Randy Kath

Sr Systems SW Engineer at Riskalyze
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Greater Sacramento, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Internet Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sr Systems SW Engineer
      • Apr 2019 - Present

    • Chief Technology Officer
      • Jan 2017 - Jan 2019

      Developed a roadmap to prop-up a 5-yr old product line and transition to a Smart City sensor platform. Led product design, development, manufacturing & support of two new secure and scalable cloud-hosted IoT solutions; delivered both to market.• Bluemac x7 traffic monitoring device that captures Bluetooth, BLE & WiFi signalsbroadcast by motorists, bicycles and pedestrians traversing public roadways.• Blueavion airport operations count sensor that captures radio contact from arriving anddeparting aircraft at smaller, regional airports.

    • Partner
      • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

      A consultancy formed to build IoT-to-cloud solutions for customers. Secured a contract with Transpo Group in Seattle for development of a portable, mounted outdoor video camera for recording vehicle traffic for study.• Built a content ingestion system to turn video recordings into stream-able content.• iPad application for reviewing the video streams and counting the traffic movements.• A cloud-hosted back-end to receive the uploaded results and generate custom reports. A consultancy formed to build IoT-to-cloud solutions for customers. Secured a contract with Transpo Group in Seattle for development of a portable, mounted outdoor video camera for recording vehicle traffic for study.• Built a content ingestion system to turn video recordings into stream-able content.• iPad application for reviewing the video streams and counting the traffic movements.• A cloud-hosted back-end to receive the uploaded results and generate custom reports.

    • Advertising Services
    • President, CEO
      • Jun 2013 - Sep 2015

      A startup to build a music sharing platform that enables sharing songs and messages with friends to enhance discovery and consumption.• Raised $1M in seed capital.• Secured music licenses with the major labels and built a music ingestion and streamingback-end service with more than 1.5 million songs in the catalog.• Developed an iOS client app for users to send/receive music messages, launched it oniTunes. A startup to build a music sharing platform that enables sharing songs and messages with friends to enhance discovery and consumption.• Raised $1M in seed capital.• Secured music licenses with the major labels and built a music ingestion and streamingback-end service with more than 1.5 million songs in the catalog.• Developed an iOS client app for users to send/receive music messages, launched it oniTunes.

    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Vice President
      • Dec 2011 - Oct 2012

      Led the channel partner and field marketing team thru FY12 execution and FY13 planning for Windows Phone.• Reorganized the team around field sales motions.• Developed the partner and sales engagement calendar.• Adopted systematic sales tools delivery and support processes• Landed the new plan with the field and partners.

    • Vice President
      • Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

      Led the OEM engineering and commercialization efforts for Windows Phone.• Managed 200+ employees working on roughly 50 products from 7 manufacturers targetedfor release on major mobile operator networks around the world.• Shifted it from a cost-center to a partner-funded, break-even business for Microsoft atroughly $22M in revenue & expense each year, saving $6M in FY11 alone.

    • Chief Technology Officer
      • May 2006 - Sep 2008

      Developed a corporate product roadmap, led the architectural design and roadmap development effort for Soleus and established a technology incubation program.

    • Vice President
      • May 2004 - Dec 2007

      Joined the company to build a new Windows CE-based consumer smartphone product based on a vision for the coming evolution of the smartphone market.• Developed the business plan, opened an office in Bellevue, WA, hired 100+ people, raised$50M for development and go-to-market expenses.

    • Consultant
      • Dec 2003 - Apr 2004

      A market/business development & consulting firm focused on the mobile device industry I formed to assist Microsoft’s Mobile Device Group with 2005 product planning and business development.• Delivered a research report defining industry trends around form factors, price points &component features, and recommended a product roadmap for 2005. A market/business development & consulting firm focused on the mobile device industry I formed to assist Microsoft’s Mobile Device Group with 2005 product planning and business development.• Delivered a research report defining industry trends around form factors, price points &component features, and recommended a product roadmap for 2005.

    • United States
    • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Chief Executive Officer
      • Jan 2001 - Nov 2003

      A startup formed to build an advanced wireless handheld measurement device for use in outdoor, fieldwork environments (e.g. Survey, construction, etc.).• Raised $1M in seed capital, developed initial research and prototype efforts, opened aSeattle office, hired initial bring up talent and worked on an initial A-round raise. A startup formed to build an advanced wireless handheld measurement device for use in outdoor, fieldwork environments (e.g. Survey, construction, etc.).• Raised $1M in seed capital, developed initial research and prototype efforts, opened aSeattle office, hired initial bring up talent and worked on an initial A-round raise.

    • General Manager
      • Jun 1999 - Aug 2000

      Responsible for formulating the embedded business strategy, managing revenue and costs, building embedded partner relations, developer marketing and evangelism activities, cross-divisional product development efforts and development and release of the Windows CE Tools product line.

    • Director
      • Dec 1997 - Jun 1999

      Built programs and infrastructure to support a growing community of embedded partners, continued development and release of Windows CE tools products and sustaining marketing.

    • Group Manager
      • Jul 1996 - Dec 1997

      Expanded the team to develop a broadening Visual tools product line for the growing WindowsCE developer community and delivered the products to market.

    • Program Manager
      • Jun 1995 - Jul 1996

      Hired early in the newly formed Pegasus group to define and ship the software development kit for the Handheld PC along with associated cross-compilers and debugging tools.

    • Product Manager
      • Apr 1993 - Jun 1995

      Part of the Visual Tools Marketing Group, responsibilities included outbound marketing efforts, development of sales tools, internal evangelism and developer affinity programs.

    • Technology Evangelist
      • Dec 1991 - Apr 1993

      Prior to the release of Windows NT, responsible for evangelizing Windows NT to the developer community and developing materials for that purpose (i.e. code samples, white papers and presentations).

    • Information Technology Trainer
      • Feb 1991 - Dec 1991

      Responsibilities included leading curriculum revisions, lab work software development, presenter and development of other supporting materials such as videos and online course ware.

    • Software Engineer
      • 1989 - 1991

      Part of a team responsible for developing software to enable attorneys to automate mundane tasks such as generating documents and filing them according to court calendars. Part of a team responsible for developing software to enable attorneys to automate mundane tasks such as generating documents and filing them according to court calendars.

    • Software Engineer
      • 1988 - 1989

      Hired just out of college to work on a large defense contract in a top-secret compartmentalized information facility; responsibilities were primarily the development of systems software components using Ada and adhering to a predetermined schedule. Hired just out of college to work on a large defense contract in a top-secret compartmentalized information facility; responsibilities were primarily the development of systems software components using Ada and adhering to a predetermined schedule.

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