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San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for patent strategy, development and use of patent portfolio and other types of intellectual property

Redwood City, Ca

Development and maintaining of Evernote patent portfolio.

- Released ritePen for Windows 7, the first software to blend pen and multi-touch features.- Managing product lines and businesses.- Brought to market five major product releases.- Secured broad software distribution through marketing campaigns, user communities, online distribution, and OEM licensing.- Licensed company software to key OEM partners.

- Launched first beta and commercial public releases of EverNote 1.0 and five releases of ritePen software.- Licensed EverNote software to Fujitsu, Lexar, SanDisk, Wacom and other OEMs.- Unveiled highly successful “Giveaway Of The Day” (GAOTD) marketing program for EverNote, the best and most active in GAOTD site’s history.- Distributed around 1M copies of Evernote software through online venues, OEM channels, and other partnerships.

- Headed engineering and business team working on new generation of digital ink and recognition technologies, products and online services.- Led product marketing effort to release division’s first software products: ritePen handwriting recognition software, riteForm and riteShape developer tools, riteMail online service.- Developed business relations with division’s new customers - Dialogue, Sony, Fingersystem and other partners; negotiated and closed multiple revenue generating contracts.- Introduced riteMail and online drawings to students through kids’ creativity sites KidsTurnCentral, Youth Online, ICAFFY. Managed content creation and featured artists for the comprehensive riteMail Showcase.

Launched over 10 public releases of Evernote and ritePen software.Distributed over 700K copies of Evernote software through online and OEM channels, and partnerships.Licensed Evernote software to Fujitsu, Hitachi, Lexar, SanDisk, Wacom and other OEMs.Grew active user base to 100K+ users through marketing, community and user support.; Parascript is a leading handwriting recognition player for postal, financial and forms markets.General Manager of Pen&Internet Division Headed engineering and business team working on new generation of digital ink and recognition technologies, products and online services.Launched division's first software products - ritePen handwriting recognition software, riteMail online service, riteForm and riteShape developer tools.Negotiated and closed revenue generating contracts with Hitachi, Sony and other partners.

- Managed R&D, engineering and business team for company’s handwriting recognition technologies and software products.- Directed product marketing through more than 10 public releases of company’s best-selling CalliGrapher, PenOffice and other software.- Led business development programs, negotiated and closed over 20 revenue generating OEM licensing agreements with Fujitsu, Philips, Rockwell, Smart, Wacom, Xerox and others with total deal value over $2M within one year from product release.- Secured broad user base through marketing and PR campaigns, user surveys, market studies and customer support. CalliGrapher received numerous industry awards as Best of Comdex software, long-term best download in the category at download.com, Pocket PC Magazine’s Best Product of the Year, etc.

Vadem developed Clio Handheld Pro PC based on Windows CE. It acquired P&I division of SGI in 1998.General Manager of P&I Division Managed R&D, engineering and business team for company's handwriting recognition technologies and software products.Launched over 10 public releases of company's best-selling CalliGrapher, PenOffice and other software.Secured and retained user base over 2M users through marketing campaigns, OEM bundles, user surveys, market studies and customer support.Closed over 20 revenue generating OEM licensing agreements with Fujitsu, Philips, Rockwell, Smart, Wacom, Xerox and others. P&I Division's technologies were acquired by Microsoft in 1999.

- Headed product marketing and sales of ParaGraph’s 3D/VR authoring software, Virtual Home Space Builder and Internet Space Builder. - Launched and promoted early releases of CalliGrapher and PenOffice handwriting recognition software, making CalliGrapher for Windows Mobile a long-term top seller and multiple award-winner in the category. - Licensed PenOffice software to Aiptek International and CalliGrapher to NEC.

Headed marketing and sales of ParaGraph's 3D/VR authoring software - Virtual Home Space Builder and Internet Space Builder. Launched and promoted early releases of CalliGrapher and PenOffice handwriting recognition software, making CalliGrapher for Windows Mobile a long-term top seller and multiple award-winner. Licensed PenOffice software to Aiptek International and CalliGrapher to NEC.

- Managed and brought to market over 20 product releases of Virtual Home Space Builder (VHSB), Internet 3D Space Builder, MorphInk and other company products.- Headed product marketing and release of affiliate retail label of VHSB for Broderbund Software.- Licensed VHSB to Corel and Mitsubishi- Managed development of localized and custom versions of VHSB.Also worked as VP of New Information Technologies (1994-1995) and Director of R&D (1993-1994).

ParaGraph International developed world's first natural handwriting recognition technology, popular CalliGrapher software, MorphInk animation software, first mass market 3D/VR (VRML) authoring tools, and other products. It was acquired by SGI in 1997.

Launched over 20 product releases of Virtual Home Space Builder (VHSB), Internet 3D Space Builder, MorphInk and other company products.Managed product marketing and release of affiliate retail label of VHSB for Broderbund.Licensed VHSB to Mitsubishi and managed development of localized versions of VHSB.Elected on Board of Directors of VRML Consortium.

Conceptualized and brought to market the first consumer VRML authoring product - Virtual Home Space Builder (VHSB) for creating virtual spaces. Licensed VHSB to Corel for inclusion in its Web Designer Suite and other products.Director of R&D

Ms, Mathematics

MS diploma with distinction.

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics

Ph.D, Applied Math

Ms, Mathematics