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San Francisco Bay Area

Developing financial models, product definitions and plans, marketing plans, risk assessment and mitigation, and software development specifications for a novel financial product.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked to integrate VoiceBase speech analytics with LivePerson's caht products in order to expand LivePerson's product rage to a fully omni-channel communication platform.Curated Voice training data for AI systems.Invented mechanisms for maintaining conversation cintinuity across multi channels.Patents granted:Systems and Methods for Augmented Communications Using Machine Readable Labels- US 2023/0419287 A1Automated Systems For Communications Analysis According to Recording Restrictions - US 2024/0205335A1Automated Systems For Communications Analysis According to Recording Restrictions - US 12,041,202 B2

San Francisco Bay Area

Developed features and systems to enhance VoiceBase's product Managed AI teams.Invented mechanisms for anonymizing AI training content and protecting personally identifiable information. Patents Granted:Systems for transcribing, anonymizing and scoring audio content US-11120199-B1Systems and methods for creating dynamic features for correlation engines US-11848010-B1Communication devices with embedded audio content transcription and analysis functions US-12057123-B1

San Francisco Bay Area

VoiceBase is the leader in audio SEO and audio transcription and indexing.VoiceBase offers a scalable cloud based solution which can machine transcribe an hour of audio in minutes. VoiceBase makes voice content compatible with our digital life style• Named a Company to Watch in the AlwaysOn Global Top 250 Companies• Listed as a "2013 Cool Vendor" in unified communications by Gartner

San Francisco Bay Area

Implementing FlashCo's continuous improvement and growth strategies

California

Facilitating Brainstorming and Problem SolvingConstructing Financial & Cost ModelsLeading Product DevelopmentLean Opportunity ReviewsHazard Analysis & Failure Mode Effects Analysis• Developed a detailed 20 year financial model for a vineyard investment group• Created a should cost model for a $1.5M system within $50k of the supplier estimate• Identified 50% cost reduction potential in a $1.5M system• Reduced cost 30% by leading a cost driven development program• Drafted a detailed Forensics Market study which identified Total Addressable Market and most US customer sites.• Performed numerous should cost analyses of fabricated parts detailing 10-40% cost savings opportunities

business process improvement, lean, cost modeling and cost reduction• Identified 10-40% cost reduction opportunities using Excel should cost models• Developed novel, efficient methods of quickly estimating cost and lead time of products to set improvement targets• Developed modeling tools for business process and cost analysis• Identified lean improvements in manufacturing after brief walk-throughs of customer sites

Developed organic electronics process and organic electronic displays.• Drafting manufacturing equipment specs• Led problem solving teams resolving pilot production issues• Developed methods for production of color organic displays.• Developed high yield design rules based on technical capabilities and statistical risk/error analysis.

Fairfield, Ca

Managed groups up to ~40 people working on projects up to $25MM. • Successfully managed high risk new custom equipment projects• Led development of large industrial inline vacuum deposition systems, defined new systems, technical sales • Developed novel requirements and risk based project management techniques.• Drafted market studies for compound semiconductor and flat panel display equipment• Implemented ISO9001 Hazard Analysis procedures• US Patents granted: 7,541,061; 6,902,625; 6,712,943; 6,609,877; 6,342,103(Now part of Applied Materials.)

Led development industrial controls architecture which reduced cost by $100k per system.(Airco was purchased by BOC, and I was promoted to overall engineering manager)

• Led software development for Tegal's first cluster tool• Developed sequence control software which served as the central process control software of products for a decade• Developed laser endpoint software

• Managed operations including Asian suppliers• Led development of embedded microprocessor systems for medical products

Rohnert Park, Ca

Built an electronics services business from one person to >35 in a couple of years• Circuit design• Software development• Contract manufacturing• Printed Circuit Board Design• Saved $5M for Kaiser Steel by developing a microprocessor based robot control system• Eliminated line shut downs and improved throughput 20% at Crown Zellerbach by designing and programming a new automation controller which eliminated delays in a packaging line• Wrote core operating software which was the basis of a semiconductor plasma etch control for ~10 years• Developed dozens of embedded microprocessor based products.• Created a CAD drafting department• Developed a continuous improvement program which reduced errors 3 orders of magnitude. • Awesome assembly language programmer

Bs Business, Management & Economics, A+

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Economics, Statistics, Logic, Ethics

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Physics, Calculus, Electronics, Chemistry

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