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Amazon - Project Kuiper

Microsoft Redmond

Camera HW Program Manager developing the next generation of Surface cameras Led development of two latest camera platforms, bringing all new capabilities and features to Surface products Worked with sourcing to identify irregularities in CBD, driving greater transparency with suppliers and leading to both cost savings and schedule optimizations Mentored new hires, bringing them up to speed on corporate processes and tools, guiding them through project management and the learning cycle for camera dev, greatly accelerating their path to productivity Identified design issue, led RCA, drove resolution bringing together Dev, NPI, and DFX resources along with supplier resources to create a fix avoiding costly schedule slip and lowering cost Discovered need for new processes and documentation, worked with Dev team, image quality tuning team, and design validation team to create and document processes, streamlining execution and delivering more consistent results that resolved unnecessary schedule delays Worked to strengthen supplier relationships by bringing attention to improvement opportunities along with introducing tools that brought better organization, communication, and collaboration improving effectiveness of inter-company projects Drove investigation of design alternatives that improved system integration while lowering costs and improved product yield during manufacturing Employed experience in team building to improve dev team dynamics and relationships, increasing productivity, but more importantly boosting team morale and balance during design discussions Brought to light short-comings of recalcitrant supplier, making Surface aware of vulnerabilities in relying on this supplier, leading to second sourcing protecting COS Resolved longstanding personnel issues within the team, removing obstacles to execution, with the optimized team process creating better effectiveness and faster smoother problem resolution

Redmond, Washington, United States

MCU Firmware Program Manager Generated buy-in for highly compressed dev schedule, delivering brilliant functionality gain and usability benefits previously thought unattainable within project scope Seeing potential in other teams' need for a solution, stepped outside role to organize and lead creation of cross-team cross-company simulation environment to improve and speed dev work Visualizing opportunity to reengineer project for vastly expanded capabilities, championed rearchitecture of critical input device while simultaneously managing schedule risks to deliver execution of new technology Organized MCU/UEFI cross-team collaboration to improve APIs and evaluate new features Transformed siloed work with 6 different vendors into a team-like collaboration, finding ways to share information and co-engineer a solution while preserving IP boundaries and confidentiality In face of short-time frame, major design hurdles, and facing the unknowns of an R&D project, inspired team to rise up and meet the challenge, delivering solution in time to save project from termination Gave voice within project team to concerns of key subsystem SME while coaching him how to advocate on his own for future necessary changes  Leveraged server experience to lead redesign of NVM storage APIs, bridging expectations between Surface team and engineering partner Built relationship with co-engineering partner providing for collaboration and critical communication creating new solutions for fundamental design issues Uncovered critical design issue, faced with disagreement, identified and resolved areas of misconception and aligned ideologies such that negotiation for solution could succeed  In deadlock with key partner, created communications back channel delivering breakthrough engineering agreement Built relationship with underperforming vendor enabling internal dev team to guide their development for mutually beneficial and highly valuable outcome

Bellevue, Wa

Guided clients through execution of informed and strategic financial decisions, developing individualized account management plans for retirement investment strategies along with savings and asset accumulation.AXA Advisors, LLC (NY, NY 212-314-4600), member FINRA, SIPC. Important information & Disclosures: http://bit.ly/2f98X9d

Redmond, Wa

Directed Windows Devices Group engineers during new product development. Also responsible for cross-team collaboration, deepening inter-org knowledge transfer, and process improvement. Through detailed and critical analysis along with insightful planning, created inclusive solutions to overcome issues spanning multiple-disciplines, organizations, and vendor partnerships.• Day one, diagnosed flaw in electrical engineering team approach to critical issue, restructured activities, delivering performance and reliability analysis that saved product line from cancellation• Discovered incorrect use of data halting DV build, worked across dev, reliability eng, product eng, manufacturing eng, and vendors to quantify component failures and unblock development process• Diagnosed errors in MTE process, organized and led v-team to study digital audio subsystem, characterize operation, and redesign production test process to comply with vendor’s requirements• Extended key vendor integration as an expert into dev discussions, improving decision making on critical factors for component selection, test, problem resolution and validation• Built close relationship with software team, bridging gap to the hardware team resulting in better collaboration and improved integration, reducing bug rate and speeding resolution• Analyzed test engineering processes through cross-team effort with manufacturing, producing corrections and enhancements to improve quality, reliability, and eliminate factory defect escapes• Recognized inadequate relationship with manufacturing engineering and resulting failures in process architecture, responded by building alliances in manufacturing creating foundation to drive knowledge transfer going forward• Identified cross-team quality/reliability data sharing issue, created collaborative engagement building new information transfer process for core development and product engineering teams

