𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭Developing new products for internal and external customers. Focus on cloud migration, CI/CD pipelines, service security, and customer experience.

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟, 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 - 𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠Responsible for all roadmap & budget planning for a worldwide SSD Engineering organization. Engineering VP’s liaison for all HR, Staffing, & Finance for 300 engineers in 5 sites worldwide.• Lead team of director-level leaders for all planning and staging• Overhauled all Product Planning & PLCP processes• Converted all SSD roadmap sizing to Agile planning practices• Product Owner for 3 Agile Advanced Software Development teams• Process owner and coach for all SSD Core Team leaders𝐎𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 - 𝐌𝐀𝐆Member of the initial 4-person management team for a new R&D org• Responsible for all resource planning for a from-scratch product segment• Lead evaluation of external technologies

𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 / 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝Primary project & technical leader for the flagship Enterprise SAS SSD products. Drove day-to-day activities for tactical execution. Served as the face of engineering for all customer escalations, internally and externally.• Lead team of 10 high-performing cross-functional experts• Completed qualifications at IBM, becoming their #1 supplier• Won our first-time qualification from a new Major OEM customer• All units sold out, growing lifetime revenue to $100M+𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝Took over a struggling development partnership with key partner company. Primary point-of-contact for all project & technical issues through product development. Responsible for all communication, conflict mediation, and escalation management.• Lead partner-facing support team of 3 contributors• Transformed a strained & combative relationship into a collaborative team• Established trust and a network of advocates within the partner company• Migrated from a customer/supplier model to a new equal-partner model• Introduced Kanban task tracking and prioritization𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫Responsible for new test development, automated code regression, and feature acceptance criteria.• Managed an 8-member Agile DevOps team located in US and India.• Coached technical leads and first-level managers.• Improved technical debt and backlog tracking.

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 - 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 & 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭Lead all Embedded Firmware efforts, across both Design and Test organizations.

* Electrical Integration Engineer for Enterprise HDDs* Lead Electrical Engineer for Enterprise SSDs