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Boulder, CO, US

Grokit Data is a secure network where humans & intelligent machines collaborate together, to get work done.

Awarity is a stealth-mode startup focused on leveraging the best of breed AI technologies for reasoning across various businessverticals.

Kirkland, WA, US

Every company needs to be a tech company - at Techquity we help you achieve this.Techquity is a technology advisory firm offering corporate development services. We identify ways to leverage technology and technology teams to improve outcomes and achieve scale while reducing risk. We are technologists who have built and scaled businesses for leading tech.

AI-powered knowledge graph focused on Financial Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Corporate Development. Our technology helped M&A professionals find diamonds in the rough.

Graz, Styria, AT

• Vexcel Imaging is the leading provider of geospatial sensing technology. Joined to create/launch a new Data Program initiative to bring high-end imagery data to the cloud for broad use with top tech companies.
• Leads all IT and informational product development for the company via data, metrics, KPIs, and data analysis.
• Grew program from staff of 1 to 65 in 2017 using a productive, creative, and fun culture; company now employs 350 with 50 employees under management and 3 global teams in Austria, Madrid, and Colorado.
• Operates extremely lean organization running at 10% of traditional staffing needs; creates a single source structure where all employees have access, processes are open and transparent, and automation is used wherever.
• Creates long-term strategic transformation planning for storage, technical delivery, and building geospatial projects.
• Implemented all business systems: CRM, HubSpot, invoice system, HR payroll, healthcare, telephone, and conferencing.

US

• Ramp Catalyst is an Advanced Development Studio that provides expertise in planning, building, and delivering cutting edge products and services that propel companies forward including artificial intelligence (AI) and.
• Led business development and technical development of a Warner Brother’s project to synthesize voices to use in Alexa.
• Developed prototype of movie and video recommendation application and used AI to generate the recommendation and a virtual reality (VR) version of the application.
• Developed all IT infrastructure and business intelligence systems; led engineering team.
• Developed financial application for a veteran’s association.

• The #2 Android operating system in the world.
• Led all 4 engineering teams worldwide (Portugal, Seattle, Palo Alto, Singapore).
• Built an operating system that services 10MM+ phones.
• Managed ~15 partnerships for worldwide sales.
• Led strategic transformation to move from an Android operating system to an autonomous vehicle driving company.
• Implemented tracking metrics that resulted in ~$400K savings each month.

• Bonavika was a startup focused on solving the crisis of distracted driving (texting and driving), the biggest killer of teens in the U.S.
• Conducted research that led to development of the application and hardware to promote safe, text-free driving.
• Pitched to various auto and tech companies such as Toyota, Geico, and Microsoft; raised $500K of venture capital funding.

Seattle, WA, US

• Led overall effort to build and launch Amazon's first and only phone; launched on time and within budget.
• Spearheaded global efforts for entire organization; started with 180 and grew to 5,000 people.
• Recruited, hired, trained, and led the technical program management organization of 27 people.
• Implemented various workstreams: facial recognition, application compatibility, and thermal heat signature.
• Led effort to get Telco certification for the organization.
• Led weekly metric, KPI, reporting, and telemetry discussions with CEO (Jeff Bezos), along with daily CEO communication.

Seattle, WA, US

I lead the overall effort to build and launch Amazon's first phone. While some of the efforts weren't embraced by consumers it was a fantastically difficult exercise to bring together thousands of people spread across the entire world to quickly launch a very complex product. Turning our experiences (good and bad) into next generation products is the new.

Redmond, Washington, US

• FUSE Labs develops and delivers new social, real-time, and media-rich experiences for home and work that allow people to create, connect, and collaborate with what matters to them.
• Ran the Program Management team including research development, design for Microsoft social media products, prototypes, and launch of proofs and concepts.
• Built a social network with 1M+ people; received 10+ patents.
• Built the cloud-based index service that runs Bing and Azure today.
• Built various cross-platform apps and products for Xbox and social media.
• Guest speaker at multiple international conferences; one to an audience 15,000 people.

• Hired to be the technical integrator and product manager for this $50MM acquisition for the future integration that became the backbone for Microsoft Music Services and Xbox.
• Direct management of 18 program managers for career/skill development and new team member training.
• Managed a vendor team of 20 developers and testers across 3 locations.
• Set the vision, direction, and key areas of work for the team.
• Developed methods and solutions to make remote development and Program Management successful.
• Technically and culturally integrated 190 French engineers into Microsoft with virtually no attrition by creating a culture of trust, sharing information broadly, and treating acquired employees as any other employee.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Worked to grow a new development center for Microsoft in Zurich, Switzerland. Brought Microsoft HQ's best practices to a remote office and the "startup" experience from Desktop Search.
• Spearheaded the cultural and technical integration of a team of 35; obtained engineering talent with no attrition.
• Led effort to design telephony/VOIP call stacks.
• Launched a new product designed for Call Centers.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Individual contributor and lead on original Windows Desktop Search startup team.
• Co-designed UI, overall user experience, and “citizenship” algorithms for indexer.
• Shipped 3 versions of Windows Desktop Search; responsible for overall Windows Search schedule.
• Presented architecture, extensibility, and roadmap for Windows Search at numerous conferences.
• Led design for a new prototype Desktop Search client.
• Managed team of 8 program managers and grew team from an initial 5 to 45 in 3 months.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Acted as Lead Program Manager, Natural UI; designed and developed.NET Search API for Windows.
• Presented APIs at Microsoft’s Professional Developers Conference.
• Led effort to monitor and improve relevance algorithm.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Program Manager, Hailstorm aka.NET My Services.
• Designed client API and managed all schema for XML data services.
• Received 13 patents including: email, calendar, contact, task, document, notification, and presence.
• Managed internal Microsoft customers such as Outlook, Hotmail, MSN, and Exchange.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Managed implementation of client/server symmetric store:→ Designed migration of existing customized forms to the new ASP model and created editing tools for forms.→ Worked with Quality Assurance for a suite of.
• Designed and program managed overall Outlook ISV story.
• Launch Manager for Outlook, compiling MSDN content and designed upgrades to existing object model.