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Bellevue, Wa, Us

Returned to Tachyon Solutions providing fractional CPO and strategic product advisory services focused on No-Code/Low-Code Citizen Development, Generative AI/Agentic AI, and Workflow Automation.Inspired by the confluence of No-code/Low-code, Integration PaaS and Agentic AI enabling Citizen Developers to quickly build enterprise-grade apps without compromise and ignite what some call an AI-powered business process reengineering wave that will sweep over every organization in every industry.- Boutique consultancy partnering with Venture Capital & Private Equity to support their portfolio companies- Focused on Product/Market Fit and Product Dev/GTM Strategy for Low-Code/No-Code and Agentic AI- Serve as interim / fractional CPO operator and Technical Advisor for M&A activitiesBeyond consulting and advisory services, we roll up our sleeves and partner with you to deliver material, measurable and enduring results - www.tachyonsolutions.com

Joined at inception of Sigma Worldwide, an integrated platform for high-velocity manufacturing, integrated with global supply chain designed for speed and flexibility, and serving many of the largest third-party brands and OEMs in consumer electronics and health & wellness.

San Francisco, California, Us

Led strategy, planning, and design of Unbabel Language Operations platform and services providing lifecycle management and application of Large Language Models (LLMs) for machine translation, translation quality estimation, and orchestration of human-in-the-loop (HITL) post-edit and fine-tuning. Represented Unbabel in sales and product partnerships in Americas and led cross-functional product initiatives globally.• Inorganic growth strategy directed acquisition of Language Service Providers (LSPs) Lingo24 and EVS Translations accelerated customer acquisition, improved LSP profit margins, and doubled revenue. • Adopted subscription w/ metered usage pricing model to replace project-based pricing and drive AAR. • Implemented Product-Led Growth (PLG) with “free trial” directing customers to product first experiences to discover capabilities, try and buy services, and increase usage with minimal friction or assistance. • Added critical website translation capabilities with acquisition of Bablic in 2023; Sponsored the deal and led stealth, pre-acquisition project to integrate website translation capabilities, validate by translating Unbabel.com and enable self-service trial in time to launch on day zero of acquisition announcement.• New “LangOps” category created; see Gartner Hype Cycle for Natural Language Technologies, 2022• Sponsored ProdDev partnership with LeftHook Integration Platform; GTM partnership with Ada Conversational AI; Multifaceted Salesforce partnership incl Einstein GPT preview and POC Dreamforce 2023Unbabel raised $91M and grew to over 340 employees across its Lisbon headquarters and hubs in Berlin, Cebu, Edinburgh, London, Tel Aviv, New York, Panama, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle, and Timisoara.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Tachyon Solutions was founded by product leaders who bring decades of operator experience to provide strategic advisory services to mid/late-stage startups and their VC / Private Equity firms to achieve Product/Market Fit and realize customer adoption and revenue growth at level and urgency needed to meet business and investor objectives.- Fractional CPO helping clients get “unstuck” and achieve Product/Market Fit - Experienced product executive/operator providing engaging as trusted adviser to leadership, typically CEO- Tactical bootstrapping change by injecting product leadership, domain expertise and personal experienceBeyond strategic consulting, we roll up our sleeves and partner with you to deliver material, measurable and enduring results - www.tachyonsolutions.com

Bellevue, Washington, Us

Acquired by Nintex (Oct '20)Led product strategy, planning, and design for K2’s product management organization (distributed across Bellevue, Denver, London, Australia, and South Africa) responsible for portfolio of K2 Cloud SaaS and K2 Five on-prem products - Matured product management and design disciplines, tools, and practices, up-leveling org capabilities - Adopted Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprise (SAFe) for increased productivity and predictable delivery- Created Product Innovation Group to incubate new technologies and validate partner integrations to inform build/buy/partner strategy decisions and demonstrate thought leadership to customers and analysts- Bootstrapped new products and capabilities including Case Management, Progressive Web Apps (PWA), standards-based pixel-perfect responsive web design and emerging AI-driven Intelligent Automation- Represented product organization through acquisition by Nintex

