Manager of strategic technology group consisting of three engineering teams (HW, SW, Production) responsible for developing, maintaining and operating survey-grade mobile mapping systems deployed globally, collecting LiDAR and imagery data used as the basis for high-definition map making for autonomous driving use cases. Accountable for teams covering domains of embedded software, real-time telematics, GPS/IMU, LiDAR, photogrammetry, data logging and post processing, interfacing systems with asset management tools, diagnostic tools, and data ingestion architecture. Aligned engineering roadmaps to address internal stakeholders that operate over 300 industrial collection systems, globally deployed, collecting ~2- 3 million km annually. Met internal KPI to ensure collection system uptime of 96+%. Managed privacy regulations (GDPR) to adhere to country specific legal requirements to collect with complex hardware systems around the world in 60+ countries annually.Led efforts to rapidly prototype mapping sensor pods in order to jump start development of crowdsourced map leaning concepts, using with real-time (GPU-driven) perception systems and vehicle sensor data.Head of technology group and responsible for budget, staffing, annual KPIs, personnel management, procurement and all contract negotiations with external vendors / internal legal stakeholders.Transformed team organization and migrated team into alignment with business operations process, adoption of agile development framework, JIRA, linkage to Product organization and strategic initiatives, to support transparent prioritization and capacity planning.Led teams to continually improve in adoption of best practices, DevOps, quality management, software release process, testing procedures and root cause analysis. Led all audit activities for 4 engineering teams through internal audit protocols and external ISO audits.

Led development of backend system to manage and monitor globally-deployed data collection assets to track status of collection activity, data ingestion and automated queries to assess progress against product and customer program roadmaps. Developed hardware/software embedded applications and supported these systems globally while also managing the fleet support team.Managed the development of a routing solution for the Chinese postman problem. Has been utilized as an internal tool for past 10 years.Lead all partnership development efforts for street level imagery and core map products.Performed regular data quality and accuracy assessments of HW/SW configurations to support technical decisions for data use cases and interface agreements with downstream consuming services.

Lead overall planning and collection strategies through improved processes/procedures globally for our Regional Map Content department. This included working with internal/external development teams to create new tools and fleet tracking applications.Worked very closely with product teams to better understand and execute on collection coverage needs.Improved collection efficiency by 30% while reducing costs by 50%.

Lead and supported all activities for Western United States region. Responsibilities included: managing 30+ employees remotely across 9 different states, building strategic roadmaps, negotiating sourcing contracts, building leases, and sales/product support. Provide technical map database expertise for any business opportunities within these 9 states.

Regional leader for all operations, technology, customer interactions and personnel management, within CO, UT, AZ, & NM. Core initiatives includeded map building and maintaining core map and urban coverage areas. I was responsible for keeping above a 98% accuracy commitment for all 300+ attributes.

Build detailed city map databases for turn-by-turn navigation systems. Utilized GPS and paper plots during collection efforts to capture pose and attribute information. Prospered in a highly competitive environment with very high stress deadlines/commitments to customers like: Toyota, BMW, and other OEMs. Responsible for all product deliverables from collection through coding/map building and publishing.

Provided technical customer support to end users for entire suite of Intuit products.