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• Led development of the banking services platform, providing the foundational APIs for both innovative Green Dot applications and partners including Walmart, Uber, Intuit, and Apple.• Prior to this, led full stack development for the Walmart partnership spanning front end apps, services, and related technologies including PoS systems and 3rd party integrations.

• Built the Technical Program Management function, which owned the development and delivery of all technology products and internal systems for the company. Also was responsible for the governance and management of the entire technology organization.• Guided the delivery of the largest product line release for the company’s most critical partner generating ~55% of revenue• Headed the team that planned and executed the transition to a new Agile Scrum process for all 700+… Show more • Built the Technical Program Management function, which owned the development and delivery of all technology products and internal systems for the company. Also was responsible for the governance and management of the entire technology organization.• Guided the delivery of the largest product line release for the company’s most critical partner generating ~55% of revenue• Headed the team that planned and executed the transition to a new Agile Scrum process for all 700+ employees Show less

Macrovision reincorporated as Rovi in 2009• Responsible for web services development and delivery for the Cloud Services Platform division, which provided the cloud-based technology serving over 8 billion requests a year and revenue growth from zero to $5M. Also owned the delivery of web, mobile, and tablet application development.

Macrovision acquired Gemstar-TV Guide in May 2008.

• Built and ran the Program Management team for the Cross Platform Services division of Gemstar – TV Guide. This team drove the development and launch of the My TV Guide suite, a key set of web services that provided enhanced data, personalization, messaging, advertising, reporting, and remote management for the connected guidance applications on cable, satellite, consumer electronics, mobile, and web applications.

Recruited by the partner CEO to lead the 40+ member product team in the Software Products Group on the first fully owned end-to-end, outsourced product delivery of an internet security and system utility suite for a leading security and anti-virus vendor generating over $120M in revenue. • Provided project leadership and technical direction for the entire delivery from kickoff to launch for a completely new team of developers and QA engineers in a compressed product cycle. Worked with… Show more Recruited by the partner CEO to lead the 40+ member product team in the Software Products Group on the first fully owned end-to-end, outsourced product delivery of an internet security and system utility suite for a leading security and anti-virus vendor generating over $120M in revenue. • Provided project leadership and technical direction for the entire delivery from kickoff to launch for a completely new team of developers and QA engineers in a compressed product cycle. Worked with product management, marketing, sales, distribution, and technical support in preparation for a successful product release. Show less

• Responsible for the software quality engineering of the following products in the Consumer Products & Solutions division at various times: Apple consumer & enterprise products, Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus, Norton SystemWorks, GoBack, & WinFax• Developed applications in Java, C++/Carbon, and Objective-C

Held various roles during this time including work as a Software Engineer, SQA Engineer, and consultant.