and methods for organizing content using content organization rules and robust content information”

Patent #9,298,758: “Systems and methods providing media-to-media connection”

Patent #9,465,521: “Event based media interface”

Patent #10,257,301: “Systems and methods providing a drive interface for content delivery”

 

Author of the Hacking Firefox book

 

Mel clearly demonstrates all the key characteristics of a great leader. His honesty, enthusiasm, commitment and ability to inspire were evident in everything that was assigned to him and his team.

M. Casamassima

His multitasking skills are simply amazing. Mel managed to keep track on everything and yet leave enough room for the team to make their own contribution, getting involved just when it’s necessary. He is a brilliant communicator, focused on goals and results.

V. Denisenko

If you are building something new and revolutionary, Mel is the right guy to have on board. His creative guidance, ability to think out of the box and be on constant lookout for new opportunities can push your project beyond what you thought was possible.

R. Demyanenko