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Toronto, Ontario, Ca

- Responsible for technology, infrastructure, and operations- Established incubation/innovation labs for fast-paced environment (experiments, prototypes, PoC, MVP)- Lead innovation research, development with academia for service industries, using emerging technologies to merge digital & physical (software, hardware), worlds through 3D visualization (AR, VR), integrate external sensors (IoT), and power through data (AI/ML/bots) on various platforms, GCP

- Heading, mentoring global team, product management, engineering, QA, support, security, user experience- Delivering SaaS cloud product Go-To-Market (pricing, roadmap, partnerships, planning, revenue)- Managing strategic partnership Microsoft, and leading customer collaboration- Setting new product strategy for Microsoft Healthcare (Azure, Teams, Healthcare conversational AI/Bot)- Led implementation of automation, security/compliance (HIPAA, Vulnerability testing, Pentesting, Patch management, Network security, Security Policies), Cloud (AWS, Azure), Mobile development, Web development (React), user experience design, API Design, CI/CD, Analytics- Technical Experience: Healthcare technologies, EMR/EHR, APIs (HL7, FHIR), Compliance (HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001, PCI, CIS Controls/Benchmarks, SOC 2), Security (nmap, wireshark, nessus, owasp zap, burp suite, metasploit))

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

Adviser to leadership teamProviding consulting on cybersecurity, emerging technologies, open source, product management, engineering, business developement, and cloud technology

Bridgewater, Nj, Us

- Established incubation/innovation lab (mini startups) for fast-paced environments (prototyping, PoCs, MVPs) - Advanced product architecture design and scalable, available, reliable fault tolerant deployments- Led strategic initiative: product strategy, roadmap vision, enterprise architecture, scaling deployment, technical expertise specialist, define emerging technology direction, Open-Source Software, cloud technologies, data management, distributed systems, security, networking, lead proposals/RFPs, lead pre-sales & consulting, problem-solving.- Developed Go-To-Market activities for new product development (vision, roadmap, requirements, pricing, competition analysis, industry analysis, partnerships, technology roadmap, business development)- Supervised and mentored cross-functional teams of product experts- Built, managed a global distributed offshore team engineer, UX in India and Croatia- Increased sales, winning Japan carriers (SBM, KDDI, docomo), Advanced Messaging RCS/RBM developer platform- Increased sales, winning US carriers (ATT, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint), Advsnced Messaging RBM developer platform- Awarded, company & industry (2019 Leading Lights) innovation award for eWallet ecommerce bot- Developed new products, Advsnced Messaging RCS/RBM developer (API) & ecommerce platform B2B/B2C, bots/AI, email cloud service, email user security- Managed technology partners, identified merger & acquisition opportunities- Technical Experience; Infrastructure On-Prem/Cloud, AWS, Python, Java, Node.js, API Design, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Aurora, , Microservices, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes, Istio, Kafka, Elasticsearch (ELK)

- Introduced and managed ‘Innovation Labs’ for new product design and development, fast-paced experiments (POCs, MVPs), product architecture, scaling deployments, emerging technology direction, open-source software initiatives, cloud technologies, data analytics, security- Developed Go-To-Market (pricing, architecture, roadmap, vision, competitor analysis, investing planning)- Hands-on technical leadership, managed, mentored, trained, and inspire a team of product experts- Built and managed a global distributed offshore teams (20+) engineers, user experiences in India and Croatia- Produced solutions for architecture deployment, product automation (Ansible), data analytics platform, Rich Communications (audio, video, chat), developer platform, bots/AI, Security (Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus)- Decreased operational cost for 3rd party license, using open-source software- Led business strategy partnerships, merger & acquisitions investment planning- Technical Experience: Infrastructure, AWS, Python, Java, NodeJS, API Design, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Aurora, Microservices, Docker, Ansible, Kubernetes, Istio, Kafka, Elasticsearch (ELK)

- Hired, managed global onshore/offshore R&D development teams, product management, user experience UI/UX teams- Developed Go-To-Market (roadmaps, pricing, planning, business strategy, investment planning, industry research, customer analysis) for SaaS messaging services Email & Security- Implemented continuous improvement, Agile development, CI/CD, DevOps, Open-Source Software, data analytics platform (ELK), best practices (engineering, quality assurance), collaborative culture, lower engineering cost, optimized resource utilization- Led customer collaboration responsible for enterprise customers (Softbank), merger & acquisition opportunities- Increased sales, new deals in Japan, EMEA, N. America

