ENGINEERING / PRODUCT MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT | Engineering | TECHNOLOGY | OPERATIONS

Customer-centric leader with unique combination of business, engineering, and technical leadership experience within industry leading global corporations. Renowned for identifying opportunities to improve productivity while delivering corporate value and customer satisfaction. Thought leader and evangelist with a passion for pioneering enterprise platforms to build large-scale web properties with minimal capital resources. Committed to democratizing information and technology systems that empower customers.

Areas of Expertise

  • Product Management

  • Engineering Leadership

  • Project Management

  • Business and Technology

Recent Projects

SearchStax - “Powerful Search Made Easy”

  • SearchStax Cloud / Managed Solr

  • SearchStudio

Synopsys SolvNet Support Web Site

  • Apache Solr Search

  • Alfresco Content Management

  • Continuous Integration System

    • Documentation

    • Product Installation Guides

  • Mulesoft System Integration

  • Jaspersoft Reporting

  • SAP Hana Integration

  • Zendesk Assistance Integration

  • Salesforce Customer Support Integration

Operational Initiatives

  • Download Center Software Downloads

  • Release Alerts Notification System

Standardization

  • Omniture Web Site Tracking

  • Agile / Scrum Development Model

Leadership

  • SMART MBO Tracking System

  • Balanced Scorecard Approach

Philosophy

  • Help Customers Help Themselves

  • Create Productivity Efficiencies

  • Work Towards Success for all Stakeholders

Conference Presentations

Conference: Lucene / Solr Revolution

Topic: How to Make your GUI Shine with AJAX / Solr 

Presentation: SlideShare

Conference: Bay Area Apache Lucene / Solr Meetup

Topic: From Lucene to Solr 4 Trunk: We Made It!

Presentation: SlideShare

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Degrees

  • EMBA, Master of Business Adminstration, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA – 2007 

  • BS, Computer Science, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA – 1991

Technology Certifications

  • Product Management for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

  • AIPMM / 280 Group Certified Product Manager

  • Scrum Product Owner

  • UNIX Systems Management & Administration, UNIX Programming

  • Object-Oriented Programming

Leadership Development

  • Managing Through Influence

  • Leadership Challenge, Santa Clara University (Dean co-wrote Leadership Challenge book)

  • Situational Leadership

Resume

Link to Resume

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