Robert Burns Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, CA

• Manage highly complex, high profile software and hardware product development programs by leading cross-functional teams
• Lead the program team of Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Support, Services, etc.
• Manage program activities by leading core team meetings, design reviews, and management status reviews
• Provide communications and reporting regarding status of program progress
• Analyze problems and recommend solutions involving multiple elements of program planning

• Operations Program Manager for EMC/Data Domain’s licensing and software products. The responsibilities include leading, planning and managing new product introductions, leading cross-functional business process teams.
• Lead Operations Core Teams consisting of manufacturing test and engineering, product configurations, IT and order fulfillment organizations
• Represent Operations in product development core teams
• Business lead in software and licensing process integration with EMC
• Order fulfillment strategies for software products
• Make recommendations, provide guidance and make impact assessments on licensing strategy

• As an Operations Program Manager for Data ONTAP O/S, storage management products and storage platforms, the responsibilities include planning, leading, and managing new product introductions, identify IT development.
• Operations program management responsibilities for product development core teams, merger and acquisition teams, OEM programs and reseller programs
• Make recommendations, provide guidance and make impact assessments on license strategy
• Member of NetApp’s Licensing Core Team
• Provide business operations input into Product Requirement Documents (PRD) for new products
• Lead the process improvement team that streamlined and documented the software new product introduction requirements and process

• Manage a global group of Program Managers who were responsible for managing programs focused on Oracle’s lifecycle planning activities. This group sat between Oracle’s field and product development organizations and.

• Product and program management, business planning and operating plan responsibilities in support of S/390 server business, these include:− Manage assigned product line throughout its lifecycle, including product.

• Director, Systems Business Planning (1990-1996)
• Inventory management, forecasting and operations responsibilities for all large servers. Other responsibilities included:− Managed a group of inventory planners, rework planners, and financial analysts that provided.