About Sumner Internet Marketing Environments
Alan Weiner
Founder/President of Sumner Internet Marketing Environments Corp (SIME Corp).
Inventor, customer technology evangelist, executive-level engineering manager/principal designer/iOS developer with a deep understanding of the evolution of computer software and technology. Alan is a technology visionary with a proven track record of pioneering the application of computer technology into various industries and market paradigms over the past 30 years. Through SIME Corp, Alan has applied his vision and broad technical expertise to create paradigm-changing products. His interests include: leveraging the implications of mobile idioms (phone, pads, auto, etc.), creating systems that empower users based on effortless knowledge flow, and evolving the telepresence paradigm.
Professional Highlights:
- Architect of CVS Health's First Native Retail App: Led the design and development of CVS Health's inaugural native retail app, growing its user base to 0.75 million daily users and establishing the roadmap for future mobile innovations within the company.
- Revolutionizing Ultrasonic Testing: As the architect and developer behind all the software for the Krautkramer USIP-20, played a pivotal role in creating industry-standard ultrasonic testing equipment, incorporating patented Quiet Bus technology that has set the benchmark in precision testing for decades.
- Blockchain Innovation in Mobile Security: Devised a native mobile solution for PHI visibility control using blockchain technology (US11862306B1), enabling secure data access on devices even in offline environments, crucial for fields like emergency medical services.
- Driving Mobile Payment Security at CVS Health: Conceptualized and implemented CVS Pay, a PHI/PCI-compliant mobile payment system capable of handling 6,000 transactions per hour, reinforcing expertise in creating secure, scalable financial platforms.
- Early Innovator in Gaming Technology: Transformed Pong into the first 3D flight simulator for cartridge systems, pioneering and setting early standards in the gaming industry.
Career Overview:
Alan started building computers at age 15 in the mid-70s. With an applied physics degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he went on to create early subjective view video games for Atari at CBS Electronics and continued to apply computers to new worlds for ten years at Krautkramer Branson. He fathered many industrial ultrasonic testing product lines, converting the testing paradigm with embedded and Windows-based solutions.
As the founder of SIME Corp, Alan demonstrated his diverse technology skills to transform small family-based industries using an Internet Marketing Environments system. This image-based content management system targeted specific niche industries. The art industry was first selected due to the principals in the company and the challenge of presenting artwork, which would be the hardest visual objects to describe. When this first Internet Environments System stabilized, Alan procured the role of principal designer at New Potato Technologies, where he fathered RF-based consumer products to iPhone applications which merged with custom iPhone/iPad adapters.
After his time at New Potato Technologies, Alan joined Control4 as the principal designer/developer, where he significantly enhanced smart home user experiences by developing the Control4 app for iPhone/iPad and implementing the first circular thermostat control on a mobile device. He then moved to CVS Health, where he continued to revolutionize the mobile application landscape as a Senior Advisor in Mobile Architecture, leading the development of the CVS Pharmacy app and introducing innovative features like CVS Pay and blockchain-based PHI visibility control.
As the technical lead for 20 years, Alan has worked with lead artist Doris Weiner, blending design with art. This partnership has led to creating art language elements (for example: fabricating on large scales, robotics, video, sound, and neon) showcased for many years.
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