Summary

* Resourceful experienced software professional with extensive understanding of

software development processes and proven ability to consistently delive
r on
time
* Innovative team leader with the ability to facilitate and lead project teams t
o
obtain desired results
* Strong customer relations skills
* Strong vendor management skills
* Outstanding organizational and communication skills
Core Mobility/Smith Micro Software (Feb. 2006 - Feb.2011)
Senior Project Manager/Program Manager
Manage a team of Integration engineers to complete all client integration projec
ts for mobile phone applications on Native, BREW, and Android platforms; meet al
l committed deliverables - on time, within budget, for all major phone manufact
urers; able to turn satisfied customer referral into increased business; improve
the integration processes to reduce the overall integration effort by limiting
the number of builds tested and enforcing QE acceptance criteria - resulting in
more efficient targeted use of resources; manage internal software development p
rojects - working on critical projects with Global teams.
SEVEN Networks (Feb. 2004 - Dec. 2005)
Program Manager
Managed multiple simultaneous software projects for SEVEN's customers, including
SEVEN's largest "tier one carrier customer"; managed the project dependencies a
nd multidisciplinary design/implementation teams producing the successful detail
ed project plans for the customer releases
Stanford University Bechtel I-Center (2003 - 2004)
SEVIS Specialist
Project Lead for the SEVIS (Student Exchange Visitor Information System) created
an in-house user manual for PeopleSoft patch (PASS) an enhancement to the Peopl
eSoft Student Administration database; provided feedback and suggested customiza
tions to the Stanford liaisons to PeopleSoft by leveraging input gained from the
Information Technology Systems and Solutions group to make the program more eff
icient.
Handspring, Inc. (2000 - 2002)
Engineering Program Manager (2001 - 2002)
Drove complex schedule for the internal wireless General Packet Radio Service (G
PRS) engineering project for the GSM Treo handset; principal interface for exter
nal engineering partners.
Springboard Platform Project Manager (2000 - 2001)
Developed the Springboard Platform definition and roadmap working with the Devel
opment Technical Support (DTS) engineering team; instrumental in defining the in
ternal Springboard compatibility process. Worked with Quality Partners to succe
ssfully create and launch the Springboard Gold Logo Compatibility Program for th
e developers. Drove product disclosures with outside developers; managed and exe
cuted a successful internal Beta program for the Springboard modules which provi
ded valuable user input.
Palm, Inc. (1998 - 2000)
Engineering Project Lead - Strategic Partner
Primary contact for all facets of development, qualification, and release of ext
ernal licensee products using the Palm Operating System; successfully managed mu
ltiple licensee projects through the product completion and launch for major han
dset manufacturers; assisted the Licensing Business Development team with pre-sa
les support.
Adobe Systems, Inc. (1988 to 1998)
Project Manager - Information Appliances Group
Successfully coordinated all phases of product development between software, har
dware, and QA teams for new innovative product; managed strategic partners and (
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), localization process.
Software Engineer - Acrobat Player Development Team
Ported embedded Acrobat product from 68k to PowerPC processor upgrading Acrobat
embedded product to the new release of Acrobat in the process as well as impleme
nting platform specific features such as UI in Acrobat plug-ins after porting fr
om the Mac to Windows environment; wrote InstallShield installer for Windows app
lication which installed Adobe's PostScript printer driver on both Windows95 and
WinNT using Win32 API; created a private set of release tools for use with our
specialized product. Built all software releases for OEM's.

Test Engineer - PCL5 Development Team
Developed an extensive suite of tests for every operator in the PCL language and
for special features such as HPGL, character drawing, TrueType typefaces, and s
tatus-readback commands; organized test procedures for the Release Team and prov
ided tests for the automated test suite to be used in-house and by partners.
Software Quality Assurance Engineer - SPDQA
Member of original Printer QA team - set up policies and procedures for departme
nt and designed and implemented test procedures used in printer testing.
Project Tools: Jira, Wiki MS Project, Excel
Language Experience: Basic, Fortran, Unix, C
Education: B. A. Biophysics, UC Berkeley
Personal Interests: sports, health/fitness, nutrition