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Yorba Linda, California, Us

Miami, Florida , Us

In this role, I orchestrate product strategy, product management, and engineering operations. In addition, I align cross-functional teams to strategic plans, and refine product architecture and technology roadmaps to streamline processes.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

At Donnelley Financial, I directed the design and delivery of SaaS applications. I optimized a $15M budget to marshal resources behind profitable projects. In addition, I launched an architectural forum to achieve technical alignment across all product engineering groups. • Transformed product team focus from IT projects to product-centric framework - established clear roadmaps based on market-aligned initiatives with clear outcomes and improved transparency into product priorities company-wide.• Hired 60 software engineers and phased out 125 contractor positions in engineering team transformation from offshore, outsourced contractor-based team to local employee-based team.• Drove evolutionary product re-architecture from on-premises to cloud native: increased scale and performance, reduced bottom line COGS, and ensured zero service interruption.• Introduced SRE discipline and created clear service ownership model.• Reduced product operational expenditure 60%.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

At Concur, I spearheaded the product strategy for APIs, partner integration, and go-to-market operations. I also led a cross-functional team of 12 in the discovery and activation of partner solutions.• Championed and executed broad product strategy that signaled next evolution of Concur offerings.• Grew partner extension platform from five to over 60 partners.• Built highly motivated, focused team of product managers with clear responsibilities and accountability.

In this position, I spearheaded the vision, execution, and delivery of reporting & analytics for the GlobalScholar product suite. I also managed 60 cross-functional professionals distributed across five development centers.• Defined and delivered education analytics platform that scales from classroom to district administrator

Redmond, Washington, Us

At Microsoft, I articulated the long-term vision, direction, and strategy and led business intelligence product development. Then, I evangelized the long-term BI roadmap to internal leads and customers.• Defined next-generation BI business model and vision across spectrum of deployment models.

Redmond, Washington, Us

Leader of a software development team building innovative client software designed to empower information workers with self-service business intelligence. - Successfully on-boarded and integrated the team from 90 Degree Software into Microsoft. - Key leader within product unit successfully transforming the development team to be more productive and efficient by driving the team to adopt new processes and practices such as Scrum and TDD. - Led evolution of product strategy to drive broader product adoption and reach by driving innovations in self-service business intelligence and targeting new deployment models such as the cloud.

Co-founder of an innovative software company focused on changing how organizations approached their business intelligence needs. Responsible for business& product strategy, technical vision, and development. - Key management team and board member driving company from incubation through development to market offering. - Defined company & product vision and the business plan to generate significant interest and investment into the company. - Recruited world class engineers into the product development organization. - Owned the architectural product designs and led the engineering team to rapidly deliver product to market, delivering three major software releases in 2 years. - Drove industry awareness and thought leadership of company vision to industry analysts, to partners and customers. - Successfully steered company through an acquisition.

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania , Us

Lead, influenced and delivered significant portions of the Business Objects product line. The product portfolio is a key aspect of the Business Objects XI product release, the most successful release in its history. - Lead a team of five program managers responsible for innovative web client applications, Microsoft Office integration, enterprise portal integration, and SDKs - Evangelize the Business Objects platform to internal and external groups for improved efficiency of product delivery and decreasing cost of ownership. - Led several integration initiatives during the Business Objects/Crystal Decisions merger that shaped the Business Objects product strategy for the next three to five years. - Coach and influence other product and marketing groups on product strategy and integration into products defined and delivered by team. - Key contributor in many corporate development activities. Directly involved in performing both the market based and technical diligence required for M&A activities. - Develop and deliver one to three year product roadmaps that encompass vision of market direction, customer problems, and the influence of other markets.

Vancouver, Ca

Led initiative to grow Crystal Decisions into an industry leader by championing the involvement, usage and participations in industry standards bodies. - Investigated emerging technologies and technology/market trends to determine their effect on and importance to the product strategy. Based on the research, championed innovative solutions for short-term objectives as well as longer term strategy and direction. - Represented Crystal Decisions at industry based standards bodies. Main focus during this time was with the Web Services Interoperability group (WS-I) to contribute to the WS-I basic profile 1.0. Led plans to also participate in the Java Community Process (JCP) and the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). - Significant contributor to the market planning phase of Crystal Decisions products. Delivered a greater understanding of the marketplace to internal groups, how to use the technology/market trends for defining specific product requirements and helping shape strategies for aligning with adjacent markets. - Drive the thought leadership position of Crystal Decisions by being an evangelist for the products and the company. Presented product roadmap and strategy in keynote and breakout sessions at user and partner conferences as well as frequent customer and partner visits. - Championed long term initiatives within Crystal Decisions. Key driving force behind Crystal Decisions delivering a market leading semantic data layer that enables more users to get access to their business information.