John Dawson Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Cary, Nc

Served on Board of Directors, set CEO compensation as member of compensation committee, helped CEI successfully manage two CEO transitions, spoke at Ensight User Group and sales meetings, provided general business advice. Provided advice on potential acquisitions, including CEI's acquisition by Ansys. Was on the Board until the it was dissolved when CEI was acquired by Ansys.

• Led multiple cross-functional teams responsible for migrating legacy Compellent systems to Dell standard IT Systems and processes. o Led the migration of a mission-critical Support system from Compellent to a Dell Class 1 data center.o Directed the deployment of a new SW Licensing system to enable the launch of the first two Storage Products to use Dell Order, Fulfillment and Support systems.

• Negotiated the contracts, managed the ongoing deliverables and successfully completed multiple software development and testing projects within budget and scope.• Operated as Technical Lead for requirements gathering and analysis for very high performance storage systems• Developed high level scalability direction for the Lustre parallel, distributed file system that shaped the roadmap for Lustre for several years.

Austin, Tc

• Served as Project Manager for the Engineering Compute engagement with IBM Global Services to improve the service and reliability of IT resources to support the engineering activities utilizing ITIL-based analysis of computer infrastructure that resulted in an improvement plan in the implementation phase. Led QA, Tools and software development teams in an open and hands-on manner that resulted in high employee satisfaction and engagement• Engaged third parties to deliver specific… Show more • Served as Project Manager for the Engineering Compute engagement with IBM Global Services to improve the service and reliability of IT resources to support the engineering activities utilizing ITIL-based analysis of computer infrastructure that resulted in an improvement plan in the implementation phase. Led QA, Tools and software development teams in an open and hands-on manner that resulted in high employee satisfaction and engagement• Engaged third parties to deliver specific outsourced portions of service and managed Service Level Agreements/SLAs, creating accountability and a partnership model that produced excellent results.• Established a System Integration and Testing Group• Directed the Internal Tools and Integrated Development groups, providing coaching, visible leadership, performance management and mentoring. • Reduced the backlog of open defects by 60%• Grew the outsourced effort to 60+ people in three months• Established several large outsourced engineering and testing projects and provided leadership and management for the end to end project, capturing milestones, proving reports to leadership and removing barriers to on-time launches. Show less

Co founded the company. Hired and led the 40-person engineering team, located and leased office space and established the corporate infrastructure (phones, network connections, insurance, employee benefits etc.).• Led the development effort for Cassatt’s Linux-based scalable operating system which was used to create the world’s largest Linux cluster and led to an OEM contract with HP.• Managed Cassatt’s engineering relationship with HP, major partner, secured facilities and established… Show more Co founded the company. Hired and led the 40-person engineering team, located and leased office space and established the corporate infrastructure (phones, network connections, insurance, employee benefits etc.).• Led the development effort for Cassatt’s Linux-based scalable operating system which was used to create the world’s largest Linux cluster and led to an OEM contract with HP.• Managed Cassatt’s engineering relationship with HP, major partner, secured facilities and established benefits programs. Maintained a strong business and technical relationship while balancing HP’s changing technical requirements with Cassatt’s available resources. Show less

Director, Information Systems• Responsible for Cray’s corporate wide IS infrastructure, including the corporate supercomputer center in Eagan and leading the project to create all new IS infrastructure as a result of SGI’s sale of the Cray business. • Deployed an international VPN-based WAN, provided IS support to moving ten field offices to new facilities and moved 400 people in Wisconsin and Minnesota into new facilities, on time (under 4 months) and within budget.• Planned and… Show more Director, Information Systems• Responsible for Cray’s corporate wide IS infrastructure, including the corporate supercomputer center in Eagan and leading the project to create all new IS infrastructure as a result of SGI’s sale of the Cray business. • Deployed an international VPN-based WAN, provided IS support to moving ten field offices to new facilities and moved 400 people in Wisconsin and Minnesota into new facilities, on time (under 4 months) and within budget.• Planned and managed a thirty five million dollar annual budget and resolved the conflicting resource demands of the various Cray divisions.• Continued to meet the company’s IT requirement while reducing the budget by two thirds.Director, Software Engineering• Led the 100-person organization responsible for all phases of the development and support of the system software for Cray’s Parallel Vector and Massively Parallel Supercomputers. This included Operating Systems, Compilers, Libraries and Tools. Reported to the CEO of Cray Inc.. • Negotiated the purchase and sale of software technology.• Managed the budgeting and tracking process for a fifty million dollar budget.• Established in-house capability for on-demand generation of software distribution media and documentation. Show less