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Hunitngton Beach, Ca

Telestrider is an international company providing professional solutions for terrestrial, satellite, cable broadcast network operators, TV production facilities and IPTV/OTT providers in 175 countries since 1991.Telestriders’ hardware and software performs the following tasks:- Visual and Instrumental monitoring of unlimited number of channels;- Video logging for digital non-stop recording;- Playout, Character Generation and much more.Telestrider’ solutions are used by such renowned companies as BBC, Ethnic Channels Group, RTVI, VTV and many others.

Xiamen, Fujian, China

CYPHY is an emerging leader in enterprise storage solutions. We provide enterprises with distributed, scalable, and secure data storage solutions. Recruited by the CEO and founder to launch CYPHY operations world wide and to build a distributor and dealer network.

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for Envivio's expansion into the Russian Territory. Successfully established company presence in the region and won some of the largest OTT(Over The Top Video) deployments. Established pre-sales/support infrastructure and penetrated key accounts including Vimpelcom, Megaphone and Volia,Established the company image and was able to make the brand one of the most successful and recognizable in the OTT sphere in Russia and the CIS region.

Consulted on various projects in the LTE and Broadcasting sphere on a global scale. Worked on financing multiple ventures between China, USA, Russia, Ukraine and the Middle East. Established a successful NASDAQ trading business to trade in stocks and options.

San Jose, California, United States

Successfully launched Harmonic's presence in Russia and CIS from scratch. Achieved over $40 million+ in new business with consistent 100%+ yearly revenue growth capturing over 35% of the industry market share in the first few years.Established a large distributor network, and successfully started in-country operations. Responsible for growing company presence in the region and ramping up sales and support infrastructure.

Seoul, South Korea

After successfully working with marketing on new product deployments... I took on the task of working with new developing markets to expand Harmonic's presence as well as introduce new product lines in Asia. After successfully establishing new partnerships and relationships I took on the role of managing all of the company business in Korea. I successfully increased revenue 100% in the first year and was able to establish a solid sales presence. Established a solid distributor network for all sales in the region and built a large customer base in the HFC space.Also, aided Harmonic's efforts in Japan and was able to establish long lasting relationships with the Sumitomo group.

Milpitas, California, United States

Got involved with a new product introduction by the marketing department. Was able to successfully work with the R&D group to transition products from initial development stages into a commercial success. Worked with R&D, Marketing and Sales on adapting the products to market needs and steered the overall direction for commercial viability. The target market segment was the PON, GPON, Ethernet switching/routing and HFC markets.

Milpitas, Ca

Started with the company as a senior engineer responsible for large broadcast systems integration project deployments. Eventually managed large teams of engineers on various projects in the US and international large scale deployments in places such as the Caribbean, Italy and Dubai. I was heavily involved in the pre-sales cycle of some very large projects and was responsible for new technology adaptations that were not always the core expertise of the company.Was always able to demonstrate immaculate project management abilities as well as problem solving from a commercial as well as a technical perspective. Internally was the goto person for difficult engineering issues that involved networking technologies.

Anaheim, Ca

StreamGate was one of the first startups in delivering Video on Demand(VOD) to the broadcasting industry. Initially recruited to research market requirements for product development and deployment of the system in the market. Became part of the core team in the first trials and deployments.

San Francisco, Ca

First Wireless Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the US. Developed the idea and business plan for the company and successfully convinced the investors to adopt the plan. The technology used MMDS/ITFS licenses. Built out the whole system and started commercial launch of B2C operations. This was a startup, using first of its kind technology to provide some of the first highspeed internet access services in the world at the time.

Costa Mesa, California

NDS was a startup company focused on developing the first generation of digital consumer Set-top Boxes. Initially recruited into a junior engineering position and become part of the core R&D team. Developed software to perform RF interference analysis to apply for MMDS and ITFS FCC licenses. This software allowed the company to successfully win a very large number of License grants from the FCC.

Mba, International Business

Bba, Business Administration