Artificial Intelligence at the edge

Retained direct responsibility for end-to-end edge intelligence requirements from hardware and firmware, Cloud/microservices, Data Science, Analytics, user apps and Appstore with numerous concurrent releases in flight, leading to over $500M of new business.Built out and led product management team during major reorganization across Software Platforms, Cloud and Services, Meter Data Management, App Platforms and AnalyticsLed critical customers through functional and technical architecture, security and design acceptance of complex systemsSignificant contributor to Outcomes portfolio overhaul as part of Outcomes leadership teamWork on cost-savings and cross-team improvements across Support, Managed Services, Delivery and R&D

Led initial field deployment of Distributed Intelligence/edge intelligence apps on utility electric meters.Launched Distributed Intelligence Partner Program and first third party edge/Distributed Intelligence app demonstrated on a utility electric meter.Created new release models for cross-PBU DevOps and monolithic mixed/ongoing releasesOwned and negotiated multiple vendor SOWs and processes, aligning to a continuous delivery model

Launched electric utility industries first appstore and first edge intelligence apps deployed to customer production electric meters.Involved work from hardware and firmware through RF mesh and IP networks, embedded development, cloud services, data science, analytics and user applications.

(Sysomos acquired Expion Dec 2018)Owned roadmaps and strategy across Social Publishing, Analytics and Campaigns, Engagement, Mobile and machine learning image recognitionMy team and I led strategy and requirements for first converged offering of Expion and Sysomos, unveiled and well received at large analyst showWorking with key customers, agencies and 3rd party vendors, created the Paid Analytics offering (~40% and growing adoption), including social and programmatic/API level integrations, analytics + insightsLed mobile app from alpha to release covering functionality for Publishing & Engagement, tripling adoption & increasing stickinessWorked w/vendors for internal tools and for build vs buy integration and partnership opportunitiesKey contributor to tools and process consolidation and organization re-structuring on Expion/Sysomos acquisition

Hired, mentored, managed new Product organization for a startup SaaS social management, research & analytics company, leading to also managing Docs, UX, QA and Training.Led Agile transformation and training, leading to changing release cadences from 6-9months to 4-6 weeksRe-structured QA and implemented issue review, pre- and post-release processes leading to > 50% reduction in shipped defects

Working across BUs, vendors, IT & R&D, developed WW Knowledge Mgmt vision, strategy, analytics/KPIs, roadmap, and execution planPart of core leadership team setting strategy for end to end customer engagement, experience and business transformationEvaluated, recommended and negotiated vendors, RFPs and SOWs, leading to savings of > 30% from original quotesWorked closely with internal and external developers on architecture and integrations with existing and new systems and APIs Owned > 70% of large project for new user self-service experience for low cost devices, including content and knowledge, search, various API integrations into the service web portal and other systems

Brought significant adoption and growth to a content management, collaboration, APIs and delivery ecosystem/marketplace for $2B HP enterprise software business, with millions of quarterly downloads via web, product integrations, APIs and mobileManaged and grew a new Partner Program, growing to 50+ partner offerings directly available to customersDeveloped Product Plan, Product Strategy and Vision documents, roadmaps, KPIs and led R&D and Marketing teams in executionWorked with IT and other stakeholders on next generation identity management and entitlement systemsBrought time savings of over 80% to HPSW Product teams and stakeholders by authoring the HPSW-wide product lifecycle requirements for all add-ons and extensions. Worked with R&D, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Support, and others pan-HP

Worked closely with Product Owners and R&D to integrate and onboard with HP Live Network, and to understand and provide solutions for unique requirementsDeveloped Product Roadmap, aligned with Product Launch requirements and ongoing integration efforts/timelinesLed development and launch of the HP Live Network web portalDeveloped Requirements and User Stories for the team, working closely with Product Management and Architects across numerous Products

Acquired by HP November 2007.

Senior engineer involved in new team buildup focused on building data centers and services for secure/classified environments. Built multiple data centers, involved heavily in planning, implementation, and services required for connected and air-gapped environments. Focused on datacenter buildout, Linux and Solaris environments, storage from EMC and NetApp.

Team lead for the Events Test Group for IBM DirectorResponsible for developing the Automation and Tools strategy for the IBM Director Team as one of the founding members, allowing testing to be completed more thoroughly and in shorter timeImplemented the Rational Suite of tools for use in-houseUnix, Linux, and network administration and scripting

(was Seagate Software at time of hire, then acquired by VERITAS, later purchased by Symantec)Involved in design and implementation of a cross platform binary component model system across all Unix flavors, Linux, Windows, allowing core pluggable components to be developed in house for adoption throughout VERITAS Software products, and updated independently via DCOM-like custom framework we developed, versioned APIs. Solaris, AIX, HPUX, SCO, Irix, Linux (RedHat), Windows, more. C++Developed components for SNMP, TAPI, Paging.Specified, built and maintained significant portions of core Unix R&D build systems + site infrastructure.

Developed and built out a performance testing framework for an in development storage product/NAS. Involved in porting of SPEC SFS to Linux (C, shell) for use in heavily parallel load testing of NFS/CIFS/NAS appliances.

Helped to design and implement one of first large-scale "out of the box" e-commerce systems, allowing for inventory through delivery tracking by users with no technical experience. System served a mixtures of F500 and SMB customers.Primary development work in embedded SQL, CGIC, Solaris.Design and development work on backend daemons and services all client software and transactions interacted with.Interfaced and worked with IT to build out and maintain build/QA/staging and production environments, failover and recovery.Developed and implemented group SDLC processes including source control, release processes, and required test environments.

Developed computer science curriculum, teaching and presentation materials, and taught and/or tutored C, Advanced C and Data Structures, C++, Pascal and Unix