Vice President And Executive Director
San Ramon, Ca
Responsible for managing the launch and then the on-going execution and operations for industry technology collaborations (alliances and consortiums). I served as Executive Director for the SD Card Association (www.sdcard.org), ONVIF (www.onvif.org), and the IoT Ready Alliance (www.iot-ready.org), the LoRa Alliance, Smart TV Alliance, and the OVCC. Launch activities include: structuring the organization (e.g., determining membership tiers, rights, benefits, and fees), creating the governance documents (working with stakeholders and legal counsel), recruiting members, and implementing the necessary infrastructure (e.g., help desk, financial systems and support, collaboration tools, and public website). Managing the on-going execution and operations involves: creating and managing budgets, advising the Board, defining policies and procedures, responding to membership (and other) inquiries, leading strategic plan development and execution, procuring additional services (e.g., marketing director, public relations, event management, collateral development, legal counsel), and large variety of other tasks. Also part of the Inventures Core Management Team that oversees operations for Inventures and defines processes, policies, and procedure for the organization.