ENGINEERING DIRECTOR 
Software • Systems • Project / Program Management

Results driven software engineering professional with over 15 years of experience in delivering a broad range of products spanning consumer-based to enterprise. A strong technical background, decisive leadership, excellent organizational skills, effective communication skills and a customer-centric focus.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Technical Leadership: Successfully recruited, motivated, and led numerous technical teams in a variety of disciplines and in fast-paced environments. Able to manage multiple large projects concurrently.
• Project/Program Management: Expert at managing the complete development life cycle using formal tools and practices and, more importantly, using analytical and communication skills to successfully deliver high-tech products.
• Technical Versatility: Strong technical experience in a variety of software layers (web, database, OS, drivers), enterprise to consumer based, and language types (C/C++, Perl, Flash, Python, PHP, SQL, HTML).
• Strong Communicator: Confident in presenting to all levels both technical and non-technical. Very effective at disseminating information with a strong belief in transparency.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Confidential, Emeryville, California • 2005-Present
Director, Software Engineering

• Lead a software team of 7-15 engineers developing software/firmware in Flash, C/C++ for Leapfrog’s handheld educational gaming systems. Directly collaborated with product marketing, design, quality assurance, art, audio, publications, as well as external game developers.
• Championed software best practices including better planning, rigorous design and implementation, and resulting in a 30% reduction of bugs and reliable on-time delivery of products.
• Delivered the first-ever handheld platform using standard off-the-shelf technology including Linux, Adobe Flash-Lite, and OpenGL.
• Spearheaded a new partnership deal with Adobe, negotiating a 50% reduction in contract costs and saving 35% in royalty fees over 5 years.

Confidential, Livermore, California • 2004-2005
Independent provider of engineering, development and project management services, securing the following major consulting engagements:

• Engineering Manager, Senior Axcess: Authored Marketing Requirements Document and Product Requirements Document for early-stage start-up developing an in-home platform to enable elderly people to live independently. Ended contract when funding dried up.
• Project Manager, Gric Communications: Managed project to re-brand company name and products, including secure mobility solutions for mobile enterprises. Developed company-wide project schedule. Interfaced with all organizations at Headquarters and remotely. Completed project on time, resulting in problem-free launch of new branding and name.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, California • 2000-2004
Director, Engineering

• Led all product development teams for the flagship web hosting business unit. Directly managed a team of 28 engineers and managers which included a remote development team in India.
• Built and developed the offshore team to the point where it could take over product development, reducing the company’s development costs by more than half.
• Revitalized a former flagship product, delivering 2 major and 2 minor releases in 12 months. This product utilized LAMP technologies and virtualization.

Confidential, San Jose, California • 1996-2000
Senior Manager, Software Engineering

• Directed 32 engineers and 3 managers developing enterprise software products to back up and restore databases, overseeing both managerial and technical matters.
• Pioneered creation of a team developing a backup product for the MS SQL server database, proposing the project, obtaining financing and staffing the team. Led the Engineering efforts to negotiate a successful partnership with Microsoft.
• Led development of a presentation layer product unifying all platform- and database-centric backup and recovery products offered by BMC, serving as key manager in product architecture and design.
• Demonstrated adept customer crisis/escalation management skills in resolving issues with key enterprise customers such as FedEx and UPS.
• Played a significant role in smoothly integrating the Datatools engineering team into the corporate culture of BMC following the acquisition of privately-held Datatools.
• Launched several engineering teams in quality assurance, performance and internationalization functions at Datatools.

Confidential, Mountain View, California • 1994-1996
Director, Product Engineering

• Led a 40+ person team of software engineers, hardware engineers, and quality assurance for the next generation ultrasound product-line.
• Assumed overall engineering responsibility for developing process improvements, running audits and reviews in preparation for and eventual ISO9001 certification.

PRIOR EXPERIENCE

Principle Engineer, Confidential

• Led the architecting of a major software layer of the next generation high performance mainframe.

Program Manager, Confidential

• Managed 2 major programs encompassing more than 200 development and test engineers, with both releases recognized as achieving the highest quality ever at initial ship.

Senior Software Engineer, Confidential

• Designed, tested, and supported over 200k C lines (including embedded software, kernel code, drivers and user interfaces) of a UNIX OS through its entire product cycle. One of only three engineers company-wide recognized for outstanding quality contributions for the year.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science