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Washington And Arizona

 Landed Windows 7 in the Market by resolving OEM and customer deployment issues  Maintained the Market Health of Windows 7 and Vista through time via appropriate updates Released Vista SP2 and currently working on Windows 7 SP1  Focused the organization on production efficiency. Working to drive SE learnings back into future development

 Windows Starter Editiono Released Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 Starter Editionso Released in near 60 languages and 140 countries.o Impressive sales growth in emerging markets.  Low-Cost Flash PCso Reduced the image footprint of Windows XP Pro and Office 2003 to fit inside a 2GB volumeo Successfully partnered and shipped with Intel (ClassMate) & OLPC.

 Develop strategy to drive Windows Client into Emerging Markets  Explored alternate business models – specifically, pre-paid & subscription Teamed with Telcos, IHVs, Office, MSN and other potential value-add contributors  Successfully piloted these potential business models & product combinations in country

 ISA 2000 Product Management o Strategically identified systemic sales issues and created initiatives to address themo Achieved revenue goals for the year ISA 2004 Product Planning o Defined competitive feature definition, schedules and branding o Defined pricing/licensing, SKU feature definition and long term strategic roadmapo Explored, developed and.

 Drove a cross region / reorganization effort to integrate Microsoft’s Enterprise Services. o Enterprise Services Framework, Key Processes & Roles, Business Model and Partner Strategies being incorporated in MS Services Prism memos  Created a Global, Enterprise Service development organization. o Deliverables include Next Generation Premier Services.

 Business Development Manager – US Subsidiary West Regiono Developed region-wide business processes to aid District GMs driving revenue Developed & implemented weekly (taillights) revenue dashboard Created a monthly (headlights) opportunity dashboardo Managed region wide partner engagements with key OEM and Services partners  Business Operations.

 Established Y2k policies and drove Y2k test and software updates across product divisions. Virtually no product issues were identified over Y2k transition. o Defined Year 2000 Compliance Statement and Test Criteria o Tested thousands of Products / Versions / Languages Likely the single largest cross product testing effort ever doneo Provided core.

 Analyzed industry segmentation and developed BackOffice positioning. Supported NT Server 4.0 Enterprise launch with enterprise value chain messages (used at Comdex) Defined Analyst strategy, architected proactive plan, and coordinated company-wide analyst investments.  Developed Enterprise references with key partners and customers.

 Defined and drove Lotus requirements into AS/400 Development for Integrated PC Server and Native implementations Personally announced Domino on the AS/400 to Press, ISVs, and Customers at Lotusphere 97 in Orlando and Nice  Worked with AS/400 and Lotus Business Partner executives to develop and deploy enterprise solutions

 AS/400 System Strategy o Developed a cross-functional team to render industry structure, product vision, & system strategyo Focused hardware technology efforts on processor performance and overall cost reductiono Established development relationship with Lotus regarding Notes o Focused SW technology efforts on enterprise objects, collaborative computing.

 Management and leadership of 250 managers, engineers, programmers, and technicians responsible for connectivity and storage I/O products  Key development accomplishments include: o Trained entire area in C++ object oriented programming o Developed file serving I/O cardo Created I/O development environment & tool suite o Developed wireless LAN.

 Key professional development assignment designed to provide broad exposure to product development and executive management.

 Managed and led an organization of 100 managers, engineers, and technicians in support of Electronic Card Assembly & Test (ECAT) Manufacturing.  Technologies included surface-mount, pin-though-hole, vapor phase, wave solder, and raw board Manufacturing Engineering. Key engineering accomplishments include: o Established the Rochester Plant as IBM’s.

 Manufacturing Engineering manager for cartridge & reel tape products and DASD controllers.  Coordinated the engineering transfer of Reel Tape Products to Schugart, Inc. Product Development manager responsible for the development, release, and implementation of the 3480Models A11/B11 cartridge tape drive system.

 Responsible for the architecture of a cut sheet, duplex printer Developed a program to quickly estimate a product’s Base Machine Cost Engineered the laser subsystem for the 3800 Model 3 high speed printer.  Registered with state, federal & international laser agencies.

Masters Degree, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta PiEmphasis in Probabilistic Design

Bachelor’S Degree, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi