Data Research and Analysis, Strategic Planner, Career Coach, Startup ConsultantExamples:Keiretsu Forum Member - Seattle, Boise• Deal Screening Team • Investor Due Diligence• Coaching, MentoringInvestment Research Panel/Council Participation• Investor education, analysis of market trends in Big Data Analytics, Internet Safety, Storage, Messaging, Datacenter InfrastructurePuget Sound Automobile Dealers Association• Washington State Automobile Dealership Wage and Benefit Survey and Analysis. Built web survey tools, performed analysis, generated report.Working knowledge of Microsoft Power Apps, model-driven applications.

Subject matter expert working with top-tier lenders in the US to help them evaluate and implement FICO scoring solutions.FICO (NYSE: FICO) is a leading analytics software company, helping businesses in 90+ countries make better decisions that drive higher levels of growth, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company’s groundbreaking use of Big Data and mathematical algorithms to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire industries.FICO is best known for the FICO® Score, that helps lenders make accurate, reliable and fast credit risk decisions across the customer lifecycle.

DimensionalMechanics™ (DM) has changed its name to AI Dynamics™. AI Dynamics provide services and tools to automate the process of building neural networks and deploying AI solutions. •Cofounder, board member, investor•Managed setting up the initial operational aspects of organizing and running the company•Managed the product development cadence and strategic planning•Delivered first products to market

Product Management for early stage startup in stealth mode developing storage technology• Agile Scrum Product Owner, operations team and product development teams• Analyzed and organized customer research program, activities for cold-callers• Performed primary research into feature requirements and customer preferences• Helped work through pricing, licensing and SKU modeling

Director level manager of senior product planners and researchers (technical product management)• Internet safety, consumer identity, consumer data privacy and datacenter infrastructure• Built and managed the first team of planners and researchers at Microsoft to directly support the cloud datacenter infrastructure platforms• Provided guidance and oversight for many global research projects, qualitative and quantitative• Founded cross-company consumer identity v-team, rationalizing Microsoft’s consumer identity strategy. • Developed a big data baseline for Microsoft data privacy and protection • Managed $1M+ research and travel budget.

Technical product manager for the largest consumer email service in the world at that time (over 300M+ active users), contributed directly to continued year over year growth of 3-5%• Managed research projects to update and refine use cases for consumer email• Delivered regular reports of current size and growth trends of the consumer email market across the world.• Strategic planning for email platform cost, performance and overall value Storage/resource growth, datacenter SKU modeling, QoS/performance optimization Initial roadmap for platform integration of Hotmail with other Microsoft services

Intelligent Results produced Predigy, a Predictive Analysis and Decision Management Platform for Financial ServicesLead the product management and program management teams through company acquisition by First Data Corporation• Completed go-to-market and product release of core product, ultimately resulting in the acquisition of Intelligent Results by First Data. • Lead the product specification process/back log using an Agile approach • Delivered technical marketing content and executed go-to-market strategy, released product to market

Hosted Solutions to Communications Sector (Telcos), 2004 - 2006Developing and executed the strategic product plan for Exchange Hosted Solutions. This was the incubational product work that eventually evolved into Microsoft Office 365 cloud services.• Directed a deep strategic consulting engagement with British Telecom (BT), resulting in the release of Exchange Hosted solution • Developed repeatable process for launching hosted products through regional Telco channelsBusiness grew from 6 telecommunication partners to over 30 in two years, increasing revenue from this industry 4-fold, both in direct sales of Microsoft products and sell-through revenue via partners Received the Circle of Excellence Award for the partner engagement plan.

Responsible for the product plan for Exchange Edge Services email protection and security, resulting in the re-architecture of core parts of Exchange Server.• Provided technical analysis of competing products and potential acquisition targets. This work resulted in multi-million dollar safety and security technology acquisitions (Sybari, Forefront), with estimated incremental revenue contribution for Exchange of 3-5% (a $1B+/year product for Microsoft).• Designed and executed the first-ever quantitative and qualitative research projects in Microsoft for enterprise email safety and security• Member of the Exchange Leadership Bench, a select group of developing managers

Responsible for technology roadmap, go-to-market strategy, marketing requirements documents and strategic planning for the $100M+ Reflection Product Line.• Next-generation web-enabled host access, PC/UNIX Integration and Enterprise Application Integration products to market. • Group manager of a high performing team of 12 product management professionals• Successfully managed a $4M product marketing budget 4 years straight.

Responsible for Go-to-Market and End-of-Life strategies for TCP/IP products• Consistently achieved company revenue targets for products and exceeded personal performance goals.

Networking specialist providing 2nd-tier support and consulting services for systems engineers and support technicians• International Support Lead

Senior Support Technician and Manager• Managed Support and Operations Team• Specialized in selling, installing and configuring Lantastic, Netware, and Microsoft LAN Manager LANs• Tested new hardware technologies and equipment, analyzed special software and hardware needs for key customers