Director of Solutions Engineering

• Aug 2022 - Present

Director of Solutions Engineering and Programs

• Apr 2019 - May 2021

Kazuhm is a distributed workload placement and compute platform, capable of processing workloads of any size on a unified compute fabric (desktops, laptops, servers, and/or the cloud). Kazuhm’s compute platform enables organizations to perform compute where it makes the most sense for the business or mission. • Led Kazuhm’s portfolio of solutions engineering efforts to help customers increase their compute performance through the integration of commodity corporate assets. • Acquired and executed programs and strategic partnerships with major telecommunications, semiconductor manufacturing, OTT / streaming, media and entertainment, enterprise data management and storage, and higher education organizations. • Presented value propositions and solutions at all customer facing engagements. • Increased customer adoption by 650% percent through outreach, partnerships, and technical collaborations. Show less

Technical Project Manager, Solutions Engineering Lead, Business Capture Manager, Software Manager

• Dec 2005 - Apr 2019

• Directed acquisition strategy, teaming, and technical baseline solutions as the Solutions Lead and Capture Manager for numerous large scale ($10M-$70M+) pursuits. Subject matters included analytics, HPC, edge, and cloud (AWS C2S). • Contributed key architecture and proposal/bid leadership for the successful acquisition of over $50M+ in new business. • Architected and integrated 12 analytical software platforms on a custom-built edge data center solution as the Software and Systems Lead. Delivered a complete hardware/software solution in six months to a customer site 8,000+ miles away. Resulted in the growth of the program from an initial 18-month effort to a multi–year $60M+ development and sustainment contract. • Created and led an organization-wide Systems and Software Architecture competency area to advance BAE Systems’ ability to design and execute complex systems for customers. Instructed several courses. • Served as functional manager for an organization of up to 22 engineers and software developers. Responsible for employee growth, training, merit reviews, interviews/hiring/staffing, and personnel issues. • Created an R&D project to unify and disseminate multiple geospatial data sources. Resulted in a demo that drove a $10M+ contract acquisition. • Served as the Technical Project Manager for the model development and scalability analysis efforts on a data processing program exceeding $100M. • Co-founded a successful modeling and simulation team for optimizing hardware and network performance across 10 BAE Systems programs. Grew the team to over 20 full time engineers. Show less

Systems Engineer

• Aug 2003 - Dec 2005

• Implemented several Information Management projects including system design, business process improvement, and metric analysis for an on-site customer. • Analyzed and mitigated risk for various customer projects including homeland security and critical infrastructure. • Implemented several Information Management projects including system design, business process improvement, and metric analysis for an on-site customer. • Analyzed and mitigated risk for various customer projects including homeland security and critical infrastructure.

Systems Engineering Intern

• May 1999 - Jan 2002

Systems Engineering Intern

• May 1998 - Aug 1998