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Menlo Park, California, Us

I am excited to have joined the great team at Viaduct, on a mission to transform mobility with AI and connected vehicle data.

Santa Clara, California, Us

I run the Lumada Software product management organization at Hitachi Vantara, responsible for the Lumada Data Services portfolio. The Lumada portfolio is a modern, edge-to-cloud data fabric that provides a full suite of data ingestion, data management, data preparation, data catalog, AI/ML orchestration, and visualization capabilities for transformative analytic solutions across industries. The suite is based on technology acquired from Pentaho and Waterline Data and extended with in-house innovations related to IoT device connectivity, machine learning, and object storage.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

FlightPath cloud apps analyze calendar data and employee feedback to provide real-time insights that help organizations improve employee alignment, engagement and productivity. I was a founding member of the company, responsible for all things related to customer acquisition and customer retention, including:* Marketing – defined brand, created brand assets and organized launch event at HR Tech 2015. * Sales – Acquired beta customers through networked selling and traditional outbound tactics.* Customer Success – requirements gathering, product direction and success in initial rollouts.

AMPT provided marketing, product, and strategy consulting for technology companies of all sizes, with a particular focus on startups in bootstrap mode or seeking early rounds of venture investment. Engagements were tailored to meet customer needs through a mixture of hands-on project work and/or advisory services in the following domains: * Product definition and design* Product positioning and messaging* Demand generation and sales advisory* Business modeling and analytics* Funding strategy and execution

Miami, Florida, Us

Anaplan was a rapidly growing SAAS start-up in the business planning and analytics market. In 2012-2013, during my tenure as head of marketing and product marketing, Anaplan grew bookings more than 15x, customer base by 4x, and employees by 5x. My responsibilities included:* Product strategy* Product management* Product marketing* Messaging and positioning* Demand generation and inside sales* Pricing and sales process development* Brand development* Public relations* Analyst relationsAnaplan has continued to grow, had its initial public offering (IPO), and is valued at more than $5B.

Redwood Shores, Ca, Us

Merced was the leading vendor of operations performance management to the Fortune 1000. Founded in 2002, Merced grew from $15M to $72M in revenue between 2007 and 2012, when it was acquired by NICE Systems. During my tenure at Merced, I was responsible for product management, product strategy, product and technology partnerships.

Redwood Shores, Ca, Us

I led Merced's product management team for many years, growing our offering from a point solution to a suite of analytics-based performance management offerings. Some of my achievements include:* Product strategy - Defined and delivered Merced’s first release of Sales Performance Management (SPM), an acquired product, establishing Merced as a top SPM vendor and dramatically improving competitive win rate. Established Merced Analytics product line, a set of “big data” applications designed to improve customer experience, contact center efficiency and sales effectiveness. * Product evangelism – Delivered product keynote presentations at annual user conferences; supported sales and professional services in strategic accounts; managed relations with key analysts.* Team development – Hired and managed team of 6 product managers. Led product, team and process integration after acquisition of a U.K.-based company. Led transition from Waterfall to Agile development process.

Austin, Texas, Us

Managed UI architecture for Siebel's next-generation enterprise application architecture, NEXUS, a standards-based service-oriented (SOA) platform optimized to run on IBM, BEA and Microsoft application servers. All Siebel applications were to be migrated on to these new platforms.* Managed roadmap and releases of Windows Forms (C-Sharp) based thick client.* Defined vision and requirements for web-based and portal container and portlet server. Delivered early prototypes through version 1.0 implementation to beta customers.* Developed a portlet standard with IBM and MS.* Evangelized benefits of new architecture to Siebel's lighthouse customers

Austin, Texas, Us

Managed the presentation (User Interface) architecture for the Siebel enterprise application suite. The Siebel 7 Web Engine (SWE) was the first enterprise-class rich web client.* Received 2003 Siebel Star award, given to the top 5-10% of employees.* Received Q2 2004 department award for Cross Team Collaboration.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Developed business plan and pro-forma financials for valuation and determination of funding needs for GMI, a company spun-off by Xerox Corporation in November 2000. Pitched company to Xerox executives and potential external investors. Hired and managed 12-person product team to develop and position company’s debut product, a wireless network of remotely changeable signs for retail environments.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

I led team a team of engineers in the creation of a groundbreaking prototype printer for Gyricon paper. I managed joint development projects with R&D groups at 3M Corporation and AGFA Corporation, controlling budgets, timelines, and flows of intellectual property. I coordinated the Xerox PARC Forum, a weekly speaker series serving the Bay Area technology community.* Awarded 9 U.S. Patents and 11 European Patents* Received Xerox Award for Excellence in Science and Technology (1999). * Authored “Gyricon Electric Paper,” voted an outstanding paper of the 1998 Society for Information Display (SID) Conference. Republished in the Journal of the SID, Special Section, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Nov. 4, 1998).* Received Xerox Achievement Award for process equipment design (1996). * Appeared in print and broadcast publications such as Scientific American, Wired, Business 2.0, BBC’s “Tomorrow’s World.”

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Bs, Ms, Civil Engineering

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