Product Development Executive Resume

Title
Product Development Executive

Primary Skills
Technical Leadership, Effective Software Development Methodologies, Networking and Systems Software

Location
US-MA-Boston

Posted
Feb-06-09

Objective: Executive-level Product Development / Engineering / R&D position leveraging my strengths accumulated over 20 years of successfully delivering high quality, complex products in both large and small companies.

Select Areas of Achievement:

Leadership: Recruited by CEOs to build, develop, or revitalize development teams, including those in the U.S., Europe, and India. Inspire excellence and motivate teams to exceptional performance, exceeding expectations. Leverage proven resilience and wisdom gained over 20 + years of experience to lead and motivate teams to their highest achievement through the difficult challenges of constant business changes including mergers and acquisitions.

Product Development / Process: Proven track record of delivering high-quality, on-schedule products (data networking, systems management, and software deployment). Demonstrated success in implementing appropriate Agile / Iterative / Scrum development processes and communications across global teams to maximize productivity and effectiveness of resources. Support strong
Product Management role. Anticipate and avoid crises with forward-thinking planning and appropriate change management initiatives.

Strategy: Convey strategic direction for development, as well as competitive threats, to the management team, collaborating with the senior staff to share industry foresight and build corporate vision.

Finance: Deliver complex products on schedule and within budget. Control expenses by balancing headcount, investments in development environment and employee training, and outsourcing where appropriate.

Partnerships: Demonstrated success in building strong relationships with both staff and customers. Listen to and understand customer and/or partner requirements. Champion these inputs with the senior staff through the development and implementation of corporate strategy.

Managed Technologies: Microsoft Windows, Unix, Linux, Networking and Internet protocols, Java, J2EE, C++, .NET, Web-based architectures, Web 2.0, Application Service Provider (ASP), Software as a Service (SaaS) infrastructure, VoIP applications, Network and Systems Management, Security, Virtualization, Test Automation, Common Criteria

Professional Experience:

Hancock Software Corp., Framingham, MA (2008)
[Outsourcing Start-up seeking to assist MA software development efforts with Shanghai-based resources]
Consultant

Vergeware, Inc., Berlin, MA (2007)
[Start-up seeking funding to develop Web-based collaboration tools that adaptively filter incoming information based on user preferences and habits]
Founding CEO

Symantec Corporation, Waltham, MA (2001 - 2006)
[$5B annual revenues from Security and Storage Management Software]
ON Technology acquired by Symantec February, 2004
Vice President, Product Delivery and Response
Recruited by the ON CEO to improve product delivery. At Symantec, reported to the Division VP and provided leadership to 64-person global (U.S., Europe, and India) software development team that designed and implemented an enterprise-class software deployment and configuration management product line. $6M budget.
• Expanded the capabilities of the Boston / Munich team, increasing headcount by 24 at a cost of 9, by outsourcing to India. Developed a helpful and effective multi-level relationship with MindTree in Bangalore by building a strong, trusting partnership.
• Delivered three (one brand-new) products on schedule, resulting in increased revenues, despite the distractions of integrating the ON development team into Symantec processes.
• Improved product quality and added critical features without increasing budget; increased development productivity by means of clear communications and structure. ON's revenues doubled to $40M in 2 years, increasing Symantec's interest in making the $100M+ acquisition.

Nortel Networks, Chelmsford, MA (1998 - 2001)
[$20B annual revenues from Data Communications and Networking systems]
EPiCON acquired by Nortel Networks September, 2000
Vice President, Product Development
Recruited by the CEO to revitalize the start-up engineering team and ensure the reliability of the delivered product. Grew headcount by 10 to 35 and lead the team that built Application Service Provider (ASP) infrastructure software that deploys, installs, repairs, and removes Windows applications onto/from PCs across the Internet. $4M Budget.
• Reinforced M&A efforts with a reliable product, transforming an OEM relationship with Nortel Networks into a $300M acquisition.
• Based on a new managed service provider direction, planned and delivered the ASP product (new Web UI, consistent architecture, formal quality assurance and testing, and online documentation) that attracted Nortel and its competitors, while satisfying requirements of an installed base (Citrix OEM).

DATA RACE, Inc., San Antonio, TX (1996- 1998)
[$20M annual revenues from remote corporate telephony systems, custom modems, and multiplexers]
Vice President, Product Development
Recruited by the CEO to join management team, provide technical and business leadership to 45 engineers to transform a unique, innovative prototype into a market-ready data/telephony remote access product providing virtual office presence. Carefully monitored early adopters and market feedback to determine technological direction. $4M budget.
• Identified the business opportunity and leveraged own industry contacts and participated in strategic partnership discussions with several major networking and telecommunications industry players for potential acquisition.
• Advocated new product architecture based on the emerging Voice over IP (VoIP) Internet standard; gained corporate consensus for a new product vision and strategy evolving the original product to one that was based on VoIP.

CenterLine Software, Inc., Cambridge, MA (1995- 1996)
[$20M annual revenues from cross-platform UNIX software development platform and testing systems]
Vice President, Development
Reporting to the CEO, lead and managed engineering and customer support resources that develop and support cross-platform C and C++ program development and testing tools for the UNIX market. $5M Budget.
• Integrated and leveraged synergy from newly-acquired Veritas engineering resources -- unified product strategy and coalesced development processes, improving development efficiency and communication.
• Reorganized development and support to improve customer satisfaction with more timely maintenance releases.

Proteon, Inc., Westborough, MA (1992 -- 1995)
[$85M annual revenues from Routers, Multiplexers, and Token Ring adapters]
Vice President & General Manager, LAN Products Division
Reporting to acting CEO and the Board, directly managed engineering and marketing resources, administering P&L for $50M PC LAN adapter business unit. Matrix managed two-tier distribution system sales team. $3M Budget.
• Prepared and positioned the LAN division for sale based on CEO's desire to sharpen focus in routers that resulted in an offer to purchase both technology and team from a major computer company. Chairman of the Board rejected the offer at the last minute.
• Created and implemented competitive business model and drove LAN business to independent (from internetworking business) and profitable operations.
• Executed business turnaround with a small development and marketing team and regained market visibility by launching new, revamped Token Ring adapter product line.

Wang Laboratories, Inc., Lowell, MA (1982 - 1992)
[$2.8B annual revenues from minicomputers and imaging and office automation systems]
Vice President, Government Applications Engineering (1990 -- 1992)
Reporting to Executive VP, created a new, R&D-based, customer-focused team to re-engineer Wang from a traditional manufacturer of minicomputers into a business-process re-engineering, imaging solution oriented-, and services vendor. With a staff of 50 and $8M budget, lead and managed successful state, local, federal, and international government market program.
• Maintained stable revenue stream for government market sector against a backdrop of dramatically-declining corporate revenues.

Vice President, Communications Systems Development (1986 -- 1989)
Reporting to Exec.VP of R&D, lead a staff of 420 with a $45M budget to develop a new open standards strategy and to manage hardware and software development, product management, and quality assurance to deliver IBM SNA, TCP/IP, OSI, LAN integration, and network management products.
• Lead the transformation of Wang from a proprietary vendor to an industry-recognized “open systems” communications vendor

Earlier experience includes digital signal processing and voice communications research at M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory and Digital Equipment Corporation

Education: Ph.D., M.S., and B.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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