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Engineering leadership for HW and SW development of industry standard servers, storage I/O, networking, and flash products. External partner management of key hardware and software technologies.

Led team responsible for developing and integrating key technologies and partnerships into Sun's x86 servers. Responsible for engineering program management of server and storage development.

Directed product teams and program managers developing products ranging from 1RU two-way low-end servers to 4RU eight-way enterprise class servers. Managed teams of technical program managers and product engineers: responsible for hiring, skill set development, and performance evaluation

Responsible for leading and managing cross-functional product development teams in rack-mountable multiprocessor server market. Drove the product life cycle for multiple x86 CPU generations- from concept, development and test, and final release;

Responsible for leading and managing Linux server appliance projects. Successfully launched 8 appliance projects ranging from OEM product customizations to full hardware and software system developments. Directed teams consisting of hardware engineers, mechanical designers, SW developers, QA, technical publications, product marketing, customer service, suppliers, and external manufacturers to execute product feature, cost, and time-to-market goals.