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Greater Seattle Area

Field-based pre-sales Principal Solutions Architect responsible scoping and writing Statements of Work (SoW) for professional services projects related to Microsoft Identity including Azure Active Directory and Entra, Active Directory Domain Services, Active Directory Federation Services, Active Directory Certificate Services and, Microsoft Identity Manager. After the SoW has been reviewed with the customer and signed, I work with our project coordinator, project manager and delivery engineer(s) to help ensure the project is successfully staffed and delivered.

Kirkland, Wa

Responsibilities include management, marketing, finance, technology, sales, facilities, operations and planning for the world's foremost bicycle fitting education and products' company.Wrote specification and built the company's first e-commerce web site which eliminated the need to place orders over the phone.

Redmond, Wa

From April 2005 - November 2008 Led research and product planning for a new server solution targeted at midsize businesses that contained Windows Server, Exchange Server, System Center Essentials, Forefront Threat Management Gateway and SQL Server. Product was eventually named Windows Essential Business Server. Created product plans for v2. From November 2008 - November 2010 Led concept value testing, habits and practices and qualitative focus groups primary research to determine customer requirements, feature priorities, and implementation details for Windows Live cloud-based consumer services and Windows "8" operating system.

Greater Chicago Area

Pre-sales technical lead for six enterprise accounts in Illinois

Greater Chicago Area

Designed and deployed Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory Domain Services for enterprise customers and served as a Partner Strategy Consultant for a worldwide SI Partner.

Greater Chicago Area

Created sales strategy, presented/demoed, and responded to all RFI/RFPs contributing to sales of 750,000 Exchange and Windows client access licenses. Began career at Microsoft in technical pre-sales for BackOffice products (Windows NT Server, SQL Server, MS Mail/Exchange, SNA Server, Systems Management Server).

Greater Chicago Area

Led nine engineers fulfilling a long-term contract with Kraft Foods supporting the migration of dozens of Microsoft LAN Manager and Novell NetWare file servers to Windows NT, overseeing 2,400 workstations on 29 domains and administrating Microsoft Mail across 85 post offices for 41,450 users.

Recommended, installed and configured software, hardware and networks for small and midsize companies.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Oversaw all cycling programs at the multi-million dollar facility (called a Velodrome) built for XXIII Olympic cycling competition on grounds of California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Reponsible for all race logistics (start, finish, hospitality area, fencing, tents, grandstands, etc.) for annual 26.2 mile running/wheelchair race that takes place on the streets of Los Angeles. Implemented and served as System Administrator for all in-house computers and designed and installed the company’s first computer network. DBA for participant, volunteer, and sponsor databases.