About James Hatch
This is me. I’m him.
Most people who blog have a site that adds content in posts. Well, because I’m trying to launch 100 sites/products/services in 1 year, I don’t blog the typical way. I add content to this one page. Over the last 6 months, I’ve launched 65 sites, either with content, or as the framework to hold content. Awhile back I wrote that “Things are a’change’n and I’m not blogging here for awhile.” and that I might even have to stop my big project. That was because we decided to have a baby. Yeah, me, a dad. Well, I’m searching for a job, getting my MSIT and I’ll keep working on the sites. Some of which are displayed —> Over There! I’m not doing any consulting work at the moment. Just trying to complete another Master’s in a year. I’m writing my opinion column on CandyShell; which is my editorial site about all things tech, gadgetry, business, and whatnot. I am also working on ohmTown; which is my iPhone and iPad app review site. I have a music, movies, and whatever else trends up, rating and review site called SMASHorTRASH, as well. Now, I’ve launched MobWatch, which is a Reputation Manager, it is slowly growing, but I don’t advertise any of my sites. It really is just for my personal enjoyment/edification. There are nearly 150 domains and projects in the queue, so keep checking in. Eventually I’ll launch ManagedCareHosting as a service since I’ve been pondering it for awhile. MCH is a site that launches and updates sites for other people so they don’t have to worry about logging in and posting. I’m also in the R&D phase of a couple product offerings, well, 20 different product lines actually. More to come on those many fronts.
Well, now that we have that out of the way.
My name is James Hatch. My areas of interest center around business, technology and ethics. I’m also pretty good at coming up with new products and services. I have 100 projects in various phases right now. Over 50 are online. Currently, I am researching doctoral programs, looking for employment, and about to enter the Master’s in Information Technology program at Hood College.
History
Too make a long story short; After graduating from high-school early, I decided to go to work. First for other people, then myself (5 years), and then I got married. A few years later, we relocated to Maryland and I landed back in school. I have now completed my MBA with a concentration in Marketing (December 2009). It took me just about 4 years to complete from no degree to MBA. Still, I look forward to getting another Masters, and a Doctorate in Management. Wish me luck. Want more info? Read on.
Over the years, I have created new products and services for employers, launched my own consultancy, which I closed when I relocated to Maryland, and consulted for start-ups in various sectors and stages, usually very early. I continue to stay abreast of business trends, technology advances, and ethics by way of 200 or so news feeds and various sites. Over the last 20 years, I’ve proposed concepts such as using Virtual Reality to treat phobias which has become a reality. I researched using fMRI technology to act as a polygraph which has become a reality. I’ve proposed the idea that mitochondria could be used as a power source for nano-machines which I recently noticed a patent application on, and much more. I’m a Jack-Of-All-Trades kind of consultant (or employee if you hire me full time). I enjoy troubleshooting and brainstorming issues and providing solutions that work.
When asked questions during interviews, the two areas of questions that always come up involves “stress” and “complexity” of work. To answer those questions, I typically say that I do not get stressed about work. The complexity question is very subjective. I may not know something, but I simply need the room to obtain the information which leads me to the big picture.
Some things I’ve done prior to returning to school in 2005; In late 1997, I created the first free internet service in my two-bedroom apartment based on my experience as a user with service clients like AOL and CompuServe. The service, codenamed “PortalPlus” allowed users to log in and receive advertisements. In exchange, they would get free internet access. I was hired by a company to provide technical support; and presented the idea to them. They didn’t like partnerships, nor capitalizing large projects, so the service died while in wide-beta. During this time, I turned the company around, by scanning the environment for competitors, redesigned their in-house product, moved the company online, created an intranet with end-to-end tracking, customer service, and inventory monitoring. I was the project manager, not a programmer. The client was a self-healing [meaning that if someone hacked it, we could push a new unmodified client at any time], real-time advertising client that received push ads based on demographics, psychographics, and geographics. In other words, we could stream a relevant ad to a customer based on where they went on the net, what they liked [obtained through questionnaires], and location [obtained through registration data and IP lookup]. Would could push text or graphic advertisements with animation or audio, and could insert public service announcements or priority advertisements at any time.
Jump forward a few years and you have my MailAmi, MailGuard and MailFire projects and services. I created a 99.999% effective anti-spam mail server [coded by the same programmer that created PortalPlus] which powered the first Anti-spam mail service which integrated white-, grey-, and black-, lists that were managed by user interfaces both proactively and reactively within the first few bytes of data in the handshaking process when a spammer attempted to communicate with the server. MailAmi was a hit, but no one wanted to pay for it because mail was free through ISP services. I periodically get requests to relaunch MailAmi and the MailGuard application. MailGuard was our internal name for the mail server, it powered MailAmi and MailFire. MailFire was an anti-spam mail proxy service; The server allowed companies to have an external point of defense and blocked any direct communication with internal servers. The data was processed through a tunnel, so spammers could never directly interface with corporate servers. While the MailGuard servers were getting hammered by spammers and hackers, the company could continue operations.
During the following years, I provided consulting services to a few startups and small businesses. Consulted primarily in terms of which technology to adopt, which marketing efforts to pursue, and developed a few services both before and after the 10 years I’ve framed above. One such business was the “WeekendGreek” project which sought to create a Greek System of fraternities and sororities for the commuter and community college environment. It was basically the first social network. I’d still like to bring that to market.
After operating my company, SHOREtech, for 5 years; I relocated to Maryland and started setting down roots. Instead of re-firing the engines of SHOREtech, I shuttered the business and returned to school.
If you are interested in hiring me as a consultant, feel free to visit the contact page above. If you contact me, I can visit your business where I’ll perform a strategic analysis. It will include observations in the areas of tactical and strategic opportunities I perceive exist within your company, weaknesses that need addressing, and threats in your area(s) of business. I can offer my services to take advantage of those opportunities and provide products and/or services that I have created which your company can bring to market.
Education
A little more, but not quite a true Curriculum Vitae:
STARTED: May, 2010
MSIT, Hood College
Master of Information Technology
Network Security (Concentration)
I will attempt to frame my work within the bounds of Business, Technology & Ethics. I am also very interested in Internet Anthropology. Presented: MobWatch.com. Having never written a business model and only having a rough idea of where I wanted the project to go… a reputation manager; the team set out to describe its IS and IT framework. Since it is part of a business plan, A lot of options were found during the discussions and research. Most of the opportunities were common sense, but one sounds very intriguing. More on that later. The site can scale very easily with its current infrastructure in place, I’m now looking for programmers who are interested in developing the site. Interested? If you want to participate in the site, log in.
Completed: December, 2009
MBA, Hood College
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Marketing (Concentration)
I’ve written papers on business, government policy & product creation, researched a new game that can assist in maximizing profits & quality of any shipping company, and a complete strategic analysis of Apple, Inc. I started the program in Summer 2008, and completed it in December 2009.
Completed May, 2008
Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Maryland University College
Business Administration (Major)
Strategic & Entrepreneurial Management (Minor)
6 classes/semester + Summer, forced to take 2 classes my first semester. I would have started sooner, but there were complications with the transfer, I needed my FCC transcripts audited quickly.
Completed August, August – 2006
Associate of Arts Degree, Frederick Community College
Business Administration (Major)
While attending FCC, I researched a process to utilize mitochondria as means to power nanomachines. The basic research showed it theoretically possible. Since continuing on to UMUC and HOOD College, I’ve discovered a patent application to utilize Mitochondria as a power source.
I am seeking employment.
Particular Interests
Ethics in Business
Strategic Management
Entrepreneurial Management
Marketing
Business Theory
Intelligence Gathering
Fundamental Analysis
Personal/Hobbies:
SCUBA
Taekwondo
Music
Photography
Computer Graphics
Technology
Social Networks
Writing
and Business of course.