Ucloser provides a software-as-a-service platform for the real estate industry. I joined the two co-founders as the third full-time employee, bringing a range of experience to the company. I contributed in a number of areas, including: Corporate- Financial projections for current and new lines of business- Modeling of unit economics for transaction-based business- Vogt Award application, business plan and finalist presentation (2012 award winner)Investor Relations- Refinement of investor messages, development of investor presentations- Quarterly investor updates, Investor meetingsProduct- Product strategy and feature definition- Refinement, documentation of product requirements and product management process- Definition of required software architectural documents, product security best practices- Industry and competitive researchMarketing and Sales- Adwords pay-per-click campaigns, Google Analytics performance monitoring- Email campaign management (Mailchimp)- Website: PPC landing pages, content for product marketing and customer support- Direct mail & trade show campaigns- Customer, VAR contract development and reviewCustomer Support- Getting Started Guide for customers, User Help content within the product- Web-based How-to guides, Virtual PBX setup

Efficient Networks became a market leader in Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) products; its SpeedStream product line is used by carriers worldwide to deliver broadband Internet services. Annual revenue at Efficient Networks grew from $3 million in 1998 to over $200 million in 2000. Efficient had an initial public offering in 1999, led by Credit Suisse First Boston. After its IPO Efficient Networks raised over $800 million in follow-on equity and debt financing, and during 1999 and 2000 the company acquired Flowpoint, Network Telesystems, and MultiMedia Development. Siemens Information and Communications Networks acquired Efficient Networks in 2001, in a $1.5 billion cash transaction. Efficient Networks received its initial venture funding from Crosspoint Venture Partners, El Dorado Ventures, Menlo Ventures and Palomar Ventures. It also garnered corporate investments from ADC Telecommunications, Siemens AG and Texas Instruments. My responsibilities evolved throughout my tenure, and included:- Coordinating corporate product strategy across three divisions, and through acquisitions of three smaller companies.- Technical marketing and business development, targeting strategic customers and industry partners. - Identifying and assessing potential acquisition targets, performing technical due diligence, and assisting with post-acquisition integration.- Conducting market and competitive research.- Representing Efficient Networks at standards bodies. - Developing and presenting product/technology/application content at industry events and in technical analyst briefings.- Developing and presenting product and market information for investor relations, including earnings releases, SEC filings and financial analyst briefings. - Detailed product requirements definition and product line management.

Siemens Information and Communications Networks acquired Efficient Networks in April, 2001. After the acquisition several members of the Efficient Networks management team were appointed to executive positions within Siemens ICN; I became CTO for Siemens ICN US.

Staff engineer: member of the team responsible for defining product requirements and system architecture for the iMPAX family of frame- and cell-switching products. - Co-author: patents 5526344, 5526349, 5809021- Software architect: member of the team responsible for architectural design of the object-oriented iMPAX network management system, and for its embedded system software.- Software group manager: SNMP management interface system.- Software developer: Uni-View graphical network management system.

Addison Research developed and sold WinDraw, an innovative vector graphics drawing package for the Windows environment. As the first graphical Windows environment became available on PCs, WinDraw provided users with an affordable tool for creating editable graphics. Addison Research customers included Hewlett-Packard, NASA-Ames Research Center, Boeing Computer Services, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, and Viewlogic Systems.

Integrated Telecom was funded by VC firms Texas Venture Partners and Sunwest Venture Partners, and was acquired by DSC Communications in 1990. My work included hardware and software designs for the ITC ACCUDACS digital multiplexer and cross-connect system, including:- Dual processor system controller and I/O cards- Digital voice compression card- X.25 packet switching card- Embedded inter-processor communication software- Simplex circuit-connection software

Electronic design: high-speed tape drive controller for the VME environment, built from programmable logic devices

- Electronic design: multiple-drive hard disk controller card- Electronic design: terminal emulation card for the IBM PC environment