Everett, Wa

Delivered IT infrastructure transition guidance to small businesses and PC optimization to individuals• Provided IT transition services to modern Windows Server and Windows client OSs for small businesses and individuals• Implemented software tools transitions, such as Office 365, to optimize operations and reduce overhead

Redmond, Wa

Owned the Engineering and Services relationships for Microsoft OEMs including IBM, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, and Oracle. Managed client engagements with engineering product groups across Microsoft's global operations, bringing new server hardware and OSs to market.• Established cross-team and cross-company collaborations to manage OEM partner pre-release readiness for new OSs, guiding diagnosis of failures and directing resolution of all OEM and Microsoft compatibility issues• Assembled multi-disciplinary v-team, driving resolution of storage management failures, unblocking scale-up private cloud deployments across Windows Server ecosystem • Created inter-organizational training for Services team to improve cross-team awareness of Product Group charter, empowering Services team to more strategically work with OEM partners• Identified partner competencies and led development of custom training curriculum, facilitating repositioning OEM partner’s products into new markets• Orchestrated negotiation of non-disclosure agreements with Microsoft’s fiercest competitor, leading to development for Windows compatibility on competitor’s next generation hardware

Bothell, Wa

Managed diverse cross-company teams, overseeing creation of microscopy based visual inspection equipment, along with business development with key technology partners and customers. Used critical ear, listening for partner strengths and customer needs to identify product opportunities.• Worked hand-in-hand with industry leading microscopy partners to deliver unique process inspection tools that accomplished the proprietary tasks needed by the largest chip manufacturers in the industry • Led cross-company product development of low-cost inspection system for industry leading inspection tools manufacturer• Designed custom, through-the-mylar, backside IR inspection illumination, laser auto-focus, and imaging for existing client inspection systems, greatly extending product life and customer ROI• Created image exchange server and hardware control API enabling concurrent operation of otherwise exclusive hardware, adding sales option of partner software to Kinetek systems• Co-developed with customer engineering team an API for passing data from inspection tools to proprietary fab management system, optimizing lean automation and creating sales multiplier• Transitioned sales process to include development team liaison, greatly improving customer requirements gathering, ensuring accuracy of delivered products, and cutting time to release

Issaquah, Wa

APPLIED PRECISION LLC, Issaquah, WAStaging and motion control solutions provider to the semiconductor and life sciences industries Electrical Engineer and Project ManagerOrganized cross-group individual contributors into collaborative product team transforming prototype accelerated-ion cleaning tool into production ready semiconductor cleaning system• Built relationships and communication channels to overcome deadlocks in product development• Responsible for hardware component specification, working with vendors to optimize decisions• Discovered and resolved poor system consistency due to unconstrained 20kV high voltage• Designed signal processing board to filter and feed measurement data to system controller• Created production processes working with team leaders to ensure accurate knowledge transfer

Bothell, Wa

Partnered with sales team to manage technical engagements during sales process, then owned client post-sale relationships as client representative to engineering department for ongoing development and support.Object-oriented software design and agile development for ground-breaking proprietary scale-up storage technology• Created foundation libraries for embedded COM, multitasking support, messaging and other core services for SEEK’s proprietary software architecture• Designed unit-test interface module, test code, and test scripts to standardize test process• Developed HTML/CGI GUI to provide remote access and control of SSD and RAID storage systemsRebuilt technical support department from the ground up, designing new policy and process, then hiring, training, and managing the support team.• From expertise gained in production and engineering test, improved customer service operations• Refocused company on stabilizing and standardizing support delivery, producing high customer satisfaction and repeat sales resulting in sustained service cash flows to fund product development

Mba, Technology

Activities and Societies: Beta Gamma Sigma Business Honor Society

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE student chapter