Bryan Katz Email & Phone Number

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Technology Planning for Charity Foundations (pro bono). Provide guidance and planning for IT technologies including software evolution, security, web portal design, and optimizing support from software suppliers.

Saint Leo, Florida

Mathematics Professor

All phases of software development from strategic to pragmatic. Includes multi-year planning plus writing requirements/stories up through Agile & Waterfall Process Management - running a PMP-certified Release Management practice. Geographically dispersed team guiding development programs that extended across Europe, Asia, & North America. Also, was inventor and Project Manager for Avaya VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure).

Develop Avaya Technology Strategy in critical areas. Involves Market Dynamics, Competitive Positioning, Technology Trends,Customer Needs Assessment, Business Model Implications, implications on architecture, implementation plans, alliance strategies, technical partner alignment, etc. A major focus on business development and due diligence of acquisitions. Align implementation plans across the Avaya portfolio for key technologies including Collaboration, Conferencing, MultiModal Communications, IP Telephony, Mobility, Fixed/Wireless Convergence, Software Delivery Models, P2P, SIP, presence, and on and on.

Built innovative new business for a low cost P2P internet video application. Led all aspects of the program including Product Management, Marketing, Development, Services Support, Channel Development, and Sourcing.Led definition of Unified Communications Center solution. Included Market Trend analysis, technology roadmap, competitive analysis, business case, delivery model, etcThis started at Lucent ('97) and continued when Avaya spun out. While at Lucent: Lead product manager for a MultiMedia Communications portfolio that included the first VOIP PBX on the market, the MultiMedia Communications eXchange(MMCX), a multimedia collaboration solution, Internet Call Center, a "Virtual Telephone" remote office application etc. Included product realization of Bell Labs Research concepts and prototypes.

Implementation Planning for Enterprise Telecommunications with emphasis on Globalization, Telecom Networking, ISDN, Dialing Plans, Multimedia Collaboration, etc.

Systems Engineering for PBX globalization, User Features, Private Networking. Support development of sales proposals for large international and multinational PBX Networks.

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