EXPERIENCE
* Corporate Vice President Marketing and Technology & Information
* Technical Product Definition and Product Release Management
* Corporate Business Development and Chief Technologist
* Corporate Marketing and Engineering Management
* Intellectual Property Defense and Licensing Negotiation
* Independent Storage Consultant, Storage End User Consultant

04/2004 to Present GSC Technology, Round Rock, TX.
Independent Storage Consultant Develop and manage client strategy for product and technology licensing directions, manage technology and patent portfolio for analysis of next-generation license goals, and assist legal team in technical evaluation of potential licensee positions. Provide Technical Expertise for storage customers and storage industry leaders, defining solutions and procedures that apply to specific applications, delivering high-level reports and process improvement guidelines. Continued engagement with Storage Industry associations, presented printed and speaking content at Networld+Interop 2004, and Storage World Conference, 2004.

05/2001 to 4/2004 Crossroads Systems, Inc., Austin, TX.
VP Technology / Information & Chief Technologist Managed Marketing, Technology and IT departments at Crossroads; coordinated departmental budget and process activities, across functional areas to deliver new products, manage sales and procurement IT functions, and implement new corporate processes to improve delivery and manufacturing schedules. Managed creation of new Sales Funnel model, drove through first ever Universe to Committed customer funnel, producing more sales leads in the shortest period in Crossroads history while releasing 4 new Crossroads branded products, and 3 new OEM branded products, including highest margin OEM product, to date. Led Crossroads Intellectual Property Defense and Revenue activities, responsible for over $4 MM in additional corporate license revenue, in CY 03; created Crossroads leadership position in the iSCSI industry leveraged from past relationship with Microsoft. Continued authorship of internal Crossroads product patent applications while authoring and driving publications of articles and white papers; both internally and in respected periodicals, co-author on one issued and one in process patents for storage and system methodologies. Managed and delivered on-going business development relationships, using long-term industry contacts.

02/1999 05/2001
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.

Technical Evangelist, Storage Responsible for the coordination of internal Windows storage support and directions, and alignment of that support with external industry partners and initiatives, in enterprise and consumer platforms. Coordination of Microsoft's initial directions on iSCSI, Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), and internal support for Fibre Channel and RAID controllers. Successes include WinHEC 2000 and 2001 content, industry participants and Microsoft Storage Roadmap presentation, and finalization of Microsofts contribution in the CD-MRW (Mt. Rainer) specification. Re-established Microsofts presence in the ANSI INCITS T10, T11, and T13 organizations.

11/1997 02/1999
NEC Systems, Redmond WA.

Senior Manager, Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality (WHQL) Test Managed senior-level WHQL engineers who managed mid- to junior-level staff responsible for certification of all Domestic Japanese and Asian computer products for NEC Corporation. Built staff from one to seven employees in 10 months, and implemented new test processes that eliminated redundant and recursive test errors. Directed Japanese counterparts in improvement of WHQL test applications, implemented process for improved test tracking, and coordinated support of corporate staff in beta testing Microsoft product, developing quick changes for product acceptance, and guiding Microsoft development teams to resolve NEC reported bugs. Responsible for management of over 60 employees, entire facility, during abrupt management changes in July 1998.


09/1996 10/1997
Storage Dimensions Corporation, Milpitas, CA. (Acquisitions, now DotHill)

Director of Systems Test and Integration Formed a staff of senior and mid-level systems test engineers and managers for the verification of product specifications and new product design verification testing, which grew from four to twelve engineers. Managed development of first corporate bug-tracking system for process improvement, across functional areas, driving faster engineering response to bug resolution or new feature implementation. Managed corporate cross-functional Quality Team, to resolve known product, process and manufacturing issues, implementation of corrective action plans and reporting of resolution to executive staff. Acted as project manager on two crucial SDI products, RAIDPro and DGR for RAIDPro, from inception to product release, including hardware and software segments.


09/1992 09/1996
Adaptec Corporation, Milpitas, CA.

Customer Design Engineering Manager Directed a staff of software and hardware engineers in the diagnosis of OEM and Strategic Customer issues through to resolution in the ESW business unit. Managed new lab creation, with capital expenditures, within projected budget. Mentored new Customer Design Engineers for their career and technical growth by providing technical understanding of PC design, software design, version tracking, and project delivery guidelines.

Senior Applications Engineer Directed Adaptec's Plug and Play strategy for non-PCI products, most notably in the development of the SCSI SCAM interface, as Adaptecs T10 representative. Developed and delivered many FAE and Technical Support training seminars on Adaptec's newest products. Participation and direction in the ANSI SCSI Committee, Small Form Factor Committee, and the Plug and Play Association.

02/1991 09/1992
PBT Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA. (Out of Business)

Associate Engineer Designed the SCSI Gateway product, an ISA based slave DMA / PIO board for transferring information from PBT's proprietary SCSI to Pertec tape controller. Wrote full controlling software for the SCSI Gateway, in C, including SCSI command delivery system, DMA buffer management and user interface. Created all PBT User and Engineering technical manuals. Produced and delivered Engineering and Technician based training.

1988 1991
Student Engineering Jobs: California State Department of Transportation;

Software Design Engineer Systems Integrators, Inc.


EDUCATION

California State University, Sacramento,
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1990

AFFILIATIONS

SNIA Member, IEEE Member since 1989; Tau Beta Pi, CA Upsilon 90

PUBLICATIONS

Windows 95 Unleashed and Programming Windows 95 Unleashed
Sam's Publishing, 1995, Contributing Author
IEEE Computer Magazine, December 2002, Storage Issue
Contributing Author Storage Topologies
Numerous White Papers and Corporate Publications

Representative Speaking or Panel Appearances

Microsofts WinHEC 2000, 2001
Server I/O The Perfect Storm, Storage I/O Convergence, Panel - 2002
IEEE, Austin Comm Group How Standards Shape the Industry - 2002
HP World iSCSI, Hype or Reality - 2002
NetWorld + Interop Protocol Wars, Panel May 2004
Storage World Conference Storage Virtualization, Panel June 2004