About

Based in South Florida, with offices in Chicago and overseas, our firm is comprised of supremely talented and highly experienced industry experts at every level. We can talk it, and we can walk it. Every individual working for createCORE is an acknowledged expert in architecture, development, design, or project management. Some of us may wear other hats from time to time, or sport fancy titles on our business cards, but make no mistake—when the call comes, we can all saddle up & ride. That is the foundation of our company.

While we have extensive offshore capabilities, our core team is relatively small by design. The bar for entrée into that crew is set very high. Every member of that team has held multiple c-level roles, invented some interesting technology, sold a successful startup, run large multinational teams—or all of the above. Our skills and experience are complementary in the extreme. We believe we are far stronger together than apart, an assessment which is validated with every new successful engagement.

We invite you to explore the services we offer, give us a call, and see what we’re about. We think you’ll like what you learn.

Meet the Team

Liam Dayan

CEO | Founder

An award-winning industry leader, Liam is the Founder and CEO of createCORE. A lifetime technologist, he’s spent most of the last decade in the real estate space, most recently as CTO of Onboard Informatics and GM of their Listings Platform. There he led the effort to develop an expert system for aggregating and processing MLS data with contextual data sets, and the subsequent invention of the Lifestyle Listings Engine and search. Before entering the Real Estate space, Liam was the Founder and Principal Architect of Comp-Elite Solutions, Inc., where he was one of the principal consultants on technology matters to such companies as Microsoft, NCCI, Burger King, Interim Healthcare, and others.

After the successful acquisition of Comp-Elite, Liam joined eNeighborhoods to lead the technology team where, in 2002, the company flagship product line was selected by the National Association of Realtors as a Realtor Benefit. In 2005, eNeighborhoods was ranked #84 on the Inc. 500 as well as #205 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 lists as one of the fastest growing technology companies, before the company’s ultimate acquisition by Dominion Enterprises. After a winning run with eNeighborhoods, Liam had the opportunity to join the Internet Advertising Group, Inc. as their CTO and Vice President of Technology. His tenure there saw IAG’s proprietary lead generation technology and platforms revamped, significant increases in their lead-gen and analysis capabilities, and dramatic advancement in the capabilities of the already talented team he found there.

Well regarded in both real estate and the more general world of data, Liam has been a frequent speaker at industry events and serves as an expert resource for corporate and government boards, executives and agencies on technology issues and trends. Having lived in South Florida for more than two decades, he is nonetheless a lousy golfer. Plays a mean harmonica, though.

Jason Seymour

COO | Co-Founder

An accomplished senior executive, Jason’s entrepreneurial spirit and record of creating game-changing technology make him the ideal person to lead createCORE’s operational efforts. createCORE is well-served by Jason’s comprehensive knowledge of emerging technologies, particularly in social media, and intuitive understanding of how those technologies can have a commercial impact, and his acknowledged expertise in building cohesive and effective teams.

Prior to joining createCORE, Jason led the engineering effort at Onboard Informatics, spearheading the creation of innovative “lifestyle” search technology which marries marketing to science, and of expert systems which can aggregate thousands of disparate data sources automatically. Before that, Jason also helped lead the effort to grow the technology team and product lines at eNeighborhoods. While at createCORE, Jason has also served on the boards and as fractional CTO to several companies. Those companies enjoyed the benefits of Jason’s more than two decades working as a consultant in the marketing technology field to companies such as Taylor Corporation, First Marketing, and Microsoft.

Jason lives, works and plays in South Florida with his wife of 15 years. When he isn’t riding herd on createCORE’s teams and operations, then he is thinking about createCORE’s teams and operations. He is an avid, if lousy, golfer and an unabashed fan of both Glee and his resurgent Miami Dolphins. Go figure.

Nauman Ahmad

Offshore Operations Partner (offsCORE)

Nauman (a.k.a.”Nomi”), a native of Chicago, oversees all of the operations & offices for createCORE’s offshore division, offsCORE. Since joining createCORE in 2009, he has helped develop multiple teams across the globe, ensuring the quality of the product those teams create for our clients. His background as both a senior program/project manager and code-level software engineer make Nauman the perfect individual to run createCORE’s offshore efforts, and those of our customers. Nauman’s main areas of focus are offshore team-building, consulting, project management and operations. Prior to joining createCORE, he served a similar role at Deloitte. While there, he spearheaded product development, and the development/management of offshore teams. Prior to that Nauman worked as a highly regarded consultant, leading several large development efforts for such companies as Saif Telecom and Internet Advertising Group, where he met and impressed our founder, then CTO there.

