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Santa Clara, California, Us

Defines end-to-end go-to-market strategy for Intel Data Center & AI group's most complex product launch in history. Coordinates business unit product goals with partner and end customer research in order to define product positioning from the outside-in. Establishes clear directional guidance to both educate internal stakeholders on the technical complexity of the product as well as prescribe direction through marketing strategy. • Design and execute product marketing strategy for next-generation Xeon processors and AI technologies bringing the world's most complicated hardware and software product from concept to market.• Own product disclosure strategy coordinating needs of feature teams into actionable plans activated by investor relations, public relations, and marketing organizations.• Responsible for quarterly marketing budget encompassing research, sales and marketing collateral, agency support, and contract workers.• Dedicated to leading team and culture transformation with a goal of fostering the best team on earth.

Elk Grove, California, Us

Operational excellence manager driving strategic, measurable, and actionable business policy and decision making across all business units. • Led cross-functional sales, marketing, support, and supply chain operations influencing continual refinement. • Created international best practices architecture and definitions through data-driven decisions. Responsible for enterprise communications in business, customer relations, legal, and regulatory. • Oversaw continual growth of data science and machine learning efforts improving supply chain effectiveness and fulfillment velocity.Key Projects & Impact: • Led the successful rebranding and digital marketing strategy.• Grew retail sales by 740% over a 24-month period.• Owned the implementation of Oracle ERP, CRM, VoIP telephony, logistics automation, and cloud services positioning the company for exponential growth; resulting in a 6% overall cost reduction to the operational allocation for 2019 and 9% for 2020.• Negotiated annual contract renewals impacting over 20% of annual operating budget. • Led deployment of B2B wholesale self-service portal reducing front-office resource requirements by 33% and accelerating order processing lead times by 2.8x.

Combining technical product execution with international business development to creatively blend modern solutions for our partners. Extensive focus on forming and sustaining international business, digital sales and marketing strategy, omnichannel marketing, and financial modeling. • Coordinated equity partnership in Samurai Capital; successfully defining and growing business and marketing models resulting in a revenue-positive fintech startup in 12 months.• Directed the ideation, international hiring, management, and marketing strategy for a drone education company resulting in a fully automated education platform for drone education and sales.• Defined white paper for in-house sentiment-driven cryptocurrency trading bot including successful development of API-based minimum viable product.

