Experience

Los Altos School District

• United States
• Education Management
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Trustee, Los Altos School District

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  I'm the parent of two children who attended Gardner Bullis Elementary School. I became active in school affairs in 2010 in order to become more informed about the issues facing our District. In November 2014, I was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Los Altos School District. Previously, * I served on the CACF, the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Finance and on two of its subcommittees: enrollment and revenue * I chaired my school's Technology Committee, and served on the District Technology Advisory Group * I served on on my school's Site Committee * I coached for both Little League baseball and AYSO soccer * I helped organize the first Gardner Bullis Science Fair and led the second. * And of course, I'm a member of my school's PTA



Californians Aware

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member, Board of Directors and Vice President for Digital Community

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2017

  The primary objectives and purposes of Californians Aware shall be: To foster the improvement of, compliance with and public understanding and use of, public forum law, which deals with people’s rights to find out what citizens need to know to be truly self-governing, and to share what they know and believe without fear or loss. The primary objectives and purposes of Californians Aware shall be: To foster the improvement of, compliance with and public understanding and use of, public forum law, which deals with people’s rights to find out what citizens need to know to be truly self-governing, and to share what they know and believe without fear or loss.



RTI

• United States
• Software Development
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Product Marketing Consultant

  • 2008 - 2008

  Worked with the VP of Marketing to create technical collateral reflecting the new corporate positioning. Created and wrote a technical whitepaper, including a demo scenario and code, that targeted a new market segment that the company was expanding into. Worked with the VP of Marketing to create technical collateral reflecting the new corporate positioning. Created and wrote a technical whitepaper, including a demo scenario and code, that targeted a new market segment that the company was expanding into.



LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, Now Part of ZeroFox

• Computer and Network Security
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Management Consultant

  • 2005 - 2007

  Product manager for the system and development software for the company's principal product, the CS-2000, a programmable deep packet inspection appliance for Gigabit and 10 Gigabit networks. Tracked features, engineering design and deliverables, monitored schedules, evaluated bug and performance reports, and recommended appropriate action. Product manager for the system and development software for the company's principal product, the CS-2000, a programmable deep packet inspection appliance for Gigabit and 10 Gigabit networks. Tracked features, engineering design and deliverables, monitored schedules, evaluated bug and performance reports, and recommended appropriate action.



Jaluna (now VirtualLogix)

• Technical Marketing Manager

  • 2004 - 2005

  Managed North American technical marketing for multiple product lines, including extensive pre-sales support, technical presentations, evaluation support, and field-to-factory requirements reporting. Managed North American technical marketing for multiple product lines, including extensive pre-sales support, technical presentations, evaluation support, and field-to-factory requirements reporting.



CrossTest, Inc.

• Director, Marketing

  • 2003 - 2004

  Defined, planned, and executed product strategy, development, partnerships, and implementation roadmap for this start-up organization. Tracked and assessed competitive products. Took the lead in bringing focus to engineering and released the company's first product. Defined, planned, and executed product strategy, development, partnerships, and implementation roadmap for this start-up organization. Tracked and assessed competitive products. Took the lead in bringing focus to engineering and released the company's first product.



Mentor Graphics

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Product Mktg Engineer, Engineering Project Mgr

  • 1995 - 1999

  (formerly Microtec Research) Product manager for the VRTX Development System, a $15M product line. Developed key messages, managed features and schedules, visited customers, and supported pre-sales technical activities. Launched a major product revision. Championed Microtec's Java efforts resulting in major new product direction. Created business plan and obtained funding through Mentor's executive staff. As engineering manager, led a staff of five and created & retained (100%) a cohesive, high-performance engineering team that delivered timely, high-quality work.



Sun Microsystems

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

• SQE Manager & Staff Engineer

  • 1989 - 1995

  Led a team of engineers in developing tests and test suites which resulted in the highest quality release of the graphical portion of SPARCworks Integrated Development Environment. Built, released, maintained, and enhanced XEmacs, a sophisticated, powerful, and extensible editor. Provided integration with SPARCworks development environment. Designed and implemented a heavily used compatibility test harness and a library to perform usage tracking in SPARCworks products. Led a team of engineers in developing tests and test suites which resulted in the highest quality release of the graphical portion of SPARCworks Integrated Development Environment. Built, released, maintained, and enhanced XEmacs, a sophisticated, powerful, and extensible editor. Provided integration with SPARCworks development environment. Designed and implemented a heavily used compatibility test harness and a library to perform usage tracking in SPARCworks products.