Accomplished technology entrepreneur and executive with significant experience in complex, large-scale, mission-critical deployments. With over 30 years in the tech sector, I have built and led teams in multiple domains, including artificial intelligence (AI), digital healthcare, military defense, automotive, hospitality, SaaS, telecom, IoT, and consumer electronics. Named on numerous voice-AI patents from Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Nuance, and sold a patent portfolio to Apple for conversational voice-AI technologies. Currently holds an active Department of Defense Top Secret clearance and my passion is building teams and launching world-class software solutions.Skills• Senior Level Executive• Technology Leadership and Innovation• Software Development• Artificial Intelligence• Machine Learning• Natural Language Understanding• Software Development• Technical Program Management• Active TS ClearanceAccomplishments• Built and led teams that developed and launched the industry's first virtual personal assistant• Sold patent portfolio to Apple for technology used in Siri• Built and led teams to develop and launch in-vehicle voice-AI solutions for major car companies and tier-1 suppliers, including Mitsubishi, Faurecia, and Continental Motors• Built and led teams to develop and launch carrier-grade SaaS solutions for major telecom companies, including AT&T, Sprint, Telcel, Telmex, MTNL and T-Mobile• Raised over $50 MM in funding in both the private and public sectors• Named on patents from Google, Microsoft, IBM, Nuance and Stanford University• Built organizations from the ground-up in Silicon Valley• Plug and Play Ventures AlumniArticlesForbes Magazine (http://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/1115/6412244a.html)TechnologiesAI, ML, NLU, NLP, Neural Networks, TensorFlow, Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, Part-of-Speech Tagging, Named Entity Recognition, Contextual Classification, Android, iOS, AWS, AzurePatents Developed / Issued (sold to Apple)6,434,524 | 6,499,013 | 6,532,444
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