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Boston, Ma, Us

Round Rock, Texas, Us

VP/GM of the Peripherals Product Group (PPG). Responsible for the Gaming, Keyboards, Mice, and Collaboration peripherals strategy/roadmaps/ and business. Managed a ~$800M/yr revenue portfolio, transitioned the organization from a strategy of branding other companies products with low margins to an internally developed (with partners and ODMs) portfolio - delivering higher value products with significant increases in margin contribution. Team was split between North America and Singapore/Taiwan.

Calgary, Ab, Ca

I have started up my management consulting company, Chester Technologies. Currently working with companies in the AV/UC industry as well as Robotics to help define product and technology strategies.Please reach out to me if you are looking for a seasoned CTO/Product Manager who also is skilled in business development and business financing + building.

Santa Cruz, California, Us

Leading the Video Collaboration Business at Poly (the Polycom portion of the company). For FY2020 delivered record revenues and led a 400% increase in product growth. My team delivered a full USB Video solution set (most recently the "Personal" Products P5/P15/P21), MTR solutions with MS (G10/G40/G85), and Android based products (Studio X30/X50/G7500). Revenues of ~$600M/yr.

San Jose, California, Us

Leading the Business for the Collaboration products, including all of the conference room products and services. Part of the new management team at Polycom, working to rebuild the business strategy since the company was taken private.

Once a semester I have the privilege of teaching a class at the Gordon School of Leadership at NU. Always a fun experience to interact with such a strong group of professionals and students.

Sudbury, Ma, Us

Management of Business Development, Product Management, Program Management, and Engineering. Highlights:Responsible for over 60% of the P/L for the Division. Grew revenues by 400% over 4 years, instrumental in selling the company to Yamaha Corporation. Initiated the companies UC strategy and partnerships with UC software vendors and channels. Transitioned a wireless microphone startup to the #2 UC speakerphone manufacturer in the world. Defined the product roadmaps, drove innovation (49 patents to date), and led major partnerships including Cisco, Mitel, BlueJeans, Google, and Zoom which built the foundation for the market growth.Cisco relationship, they are OEMing their 8831 UC Conferencephone from Revolabshttp://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps12969/index.htmlThe Executive Elite wireless microphone systemhttp://finance.yahoo.com/news/revolabs-unveils-next-generation-executive-144500108.htmlThe UC1000/500 Conference phonehttp://www.revolabs.com/News/Press-Releases/Revolabs-and-Cisco%C2%AE-Collaborate-on-Development-of.aspxBusiness Relationship with Googlehttp://conferencing.tmcnet.com/topics/conferencing/articles/422406-better-meetings-with-google-chrome-thanks-revolabs.htm

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VGo Communications is the leader in Robotic Telepresence. We developed the first product of its kind that can be deployed in volume to the enterprise, health care, or education market. The product is a combination of Digital Media, Robotics, and SaaS. I was the initial Founder of North End Technologies, which then changed its name to VGo Communications. Developed the product and business plan for the company, recruited co-founders to the idea. Led initial financing campaign which successfully completed with closing of venture financing, company now has raised over $14M as of 2011.Responsibilities at VGo were around the product development, running and hiring for all functions of the company. These included software development, mechanical engineering, robotic engineering, electrical engineering, SQA, customer support, and operations/manufacturing. As the architect for the solution I was responsible for all technology decisions, product schedules, features, and budget. Successfully shipped the VGo solution on a budget that was 50% of what other communication startups required to get to market and they did not require a robotics or tooling expense.As a board member I recruited our VP of Sales and VP of Marketing into the company. I was also instrumental in the business strategy that the company pursued.Example of Media around the VGo Product:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKVY0V1sEPEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQQ5VXvxdAMhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1188682/1/index.htmhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_OkQyKsWaQhttp://www.vgocom.com/sites/default/files/vgo_businessweek_feb2011.pdf

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Initial CEO of the North End, later became VGo Communications. After developing the concept and establishing VC financing I transitioned to building the development team and the product.

Chester Technologies is a small consulting group focused on helping companies develop and execute on strategies in the video commuications industry. We leverage our knowledge of the technology and business issues associated with the changing telecommunications landscape to create new products and business revenues for our clients. Some of our current clients include Avaya, RemoteReality, and Revolabs.

Ozvision is a venture backed startup that focuses on delivering video streaming (SaaS) solution to the security industry. The companies development team was located in Isreal, with the investment the headquarters were moved to the US. My contribution was focused on moving the product architecture from PSTN to IP, architecting a web-based VOD solution for Central Stations to offer to their clients instead of CCTV solutions. The product was successfully rolled out as the "Ozvision Secure Network, OSN" and is still the cornerstone of the company today.In the CTO role I also managed the relationships with our resellers, TYCO and Honeywell, defining products and negotiating terms.

San Jose, California, Us

As CTO my responsibilities included defining the divisions technical direction, developing business development relationships when appropriate, and overseeing the Patent activity for the division and company.While in this role the division doubled its unit volume, and had revenues of over $300M.Highlights:- Lead a team of 12 highly skilled engineers, developing early prototypes in front of the engineering team.- Educated the organization on IP architectures and the need for a 'system' approach rather then a box model.- Lead the business development and technical business strategy that developed relationships with Avaya, Microsoft, and Juniper.- Laid the foundation for the HD video architecture, evaluating the available chipsets and defining the feature requirements.- Managed the standards activity, H.264 was the focus at this time.- Supported the VSX product roll-out.

San Jose, California, Us

Corporate Strategy for technical and business direction. Development of a fully integrate product strategy for 3 major divisions (Audio, Video, and Network) within Polycom.

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2000 - 2001 CTOJoined the executive management team to take over the technical vision of the company. continued to develop the iPower product line which led to the successful sale of the company to Polycom (PLCM).1999 - 2000 Director (GM) of the Set-top ProductManager of the Set-top video conferencing product line. Took over the Swiftsite product line, added the iPower 680 via a joint development with Sharp Electronics. Responsible for the transition of the development team and the success of the 680 development and market entry.1995 - 1999 Engineering Management / DeveloperHands on manager for the Media Processing team; Audio, Video, and other real-time software development. The team was a corporate resource delivering core components to all of the product groups from embedded to desktop. Technologies implemented included H.261, H.263, G.722, G.711, Siren7, Siren14.

Arlington, Va, Us

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