The following is an overview of my experience and expertise. Please contact me if you would like more information. My full resume is available as an MS Word file here.
I am a technology executive with proven experience leading and managing software and hardware development teams and a reputation for keeping them focused on creating innovative products that bring revenue to the company. I have a proven ability to:
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Successfully lead focused, innovative development teams |
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Deliver products to market on schedule |
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Bridge technology & marketing to define successful solutions |
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Unify multi-site corporate and contract developers |
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Launch products worldwide: APAC, EMEA and Americas |
What I am looking for:
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Position: VP/Director Product Development |
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Company: Technology company creating new products to meet customer needs |
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Size: Small to medium, revenues <$100M |
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Location: Orange County, California |
Selected accomplishments:
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Connected development and marketing departments to move company from operating on best guesses to a researched and prioritized plan for moving forward. Replaced departing Chief Strategy Officer. |
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Directed software and hardware development teams and marketing personnel to increase worldwide acceptance of a desktop firewall product line. Grew product line to over 25% of the corporate revenue using less than 5% of the development resources. |
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Organized hardware and software development teams to design and launch the industry’s first integrated wireless firewall – expanding the product line and revitalizing the company’s reputation for innovation. |
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Managed offshore development teams in creating new consumer software products. Continued success of product lines with in-house work on subsequent versions. |
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Improved product quality by creating a Quality Assurance department and reorganizing the Technical Support department to better communicate with the developers. |
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Grew and strengthened a contract development company for 15 years, transforming it from two programmers to a respected firm of over 20 people with sales, marketing and support personnel. |
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Employment History
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TouchStone Software | ||
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Custom Software |
Education
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MS Information & Computer Science (course work) University of California, Irvine |
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BS Information & Computer Science University of California, Irvine |