Nauman holds a master’s degree in computer science, in addition to several professional designations from Oracle, Microsoft & IBM, and has also co-authored several technical and business papers on offshoring best practices. Living & working in Chicago with his wife and children, he is heavily involved in several charitable institutions.

Board of Advisors

David Reckles

CTO, Todobebe | Technology Strategist

David is an IT strategist and entrepreneur with a tremendously successful track record of business and technology strategy development and operations. The consummate “jack of all trades”, David is particularly gifted at raising capital, and identifying & recruiting leadership, in addition to his abilities on the technology side of the equation.

While David’s complete history is too long to list here, he “cut his teeth” on American Airlines, AT Kearney, BP, Dell, Dow, Gap, HP, Pfizer, United Airlines. Extensively traveled, David’s exploits include extended stints in Hong Kong, London & Sao Paulo, and regular engagements across the Americas, EMEA, & Asia Pacific. David is currently the CTO of Todobebe, Inc. and also holds a number of Board of Director & Advisory positions.

Ed Smith

M&A Consultant | Financial Guru

Ed is a gifted deal maker, with over twenty five years at the C- and Senior Executive Level. His broad-based management experience includes complete responsibility for directing acquisitions, operations, financial and treasury functions for such companies as eNeighborhoods and KPMG. His thorough knowledge and in-depth experience in cash management techniques (including asset based financing), mergers and acquisitions, financial analysis, forecasting, banking negotiations, customer management, risk management, restructuring debt and equity financing, international financial operations management, financial software applications and evaluation of operating controls within various industries set him apart from other financial gurus when combined with his understanding of tech companies and spaces.

Those skills and and that experience serve to make him one of createCORE’s most critical advisors. Having helped a number of companies to successful acquisition, Ed is currently VP at Emphasys Software, where his focus is M&A.

Mark Southam

Enterprise Architect | Technology Guru

One of the “good guys” in the tech world, Mark Southam has a history for both finding the right solution, and for building teams and nurturing people who can follow in that tradition of creativity and innovation.

As the Director of Information Technology at Celanese, Mark has responsibility for establishing the global Enterprise strategy and roadmaps for investing in the information technologies and applications needed to support Celanese’ global business. Mark was previously at Fujitsu Americas, most recently as Chief Enterprise Architect and Chief Technology Officer, with responsibility for creating and executing on information technology solutions for Fujitsu clients, in addition to establishing the technology strategy for Fujitsu America. Prior to that, Mark worked in many EA/CTO roles for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for over 25 years, helping clients build strategies and solutions to meet their business needs.

createCORE is more than grateful that Mark has chosen to “bring his talents” to our neighborhood in an advisory capacity.

Partners

Careers

createCORE is located in South Florida & Chicago, but many of our team members choose to work from home—proximity will never be more important than talent. As we continue to grow and evolve as a company, we’re always on the lookout for talented individuals. The positions listed below are always open, and when we find someone with the talent we bring them in. Our growth isn’t dictated by demand—that’s ever-present—but by the availability of talent at the caliber we & and our clientele require. If you feel you have what it takes to play for the varsity, please contact careers@createcore.com or apply for a specific position below. Be open & sincere, and please attach your resume and some examples of your work.

PHP Gurus

We are seeking talented and professional programmers with heavy & hardcore experience in PHP and MySQL. You will be responsible for the development of custom applications for our clients. Successful job candidates will be high-drive operators of the highest order, have a solid knowledge of object oriented programming theory, PHP frameworks, advanced application development, and a tremendous wealth of real world experience. For more information on this position, please apply here.

Search Engine Optimization Expert

We are looking for individuals that are expert in search engine optimization. Candidates should be experienced in extensive keyword research, optimization, link building, article and press submission, in addition to other important SEO techniques. Ideally, you’ll also be able to work with our dev teams on product they craft to encapsulate and enhance your expertise and domain knowledge. If you’re really good and can show us some of the real-world results you’ve gotten in past projects, then we’re able to offer you a part or full time position, depending on your needs and experience. Just know upfront that we only work with the best, and are looking for someone that gets results! For more information, please apply here.