Tigger (Charlie) Kindel Email & Phone Number

The Orion-Cygnus Arm, Milky Way Galaxy, Us

Kindel Leadership Development builds operationally excellent organizations that routinely deliver outsized results.- Principle-based Leadership Development- Operational and Execution ExcellenceFor more than 30 years, Tig (Charlie) Kindel built and led high-performing organizations that have brought products such as Alexa, Windows, and Control4 to millions of delighted customers. He is dedicated to coaching leaders and creating leadership development programs for growing organizations. As an adept mentor and executive coach, he has the unique ability to guide leaders to see the bigger picture and help them build high-performing organizations.Get Started by signing up for Free & Open Office Hours here: https://www.kindel.com/officehours

The Orion-Cygnus Arm, Milky Way Galaxy, Us

Christchurch, Christchurch, Nz

Based in New Zealand and the Netherlands, Dawn Aerospace is building same-day reusable launch vehicles and non-toxic satellite propulsion systems. www.dawnaerospace.com.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Driving a step-change in the rate of launches humanity is capable of. www.stokespace.com

Skillman, New Jersey, Us

AI at the edge. www.latentai.com

Long Beach, Ca, Us

Autonomous RF communications for satellites

London, England, Gb

Carv analyses ski technique and coaches with live audio, as you ski. See: https://ceklog.kindel.com/2021/03/08/im-advising-carv-because-it-improves-my-skiing/

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

London, Gb

The world's first 16-channel Dolby ATMOS® digital audio renderer/decoder.

Durango, Colorado, Us

Powering lunar landers, satellites, and other spacecraft.

Berthoud, Colorado, Us

Space Propulsion Technologies.

HGL provides upgrades to classic #bmw and #porsche cars. www.holygraillabs.comWe just launched our second product: A blade-style retrofit kit for the BMW #E21 (75-82 3-Series). Our 1st was the same for the #E28 (82-88 5-Series).So. Much. Fun.

Charlotte, Nc, Us

Responsible for the development and operations of a portfolio of 4,700 first-party products and services for home technology professionals. E.g. Control4 Home OS, Neeo Remotes, Binary Home Entertainment, Triad Speakers, Lighting, Araknis Networking, OvrC Remote Management, Luma IP Cameras, Chime Voice/Video Intercom, etc...Drove the turnaround of a languishing product org; quickly building a highly-functioning executive team that created a culture of engineering and operational excellence, customer obsession, and relentlessly high standards. Transformed hardware, device software, and cloud services engineering teams, increasing release frequency from three times a year to hourly. Established a goal-oriented product development culture delivering $400M in new product revenue. Launched multiple CEDIA award-winning products – Neeo remote control, Chime video doorbell, OS 3, Wattbox, and T4 touchscreens. Drove the creation and adoption of company tenets. Led the C-suite to successfully transform company culture by introducing Three Year Planning, Yearly Operating Plans, Operational Excellence, No-Fault Error Correction, Working Backwards mechanisms, and Quarterly Talent Reviews.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Led the development of all Echo/Alexa capabilities with the exception of music & shopping. Shipped dozens of new voice capabilities in the domains of Q&A, local search, sports, weather, traffic, smart home, messaging, alarms, and calendaring. Defined the strategy of, and helped ship, the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK).In less than a year, built the high-performing, multi-hundred-employee organization that delivered the Alexa voice capabilities with the highest engagement and most stickiness: Alexa Smart Home. Responsible for product management, design, engineering, operations, and business development. Generated >$1B new revenue through the creation of the Works With Alexa program, invented Alexa Connect Kit, built the Alexa Guard team, and drove the home networking strategy that led Amazon to acquire eero.Prior to Alexa, created the vision for, and built the Amazon digital wallet and mobile payment solution. Secured funding, built a team, and launched the Amazon Wallet experience. Grew economic value of the Amazon Wallet from $8M to $90M. Led due diligence on an $80M acquisition in the identity and security space.

Seattle, Washington, Us

StudentRND is a non-profit which makes students fall in love with coding in over 30 cities across the US. Its community includes more than 10,000 students.

Adelaide, South Australia, Au

Buddy Technologies Limited (ASX:BUD) helps customers of any size to “make every space smarter”, by way of two subsidiaries Buddy Platform and LIFX.

FreeBusy.io is a Calendar Scheduling Assistant. FreeBusy connects to everyone's calendars and suggests best meeting times ranked by availability and preferences. FreeBusy is a scheduling assistant, not a calendar, and works with all existing corporate, school and personal calendars.Eliminate the back-and-forth with people inside and outside your company. No need to create meeting polls.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Helped build some of Microsoft's most loved products and technologies.Drove the strategy, design, and engineering of the Windows Phone 7 app platform and developer experience. Led the teams that created an entirely new mobile app platform, store, and developer tool-set in 12 months resulting in Windows Phone 7 having over 1,000 high quality apps and games at launch and over 50,000 in the first year.Won funding for, incubated, and led all aspects of the highly acclaimed Windows Home Server product. This included hardware and software engineering efforts and two award-winning viral marketing campaigns. Accountable for the P&L.Defined the strategy and technical direction for the Microsoft Server & Tools Businesses, including enterprise storage and management. Was Technical Assistant to Bob Muglia, then President of the Server & Tools Business. Built and managed the multi-disciplinary team that shipped the home networking features in Windows XP. Incubated a home automation platform and a set of home automation products (Connected Home Business Unit). This led to co-founding the eHome division that built and shipped Windows Media Center, enabling customers to record and watch TV on their PCs. Created the product vision for multiple Microsoft television experiences. Defined and drove Microsoft's strategy for in-home media streaming and was the co-inventor of Media Center Extenders.In the mid-1990s was known as "The COM Guy" and created Microsoft's Distributed Object Model (DCOM), ActiveX, Internet Explorer 3, and .NET. Designed the OBJECT and SCRIPT elements in HTML and served as the MS representative to the W3C.As an early member of Microsoft's Developer Relations Group, helped drive Microsoft's systems strategy and developer evangelism for 3rd party software developers.

B.S., Systems Engineering (Software Option)

High School

Executive Mba