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Requirements definition engineer for Verb, a joint venture of Google and Johnson & Johnson, developing a complete robotic surgical system. Contributions included defining system requirements for data storage and software updates, meeting with SMEs to refine requirements and assess testability, managing formal requirements reviews, resolving issues, defining traceability, and obtaining final full-team approvals.

Sunnyvale

For Monovo, I have provided project and program management, guiding their early development of a multi-sensor personal medical monitoring system with several components. My contributions included planning, scheduling, coordination and issues/actions tracking across the client and support teams, and project financials, meetings, agendas, actions and minutes.For Skytran, I provided management and systems engineering support of their prototype development prior to a field demonstration of their maglev-based transportation system. My work included task and issue tracking, coordinating distributed meetings, capturing and tracking development discussions, and defining the risks, functional requirements and candidate design for the guideway location monitoring and hazard alert system.

Mountain View, Ca

Owner/manager and primary photographer for automotive photography services, including planning, setup, capture, processing and presentation of restoration histories, images of pre-sale (auction) vehicles, and events. Lighting covers a full range from ambient closeups to large outdoor and studio settings. Typically work within production environments with time & space constraints. Specialize in unique viewpoints and telling stories through a set of compelling images.

San Francisco Bay Area

Head of product development and program management for dataFascia, a medical startup creating an app development platform with complete user, data and security services. Our primary work focused on integration with Johns Hopkins and UC San Francisco to support medical app developments for Intensive Care Units. The platform was an enabling technology for healthcare apps in general, handling large amounts of local and cloud data, streaming data from many sources, managing user credentials across multiple providers and providing comprehensive security for all information.My work included clarifying and defining the SDK product for developers, mapping out integration strategy & tactics with partners, planning & guiding development and integration, using agile methods to coordinate tasking for development teams on both coasts and supporting business development efforts.

Program Manger for firmware projects at GoPro, including cameras and active accessories. Worked with product development, image quality, QA, doc control, operations and development teams to manage product firmware from definition to implementation, test and product pack-out. Worked with local and Asian development teams to coordinate requirements, SDK updates/merges, build releases and testing. Traveled to China and Taiwan to clarify roles, responsibilities, priorities and actions. Tracked product features and detailed development status for three complex products. Generated detailed firmware development plans for the four top products. Managed the process, planning, verification and development support for firmware updates. Specified metadata & naming approach across multiple products and guided implementation. Tracked daily bug trends, supported QA bug scrubs and prioritized bug fixes. Coordinated firmware activities via task/action scrums and status reports.

Software Engineer #1 at Wrightspeed, a developer of advanced hybrid vehicle drivetrains. Handled requirements, design and implementation of a distributed real-time embedded system managing all aspects of vehicle control, user interaction and safety. Defined the communications approach & messaging, system state machine, truck cab UI support and developed the multi-tasking vehicle management software. Defined the full software development plan, integration points and resource needs. Supported early IT build-out, tool selection and team growth. Part of core team that developed the entire drivetrain from inception to a drivable truck in 13 months.

Managed a distributed team of software developers and supported technical programs at SRI, including a productized translation system for soldiers, fielded airborne radar, intelligent agents (Siri predecessor), semantic capture for science knowledge and a virtual worlds training platform. Handled proposals & costing of large projects, remote data processing integration, management of offsite teams with critical field upgrades, user feedback on field-tested systems and software development support. Led a successful project which played a major role in SRI obtaining a multi-milliion-dollar follow-on effort and several others with life-changing benefits.

Led software team developing clinical control code for a cardiology imaging system, including a remote UI, system calibration, master state machine and hardware interfaces. Defined plan, schedule and functional goals. Designed the system logic controlling all operations. Designed UI screens and controls; optimized graphics for touchscreen. Updated UI design based on user feedback. Directed formal testing of system software and UI. Managed recruiting, reviews, and conflict resolution.Developed external Web site. Architected, implemented and maintained mixed-platform internal site with user and management tools. Designed new company logo. Provided all product photography for full system and components; images appeared in the Business Plan, presentations, web sites, trade show graphics, and newsletters.

Design & Innovation

Completed online Design Thinking course (affiliated with the d.school / Venture Lab).

Bs, Electrical Engineering

National Merit Scholar Senior Design Award, HP/Stanford .

Ms, Electrical Engineering

Honors Cooperative Program, Sony/Stanford .