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Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

General Manager of Kaseya's Networking business unit with full P&L accountability. Responsible for growing the BU while shifting to a recurring revenue model and delivering high net revenue retention despite global supply chain challenges. Own product strategy, roadmap, pricing, packaging, marketing & GTM. As the business owner, delivered multiple presentations to thousands of customers at global conferences and represent the business in analyst and press relations.Manage the P&L, while overseeing a global team of over 70 professionals in R&D, product, marketing, sales, and operations. Created and responsible for the strategic pivot to delivering cloud and edge network services such as SASE, SSE, and ZTNA specifically built for Managed Service Providers. Lead business development activities ranging from M&A to strategic joint development or licensing partnerships and hardware ODM relations to ensure supply for customers.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Leading a growing product team as we deliver networking services to MSPs. Responsible for managing our existing product portfolio as well as our pivot to network security solutions for highly distributed workforces (SASE), WAN optimization services for hybrid and cloud-centric environments, and SD-LAN virtualized network functions for heterogeneous network stacks.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Exploring next generation technologies and services at the intersection of OT and IT such as IoT sensing, cameras, smart building systems, etc. for Small & Medium businesses delivered through the Managed Service Channel.

Norwalk, Connecticut, Us

Leading full stack product development teams (Hardware to Front End) to deliver Manager Service Provider friendly managed power products including Power Distribution Units and Uninterrupted Power Supplies. Responsible for portfolio strategy, roadmap and business metrics.Leading Business Design efforts to evaluate the viability of various IoT opportunities for Small and Medium Businesses delivered by Managed Service Providers. Including sensing, access control systems, IP security cameras, etc.

Portland, Or, Us

Co-Founder of product development consulting firm, specializing in the development of consumer and industrial wearable & IoT solutions (BLE, WiFi, LoRa, Zigbee, etc). Leading technical exploration and development efforts, while managing an internal and external network of resources.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, Us

Created and delivered a 9-figure business case to executive leadership, providing SaaS and recurring revenue offerings to a traditional hard-goods manufacturing company. Owner of critical product development and innovation teams, leading full IoT stack product development efforts (hardware, firmware, cloud, mobile), enabling and launching Steelcase Workplace Advisor™ smart building SaaS platform, FIND™ mobile app, sensing and network infrastructure, and additional connected products such as Digital Signage and Signaling (RoomWizard™), Wayfinding (Live Maps™).

Beaverton, Or, Us

Expertise retained through Adiron Solutions to perform technology exploration and proof of concept BLE connected wearable prototype development resulting in multiple patents filed and granted. Evolution of a multi-year engagement with Perpetua and Thermogen.

Corvallis, Oregon, Us

Founding member of Perpetua spin-off, leading new product and technical business development efforts of products for consumer wearable and IoT applications. Responsible for all product management and engineering related activities including product requirements, roadmap, customer development engagements, product design, manufacturing, IP generation, etc. Led proof-of-concept development and integration with leading consumer brands (Nike, Samsung, LG, Oakley, Swatch, etc.), resulting in recurring NRE and product revenue of >$1MM. PoCs spanned a variety of wearable connected products and new technologies and leveraged various additive manufacturing techniques to achieve and balance material functionality with PoC iteration timelines.

Corvallis, Or, Us

Founding member, led technology transfer, product development, roadmap, and strategy. NPI efforts resulted in award-winning, plug-and-play Thermoelectric energy harvesting solutions for industrial IoT applications connected via BLE, Zigbee, Z-Wave, etc. R&D efforts led to spin-off, Thermogen, focusing on consumer wearable and IoT applications. Secured, managed, and led as Principal Investigator over $2MM in SBIR federal grants (DHS & NSF) to develop innovative flexible wearable energy harvesting solutions, resulting in the spin-out of Thermogen Technologies. Successfully licensed, evaluated, and transferred rudimentary technology from Pacific Northwest National Lab. Led development of semiconductor device design and material fabrication and analysis resulting in best-in-class product performance, NRE development projects, and company growth from 3 to 20 employees. Built and owned relationships with universities throughout the country to leverage research resources, accelerating technology development and manufacturability of Perpetua’s core technology

Fremont, California, Us

Masters, Materials Science & Engineering

Bs, Applied Physics, Mathematics