"VISION to see simplicity in a complex set of variables,
COURAGE to make decisions with incomplete data, and
FLEXIBILITY to refine course as conditions change."
FLEXIBILITY to refine course as conditions change."
I work with enterprise innovation groups and early stage companies, turning ideas into achievable strategies for new markets and providing hands-on engagement for partnerships, marketing and development.
Market vision, business acumen, and product management augmented with hardware and software engineering experience. Proven track record of developing innovative products at industry icons such as Sony, Microsoft, and IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center.
A Career Building First of a Kind Systems …
MICROSOFT
Director of Product Management, Television Music and Video
Planning current and future generations of the Windows products as they relate to entertainment and rich media. Working across Microsoft product and strategy teams and across the “3 screens” of PC, TV, and mobile to create a rationalized rich media story for the consumer.- Identified product synergies and inflections points with Windows, Windows Live, Windows Mobile, Zune, Microsoft Research and Windows Media Center planners and leaders.
- Broke through the silos to engage with key stakeholders across the company.
- Formulated a new framework for approaching planning to go beyond individual releases to envision “waves of customer value” across Microsoft products.
- Drove a strong Media vision in planning for the next generation of Windows
SONY ELECTRONICS INC.
Vice President, Broadband Solutions Group, Business and Professional Company
Intrapreneurial software and system development organization focused on bringing Sony technology and media assets into new markets. Successfully deployed multiple software development and system-level products.· Brought the division from a loss center to profitability and grew revenues over 600%.
· Built a high-performance technology product team with expertise in software development, system architecture, program management, quality assurance and marketing.
· Developed and successfully deployed industry’s first open architecture solution for digital cable, the Emmy-winning iO system at Cablevision in New York.
· Integrated and developed services providing an end-to-end user experience for interactive television: video-on-demand, internet applications, email, parental control, interfaces to billing and subscriber management, multichannel broadcast video.
· Improved customer satisfaction at key customer DIRECTV by 200% within the first year of my assignment.
· Quickly resolved critical hardware and software issues affecting multi-channel broadcast systems on-air operations while simultaneously ensuring baseline development remained on schedule and within cost targets.
· Rebuilt engineering team in process, structure and personnel to improve product quality and timeliness.
STRACTICAL PARTNERS LLC
Principal and President
Offering targeted strategic and tactical support for technology organizations - focused on startups and nimble development groups within larger companies.- Led a year-long technical program revamp from concept to Beta for Gibson Audio Digital Wurlitzer Jukebox - hardware, software and service.
- Improved engineering processes, re-focused and prioritized resources, brought costs under control, and coordinated over 20 technology partners involved in the highly-leveraged program.
- Mentored executives with the Women’s Technology Cluster and the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and Executives to provide practical guidance to early stage startups.
SUPERMAC INC.
Director of Systems Engineering/ Senior Engineering Product Manager
· Successfully transitioned the entire graphics product line within six months - four times the typical refresh rate.
· Introduced Product Lifecycle management practices into the company.
IBM, T. J. WATSON RESEARCH CENTER
Advisory Engineer/Staff Engineer
· Provided real-world ship experience to team of researchers taking a new product directly to market.· Innovative mini-supercomputer launched within two years and won a Technical Oscar for special effects at Pacific Ocean Post.