Marshall, Texas, Us

- Managed team of product managers and user experience designers for SaaS based mobile messaging apps (email, chat) for mobile carriers- Led Go-To-Market (GTM) (pricing, product requirements, roadmap, customer engagements, partnerships)- Launched new product line for Microsoft Hotmail service, Android & Kindle mobile apps (14M+ downloads)Improved processes, implemented Agile development, CI/CD, Data Analytics

Santa Barbara, Ca 93105, Us

- Managed, trained a team of product managers (6+) for mobile internet, mobile security product portfolio- Product line ownership for security products (network security (packet filtering), web filtering, identity management, content filtering/regional compliance)- Led Go-To-Market (GTM), trade shows, product marketing, PRD, MRD, business plans, planning/track progress, roadmap, pricing, revenue growth, sales enablement, partnerships, marketing & collateral, product vision, data driven analysis of customer usage, emerging trends, proposals/RFPs/RFIs, budget planning- Increased sales, winning mobile carriers (Vodafone Group)- Took ownership of selecting partners, merger & acquisition opportuniries

- Managed, mentored a team (10+) product managers for mobile internet products- Led Go-To-Market (GTM), translate user needs, product definition, PRD, MRD, business development, planning, technology roadmap, product roadmap, pricing, sales enablement, partnerships, marketing & collatoral, product vision, - Increase sales, winning Sprint, KDDI- Evangelized strategic customer collaboration (SBM, KDDI)- Launched successfully first mobile web for KDDI

- Led product management activies for Directory Services- Delivered Go-To-Market (GTM), translate user needs, PRD, MRD, business development, planning, technology roadmap, product roadmap, pricing, sales enablement, partnerships, marketing & collatoral- Developed new Software Development Lifecycle process, and templates- Launched successfull first highly scalable standalone Directory Services- Research and recommend merger & acquisition opportuniries

Dulles, Virginia, Us

- Led, managed a team of solution architect covering consulting, technical training, pre-sales activities- Developed best practices for large-scale infrastructure ,architecture design, and deployments for internet scale services- Launched successfully services for Ecommerce, Email, Webmail for customers (World Access, Swisscom, BT)- Hired, trained, managed, and coached technical talent pool

- Led solution architect, consulting, technical training, pre-sales, and post-sales activities- Developed large-scale system design and deployment implementations- Increase sales, successfully launched customer projects (5_) for document automation in the US, UK (Banks, Insurance)- Subject Matter Expert for OS (Unix, Windows NT), networking (TCP/IP, NFS, Novell, NT), RDBM’s (Sybase, Oracle, Gupta), and hardware.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

- Designed and developed new graphical usrr interface product (low-code)- Led the design of APIs to 3rd party Transaction Processing monitors (Tuxedo, CICS, Encina)- Took ownership of the planning, and the product deliverables- Expeirenced in transaction monitors, C, SQL, RDBMS

Round Rock, Texas, Us

- Led solution architect, consulting, technical training, and pre-sales activities- Evangelized technical knowledge expertise in large-scale deployment design and implementations, performance benchmarking, migrations from competitors, - Experienced with operating systems (UNIX, Windows NT), networking (TCP/IP, NFS, SMB, Novell), RDBMS (Ingres, Sybase, Oracle, Microsoft)

- Led solution architect, consulting, technical training, technical support, and pre-sales activities- Developed detailed designs, and implementation for large-scale messaging, networking, and database systems- Experienced with UNIX, Windows, X Windows, C programming, networking (TCP/IP, NFS, SMB, Novell), and RDBMS (Informix)

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

- Designed and developed internal applications and services- Responsible for all system administrator, and support activies- Implemented modern workplace applications, and custom applications for all offices- Experienced with operating systems (Windoes, UNIX), networking (TCIP/IP, NFS, SMB), development (C, SQL), RDBMS (Empress), hardware

- Led delivery of product requirements, product definition, and detailed system design- Performed application development and support of internal services- Experienced with developing/coding in COBOL, FORTRAN, RTL, Machine Code, and Scripting