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| BroadVision, Inc; Waltham
MA(Acquired Interleaf) |
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| A leading provider in eCommerce and
Portal software with a focus on Enterprise Self Service. Interleaf
was acquired for our expertise in Content Management, XML, and Wireless
(WML) vision. |
| Senior Director Engineering |
July 2002
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Provide direction and innovation for
enterprise content management integrated with the BroadVision products |
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Responsible for developing and shipping product with
agreed upon features on time with predictable schedules |
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Responsible for managing the development,
QA, and technical publications teams |
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Interact with Product Management and Senior Management
on product strategy and features |
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Responsible for a team of 40+ engineers
located in 4 geographic areas (Waltham MA, Toronto, UK, Moscow) |
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Establishing a predictable product release schedule
with phases, milestones, and regularly updated tasks |
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Establishing best practices within engineering |
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Recruiting to develop a world class engineering team
by assessing team strengths and weaknesses to fill the gaps |
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Liaison with HeadQuarters in Redwood
City CA, on product direction and integration points |
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General manager for the Boston engineering office, reporting
to a Vice President of engineering in CA. |
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Director of Product Management,
Enterprise Content and Site Management
Acting Director of Engineering |
4/01-9/01
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Provide direction and innovation for
enterprise content management integrated with the BroadVision One-To-One
Enterprise platform |
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Turned around misguided perceptions of the product and
product team in 3 months |
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Simplified product pricing and product
name to streamline sales |
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Prepare and gain consensus on product vision, goals,
and roadmap |
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Identify gaps in existing product and
define ways to strengthen the offering and gain competitive advantage |
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Executing against the strategy for product definition,
deliverables and time frames |
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Conduct industry analyst visits and
customer meetings |
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Study research provided by industry analysts and track
industry standards as they relate to the product |
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Harnessing disparate efforts and defining
areas of convergence in an exciting and innovative metaphor |
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Explore new technologies, new market opportunities and
new product ideas |
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Seek technology partners to expand product
offering |
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Mentor Product Managers in collaborative approach to
negotiating product releases |
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| Director of Competitive Intelligence
for Product Management |
4/00-4/01
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Successfully launched a new organization
in a field office (non-HQ) |
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Generated awareness and positive feedback in less than
1 year |
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Led a team in creating competitive materials
for competitors in Application Server, e-Commerce, Portal and Content
Management applications |
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Self-taught competitive intelligence methodology and
conducting competitive campaigns |
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Versed in the dimensions of competitive
intelligence |
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Led team toward the next level of data analysis and
strategic thinking |
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Let team toward designing a personalized,
collaborative and dynamic competitive portal for internal use, using
BroadVision products |
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Served the needs of Product Managers, Sales and Sales
Engineers |
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| Interleaf, Inc; |
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| Product Manager; Director
of Engineering; - BladeRunner |
4-99 - 1/00
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Participated in acquisition discussions
with BroadVision |
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Directed the design and development of an XML based
Enterprise Content Management solution; shipping the 1.0 and 1.5 versions
on time. |
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Collaborated with VP of Engineering,
CTO, and product management on product direction and roadmap |
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Work with product management, project lead, implementation
& QA to prioritize features based on need, product usage &
available resources |
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Attended customer presentations and
site visits |
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Helped early adopter customers understand the value
of XML and XSL for their business |
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Defined & presented proposals for
solving for complex issues |
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Established and enforced engineering process which included
requirements gathering, project scope definition, project planning
and functional design specifications. Also included development phases
of implementation, feature freeze/bug fixing, code freeze/regression,
ship |
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Multiple speaking engagements for the
team, the senior managers and off site management retreats |
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Responsible for staffing and reviews of cross-functional
managers (Dev, QA, Doc, Design) in disparate geographical locations |
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| Application Design Manager
- BladeRunner |
8/97 - 4/99
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Led functional designers on an XML based
Content Management System |
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Member w3c XSL working group |
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Defined and documented the product business
model |
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Provided prototypes, functional and user interface design
specifications |
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Provided user interface design dialogs
to the implementation team |
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Conducted demonstrations for industry analysts and executive
management |
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Collaborated with marketing to develop
and present the message |
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Led the design and development of an animated tutorial |
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Responsible for the creation of splash
screens, CD art, icons, logos and packaging |
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| Various Positions – Interleaf,
Inc ; Bitstream, Xyvision |
1988-97
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Project Manager |
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Quality Assurance Manager |
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Quality Assurance Engineer |
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| Education |
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Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA. BFA with University Honors,
1988 |
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MIT/Sloan “Managing Technical Professionals and Organizations”
Emerson College - Certificate in Web Production; |
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Contextual Inquiry - InContext Design; |
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Designing Complex User Interfaces - Usability Engineering; |
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Extensive reading on business related books covering both timeless
and timely topics |
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| Other Relevant Experience |
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Speaking engagements and education within
the organization and outside of the organization |
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BVUG 2000 – BroadVision User Group meeting, Orlando Florida: The
Power of XML, XML Content Management, |
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BVISION 2001 BroadVision User Group meeting, Las Vegas NV – BroadVision
One-To-One Publishing |
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Software Council Fellowship Program- Product Development Process,
Internet Technologies |
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Customer meetings |
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Industry analyst presentations |
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