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Kirkland, WA, US

Bellevue, WA, US

At Smartsheet, I have held progressive leadership roles culminating in my current position as SVP of Product Experiences. Over the past six years, I’ve led Product Management, Research, and UX Design, driving the company’s transformation from a $400 million private entity to a publicly traded leader with over $1 billion in ARR. My efforts have been.

Redmond, Washington, US

• I led Product Management for Microsoft Teams - the fastest growing product at Microsoft which is transforming the way Teams collaborate and communicate. Our team crafted a new way for groups to work together - more.
• Brought integrated carrier services to O365, offering regulated dial tone in over 10 countries.
• Launched Global Audio Conferencing Services, growing from 0 to 90 countries in 9 months.
• Launched Skype Broadcast Meetings, enabling businesses to ‘go live’ and reach thousands
• Launched Cloud PBX service, enabling businesses to eliminate ageing and costly PBX solutions
• Launched Skype Room Systems, with 10 of thousands of devices deployed at enterprises worldwide.

Redmond, Washington, US

• As Group Product Manager for SharePoint, I led efforts to evolve SharePoint into a key component of Office 365, helping to establish Microsoft’s early presence in the cloud services market. SharePoint became one of the.
• Guided the transition from an on-premises product to a cloud-based solution, positioning SharePoint as a cornerstone of Office 365 at its launch and expanding its user base globally.
• Directed the overhaul of service infrastructure, moving from SQL to unstructured storage in Azure, which improved scalability, reduced costs, and enhanced security.
• Introduced a dev-ops model to streamline operations, reducing deployment times and increasing agility, enabling rapid feature updates and higher service resilience.
• Led cross-functional teams to develop robust telemetry and monitoring systems, ensuring high availability and performance at a massive scale.
• Played a crucial role in making SharePoint one of the three major pillars of Office 365, driving enterprise collaboration and reinforcing Microsoft’s leadership in cloud solutions.

Redmond, Washington, US

Led the team responsible for making sure that Microsoft Office was Secure, Reliable and Fast.Developed one of the first global-scale Big Data platforms to gather and analyze Reliability and Usage data for Microsoft products world wide. In handling hundreds of millions of submissions per day we revolutionized software development at Microsoft and drove.

Redmond, Washington, US

'Ship Driver' for the entire Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 releases. Herded the Cats across as many as 40 distinct engineering teams (Word, Excel, SharePoint...) comprised of thousands of engineers trying to launch the suite on a single date projected years in advance. Drove overall project schedule, progress metrics and ship room. Identify and Mitigated.

Redmond, Washington, US

Led the Microsoft FrontPage test organization, a web page and web site management product that evolved into Microsoft SharePoint. Responsible for all phases of test planning, design and execution. While in this role I developed and shipped the first E-Commerce Add-in for Microsoft FrontPage, connecting online identity and CRM systems with FrontPage for the.

US

Led quality assurance for #1 Macintosh Personal Information Management software package. Quality Assurance, Test Planning, Software Engineering, Project Management