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Lobbyist Entity disclosure reporting period:   01/01/2013 - 06/30/2013
Authorizing Officer name Sean Quinn Curran
Title Principal
Business name Waterville Consulting
Address 30 Rowes Wharf    540
City, state, zip code Boston, MA 02110         
Country US
Phone 617-335-7744 
 
Compensation/Salaries Paid
Lobbyist or Entity nameSalaries
Sean Quinn Curran $132,501.00
Total salaries paid $132,501.00
 
Operating Expenses
DateRecipientType of expenseAmount
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Advertising expenses $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Photocopies, scans $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Computer equipment, supplies $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Professional dues $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Fax charges $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Comcast; McDermott Ventures (wireless internet is a component of my rental agreement below) Internet fees $177.36
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Legal fees $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 US Postal Service (5.06); Fed Ex(29.02) Postage, shipping, delivery $34.08
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Office supplies, equipment $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Printing expenses $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Public relations expenses $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 McDermott Ventures (sub-lease agreement) Rent $18,900.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Office and support staff salaries $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Professional subscriptions $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 US Treasury ($23,458.73); Commonwealth of Massachusetts($5000) Taxes $28,458.73
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Verizon Wireless Telephone, cell phone, handheld $2,936.10
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Utilities (heat, water, electricity) $0.00
1/1/2013-6/30/2013 Other operating expenses $0.00
  Total operating expenses $50,506.27
 
Activities, Bill Numbers and Titles
Activity or Bill No and TitleLobbyist nameAgent's positionDirect business association with public officialClient representedCompensation received
Helped to develop the FY2014 go to market plan based on the anticipated IT bond funding for the year. Among the prospective projects is a redesign of the Commonwealth’s web strategy, a new employment system tied to projected employer needs and community college curricula, and applying management principles to the reorganization of the Department of Transitional Assistance. Met with administration personnel to discuss the web as a platform for a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) approach to citizen service. Supported H 3331, “An act supplementing certain existing capital spending authorizations” by inviting members of the technology community to attend the hearing of the House Committee on Bonding. Sean Quinn Curran Support none Accenture LLP $45,000.00
Developed an after action intelligence gathering plan to determine the root causes for losing the bid for healthcare plans to provide services to duals eligible patients in the Commonwealth. Spoke with HHS personnel to assess why Celticare was not selected and requested feedback about how the company could succeed in the future with duals eligible populations and ultimately Medicaid populations. Helped to develop the foundational responses for all future healthcare population bids put out by the Commonwealth. Sean Quinn Curran Support none CeltiCare Health Plan of Massachusetts $50,000.00
Worked with the Lightower sales and engineering teams to develop dark fiber opportunities utilizing their position as the dark fiber provider on the ITT46 contract. Opportunities include the fiber run from the Quincy RMV leased offices to the Columbia/JFK head end fiber for backhaul to RMV core sites, 150 new locations throughout the City of Boston that include schools, police stations, fire stations, and Boston Housing Authority sites, and new internet provision to the Boston Public Schools. Sean Quinn Curran Support none Light Tower Fiber LLC $30,000.00
Argued for IBM inclusion in the firms to be considered for network design work by ITD. Helped to develop the operational plan for on-premise private cloud provision for ITD. Met with and judged product specialists from IBM around the applicability of certain software packages for the Commonwealth. Discussed IBM as a video surveillance platform provider for the Commonwealth around the Esplanade Fourth of July concert. Supported H 3331, “An act supplementing certain existing capital spending authorizations” by inviting members of the technology community to attend the hearing of the House Committee on Bonding. Sean Quinn Curran Support none IBM Corporation $30,000.00
Helped to secure a position for the Cisco UCS platform among the traditional server providers in the Commonwealth on the ITT47 contract by bringing World Wide Technologies (SOMBA certified/ minority owned company) in as an Affirmative Market Plan (AMP) provider. Advocated the continued investment in Cisco call manager switches for HHS to be managed by the secretariat as opposed to deleveraging the investment and allowing managed services providers to control the infrastructure. Prepped Cisco sales personnel for the new switch/unified communications statewide contract. Sean Quinn Curran Support none Cisco Systems, Inc. $20,000.00
Worked with Kronos sales and engineering resources to discuss the continued rollout of time and attendance reporting modules for the Boston Fire Department, Public Works, and Boston Police Department. Set up a meeting with MassDOT personnel in HR and IT to discuss the restart of their Kronos time and attendance modules at Mass Highway and RMV. Sean Quinn Curran Support none Kronos Incorporated $22,000.00
Worked with the Mass Equality PAC to develop the list of candidates to endorse or not endorse in the recent special house and senate elections. Helped to define the resources that would be made available for the endorsed candidates. Pulled together a diverse group of LGBT leaders for a forum with a member of Congress. As a board member of MassEquality.org, I am not compensated for any of this work, but note it here as it includes political strategy and seems a covered activity. Sean Quinn Curran Support none MassEquality $0.00
    Total amount $197,000.00
 
Meals, Travel, and Entertainment Expenses
No meals, travel, or entertainment expenses were filed for this disclosure reporting period.
 
Additional Expenses
Date fromDate toLobbyist nameRecipient nameExpenseAmount
01/01/2013 01/01/2013 Waterville Consulting Intercontinental Parking Garage Parking for the months of January through June, inclusive $1,500.00
02/28/2013 02/28/2013 Waterville Consulting MassEquality.org Charitable donation $5,000.00
04/24/2013 04/24/2013 Waterville Consulting Fenway Health Charitable donation $2,500.00
    Total amount $9,000.00
 
Campaign Contributions
DateLobbyist nameRecipient nameOffice soughtAmount
02/26/2013Sean Quinn Curran Marjorie Decker Committee State Representative $200.00
02/26/2013Sean Quinn Curran Linda Dorcena Forry Committee State Senate $200.00
03/05/2013Sean Quinn Curran Josh Dawson Committee State Representative $200.00
04/30/2013Sean Quinn Curran Mike Ross Committee Mayor of Boston $200.00
05/30/2013Sean Quinn Curran Michelle Wu Committee City Council, Boston $200.00
   Total contributions $1,000.00
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