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Denver, Co, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Mclean, Va, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

Boulder, Colorado, Us

- Directly provide direction and management for a team of 13 engineers, and by extension, 3 additional engineers, working across 6 different program areas of varying size and complexity- Leading the technical strategy and execution for NTIA’s 5G efforts, including the leadership of a National Security Council sponsored, cross Department/Agency coordination team responsible for providing input for policy development- Developed and executed multiple InterAgency Agreements, leveraging extensive contacts throughout government, with DHS, DOT, DOI, and DOD, providing millions of USD in funding for the Institute- Developed the strategy for and led the competitive advanced communications research and development funding process, which combines executive leadership team vision with staff engineering innovation to successfully perform research that leads to numerous InterAgency Agreements seeking Institute expertise- Developed a strategy for and led a cross-organizational, discipline and experientially diverse engineering team that steered commercial broadband standards development priorities in a multi-billion USD industry- Developed the strategy for, and led the creation and implementation of an industry wide compliance assessment program for public safety communications that directly impacted, and improved the quality of, the multi-billion USD land mobile radio industry- Developed and led a global coalition made up of allied governments and industry that successfully created new capabilities for commercial broadband systems for use by public safety in 3GPP, a global standards organization- Led a working group of public safety officials at all levels of government, with industry, to create the first ever comprehensive statement of requirements for public safety communications, which is used throughout the industry as the de facto standard by which public safety communication systems are measured

In 1997 alumni from top graduate business schools founded the Denver Business Series (DBS) to create a large and powerful community of innovative business leaders with top-notch credentials. The DBS is a non-profit organization that today represents 12,000 Denver-based alumni from the world’s leading business schools. The members of Denver’s premier MBA community are leaders across diverse industries in the Denver business community including aerospace, health care, telecommunications, and financial services among others. Each year the DBS hosts several major events, including educational presentations, a holiday party, a summer social and other networking events in some of Denver’s most beautiful and interesting venues. Active member of the Board of Directors, and representative of the Duke Fuqua School of Business.

Palo Alto, California, Us

- Served as the principal engineer responsible for the conversion of desktop medical office software to Internet serviced application, managing software engineering, manufacturing, and customer support- Developed process improvements in deployment of software solution that cut time to delivery by 60% and reduced customer support solution times by 30%- Led pre- and post-sales support for developing and existing accounts which added significantly to overall cash flow- Developed and initiated the move forward strategy to migrate product development and transition customers from product to service-based revenue generation

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

- Managed all aspects of pre-sales engagements for value added reseller and software development channels, from identification to customer relationship management, resulting in fulfillment of orders - Participated in and drove the sales strategy and tactics for all accounts, successfully developing revenue in the declining Internet economy - Delivered key presentations and demonstrations to C-level customers and developers which resulted in quota excess sales- Assisted with the definition of hardware/software requirements to meet customer specifications - Developed Strategic Account Plan that assisted in managing alliances, effectively reducing wasted effort - Assisted in the identification and development of 4 key alliances with partners that had been the exclusive territory of Sun competitors - Mentored Junior Technical Account Managers in techniques for effectively accomplishing their goals

Melbourne, Vic, Au

- Managed a mergers and acquisitions team to integrate newly acquired company into MessageMedia product lineup- Led software and database engineering teams to successfully improve product availability from 60% to 99.9% for new business- Created and managed vendor relationships for online survey business resulting in reduced platform costs- Defined and attained achievable service level agreements with current and new customers for online survey business line

- Developed the email client/server system for new NetMAX product launch, ahead of schedule and under budget, including technical support platform for customer support specialists- Participated in and led customer engagements at trade shows to push NetMAX product awareness into the public mainstream- Participated in and developed Small Business Innovative Research proposals based on Cybernet discipline expertise

Mclean, Va, Us

- All work classified – TS/SCI clearance

Ft. Meade, Md, Us

- All work classified – TS/SCI clearance

Leadership For A Democratic Society

Mba

Stanford Certified Project Manager

Leadership For A Networked World

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering And English