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Cary, North Carolina, United States

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Build a cohesive organization to deliver a multi-platform suite of mobile applications to support Xylem’s global automated meter-reading platform and IoT solutions. Drive efforts to displace incumbent meter vendors for the utilities market by adapting existing product assets into the value generating opportunities of an ecosystem.⇨ Established product marketing and project management functions⇨ Drive requirements definition with Sales, VARs, distributors and internal stakeholders⇨ Developed architectural and product roadmaps ⇨ Grew a multisite software engineering team in the U.S.⇨ Established new software engineering team in Bangalore, India⇨ Introduced new Android, iOS, and Microsoft Windows applications using systems design and continuous improvement principles⇨ Introduced a new software platform to create an eco-system of third-party software vendors

Cambridge, Ma

During final year of Master’s degree studies, consulted with two international technology giants to advise on product iteration/development and solutions to market problems.⇨ British Telecom: Advised to improve demand generation for the “Quad Play” package. Provided a competitive landscape and recommendations for integrating cellular access technology for the BT consumer product portfolio.⇨ Philips Lighting: Advised on IoT strategy for enterprise intelligent buildings, a key innovation priority for the business. Provided strategic direction for the Philips Lighting Division and plans to penetrate the “smart building” market.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Had the opportunity to work at three different internal startups at Cisco. Received progressive promotions to advance from engineering to engineering and marketing leadership positions.Solution & Technical Marketing LeadershipLed the outbound solution marketing function to evangelize and enable sales of Cisco’s voice and video solution and new virtual desktop cloud solution. Shaped solution direction, sales enablement platforms, and go-to-market strategies.⇨ Hand-selected to build a matrixed, international team (U.S., Germany, Canada, U.K.) of marketers, system engineers, software engineers and technical writers to architect, design, and proof-of-concept validated solutions⇨ Presented technical solutions to customers at executive briefings and technical conferences including Cisco Live, VMworld, and Citrix Synergy⇨ Produced customer-facing sales enablement collateral, including posters, deployment guides, reference architectures, posters, demonstration systems, and browser applications⇨ Led marketing direction, product development/test, and vendor relationships for the Cisco Unified Communications Sizing ToolEngineering LeadershipHand-selected to establish and lead an engineering team to disrupt the Service Provider VoIP and Enterprise Telephony markets. Developed products that generated hundreds of millions in IP phone revenue and billions in router and switching revenue.⇨ Developed the second-generation portfolio of IP telephony products⇨ Developed the Cisco Session Border Controller (CUBE)⇨ Managed partnerships with Polycom and Tandberg to deliver Cisco-branded Voice and Video conference phones⇨ Built team in the U.S., established new team in China, and matrix-managed these cross-functional teamsTechnical Lead Software Engineer (Internal Startup)Joined Cisco as an engineer on the successful new Cisco 2600 router platform. During this time, developed device drivers for T1/E1 products. Contributed to successful patent for T1/E1 WIC.

Research Triangle Park, Nc

Developed software for Ethernet switch products. Redesigned the user interface (UI) infrastructure, which improved customer satisfaction and ultimately led to the President’s Award.

Master Of Science - Ms, System Design And Management

Thesis: “Impact of Technology Disruption to the Traditional Networking Market” Developed a framework to demonstrate the loss of value.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Computer Science