Instructional design and course delivery to Undergraduate students in "Research Methods and Statistical Concepts" and "Entrepreneurship"• Professor in the School of Professional Studies at William Jessup, a 4-year accredited university. • Designed and delivered curriculum and student performance metrics for undergraduate and graduate-level courses: • Designed and Taught the following undergraduate courses: (a) Entrepreneurship (b) Research Methods & Statistical Concepts (c) Leadership in The Global Society. • Designed and taught the following graduate level course(s): (a) Advanced Researched Methods & Design• Consistently received complimentary student reviews with an overall professor rating of greater than 3.7/4.0

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• Led non-profit organization with mission to "Foster regional collaboration to advance economic vitality through educational attainment, talent development and community well-being".• Reported to Board of Directors and served as public figurehead for the organization. Provided leadership and policy oversight and implemented the strategic plan and vision.• Designed and led collective impact and collaborative initiatives for eight (8) counties, 78 school districts, 6 community colleges, 3 universities, local governments, businesses and community-based organizations utilizing 250+ volunteers. • Provided people and team leadership, ensuring organization operates as a sustainable social enterprise that participated in shaping a dynamic and inclusive regional workforce.• Complete fiscal management of multiple funding streams. Entrepreneurial approach to introduce alternative streams for overall sustainability. • Reduced expenses by 30%+ per month to enhance operational efficiency.• Selected and implemented a regional technology platform that enables interaction between industry professionals and high school students providing early career exposure.

• Senior leader in non-profit aimed at aligning resources to achieve outcomes in regional economic vitality through advancements in educational attainment, talent development and community well-being.• Catalyst for the identification and implementation of solutions to socio-economic issues in an 8-county Northern California Region. • Led the organizational operational effectiveness efforts resulting in 5X expansion of volunteer teams and community participation. • Crafted tools and processes that enhanced project-team focus and productivity by more than 150%.

• Founded and grew a management consulting practice focused on guiding client strategies for enhanced product/service delivery, marketing, business management and stakeholder engagement• The Koci Group is a leadership and management consultancy that helps organizations overcome perceived performance barriers to maximize individual and collective productivity.• Delivered consultancy services to start-up and growth firms in various sectors that include energy efficiency, bio-technology, healthcare, professional sports entertainment, performing arts, and software usability & design. • Led comprehensive organizational health assessments for private and publicly held firms and implemented human resource risk-mitigation strategies and employee engagement initiatives. • Trained all tiers of client organizations (Board of Directors, Senior Executive team, management teams, individual contributors).

• VoiceLots™ is a new software technology that globally connects social activists, organizations, and everyday citizens who share common social impact interests.• Spearheaded the delivery of a social media platform on both iOS and Android platforms for a social-enterprise startup in Oakland, California. • Built multi-skilled team and facilitated the progression from concept to development to conducting a 400-user Beta trial. • Leveraged agile software development practices/processes and tools to ensure that the product development life-cycle was high quality, fast and efficient.

• Product strategy leader responsible for the definition and implementation of all software/hardware development. • Implemented the "Idea To Release" product development process (ITR) that improved company-wide prioritization and focused engineering activities • Established a cross-functional initiative known as the Product Approval Committee (PAC) that inspired broad executive ownership of new product transitions, product launches, marketing communication, pricing, and sales programs. • Directed thorough market research efforts to establish the financial viability of new products or services• Spearheaded the deployment of an the first circuit-level, wireless energy monitoring solution for the data center industry at 50% cost and significantly enhanced capabilities over existing products in the industry.• Established and chaired a core group of customers and partners who advised on product/services (The Customer Advisory Board)• Lead all product launch strategy and implementation for new products and services

- Defined product strategy to ensure alignment with corporate strategy to include product lifecycle management, pricing and positioning- Developed and maintained the product roadmap that guides the introduction of features and capabilities into the product suite- Key contributor in the implementation of the D4 Product Life cycle process. This process increased productivity and quality on the product development team by approximately 50%- Advised executive team on product strategies with particular focus on pricing, launch strategies, product capabilities and distribution channels- Author of Market Requirements Documents for all features and functionality introduced into the product line. This includes more than 30 product features- Developed white papers and product related marketing communications- Established and chaired a Customer Advisory Board—a core group of customers who provide feedback on product features and advised on potential product capabilities- Formulated and led strategic review sessions with senior management to gauge organizational performance and improve overall service delivery

Built a System Quality Assurance team from ground up to support quality assurance and quality control activities on both hardware and software- Managed an offshore team of Quality Assurance Engineers (Russia)- Implemented a software quality strategy that resulted in the successful release of 5 versions of the SynapSense Data Center Optimization Platform.- Implemented a quality management system to include defect tracking and test plan management tools- Established and chaired a Change Advisory Board (CAB)—a cross functional team responsible for evaluating the content of all maintenance releases

Responsible for hiring and development of a team of Quality Engineers to conduct quality assurance and quality control activities on a Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network implementation of a condition-monitoring system.- Responsible for day-to-day management of the Quality Assurance & Deployments team- Built and implemented a software quality strategy from ground up that resulted in the discovery of approximately 200 defects in a condition-monitoring system and an improvement in system reliability from 40% to over 98%.- Lead the planning, design and implementation of a System Test bed in an Intel Campus that closely replicated the potential customer’s environment and enabled the conduct of effective, representative testing.- Provided Subject Matter Expertise (SME) on software quality assurance practices including recommendations on defect prevention, defect detection and defect correction strategies.- Implemented a defect tracking mechanism and provided daily metrics on testing and defect status.- Directed the creation of exhaustive test specifications that exercised the key aspects of the system to uncover major shortcomings and thus enhance system quality.- Coordinated activities with development organization to determine the priority of defects/enhancements discovered and the order in which they should be addressed to better satisfy customer requirements.- Performed the necessary analysis to evaluate and select a defect management system that was relevant and provided value in the efforts to enhance the quality of the system

Responsible and accountable for the quality of functional business area components for an enterprise level application.- Lead a team of 12 Quality Assurance Analysts responsible for the testing of Data Warehousing components as well as provisioning functionality- Developed and implemented alternative approaches to software testing to enforce elements of software quality i.e. portability, efficiency, maintainability, dependability, correctness and usability- Mentored associates and managed performance and career/growth plans- Developed and communicated strategic direction of the team and projects- Provided steady feedback to Quality Assurance Directors to indicate project status and provide departmental recommendations- Actively involved in a hiring process targeted at growing the team and enhancing its overall skill level.