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Responsibilities included managing a team of senior engineers, program managers and 3’rd party vendors to develop intellectual property (IP) for semiconductors chips for use in IBM’s $2+ billion custom logic (ASIC) and games businesses. Accomplishments: Expanded 3’rd party relationships by adding and qualifying 3 new vendors for our cutting edge 32nm SOI technology including defining statement of works and contracts. Defined, developed and program managed 32nm / 45nm IP, including the 1’st PCIe Gen3 industry PMA/PHY for use in 75% of IBM’s custom logic chips. Developed and launch design and release process for 3’rd party IP including quality checks with India/China to enable and support release of IP designs into IBM’s libraries.

Responsibilities included defining product offering, go to market strategy including announce and product launch. Accomplishments: Established consumer based foundry offerings and closed IP requirements with respective PDTs and development. Trained sales team and business partner and successfully transition our consumer clients from ASIC to foundry model based on business needs and consumer requirements, closed $500M of consumer based revenue in 1’st year of execution. Guided our sales team to leverage our new business partner network to win traditional ASIC deals with our foundry based offering. I established a world wide consumer sales initiative with an account strategy focusing on key clients at Sony, Samsung, LG and Sharp. Closely managed the consumer sales team to identify, nurture and close $2B worth of design wins closed $500M of revenue.

Responsibilities included developing consumer product offerings for ASIC and Foundry semiconductor brands; formulating strategic product requirements and roadmaps; closing integrated business and marketing plans; developing go to market plans by leveraging IBM’s business partner network. Accomplishments: Established consumer based foundry offerings and closed IP requirements with respective PDTs and development. Trained sales team and business partner and successfully transition our consumer clients from ASIC to foundry model based on business needs and consumer requirements, closed $500M of consumer based revenue in 1’st year of execution. Guided our sales team to leverage our new business partner network to win traditional ASIC deals with our foundry based offering. I establish a world wide consumer sales initiative with an account strategy focusing on key clients at Sony, Samsung, LG and Sharp. Closely managed the consumer sales team to identify, nurture and close $2B worth of design wins closed $500M of revenue.

Responsibilities included understanding consumer market requirements; formulating strategic product requirements and roadmaps; closing integrated business and marketing plans, identifying new opportunities for growth

Business Manager of a start up storage networking team. Team was responsible for new business development; identifying new client opportunities and requirements; understanding the storage networking industry and market trends

Program manager for the analog read channel products organization. Our 35 person team was responsible for the client interface and developing the requirements, chip architecture, design implementation, and test development.

Manage Research and Development, Purchasing, Shipping and Receiving Departments. Develop product strategy and established company’s strategic direction. Developed and maintained relationships with key computer suppliers, IBM, Micron, First International Computer, and distributions vendors.