Organizational Leadership - Direct International team of 15 technical program managers & 8 technical writersStrategic Initiative Leadership - Creative customer specific solutions and internal engineering team transformation Innovative New Product Development

Apple acquired our company, Emotient, in January 2016.Post-Acquisition Managed engineering team to develop an automated image data acquisition and labeling systemManaged timeline, requirement prioritization, task assignments and milestone deliveriesServed as single point of contact for algorithm developers and organizational stakeholdersResulted in IR face recognition feature in the iPhone XCoordinated cross-functional team to develop test stations for pilot production of iPhone XTracked component specification and availabilityManaged timeline and coordinated effort with manufacturing team during pilot process implementation Resulted in successful on-time production of iPhone X “engineering carry” unitsFacilitated post-acquisition transition to AppleHelped close out data roomorganized and managed office close out and asset transferSuccessful transition of team to Cupertino completed in May 2016Pre-AcquisitionManaged team of 16 engineers and data scientists to develop a cloud-based deep neural network emotion recognition platform to analyze stimulus responses for advertising, NPI focus groups and mental health applicationsImplemented agile software development practices, test automation and continuous integration. Drove general availability (GA) releases of 2 cloud based SaaS products. customer success managing 3-5 engagements per month. Manage cross-functional product development, executive level portfolio coordination and prioritization and sales pipeline. Support business development and pre-sales efforts doubling customer base in Q3 and Q4 2015.Managed backlog development and design/development of training data labeling systemManaged sales pipeline and administered Salesforce CRM applicationManaged customer engagements including on-site video capture, data analysis, and results presentation

Agile change agent for multinational engineering organization. Led development and adoption of agile best practices (specifically SCRUM). Led continuous delivery implementation.Managed full PDLC (from concept to SKU) for multi-product program releases and new product development.Managed transfer of sustaining engineering to offshore engineering office.

Managed multiple concurrent programs from concept to production. Managed fraud and security portfolio. Responsible for vendor engagement and management, requirements gathering and documentation, managing scope, budget and roadmap development.

Managed integration of backend systems and deployment of Google Search Appliance into schwab.com.