PROFESSIONAL HIGHLIGHTS

From early concepts to product delivery, possesses strong experience in management, marketing, engineering and business development. Has successfully managed teams of engineers, product managers and business development professionals to develop and deliver comprehensive business solutions and partnerships.

An “out-of-the-box” creative thinker who can identify market opportunities, define and execute successful business strategies.

Energetic, self-starter, capable of analyzing complex trade-offs, and execute with a keen understanding of the value of focus.

EMPLOYMENTS HIGHLIGHTS

PCFIRST.COM
EVP Products and Services, Founder

pcFirst.com was an Application Service Provider(ASP) of a portfolio of PC lifecycle management services called good2go. The company was the first ASP to offer a complete solution to migrate, update, upgrade, secure and maintain personal computers online-effectively reducing the cost and complexity of owning a PC.

The premier offering was a migration service that is based on a patent-pending technology. pc2pc automates the migration from an old to a new PC. Moving the entire computing environment including applications, files, email, preferences and settings from an old to a new PC.

Responsibilities: market research, roadmap definition, business plan development, service development and deployment, recruiting, and corporate management. Raised over $4 million of funding from VC’s, corporate investors and prominent Angels in SCV. pcFirst.com was acquired by FusionOne.

STEAM COMMUNICATIONS
Founder

Steam Communications, the developer of the first web-based Personal Information Management (PIM) solution that enhanced the productivity of individuals and groups. Responsibilities: Product definition, development, and marketing, personal & financial management, business negotiations. Raised over $1 million of funding from prominent Angels in SCV.

INTELLIWORLD /BERKELEY SYSTEMS
Group Director, Founder

Conceived, designed and managed the development of LaunchPad, an award winning product that transforms Mac and Windows based personal computers into secure and individually customizable environments. Targeted at homes, schools and other environments where personal computers are shared among multiple users. LaunchPad was acquired by Berkeley Systems. As part of the acquisition agreement joined Berkeley Systems as the new group Director.

EALITY, INC.
VP Product Development (consultant)

eAlity a provider of Internet hosted business applications for small to medium businesses.
Responsibilities: Development and quality delivery of new business services, management of product marketing, software engineering, and QA departments. Accomplishments included the development of a streamline cross-functional development process, reorganization of the engineering and QA department, release of new service, and definition of a short-term service roadmap.

APTITUDE, INC.
Dir. Product Marketing

Apptitude was the leading provider of application-aware networking solutions that unlock application visibility for enterprise service level agreements (SLAs), billing and charge-back, quality of service (QoS), network security and bandwidth management companies. Responsibilities: market research, competitive analysis, and product definitions.

APPLE COMPUTER
Product Marketing Manager

Responsible for product marketing activities associated with the development and launch of the Newton MessagePad 120 and its accessories, including product definition, packaging, pricing, positioning, launch, collateral, promotions, etc. In addition, had various marketing responsibilities for MP 100 & MP110.

Mass Storage & Service Diagnostic, Manager
Strategy development & implementation cross-functional coordination, budget planning and management, project monitoring, resources negotiation and allocation, direct management of engineers and technicians.
Responsibilities included the management of all aspects of project and product development for the Mac and Windows platforms.

KLA INSTRUMENTS
Designed, developed and managed overall system integration strategy.

ROLM MIL-SPEC COMPUTERS
Designed, developed, and implemented 8Kx64 micro-code for a mini-computer based on the Nova ISA.

COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY
Designed and developed a data management system for a Voice Mail system.

SOUTHWESTERN INDUSTRIES
Designed and developed the hardware and firmware for a three axis digital measurement system based on 68000uP.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

McGill University, Montreal Canada
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with minor in Computer Science and Management.

University of California, Berkeley
Numerous management and technical classes