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• Global product-line responsibility for web service development, vendor contracts, notification development powering all global Nike’s Consumer Experiences (.com, mobile, retail, consumer service, events).• Leading and Rationalizing cross-team and cross-department tactical and strategic Roadmaps to assure prioritization that drives corporate KPIs, market success, try/learn experimentation and adaptation.• Platform capability development and integration across multiple technology systems enabling reliable, timely, at-scale delivery of self-serve notification creation and delivery without direct engineering work.• Omni-channel notification capabilities across Email, SMS, Push, In-app notifications, Social channels.• Development of distributed, asynchronous, highly auditable and verifiable GDPR- and DPA-compliant consumer data privacy technology spanning Nike’s consumer-facing back-end data systems.• Product-line responsibility for Nike’s consumer authentication and authorization system.

Nov 17, 2012 Opened of our first therapeutic massage store, a 7-room studio at Argyle Square in Wilsonville, Oregon, on Nov 17th, 2012. This is first of three planned stores in the Portland area.At Elements, what sets us apart from the ordinary massage is our focus on providing a superior therapeutic experience. Whether it is to provide relief from pain, release of tension, reduction of stress or simply to relax and feel your best, Elements Therapeutic Massage is committed to promoting your well-being.

• Reporting to VP Platform Engineering. Essentially his troubleshooter: Team Productivity; API Design & Adoptability; Operations evaluations; Department (re-)Organization; Cross-team/department initiatives.• Product leadership on Consumer Identity, Authorization, Communications and Social services across all of Nike’s web and mobile consumer experiences. AWS-based microservices.• Cross-department initiatives: Consumer Data Privacy, Nike “Elite (athlete) Identity”, Consumer Data Governance (EU, Russia, China), Roadmap alignment.

Lead the engineering and product development teams that create software, services, and content for professional and dedicated amateur photographers worldwide. Member of the Executive Staff responsible for technology strategy and productization of the roadmap.• Held responsibility for all aspects of SW Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Program Management.• Directed a staff of 20 for $10MM product line (on1.com/apps). Member of executive staff. Responsible for development of Product Strategy and delivery of Product Roadmap.• Led all product development efforts for cross-platform Macintosh/Windows app development, iOS mobile app development, Android app prototypes, Amazon Web Services design and development.• Acquired and integrated iOS/Web Services product (ON1 PhotoVia).• Transitioned the entire organization from waterfall development to scrum.

Lead the HealthVault program management team for Applications & Devices projects and programs: DDK, device drivers, applications (HeathVault Connection Center), www.healthvault.com, and various web applications that build atop the HealthVault Platform and Amalga.• Led team of Program Managers responsible for developing connectivity with home health devices.• Led customer services team to define the engagement for onsite integration of Microsoft’s Amalga real-time database aggregator and analysis tools into hospital data centers and outpatient/ambulatory data environments. Customized deployment for major hospitals in Bay Area, Washington, DC, Boston areas.• Part of prototype team to investigate “big data” analysis, esp. for genomic and proteomic research using novel data processing and analysis techniques.

Business owner for the Expression Media product line, part of the Microsoft Expression Studio (http://www.microsoft.com/expression) of development tools for interactive designers and creative professionals. I lead the development (engineering, test, program management) of this cross-platform product, integration into various suites, and own the business decisions for the product line.• Responsible for all aspects of cross-platform consumer photography asset management apps for Mac & Windows and the 25-person cross-functional team that built it (SW Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Program Management.• Product line responsibility for Expression Media reporting to the General Manager. Represented product line in all aspects of product development and delivery to the Developer Division executive team.• Led divestment of the product line, set up obsolescence plan with customer support teams.

Led definition of incubation for professional software development projects. Technical lead for acquisition of iView Multimedia Ltd.• Led key aspects of the product strategy and product definition from concept to prototype during the market emergence of category leaders (Apple Aperture, Adobe Lightroom).• Product development leader for all technology and technical team aspects for acquisition and integration of iView Multimedia, Ltd.’s iView technology, customers, assets, team and products. On point to evaluate the value of the acquisition and subsequent productization to Microsoft and contributing in great depth to the proposal to acquire working closely and regularly with M&A, Legal, HR and executive leadership.• Collaborated broadly across Microsoft on product definition and integration with Microsoft technologies; including what would become the Live Photo viewer and Microsoft Labs for experimental technologies.

Responsible for all aspects of product development and management of software engineering, quality assurance, and program management departments. Accountable for all product shipments, fulfilling the product roadmap; authority for $7M annual budget.Vice President, Software Product Development, 2002 – 2005• Responsible for all aspects of SW Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Program Management; delivery of all products and services against the strategic roadmap.• Staff of 70, $7M budget, $25M/yr revenue, member executive staff.• Grew departments from 24 to 70 in 15 months; New processes, change mgmt to support larger teams.• Led the font management system port for OS X, Carbonization and Cocoa-ization; deployment of Preflight Online, a web-based, browser-hosted document pre-flighting product; and filed for 20+ company patents.• Established external development projects, technology licensing, localization; up to $1M/year contracts.• Retooled localization process; eliminated 30% cost and reduced intro dates by weeks.• Technical leader for all M&A activity; our acquisition of DiamondSoft as well as our acquisition by Celartem.Director of Engineering, 2000 – 2002• Established and lead a cross-functional Product Strategy Team to provide business decision support and resolve tough program issues.• Managed 48 in SW Engineering, Quality Assurance and Program Management with four managers.• Managed projects hands-on after layoffs reduced staff to 24 and all staff reported to me for 18 months.• Managed coding in C++, installers, localizability, plus product testing and specification work.• Reworked most development and business integration processes to track downsizing.• Shipped over 100 SKUs per year in English, French, German, and Japanese.

Various positions in engineering and engineering management with varying levels of authority and responsibility. Primarily product development and technical business development positions with strong people management background; built and shipped many dozen products in printers, scanners, cameras, mass storage.Software Project Manager, Vancouver Division, 1998 – 2000• Drove new architecture for delivery of DeskJet software; redefined development lifecycle, processes; redesigned user interface. Validated technical feasibility and performed in-depth usability work. Platform was widely reused.• Modified SDLC; created dependency tracking tools, established entry/exit criteria emphasizing staged delivery. Held leads accountable for hitting dates. Dramatically reduced integration problems.Strategic Technology Relationship Manager, Vancouver Printer Division, 1996 – 1998• Managed hands-on C/C++ project to demonstrate fast GDI printing for large images to Microsoft’s OS team. Lots of coding; modified the print-rendering pipeline; created a toolkit and API. Patent awarded.• Established a first-ever software development organization at HP Brazil; designed development processes; established relationships with local universities. Used incubator team for successful RUP proof-of-concept.

A number of technical, business, and leadership positions in PC & Macintosh Peripheral development including Manufacturing Engineering, Marketing/Evangelism, R&D/Product Development, and Strategic Business Development.Manager, Strategic Relationships, Greeley Home Imaging Operation, 1994 – 1996, Software technologist on 8-person business team chartered to start a new HP division.Lead Windows Software Engineer, Greeley Hardcopy Division, 1991 – 1994Evangelist, Greeley Hardcopy Division, 1987 – 1991; HP’s first evangelist; Co-author TIFF, Author TWAIN.Software Engineer, PC Fax (DOS), Image Scanners (Macintosh), Greeley Hardcopy Division, 1986 – 1987Manufacturing Engineer, Magnetic Media, Greeley Division, 1983 – 1986Manufacturing Engineer, Magnetic Media, Disk Memory Division, 1980 – 1983