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Dora Vell is the CEO of Vell Executive Search, a boutique executive search firm in Boston…
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94 new Software CEO Appointments and 21 Software CEO open roles
94 new Software CEO Appointments and 21 Software CEO open roles
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Software CFO Transitions: 18 Open Roles & 59 Appointments
Software CFO Transitions: 18 Open Roles & 59 Appointments
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Companies Seeking CIOs, CTOs and CISOs in April 2021: Open Tech Officer Roles - updated 4/21
Companies Seeking CIOs, CTOs and CISOs in April 2021: Open Tech Officer Roles - updated 4/21
By Dora Vell
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Tom Taylor to step down as Chief Sales & Growth Officer of Cetera Financial Group #leaders#change
Tom Taylor to step down as Chief Sales & Growth Officer of Cetera Financial Group #leaders#change
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Ushur appointed Mike Price, frmr Oracle & ForgeRock exec, as Chief Revenue Officer #ChiefRevenueOfficer
Ushur appointed Mike Price, frmr Oracle & ForgeRock exec, as Chief Revenue Officer #ChiefRevenueOfficer
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Attentive hires Antonio Silveira frmr CTO of Nextdoor, as CTO #CTO #Techexec
Attentive hires Antonio Silveira frmr CTO of Nextdoor, as CTO #CTO #Techexec
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Experience
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Dora Vell
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Education
Volunteer Experience
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Pro-bono Board Work for Charities
Social Responsibility - Vell Exec. Search
- 7 years 1 month
We undertake selected searches pro-bono for board roles. These have to be charities we connect to and think we can help. We have worked with several charities, big and small.
We undertake a small number of full searches. However, if we cannot undertake a full board search and it is something appropriate for our contacts we are happy to socialize it with our 60,000+ executive mailing list. You never know until you ask. You need to be a registered charity.
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Board Member
Goodwill Industries of Toronto
- 3 years
Education
I left Toronto and it was difficult to remain on this board.
Goodwill is a terrific organization and does a tremendous amount for individuals that may not have had the opportunity to learn social and behavioral norms, as most of us have.
Goodwill is an educational institution and employs the unemployable to train them and teach them what most of us take for granted. -
Board Member
Mary Center for Developmentally Challenged Adults
- 3 years
Social Services
Mary Center helped provide appropriate housing for developmentally challenged adults in Toronto, depending on their level of ability and independence.
I left the role when I moved from Toronto to Boston and remain a huge fan of that organization.
Publications
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Board Leadership: Chairman-CEO Structure
Vell Executive Search
How to structure the leadership of large corporations – and specifically whether to split or combine the roles of Chairman and CEO – remains an active and often controversial question.
In order to cast new and up-to-date light on the question of whether and when to change the Chairman-CEO structure, we studied the experience of the Fortune 100 over the last decade and more.Other authorsSee publication -
Recruiters: Private cos. can win star board members
Boston Business Journal
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Big firm or small, what’s the best fit for your career?
Business Globe
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Interview Etiquette Begins the Minute You Walk in the Door
Wall Street Journal
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To Snag a Job Offer, Learn What Damage You Do in Interviews
Wall Street Journal
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Wanted: Engineering execs to play key product role
Boston Business Journal
Patents
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Computer program product and program storage device for a data transmission dictionary for encoding, storing, and retrieving hierarchical data processing information for a computer system
Issued US 5,970,494
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics…
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics include structure and value properties and restrictions, if any, applying to the commands, replies or data. Each tree represents, respectively, a definition of a the command, reply or data to which it relates. Each tree includes a root node identified by name, e.g., a codepoint. The root node includes information describing the type of definition tree concerned (i.e., whether it relates to a command, reply or data), and may include one or more internal or terminal descendant nodes. These nodes represent components of the definition represented by the tree. The descendent nodes include level information describing the level of the node within its tree. The nodes may include attribute information, and may include value requirements relating to transmission information represented by the nodes.
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Dictionary for encoding and retrieving hierarchical data processing information for a computer system
Issued US 5,778,223
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics…
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics include structure and value properties and restrictions, if any, applying to the commands, replies or data. Each tree represents, respectively, a definition of a the command, reply or data to which it relates. Each tree includes a root node identified by name, e.g., a codepoint. The root node includes information describing the type of definition tree concerned (i.e., whether it relates to a command, reply or data), and may include one or more internal or terminal descendant nodes. These nodes represent components of the definition represented by the tree. The descendent nodes include level information describing the level of the node within its tree. The nodes may include attribute information, and may include value requirements relating to transmission information represented by the nodes.
