Summary
25 years of progressively responsible
management, engineering and entrepreneurial roles in most facets of software
design, development, engineering and marketing. Demonstrated leadership
experience in a variety of environments from start-up to established market
dominance
- Attracted
industry talent - built, motivated and managed
engineering teams, small and large (30+).
- Led
engineering and product marketing in numerous
start ups and in large mature companies, with profit and loss
responsibilities and annual departmental budgets exceeding $3M+.
- Developed
innovative approaches to complex technical,
marketing and organizational issues.
- Created
strategies to capitalize on emerging technologies; pioneered new
markets such as web conferencing.
- My products succeed because I
focus design on rewarding user experiences.
- Designed
products and demonstrated in-depth knowledge of
a variety of software markets: mobile networking, web conferencing, web
applications, streaming video, business analytics, social networking and
group productivity applications, collaboration and coordination tools,
email, GUI, CASE, and SCM.
- Completed
complex engineering projects on schedule. Rescued and turned around
late projects.
- Wrote
marketing, product and business sections of S1 and IPO road show
materials. Developed many business plans for start-up fund raising.