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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

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R&D Solutions Architect, Office of the CTODeveloped technical product strategy for federation of autonomous Application Performance Management products with cross-business unit architecture teamDeveloped solutions architecture for middleware and application performance products Provided technical guidance and software solutions architecture to product architectsDeveloped concept and requirements from high level solution architectures for input to development lifecycle processesDeveloped product strategy for multi-product portfolio addressing short, medium and long term market trendsProvided guidance on chief technology officer functions Developed and published thought leadership articles on middleware and application performance managementParticipated in market analyst discussions to compile appropriate market researchProvided technical guidance and leadership in customer support issues for post-sales effortsParticipated with sales in developing sales and technical strategy for pre-sales customer engagementsResearched and assessed new and adjacent markets for new product opportunities or extensions of existing products Subject matter expert in middleware and application performance management markets and products Support technical relationships with technology partners such as IBM, Oracle and TIBCO

Developed product vision and technical strategy for all portfolio products including technical solution and software architecture Developed concept and requirements for business transaction monitoring as part of Application Performance Management strategyResponsible for hiring all R&D management, programming, quality assurance and customer support personnel Provided technical guidance and leadership to product architects responsible for detailed product architecture and designsProvided technical guidance and leadership in customer support issues for post-sales effortsProvided sales with technical strategy for pre-sales customer engagementsAssessed product acquisition opportunities for fit with strategy and capabilityDeveloped and supported technical relationships with technology partners such as IBM, HP, TIBCO, Oracle and others around middleware and business process management (BPM) technologies Competitive analysis of vendor offerings affecting company product positioningMember of the Board of Directors providing oversight, governance and business, market and technical review and support for board decisionsWorked with investment bankers to successfully position the company for financing (private placement funding rounds) and position the company for eventual acquisition

Developed startup business plan and product strategy for real-time process control and operations software including real-time process control, historical operations and laboratory reporting, maintenance management and plant operation and troubleshooting systemsPioneered development of software on personal computer systems Provided first product in the real-time process control market that utilized peer-to-peer networking capabilityDeveloped independent sales representative channel for sales of company products to public utility and manufacturing marketsManaged the requirements and development of the company's products Developed thought leadership

Managed new product offering utilizing Control Data Corporation CP/M personal computer offeringProduct requirements developmentPre-sales support technical supportMarketing collateral development

Minneapolis, Mn

Undergraduate and graduate classes in Civil Engineering

Pre-sales technical support evangelizing Control Data Corporation application of computer systems for plant real-time process control and reportingRequest for Proposal response strategy and developmentDevelopment of suggested specifications for use by consulting engineering personnel for specifying their customer's real-time process control system requirementsProduct management input for software system requirements based on customer and market requirementsInternal technical consultant as a subject matter expert in real-time process control systemsProject ManagementManaged all phases of real-time process control projectsInterpretation of customer specificationsDevelop technical specification submittal information on the application of the company's technologyInternal and external liaison with internal development teams and external consulting engineers managing customer projects Support of complete solution delivery cycle for customer systems

Minneapolis, Mn

Undergraduate and graduate classes in Civil Engineering

Provided all phases of project and engineering specification development including project planning and cost estimatescost-benefit analysisdetailed engineering specificationsproject bidding administration and external liaison with customer representatives, contractors, and public and private parties

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering

Major in Environmental Engineering Minors in Computer Science and Water Resources Engineering

Master Of Civil Engineering, Engineering Civil Engineering

Major in Environmental Engineering Minors in Computer Science and Water Resources Engineering

Bachelor Of Science Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering