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Phoenix, Az, Us

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Scottsdale, Az, Us

Entrepreneurship ● Retail Strategy ● Retail Operations ● Organization Building ● Process Optimization ● Acquisitions ● Technology Sourcing ● Contract Negotiation ● Omnichannel IT ====================================================Co-founded a region leading boutique retail chain focused on bohemian lifestyle fashion and home décor. Defined and deployed a scalable omnichannel infrastructure spanning security, surveillance, POS, digital signage, loyalty, and inventory management systems. By extensively applying a virtual IT model, the result is a low overhead, scalable technology infrastructure, that provides simple employee workflows, remote manageability, and redundancy with minimal “human glue”. This also provided extensively detailed inventory, workforce, and performance analytics to drive decision making. Deployed workflows for inventory management and barcoding strategies capable of accommodating one-of-a-kind handmade products; ensuring accurate pricing and return handling across multiple locations to deliver big-box capabilities within small-business resourcing. Identified new investment and growth opportunities; balanced cash flow and tax liabilities. Oversaw all property rehabilitation and remodeling efforts within budget and scope to ensure maximum profitability.Negotiated acquisition of venture backed regional competitor and oversaw resource and personnel integration.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Scalable Technology Solutions for Retail ● Computer Vision ● Machine Learning ● Ecosystem Enablement ● Sensor Fusion ● Containerized Microservices ● Hybrid and On Prem Cloud Solutions ====================================================Key member of an architecture team focused on solving retailer challenges through technical innovation. Known for always honoring the symbiotic relationship between labor and tech.Developed solutions by defining the customer journey and decomposing use cases. Reduced ecosystem fragmentation and increased scale velocity through industry spec influence and publishing open source reference implementations for recurring use case building blocks.Primary focus areas include frictionless shopping, store automation, associate augmentation, staff management, inventory control, and loss prevention.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Cognitive Computing ● Machine Learning ● Heterogeneous Computing ● Graphics Technologies ● Product Development ● Process Improvement ● Technology Analysis and Strategy====================================================Key member of a boot-strap strategy team within Intel's corporate strategy community. Focused on exploring, funding, and building new exploratory ventures focused on influencing corporate direction across multiple business units. My primary focus areas were cognitive computing / machine learning / AI, graphics technologies, and heterogeneous compute as they applied to the PC, IoT, smart home, smart office, and datacenter markets. I identified emerging technology trends, disruptions, and proposed convergence opportunities needing accelerated and expanded R&D investments. I drove stakeholder alignment to proposed strategy, and published roadmaps in support of strategic vision.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Ecosystem Enabling ● Developer Enabling ● Product Management ● Process Improvement ● Organizational Transformation ● New Product Development ● People Development====================================================As an AE manager, I drove the adoption of Intel graphics in IoT markets, including digital signage, retail, automotive, digital surveillance, casino gaming, and cable TV distribution. I negotiated internal support agreements and outsourced vendor development/delivery contracts. I dramatically improved customer issue handling and transformed the skill set of my team of eight Application Engineers to provide novel enabling services to the ecosystem. The result was resolving 800+ reported issues, managing 70+ engineering escalations, and the implementation of 10+ critical feature requests annually. This was accomplished with a focus on employee development and cross functional training, and it delivered incredible throughput results with unrivaled employee morale.

Santa Clara, California, Us

3D Graphics and Display Technologies ● Video Processing ● Content Protection ● Technology Path Finding====================================================I was a prototype and production graphics driver developer focused on content protection and video playback. I am very well versed in display, 3D, and video technologies. I determined feasibility of various encrypted memory options and deep color (xvYCC). I implemented content protection methods in the graphics driver, including HDCP, to defend against physical attacks. These were exposed to applications through Intel proprietary mechanisms as well as Microsoft standard APIs.I implemented memory encryption methods to protect content from software attacks. These were also exposed through both Intel proprietary mechanisms as well as Microsoft standard APIs. I authored documentation including behavioral specifications, validation guides, and ISV-enabling collateral. I identified performance and feature needs of future products through analysis of HD-DVD and Blu-ray specifications.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Technology Enabling ● Graphics, Video, Display, 3D ● Organizational Transformation====================================================As a technology evangelist, I was responsible for promoting the adoption of all aspects of Intel's graphics solution. I formed and led a cross functional team devoted to improving the competitiveness of Intel Graphics through competitive benchmarking and through a redesign of the user-facing graphics control panel. I transformed the Platform Application Engineer (PAE) organization's graphics skill set through the creation of "Graphics Technologist" roles. These technologists received additional responsibilities, training, and special mentorship. Ultimately the "Graphics Technologist" role became an available growth path for PAEs.I authored and presented numerous marketing and technical classes to press, developers, and customers.I maintained ISV relationships and provided training to enable market-leading video performance on Intel platforms.

Santa Clara, California, Us

I spearheaded 12 early-design customer engagements; drove 10 to be “ship ready” with Intel product launch.I presented IDF course titled, “Providing low-power, high-performance solutions for embedded designs;” training courses for Intel customers in multi-city Embedded Seminar Series (ESS); and joint demos with embedded customers.I played pivotal role in establishing new strategic partnerships, several of which lasted for many years.I provided extensive internal training to peers, new hires, and overseas counterparts on technical topics and process improvement.

Santa Clara, California, Us

I helped develop and published method enabling maximum performance of SpeedStep CPUs in IoT usages while reducing BOM cost.I ensured OEM/ODM designs met launch schedules by debugging reported issues to silicon, board, or BIOS level through inspection of system configuration space, schematics, and layout as necessary.I helped create and maintain a software tool to automatically collect and analyze system configuration space against published and expected values.I established a weekly issue exchange forum through which tech support personnel could cross train one another on unique, difficult, or frequent issues. This improved robustness of training coverage while rapidly informing peers of new and emerging issues.