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Oberlin, Ohio, Us

Oberlin, Ohio, Us

Oberlin, Ohio, Us

Needham, Ma, Us

Executive responsibility for software and hardware engineering, manufacturing, complex supply chain, customer and field service, sales operations, and customer success of this fast-growing technology company. Helped drive $16M (114%) sales increase through new product offerings, including increasing service revenue by 235% from $850K to $2M, and introducing a PaaS model that drives $7M in recurring revenue annually. Refactored CLEAN, Bigbelly’s SaaS software, which increased software usage from 56% to 83% and increased the CLEAN renewal rate from 63% to 88%. Overhauled business operations through reducing group headcount by 28% while improving throughput and response times and saving COGS of $4M+ annually while simultaneously improving quality. Implemented SOPs throughout the company. Developed products for a new business unit to leverage existing product real estate, including developing and directing a 44-site deployment across the US, Europe, and Australia. Ongoing improvements have since decreased site acquisition, permitting, and construction time by 50%.Strengthened Bigbelly’s competitive position by leading an increase in patent portfolio from 2 to 14 patents.Led the company’s efforts in navigating the supply chain and logistical challenges brought about by Covid19, resulting in a record 58% increase in products shipped Q3 & Q4 of 2021.

Led technology and product development for the majority of 55 person tech start-up; pivotal in securing $8.1m Angel and Series-A funding rounds.Partnered directly with company’s largest strategic customers and secured multimillion-dollar deals with Intel, Samsung, HP, Mozilla, and TizenKey member of the 5-person M&A team which evaluated technologies for inclusion in the company’s product portfolio.Secured a $10M contract with Intel and Samsung by adhering to an extremely tight commercial product development timeline; this led to subsequent development of products for WebOS, Firefox, and embedded Linux. Conceptualized and developed telematics/in-vehicle infotainment product that resulted in a multimillion-dollar contract from Chrysler, who later purchased OpenMobile.Drove development of app mall for Android apps as a standalone white-label offering for OEMs. Grew catalog to 200,000+ apps by working with major app companies.Keynote and technical speaker at conferences to drive awareness of product capabilities and to educate customers on how non-Android and iOS platforms could compete. Generated 12 patents to protect the offering's most advanced capabilities.

As acting CEO assumed day-to-day operations, consummated multimillion-dollar deals with HP and Chrysler, and met delivery commitments to Samsung and Intel, OpenMobile’s largest customers.

Burlington, Ma, Us

Recruited as a technical leader to scale the cloud-based transcription engine of the eScription service, one of the most profitable divisions of this $2B speech recognition company. Boosted performance of the platform by 750%, facilitating revenue growth to $200 million/year. Closed multimillion-dollar deals with Cerner, UPMC, Meditech, and Banner Health. Won “Best in KLAS” award from KLAS Research both years. Provided leadership to a staff of 42.

Renens, Ch

Responsible for P&L of Voice Services Division in this $42B company, a cutting-edge research lab (speech recognition) located next to MIT that allowed access to top talent in this burgeoning field.Created a strategy of interacting with Orange’s network-based services using speech. Established a 100+ member multi-national team to execute the strategy. Determined ways to bypass restrictive corporate gate processes to deploy services in networks efficiently.Deployed services in multiple Orange countries including Orange France’s 888 service, the world’s largest speech service with 5 million users, call centers in the UK and Belgium that handled 85 million calls/month and saved $68M in operational costs, Orange France Olympic, World Cup, and “Star Wars” premium content services that increased revenues by 1800%, Orange 123 information service and Orange Gigl, a voice microblogging service that won two industry awards for innovation.

Recruited to create a state-of-the-art new personal assistant platform, the predecessor to Amazon’s Alexa. The platform had cutting-edge features such as scripting voice user interfaces like a movie and the ability to add new skills on the fly. The platform was completed and deployed in 9 months and cut service test time by 91% and development time by 64%. Responsible for increasing company revenue by 111% by closing strategic deals with mobile operators. Spearheaded acquisition of technology company to expand Wildfire’s product capabilities, closing it within 3 months. Led divestiture of Wildfire from parent company’s portfolio by defining a business plan, table stakes, and technology differentiators to maximize deal price and identify buyers and investors. As interim CEO, successfully led the sale and transition of the company.

Manchester, Greater Manchester, Gb

Developed strategy to provide full supply chain visibility by linking Kewill’s trade, warehouse management, and shipping applications via the internet. Conceptualized, built and deployed internet trading applications to satisfy strategy. Solved the difficult problem of in-transit order status. Launched kewill.net, the company's trading portal and acquired first US trade customers. Worked with customers to understand their business processes and developed software to implement business logic related to trade.