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Kirkland, WA, US

Bellevue, WA

Managed the AMD corporate relationship with Microsoft, including identifying and driving new partnership opportunities across Consumer/Commercial PC, Server/Cloud, and Embedded markets. Led Alliance team with scope spanning from technical engagement on new product features to product launch and field alignment.

Drove the Depth Partner Marketing program for Windows Phone 7 which engaged and delivered the top consumer applications into Marketplace for global availability. Established a comprehensive Quality & User Experience review service for WP partners which achieved a significant increase in overall Depth application ratings by consumers.

Led the team responsible for the end-to-end developer experience with Windows Phone 7, including Education and Support, Tooling, Application Certification, and Marketplace. Drove the specification & coordinated delivery of the comprehensive suite of.NET application development tools. Partnered with Marketing and Developer Evangelism to host a series of.

Co-founded Microsoft ESP, which was an immersive, 3D game technology platform for commercial Training & Decision Support solutions. Defined product strategy and roadmap, and built a multi-disciplinary team which delivered v1.0 to spec and on schedule.

Led a team of program managers responsible for the Developer Platform features shared across the Microsoft Office suite. Advised the Office product teams on platform design and consistency, and coordinated integration and delivery of.NET Visual Studio Tools for Office through a cross-divisional effort.

Authored & managed several architecture documents and development projects for Microsoft Office Developer Marketing.

Sailed from Seattle, WA to Mexico and across the South Pacific to New Zealand.

Staffed and led the Platform PM team and coached platform design for a web/XML-based, Office-type product suite.

Managed team and deliverables for Visual Basic Scripting, JavaScript (ECMAScript) and the Microsoft Script Editor. Contributor on the ECMA-262 (JavaScript) accepted Standard.

Drove multiple product releases of Outlook and Outlook Web Access as head of the program management team. Established a Customer Priority Response process which provided critical product fixes with a 100% response rate.

Technical program manager and lead for the initial version of Microsoft Outlook in the areas of Programmability, Tasks, & Setup. Drove internal Microsoft IT beta programs.

Founded Beyond's Profession Services unit which serviced customer's high-end deployment and workflow application needs.

Defined & coordinated specifications and cross-functional schedules for Beyond's products (16 product releases in 2 years). Managed technical relationships with major corporate accounts & 3rd party product integrations.

Directed the engineering team including development, Quality Assurance, and documentation. Assumed technical product management role, coordinating schedules and messaging with Marketing. Authored 1991 product strategy and corporate business plan.

Technical Lead on development contracts; responsibilities included specification, design, & implementation. Founded and managed the global support programs for Gold Hill’s ISVs & Distributors.

Principal investigator of a Diagnostic/Logistic Support Expert System R&D project for Trident Class submarines. Project received recognition at General Dynamics Corporate level for research content and realistic goals.