HARRY A. LAYMAN, PHD
Senior Advisor to Management
San Diego, California USA (GMT-8) +1 (949) 945-3373 harry.layman@cogwrite.com LinkedIn cogwrite.ai

Career Track Record & Focus Areas

AI / NLP / LLM / GenAI / New Technology Adoption & Optimization 2016 – present

  • Product owner, solution architect and development lead for the CogWrite Enterprise Gnosis Service Agent (Cognosa) AIaaS platform.
  • Fortune 100 technology firm — Program Manager, applied data science & engineering (AI/ML/GenAI)
  • Major medical technology provider — NLP/AI initiatives
  • Organizational development consulting firm — NLU/AI projects
  • Educational testing & certification firm — assessment technology
  • EdTech startup — innovative GenAI/ML for personalized learning

Enterprise Computing & Solution Architecture 1997 – 2015

Lifeminders, Inc.; The College Board; Newport Coast Software
  • College Board — Executive Director, Business Technology R&D; later Executive Director, Digital Testing
  • Led offshore teams from Hangzhou, PRC (2007–2010)
  • Lifeminders — CTO at high-growth NASDAQ firm
  • Innovative leader in personalized advertising and e-commerce

Building & Selling Software / Enterprise Solutions 1986 – 1996

Virginia Software, Inc.

Built enterprise technology for large financial institutions.

  • Led large teams as chief architect and project director
  • Sold the firm to a major client (The College Board)

Software Development & Management 1976 – 1986

Arthur Young & Company

Employers and clients included:

  • MiTRE / Metrek Division — Air Traffic Control
  • Central Intelligence Agency — Systems Performance
  • Bankers Trust Company — Portfolio & Risk Management
  • NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center (NSF Grant)