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California, United States

• Own the technology strategy and vision for evolving the Dayforce technology stack to scale into the global large enterprise market, driving higher profitability, and faster time to market• Maintain a roadmap for Dayforce architecture as a product to transition from a large monolith into a microservices architecture, creating alignment with executive leadership and business goals• Manage a robust product strategy and value proposition of platform products by developing and distributing compelling messaging to stakeholders from C suite to boots on the ground.• Cultivate rigorous operational excellence and fuel optimal results across more than 40 teammates in a turnaround technology transformation program consisting of architecture, release engineering, cloud infrastructure, application development, and security skillsets through agile coaching and product management, leading to 2x developer velocity within 3 months (~4.2M enterprise value annually).• Lead grassroots efforts to revamp the customer API experience across cross functional stakeholders, with 100 active participants towards cost reduction of API development from $250k+ to $30k per API (ongoing).• Create and maintain innovative product and technology culture through various push/pull tools such as guilds, OKRs, mentorship and coaching, and career frameworks, and more

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• Nurture, feed, care for, and train my pup to become the most well-behaved dog ever (zero bias), soliciting on average at least 1 compliment when out for random walks• Share the joy and happiness that Nibbler brings to others in the world, leading to 4 known inspired dog adoptions by friends or colleagues who meet him• Receive unconditional love in return for the above

• Bootstrapped a crypto gaming startup with great people, demonstrating exceptional market insight and strategic planning, resulting in >$1.5M revenue in the first 4 months of business• Oversaw Software Architecture, UX & UI, Product Management, Product Strategy, Alliances, Product Marketing, and GTM for Web 3 gaming technology startup• Recruited and managed a highly capable team of 15 developers, designers, and product managers, employing effective recruitment and coaching strategies to foster a dynamic and ambitious workforce that contribute to the company's success• Achieved 4500+ customers with a results-driven culture in a B2C startup environment

• Led a cross-functional architecture team as Lead Product Architect, addressing scaling challenges by executing on critical projects focused on APIs, instrumentation, Master Data Management, Machine Learning, AI, and M&A technology integration. • Spearheaded strategic enterprise architecture efforts to democratize data access, decreasing product adoption data costs from $10M / year to 0 for Workday's product portfolio. Technical patent achieved for product analytics work.• Drove 8% greater adoption of key product features by existing customers with a data driven product strategy, leading to greater upsell opportunities.• Worked with Chief Customer Officer and Chief Product Officer to execute on large cross functional programs to drive strategic customer success centering on product adoption: reducing churn, increasing renewals, and increasing upsell conversions. In the next 4 years, Workday grew in revenue by 78% from 2.4B to 4.3B after the product adoption framework was in place with a large focus on increasing upsells.• Delivered on 3 public speaking engagements for 1000+ people audiences • Advised on technology integration for 2x $500M+ acquisitions• Acted as a resident intrepreneur, conceptualizing and building innovative solutions to capture new value and scale revenue generation for all product lines

• Collaborated with Team4Tech to deliver on a process strategy and change management solution in service to the Cambodian Children's Fund to assist with scaling their operations• Entrusted by Senior Executives (CXO, EVP, SVP level) with leadership responsibility in technical project management for multiple $5-25M value engineering projects, ranging from 50-100+ engineers with consistent milestone delivery. • Utilized tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and Smartsheet to facilitate complex research & development projects to completion with 95% completion rate. • Designed and executed rollout strategy of GraphQL across technology stack, driving re-use of 750+ APIs (SOAP & REST) for superior development flexibility.

• Partnered to design and deliver Workday's first ever teacher externship with Lionel Wilson Prep, a local school in Oakland, resulting in a $4,000 grant to the institution• Launched a new SaaS SKU, 0-1, in the enterprise learning domain; pitched, delivered, and sold the first 6 initial prospects which laid the foundation to >$5M ARR in first year, eventually landing large enterprise clients such as Tesla• Created and delivered the first Summer Intern Program for Workday Extend (Workday's Platform offering) to bolster a talent pipeline of Application Developers with API knowledge; the program had an NPS score of +57 and 35% of the interns were converted to full time

• Participated in the SPARK program collaboration with Workday, mentoring two kids from local schools towards capstone projects in their areas of interest• Designed, developed, and rolled out company wide best practices on Data Driven Product Management at Workday• Led the initial Financials Revenue REST API development and delivery; shared and promoted knowledge on REST API development to scale for customer commitments• Led the Financials Revenue product in creating customer configurable solutions to address new Revenue Recognition standards in ASC 606 and IFRS 15• Mentored Product Management and Development colleagues in different domains: product strategy, data analysis, etc.

Pleasanton, Ca

• Led key implementation projects across the Workday Product portfolio, for strategic customers of different industries - Social Media, Services, Professional Sports, etc.• Designed, developed, tested, and deployed automated integration solutions based on ERP design principles to interface with external systems (Salesforce, Ticketmaster, Kronos, Concur, etc.)• Practiced and broadened skillset in utilizing different interfaces (REST APIs, SOAP Web Services, etc.) between systems at scale to enable enterprise operations• Shared technical and functional best practices to internal Product teams, internal Services teams, and the broader Workday Partner ecosystem via conference presentations or webinars

San Leandro, Ca

• Utilized C#, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and PI Web API (a RESTful API that exposes PI Data) to build an interface to present PI data into dashboard webpages with D3, jqPlot, Flot, and Highchart frameworks• Configured an internal website for accessibility (using IIS), and published a Visual Studio web project • Installed and performed troubleshooting for software in the OSIsoft PI suite (e.g., PI Server, PI AF, PI Data Access, PI OPC, PI SMT, PI Coresight, PI DataLink, PI Processbook, PI ACE, etc.)• Documented programmatic navigation, usage, and troubleshooting for PI Web API into playbooks and video tutorials for technical support engineers to assist with customer interactions• Designed an internal knowledge management system through OSI wiki, cataloging internship resources for current and future employees

• Managed clients and finances (e.g., rates and paycheck dates)• Managed scheduling and coordination of multiple students• Identified weaknesses in each student’s skillsets in order to facilitate more efficient learning environments• Designed and lead students through one-on-one sessions to increase comprehension • Communicated difficult topics with easily understandable broken down analyses

Intern for the TIGER MSAT Workstream project - Pharma Tech-Track&Trend Tool Project• Traveled to each manufacturing site (Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Singapore, China, Brazil, etc.) within the global Roche-Genentech Pharma Network to assess process monitoring and data systems for the TIGER MSAT Workstream Pharma Tech-Track&Trend Tool Project• Communicated with every cross functional team in Pharma on trending, including Quality, Technology, IT, Process Development, Operations, etc. from each manufacturing site around the world • Organized information into formal content (e.g., URS, wireframing, site process monitoring software, technical capability reports, capability heat maps, etc.)• Administered an internal Sharepoint website for stakeholder and team project communications• Analyzed automation and process monitoring software solutions capabilities against requirements for network recommendation