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Redmond, Washington, US

PM'd a vibrant cross-geo MSAI v-team to ship Pages in BizChat. Shipped this side-by-side AI Chat & Loop page experience supporting collaborative editing of prompt response content to enterprise customers, globally in 8 weeks. Integrated Cortana, a Microsoft digital assistant, with Microsoft Teams in the context of Teams Chat and several meeting devices.

Redmond, Washington, US

PM - Mobile Labs Team, Wearable device experiences, & mobile app for voice assistance device.

3 decades of training and teaching Aikido, a traditional Japanese art of empty-hand and armed self-defense. Personalized instruction, small classes, welcoming community.

Amherst, New York, US

Revitalized 10Gb Ethernet storage and network connectivity product line. Worked with engineering and partners to bring an affordable, standards-based high performance connectivity solution for the video editing segment to market before competitors at half the price. Comprehensive product management & marketing, including market-driven, cohesive product.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

Managed team with portfolio of 5 enterprise collaborative software products. In addition to numerous major & point releases, took 3 products from “blank sheet of paper” to release. Market analysis, requirement gathering, customer input & feedback, close collaboration with software architects & development teams, product marketing, assisting with partner.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

Worked with the company's key strategic customers (category leaders with large, global deployments) to optimize & expand their mobility infrastructures. Established enterprise Solutions Group in the UK & Europe. Consultative relationships with over 25 strategic customers across Europe. Defined and implemented Customer Engagement Methodology. Inspired.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

Roadmap, upgrade, consolidation, and disaster recovery consultation. Guided strategic customers, pilot-to-production, in mobilizing enterprise applications. Detailed security discussions to address critical objections, allowing deployment in high-security customer environments. Planned & conducted in-depth server install & administration training Server.

Resolved resistant configuration & mail routing issues for businesses of 6,000 users to under a dozen: planned & executed client & server upgrades…planned rename & recertification for company’s domain post-merger…combined 2 existing domains…configured SMTP mail routing for multiple mail domains via a connector. Technical lead for hosting product team.

US

Messaging administration & architecture for a 20,000-user environment. Planned, coordinated, & managed execution of 2400-seat conversion, mobilizing team to exceed goal for years’ conversions by 50%. Designed multi-domain messaging and directory synchronization architecture to integrate cc:Mail, GroupWise, Exchange, Domino, and SMTP/Mime via Solaris.

Dallas, Texas, US

Management and troubleshooting for 16 servers in headquarters and 8 field offices. Lauded by users from consultants to the company's founder for solving stubborn problems on servers and workstations.

Technology planning & network administration for a public high school for gifted students. Planned, overhauled, expanded school’s LAN from one lab to the entire school on shoestring budget. Distributed user management and security system led to 99% server uptime.

Arlington, Virginia, US

Wrote plan to airlift 900 people & 3500 tons of equipment overseas on 24 hours’ notice. Created maps, briefings, and load plans to communicate with sleep-deprived people working under pressure. Tactical Control Officer for Patriot - a $52 million missile system & mobile WAN with UHF, fiber optic, land line, FM links. Led my 12-person unit to the highest.