Experience

ReadyMode

• Canada
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Professional Services and Customer Sustaining

  • Jul 2022 - Present



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Specialist

  • Nov 2021 - Jul 2022



Integral Resources, Inc.

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Dec 2019 - Oct 2021

  Greater Boston Integral Resources, Inc. has been fundraising for non-profits and progressive political organizations for over 30 years. We work with organizations whose programs help the disadvantaged and promote a more equitable and caring society. We’re looking for top talent to help drive innovation in omni-channel fundraising.

• Director of Multichannel Fundraising & Analytics

  • Aug 2016 - Dec 2019

  Cambridge, Massachusetts I led our company’s vision, design and construction of a platform integrating digital and phone-based fundraising channels with modern analytics, machine learning, and automation to provide the most effective and efficient fundraising possible.



Dragonfly Data Factory

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VP, Technology and Product Management

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2017

  Dragonfly Data Factory is a real-time Big Data analytics start-up founded in 2014. I led the company’s technology vision & architecture, and product direction to produce game changing real-time streaming analytics software.



Winchester Systems

• Computer Hardware Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Director, Marketing

  • Jan 2013 - Aug 2014

  Generated proposal resulting in $2.5 million contract award to develop and deliver rugged removable-canister storage systems for US Navy early-warning aircraft. Transitioned company strategy from direct sales to a channel-partner model focused on delivering rugged, high-performance I/O infrastructure to military prime contractors and turnkey commercial-solution providers. Led redesign and relaunch of company web presence.



Independent

• IT Consultant/Advisor

  • Sep 2012 - Jan 2013

  Provided strategic advice to IT customers and vendors. Services included technology brainstorming, competitive analysis, message hardening, and "ghost authored" white papers and presentations on topics ranging from Cloud and Virtualization strategy to server and storage application notes.



NetApp

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Virtualization and Cloud Engineering

  • 2010 - 2012

  Research Triangle Park, NC Led engineering of the company's Virtualization and Cloud solutions, in collaboration with technology-alliance partners. Drove formation, articulation and evangelism of the company’s vision and solution approach to Virtualization and Cloud through high-profile presence at global events such as VMworld, and delivery of technical marketing collateral.



Dell EMC

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Director, Corporate Virtual Architect

  • 2009 - 2010

  Traveled worldwide as a Cloud computing expert to explain the company’s Private Cloud vision and strategy—and the thinking behind them. Worked with sales to close over $600M in direct sales, and impacted approximately $4B indirectly through one-on-one executive briefings and presentations at events in New York, Cairo, Seoul, and other international forums and engagements. Facilitated joint development and roadmap alignment among Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) partner companies. Launched a… Show more Traveled worldwide as a Cloud computing expert to explain the company’s Private Cloud vision and strategy—and the thinking behind them. Worked with sales to close over $600M in direct sales, and impacted approximately $4B indirectly through one-on-one executive briefings and presentations at events in New York, Cairo, Seoul, and other international forums and engagements. Facilitated joint development and roadmap alignment among Virtual Computing Environment (VCE) partner companies. Launched a blog chronicling EMC’s IT journey to build a private cloud.

• Senior Director, Architecture Governance, Office of the CTO

  • 2008 - 2009

  Chosen to work with corporate CTO on reviewing, approving and driving adoption of product-integration reference architectures. Actively participated in EMC’s Research Advisory Team, Corporate Patent Review Committee, and innovation review committees.

• CTO, Infrastructure Software

  • 2006 - 2008

  Guided ISG business unit technology strategy. To drive innovation, foster collaboration, and guide long-term architectural vision, formed ISG Technical Council—a think tank comprising ISG product team technical leaders. Increased patent applications 10-fold and increased idea generation and productization rates significantly by establishing a continuous innovation process. Improved ISG employees’ connection to corporate strategy, elevating employee satisfaction rates from less than 40% to over… Show more Guided ISG business unit technology strategy. To drive innovation, foster collaboration, and guide long-term architectural vision, formed ISG Technical Council—a think tank comprising ISG product team technical leaders. Increased patent applications 10-fold and increased idea generation and productization rates significantly by establishing a continuous innovation process. Improved ISG employees’ connection to corporate strategy, elevating employee satisfaction rates from less than 40% to over 90%.



Illuminata, Inc.

• Practice Leader, Information Architectures

  • 2001 - 2006

  Provided written research and strategic advisory services to global companies, including top-tier IT product and service vendors. Revitalized dormant storage practice and expanded it to embrace information management and governance in addition to data-storage devices. Quoted as an industry expert by the Associated Press, CNET, InformationWeek, Byte and Switch, InfoStor, Network World and The Register, published in several trade journals, and sought out as a panelist at trade shows and symposia.



various companies

• Multiple leadership roles focused on enterprise software

  • 1980 - 2001

  Deep focus on operating systems, network protocols, clustering, file systems, security and cloud-scale distributed software architectures. Broad experience across functional roles and organization types, including Technical Director, Enterprise Management for Digital Equipment Corp's products division; VP Marketing for Datametrics Systems Corp; and other software engineering, product management, and IT operations roles in companies within academia, the private sector, and U.S. DOD suppliers.