I lead Engineering for Rockwell's Production Operations Management Applications. This includes the cloud based Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform, the cloud based Fiix Maintenance Management Platform and the on-premise Factory Talk MES Suite.

Product & Technology Advisor

Francisco Partners and Accel backed. Exited to Rockwell Automation in 2021 for $2.2B. Plex’s multi-tenant cloud based Smart Manufacturing Platform connects, automates, tracks and analyzes manufacturing operations to help its customers’ build the products of tomorrow today. As part of the executive team I led all aspects of engineering, cloud and security. I also led product strategy and product management. I was integral to 2X subscription revenue growth, 37X EBITDA expansion and personally responsible for product portfolio, technology and organizational transformation resulting in the company’s successful 2021 exit.Product Transformation:- Extended and modernized the product portfolio to support TAM expansion and GTM acceleration- Launched the company’s first Manufacturing Execution System/MES and Asset Performance Management/Industrial Internet of Things products. Established product-market fit.Engineering & Technology Transformation:- Implemented API and extensibility platform to enable scale via solution/integration partners - Delivered containerization platform for scalable and portable application development- Created Quality and DevSecOps tools and processesCloud & Security Transformation:- Built a multi region, hybrid cloud service leveraging US based private clouds and Azure- Launched Plex in Azure in Europe & Asia to accelerate international expansion- Enhanced security and compliance adding ISO27001 compliance to SOC2 Organizational Transformation:- Established an Engineering center of excellence in Pune, India- Developed a strong bench of outsourcing partners for flexibility and staffing burst up/down- Ran the organization at best in class financial metrics (R&D % of Revs and Gross Margins)

A16Z, Highland, Ignition, Lightspeed & Meritech backed. Exited to HP/Wolf Security. Cyber Security protection through Zen hypervisor based micro-virtualization As part of the executive team I led all aspects of engineering, customer support and IT with a global team located in Cupertino, California and Cambridge, England. - Realigned the team and roadmap to focus on product quality and stability resulting in the company’s first deployable product and a 1000X increase in product deployments- Extended the portfolio and launched an end point manageability and threat analytics platform- Supported a 3 year, 6X growth in revenue

Benchmark & NVP backed. Exited to Vector Capital. Now known as Digital.AI (TPG backed). CollabNet's industry leading Cloud/SaaS platform delivered transformational ALM capabilities including Agile, Open/Inner Source, Collaboration & DevOps to enable enterprises to transform their organizations and accelerate innovation.As part of the executive team I led Product Management, Engineering, Cloud Operations, and Customer Support.Product:Led a product driven 100X growth in customer count and a 5X growth in revenue:- Extended and modularized the SaaS product portfolio to accelerate revenue and adoption- Released industry leading Subversion and the first commercial Subversion support offering- Modernized the technology stack for greater development velocity and run time efficiencies Cloud/SaaS:- Integrated dev and ops to drive scale and availability above contractual SLAs (>99.9%) - Improved customer satisfaction by developing on-line/community oriented support - Kept quality of service related churn to less than 5%Team:- Led a global team across the US, India & Europe responsible for all aspects of product- Built a management team that included proven leaders in Agile, Open Source & Cloud- Developed a center of engineering excellence in India that was assessed by Zinnov as an upper quartile performer.M&A & Alliances: - Acquired the SourceForge Enterprise product from SourceForge.Net/VA Software- Acquired Danube, an agile/Scrum training and product (ScrumWorks) company- Acquired Codesion, a cloud platform for Subversion & Git hosting and other services- Developed strategic partnerships with adjacent players including Test (HP) & DevOps (Automic)

Part of the Reuters Fast Forward initiative (highlighted in Friedman’s ‘The World Is Flat’) leading a number of transformation initiatives contributing to a 3X increase in shareholder value: Reuters Developer Network - Executive Lead, Sep. 2003 – Sep. 2005Led a global transformation initiative designed to build a more open development organization and to simplify/standardize the development infrastructure within Reuters- Introduced a next generation, cloud based development platform - Secured funding and ‘top to bottom’ commitment to change- Drove adoption and established grass roots commitment to engineering transformationHead of Development, El Segundo, CA. April 2003 – Sep. 2005• Transformed the El Segundo, CA development center from a software development center to an ‘on-shore’ consultancy and product architecture/design team• Transitioned development to development locations in the US Mid-West and Thailand. Delivered significant expense savings whilst maintaining revenue growth at double digit levelsSenior Site Officer, Palo Alto, CA. July 2002 – Dec 2003• Led the Palo Alto development center (250+ staff)• Transitioned product development to development centers in Asia, Europe and other parts of the US whilst maintaining business and service continuity• Completed the transformation in less than 9 months

• Led a group (100+) building products/solutions delivering Reuters content to enterprise clients. Drove product definition, implementation and organizational transformation including:• Delivered the first version of the Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) for real time price, news and historical data delivery. Technologies included TIBCO Rendezvous, FAST search, C++• Extended the reach of this platform to the internet by delivering the Reuters Internet Finance Platform utilizing numerous technologies revolving around the Java stack and early versions of REST based web services and mobile technology• Augmented the groups technical/innovative strengths with a stronger and more consistent ‘on time/to budget’ delivery track record

• Created TIBCO’s UK product development center• Built the team• Took responsibility for maintaining a number financial market data delivery products• Improved quality and minimized the cost of maintenance freeing up the group to take on new projects • Reinvented the group as a strategic development center and become the ‘factory’ for stock market connections/adapters for electronic trading products within TIBCO and Reuters

• Led a project to deliver a telecommunications fault management platform• Built and led a joint client-supplier project team (around 30 staff) • Delivered the solution to the client’s satisfaction, delivered $8M revenue and maintained margins• Augmented the development team with an 'offshore' partner in Denmark