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Beaverton, Oregon, United States

• Manage development and delivery of hardware and software digital watermarking technologies from early innovation to release. Own and develop product roadmap for a portfolio of leading-edge hardware and software.
• Lead multiple software and hardware engineering teams in Agile framework
• Act as direct liaison between engineering teams and internal and external customers
• Develop and lead new product ideas aligned with business strategy and customer requirements
• Manage a portfolio of multi-million dollar projects and ensure they are within scope, budget, and schedule
• Uses professionalism, tact, cultural sensitivity, diplomacy, and technical curiosity to effectively liaise and communicate with a broad range of cross functional stakeholders and influence at different levels

Beaverton, Oregon, United States

Beaverton, Oregon

Wilsonville, OR

• Simultaneously manage delivery of enterprise controller software for multiple products and platforms. Act as interface between internal organizations and 3rd party device vendors.
• Lead software systems engineering team, providing direction, priorities, and motivation for geographically-dispersed team.
• Manage multiple offshore vendors who are responsible for delivery of device embedded software and quality assurance.
• Work cross-functionally across organization to gather business requirements and develop technical specifications, working closely with product planning, manufacturing and supply chain, business, marketing, customer.
• Create and manage A/B-level software delivery and QA schedules
• Drive open issues to closure, communicate to stakeholders, and mitigate program risks.

Wilsonville, OR

• Program manager accountable for delivery and integration of enterprise embedded software for a multi-function printer using Agile methodologies.
• Led team of 11 onshore and offshore software engineers, providing direction, priorities, and motivation.
• Managed software deliverables through Agile methodologies. Performed role of Product Owner and Scrum Master.
• Resolved project roadblocks by finding accountable owners and driving issues to closure.
• Created software delivery schedules and forecast needed resources based on work breakdown and historical team performance.
• Tracked delivery to schedule through team velocity, critical path analysis, defect trends, and historical data.

Wilsonville, OR

• Project manager accountable for delivery of embedded software for a multi-function printer rebranded for a Xerox development partner using Agile methodologies.
• Managed a team of ten software engineers in India. Led weekly calls to review issues, share information from our customer or other internal Xerox teams, and drive outstanding action items to closure.
• Drove requirements generation for the program. Met with our customer twice weekly to review action items and open issues.
• Managed product backlog and set priorities for each sprint during iteration planning. Facilitated sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
• Tracked development progress sprint-to-sprint to monitor alignment with A-level schedule.
• Drove schedule for external dependencies, working closely with outside groups to coordinate their deliverables.

Wilsonville, OR

• Designed real-time engine firmware for solid ink printer technology in C, C++, and Perl, delivering six printers and multifunction devices to Xerox’s product portfolio.
• Developed an encryption system that allowed a printer to detect third-party and gray market consumables without inducing anti-competitive vendor lockout or adding hardware cost. Saved company $1 million in lost revenue.
• Optimized print head calibration algorithms and reduced runtime by 60%, saving company $500,000 a year in manufacturing time and service labor.
• Lead cross-functional, geographically dispersed team to drive the development of print head calibration routines from requirements definition to implementation to system-level testing. Navigated each teams’ differing.
• Identified as a high potential employee one year after joining Xerox. Nominated by senior management to be a part of the Emerging Leaders Program.