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- Led the marketing team responsible for Microsoft's outreach to the startup and investor communities world wide via programs such as BizSpark, with over 45,000 active companies- Managed the Global Briefing Center program in Silicon Valley- Represented the company in frequent speaking and partner engagements related to entrepreneurship

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- Led global product marketing organization responsible for Sun Developer Network (4.5M registered members), Developer Tools (e.g. NetBeans with 8M+ downloads / year), StarOffice / OpenOffice.org (with estimated 50-70M users) and Communications Suite (with over 280M seats sold)- Participated in the integration team during Oracle's acquisition of Sun

- Served as "product boss" for Sun's new Cloud Computing initiative- Led cross-functional team responsible for delivering the non-technical components of the Sun Cloud (e.g. legal compliance, integration with Sun's financial systems, user experience, community and partner development)- Established decision-making and reporting mechanisms for the business unit's executive staff

- Led, and actively participated in, company-wide strategic initiatives toward attracting developers and students to Sun and its technologies- Team exceeded all goals associated with the initiatives (e.g. connecting with 500K students, achieving active tools 650K users)

- Managed increasing scope of responsibility beginning with the Standard Edition of the Java Platform (Java SE, 12/03 - 1/08), adding the Enterprise Edition (Java EE, 8/05 - 1/08), and Micro Edition (Java ME 12/06 - 5/07) with Developer Tools and Sun Developer Network (8/05 - 11/06)- Led product marketing for Java SE during the major Java SE 5 and Java SE 6 releases and during the open sourcing of Java- Developed cross-functional team focused on the consumer ecosystem for Java- Promoted to Director in 10/04 and Senior Director in 10/06

- Served as Chief of Staff for VP / GM of Java Software (7/01 - 10/02) and later VP of Developer Tools (10/02 - 12/03)- Provided business support for strategic litigation (Sun v. Microsoft, States' case v. Microsoft, Kodak v. Sun); named as 30b6 witness for Sun v. Microsoft and Kodak v. Sun- Wrote keynote presentations for JavaOne (one of the world's largest software developer conferences)- Coordinated business unit program reviews that drove resource allocation decisions- Defined strategy and rallied team to secure PC OEM deals for Java distribution

- Founded and managed Software Marketing Initiatives team to drive delivery of solutions, rather than uncoordinated point products

- Founded and managed Business Practices Group in the Java Software business unit to assist in scaling a rapidly growing and increasingly complex business- Designed web-based product information system, used by hundreds of employees- Analyzed and improved software business practices and trained product managers

- Collaborated with engineering and marketing on business cases for innovative ideas emerging in the Java Software business unit- Facilitated 6-week analysis of a potential business opportunity (Webtop) and was part of the team that reported out to the CEO's staff- Wrote presentation for the CEO's staff requesting, and later receiving, funding for what became Java Platform Enterprise Edition

- Wrote presentation given by a VP to the CEO summarizing JavaSoft's business status- Analyzed product positioning and pricing strategies

- Founded and managed Quality Assurance Group in a growing startup- Represented company to clients during pre-sales, audits, conferences and Beta tests- Tested expert system software and edited French edition of 600-page technical manual- Established and documented innovative inter-departmental product quality procedures- Developed ISO 9000 and Disaster Recovery Plans

- Tested design of inventory tracking database and supported field engineers