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Computer program product and program storage device for a data transmission dictionary for encoding, storing, and retrieving hierarchical data processing information for a computer system
Issued US 5,721,895
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics…
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics include structure and value properties and restrictions, if any, applying to the commands, replies or data. Each tree represents, respectively, a definition of a the command, reply or data to which it relates. Each tree includes a root node identified by name, e.g., a codepoint. The root node includes information describing the type of definition tree concerned (i.e., whether it relates to a command, reply or data), and may include one or more internal or terminal descendant nodes. These nodes represent components of the definition represented by the tree. The descendent nodes include level information describing the level of the node within its tree. The nodes may include attribute information, and may include value requirements relating to transmission information represented by the nodes.
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System and method for creating a data dictionary for encoding, storing, and retrieving hierarchical data processing information for a computer system
Issued US 5,687,365
A method of creating a data transmission dictionary by deriving a group of one of more computer searchable definition trees from a first definition group of nodes defining portions of commands, replies, or data usable by a computer system, compacting each of the nodes by retaining only information necessary for the processing of data transmission streams according to the definition trees; assembling each definition tree by sequencing the compacted nodes in a linear form, starting with the root…
A method of creating a data transmission dictionary by deriving a group of one of more computer searchable definition trees from a first definition group of nodes defining portions of commands, replies, or data usable by a computer system, compacting each of the nodes by retaining only information necessary for the processing of data transmission streams according to the definition trees; assembling each definition tree by sequencing the compacted nodes in a linear form, starting with the root node of each of the definition trees, by placing information included in each compacted node in a resulting implemented dictionary; and by assembling each child node in the resulting implemented dictionary and assembling each of the child's child nodes in turn. The process of assembling a terminal node involves placing information included in the terminal node in the resulting implemented dictionary.
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Computer program product and program storage device for a data transmission dictionary for encoding, storing, and retrieving hierarchical data processing information
Issued US 5,664,181
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics…
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics include structure and value properties and restrictions, if any, applying to the commands, replies or data. Each tree represents, respectively, a definition of a the command, reply or data to which it relates. Each tree includes a root node identified by name, e.g., a codepoint. The root node includes information describing the type of definition tree concerned (i.e., whether it relates to a command, reply or data), and may include one or more internal or terminal descendant nodes. These nodes represent components of the definition represented by the tree. The descendent nodes include level information describing the level of the node within its tree. The nodes may include attribute information, and may include value requirements relating to transmission information represented by the nodes.
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Computer program product and program storage device for encoding, storing, and retrieving hierarchical data processing information for a computer system
Issued US 5,659,727
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics…
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics include structure and value properties and restrictions, if any, applying to the commands, replies or data. Each tree represents, respectively, a definition of a the command, reply or data to which it relates. Each tree includes a root node identified by name, e.g., a codepoint. The root node includes information describing the type of definition tree concerned (i.e., whether it relates to a command, reply or data), and may include one or more internal or terminal descendant nodes. These nodes represent components of the definition represented by the tree. The descendent nodes include level information describing the level of the node within its tree. The nodes may include attribute information, and may include value requirements relating to transmission information represented by the nodes.
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Method and Means for Encoding, Storing and Retrieving Hierarchical Data Processing Information for a Computer System
Issued US 5,632,031
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics…
A data transmission dictionary is provided, which is adapted for use by a computer system for encoding, storing, or retrieving hierarchically related data transmission information. The dictionary is comprised of a group of one or more computer searchable definition trees relating to transmission information of the computer system. The trees are derived from a first definition group which includes characteristics of commands, replies or data usable by the computer system. The characteristics include structure and value properties and restrictions, if any, applying to the commands, replies or data. Each tree represents, respectively, a definition of a the command, reply or data to which it relates. Each tree includes a root node identified by name, e.g., a codepoint. The root node includes information describing the type of definition tree concerned (i.e., whether it relates to a command, reply or data), and may include one or more internal or terminal descendant nodes. These nodes represent components of the definition represented by the tree. The descendent nodes include level information describing the level of the node within its tree. The nodes may include attribute information, and may include value requirements relating to transmission information represented by the nodes.
Languages
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English
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French
Limited working proficiency
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Greek
Limited working proficiency
Organizations
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National Association of Corporate Directors
NACD Fellow
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National Association of Corporate Directors
NACD Board Fellow
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