Parker, Colorado, Us

Jeff's role as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer focuses on developing Samurai's international business unit, aiming to deliver process efficiencies to all stages of the mortgage process; all-the-while improving end borrower user experience.Responsibilities• Ensure lifecycle productivity across all verticals.• Drive business and financial model.• Sales and marketing strategy for loan origination.• Planning and oversight of all web products.• Creation and sustainment of Loan Officer Assistant team in Central America.• Develop international financial growth model for both Samurai Capital Mortgage, LLC & Escalon Global S.V.• Build partnerships between Samurai and channel partners; architecting automation between businesses.• Facilitate physical and virtual infrastructure growth.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Founded solar software startup, Solar Merchant, successfully raising $125,000 in US DoE funding leading to an acquisition/merger with Pick My Solar (now solar.com Electrum) to increase overall market share and client base. Role was transitioned to an agency-management model for product development.Projects and successes:• Owned the full-stack relaunch of our residential product. • Lead the integration, development, and launch of our commercial product.• Guided the development and launch of our Solar Book education platform.Jeff developed and implemented growth strategies for Pick My Solar's products and ventures, including creative partnerships and adoption of technological innovations. • Contributed to due diligence on new venture opportunities, including market research, partner evaluation, risk profiles and financial return potential.• Worked with Pick My Solar's marketing team to create and implement a plan that covers multiple marketing channels, including digital advertising, social media, and content marketing. • Conducted research on relevant industry trends and emerging technologies, platforms, sales strategies, pricing strategies, and business models.Jeff joined in April 2016 after Pick My Solar fully acquired his startup company, Solar Merchant.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Jeff leads a virtual team as Skype Technical Lead covering the most rigorous A/V and interopability test specifications for computing platforms in the industry. He ramped the program to a steady-state; ready to intercept next-generation Intel platforms and deliver quality validation and certification of system interoperability, video (including preprocessing algorithms), speakers and dual-array mics, cameras (including 3D cameras), CPU utilization, and networking. Jeff developed an online presence and innovative results submission portal for instantaneous program status reporting. He highlights his successful technical management approach utilizing lab infrastructure across the world for execution rather than building up local resources, which would have otherwise cost an estimated $500,000. His key deliverables include publishing program architecture deployed across multiple business units, obtaining managerial buy-in, and defining a rigid test plan.As a Validation Lead, Jeff is required to:• Fully understand Microsoft and Intel unified specifications• Architect test suites per Intel platform to correctly asses to specification.• Design test distribution model across five geographies• Develop and deploy test model aligned to software and hardware milestones• Gather and report data to senior management• Maintain autonomy in making own engineering decisions impacting testing and personnel• Establish test infrastructure in four countries and seven locations totaling more than $1M in distributed investmentResults of Jeff's role:• Provide data (including white paper) directly to Intel customers• HW and SW design impact• Uncover and drive quality defects to closureJeff also leads the Fusion validation innovation vehicle garnering an Intel Group Recognition Award from Intel Senior Vice President, Praveen Vishakantaiah. Jeff guided the investment of $300,000+ in new infrastructure to streamline, simplify, and enable new modes of validation and automation.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Perform both pre and post-silicon validation, certification, and program management across multiple platforms and form factors within Intel's Personal Computing Client Group. Engage daily with architects, developers, validation engineers, program managers, human factor engineers, and interaction designers to develop and validate the user experience of Ultrabooks™. Responsibilities include driving innovation within Microsoft certification testing including Skype and Lync HD validation infrastructure and certification, processes management and refinement, Android CTS front-end architecture, network infrastructure management, and test case/suite development and curation.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Solar Merchant is the nation's first online solar marketplace where energy consumers in the commercial and industrial sectors can receive multiple bids from pre-qualified installers and financiers in a streamlined, online marketplace.In 2016, Solar Merchant was acquired by Pick My Solar. Solar Merchant had successfully raised $125,000 in funding and is now integrated as Pick My Solar Commercial.Problem:1. Development time from first contact to signed term sheet is too long: 3-6 months2. Small Commercial solar cost is too high due to lack of clear and direct competition, scale, and financeability challenges3. Commercial real estate missing out on solar power due to conflicts of interest between real estate owners and commercial tenantsSolution:Solar Merchant has built an online platform where customers in the small commercial solar sector can post their projects to receive competitive proposals from multiple installers and financiers and receive consultation on the development process and offers.

Orange, Connecticut, Us

• Validation of corporate deployment processes.• Software, hardware, and network troubleshooting in relation to platform migration.• End user migration of the Windows 7 Enterprise platform.

Eugene, Or, Us

Designed and implemented a strategic vision encapsulating nearly 2,500 students.

Eugene, Or, Us

Co-instructed a 400-level programming and embedded micro-controller course (ARTD 416) focused on micro-controller implementation, theory, creativity, and object orientated programming.

• Served as a consultant for progressive web technologies and strategic marketing.• Developed, implemented, and maintained Repair2ReUse.org for Lane County.• Overhauled and maintained two websites; ReUseRadio.org and ReArtFestival.org for NextStep Recycling and Lane County.

Champaign, Il, Us

• Selected in 2009 and paid for by the University of Oregon to attend as a participant.• Selected in 2011 as an Onsite Coordinator for the institute.

Sacramento, Ca, Us

• Assisted with server migration to a virtualized environment.• Maintained and operated computer service ticketing system.

• Founded and operated a DJ company.• Designed a successful marketing campaign, hired peers and grew and maintained assets.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Entrepreneurial Business Administration

Bachelor Of Science, Digital Arts; Human And Computer Interactions

Private Pilot'S License, Helicopter

Wilderness First Responder

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