Austin, Tx, Us

Acquired by Temenos (Sept '19)Built and managed engineering processes, tools, and Program Management Office supporting 500+ product organization (distributed across Austin, Orlando, San Francisco, and Hyderabad) responsible for Kony DBX (Digital Banking Experience) banking suite and Kony Quantum low-code platform and tools. - Member of Product Leadership team and Chief of Staff to EVP of Product- Responsible for driving quarterly rhythm of business reviews and product roadmap updates- Led Agile Transformation globally; adopted SAFe with focus on product quality- Responsible for Kony community infrastructure and programs including Kony Basecamp- Aligned product development with professional services delivery to ensure customer success- Represented product organization through acquisition by Temenos

Built new company from inception into private residential real estate marketplace with +$100 million in properties, and one private island, in Collection- Defined vision, business model and product plan; Led end-to-end development, GTM and operations- Personally designed and developed portfolio of property-specific bespoke applications on AWS with native iOS, Android and offline-capable PWA web apps integrated w/ DevOps, CRM, and Accounting Systems- Ultra-High Net Worth (UHNW) luxury branding with innovative AR/VR models, AI image recognition, and AI-automated labeling (room, design features) enabling rich search and immersive fly-thru navigation UX- Exited following $600K angel funding needed to support continued growth of the businessThe VESTIS Collection – a meticulously curated, private collection of globally offered, privately real properties visible only to members of the VESTIS Coterie – a secure, by-invitation-only, community of like-minded members with shared interests and tastes. www.vestiscollection.com

Redmond, Washington, Us

Managed portfolio of Microsoft-wide engineering initiatives • Developed next-gen Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Subscription platform and portal• Developed BI/Analytics platform for MSDN Subscriptions and Visual Studio Services

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led international Learning & Development (L&D) organization responsible for technical, product group training worldwide, distributed dev org design and practices, and M&A readiness and post-acquisition integration (including Nokia, Skype) across Global Dev Centers in China, India, Israel, Europe and Americas. • Led global L&D program driving transition from traditional software dev to Services & DevOps• Led global planning and execution of first-ever, Worldwide Microsoft Hack-a-thon

Redmond, Washington, Us

Transformed portfolio of teams into autonomous Product Unit with end-to-end ownership of SDLC• Developed Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) and Workflow Foundation (WF) • Represented R&D in Microsoft China Cloud Innovation Center customer engagements and won Microsoft Global Execution of Excellence award for “Biggest Bet - Cloud” at TechReady

Redmond, Washington, Us

Led incubation of initial cloud services for mobile and managed mobile operator partnerships• Recruited team of 45, defined product plan and managed product development • Microsoft executive sponsor for mobile operator partnerships in US, Mexico and Europe

Redmond, Washington, Us

Created and led BizTalk Rangers, global customer advisory program for BizTalk Server • Built pre/post-sale customer engagement programs including technical SWAT and Advisory functions; later rebranded as CAT (Customer Advisory Team)

Redmond, Washington, Us

Defined competitive strategies for Microsoft in Application Server market and created associated messaging/positioning, field and partner sales training and product planning deliverables • Covered IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic, SAP NetWeaver, Oracle Fusion and Tibco

Redmond, Washington, Us

Created solution offerings for BizTalk Server for in key vertical markets• Shipped BizTalk Accelerators for SWIFT (Finance), HL7 (Healthcare) and Rosetta Net (Manufacturing)

Shanghai, Shanghai, Cn

Exited following investment from Yao Capital and ownership transition. Joined at inception of development of KAWO, an Enterprise Social Media Management Platform for China Enterprise WeChat, Weibo & Douyin helping international brands in China be more authentic and consistent on social media by providing data insights, greater transparency and increased efficiency.科握将分布在全球的工作团队连接在一起，提供市场数据解读，增强流程透明化，提高团队效率。我们帮助国际品牌在中国树立更可靠的品牌形象并与其全球策略保持一致。

Spun off 12-person team and technologies from Petopia.com to form B2B integration platform software company

Developed eCommerce and Supply Chain platform for Petopia.com, which evolved into Petco.com via acquisition

Transitioned traditional print business into subscription-based online service for customs duty and tax data

Bs In Business Management, Finance

Undergraduate Summer Program

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