Microsoft

Redmond, WA
2000 - Present
Program Manager
Windows Group

• Lead Team of Program Managers responsible for Avalon
  • Imaging
  • Media
  • 2d
  • 3d
  • Desktop Window Manager
• Avalon Media Program Manager
  • Managed Designed of Avalon Media end to end feature set
  • Managed Design for layered developer experience
  • Developed and evolved taxonomy for organizing developer Experience, Scenarios and Initiatives to focus team on target customers
• Designed, Scheduled and Managed Imaging features for Avalon
  • Evolved GDI+ Role into Imaging Lead for Avalon
  • Managed Cross Division effort to unify single set of imaging codecs across the company
  • Managed relationship with key initiatives and standards groups
  • Managed relationship with 3rd party ISV partners
  • Managed designed key imaging features for Avalon; scRGB, installable pixel formats, installable effects and effects chaining
  • Presented technology overview to customers and internal teams
• Participated in division diversity council
  • Delivered personas for target personalities
  • Advocated management excellence through metrics gathering and audits
  • Advocated for education programs for under represented groups
  • Participated in Windows Client Women's leadership council
• Developed 3 patents

Program Manager

• Drove Security Release for Windows Server 2003 for Digital Imaging Feature set
  • Developed Schedule
  • Drove security reviews and threat analysis for entire feature area
  • Represented team in Windows War
  • Drove planning for next release of WIA
• Designed and Maintained end to end user experience for Digital Photography for Windows XP and designed web Photo upload feature for Windows ME.
  • Designed Connection to Photo Service for Windows ME
  • Designed end to end experience for cameras and scanners for Windows XP
  • With development team, designed new developer/APIs for Windows
  • Developed and Managed schedule
  • Managed relationship with key initiatives and standards groups
  • Managed relationship with 3rd party ISV partners
  • Acting lead for two program managers
  • Maintained MS Paint
  • Drove GDI+ imaging and metadata requirements for WIA and Industry Standards Groups
• Developed 2 patents

Microsoft

Redmond, WA
Dec 1998 - 2000
Program Manager
Windows CE Group

• Program Manager for Platform Programmability; Platform SDKs, PB Programmability tools and emulators
  • Managed team (including budget) of external developers (bSquare) 
  • Presented Platform Strategy and industry embedded events in United States and Europe for Platform Builder
  • Developed tactical and strategic plans for tools development and adoption
  • Spec'd & Released 4 Products over two year period
  • Spec'd long term emulation project - Jaguar
  • Identified key developer technologies then developed slides and demos (including code) to showcase those technologies
  • Identified developer education as critical path to platform adoption, then developed and rolled out education plan which included partnerships with external training vendors
  • Nurtured relations with corporate accounts and ISVs
• Product Manager
  • Entered the Windows CE marketing organization writing white papers, technical content for web pages, working with designers to re-deploy technical content

Microsoft

Redmond, WA
Nov 1996 -
Dec 1997
Program Manager/Developer
Games Group

• Program Manager
  • Designed, Spec'd and scheduled HTML content/assistance integration for leading simulations.
  • Worked with artists and user assistance to design UI for simulations
  • Managed UI development relationship with external developer
• Developer
  • Worked with usability engineers to review UI prototypes
  • Developed working prototypes (using C++,HTML,VBScript and Java) for the simulation UI and assistance within the simulations
  • Proved that we could build an integrated assistance model in the Games Group

   

Microsoft

Redmond, WA
March 1995 -
Nov 1996
Program/Product Manager

• Worked across product groups to developed user assistance strategy presentations and papers
• Managed schedule and feature set for MS Authoring Tools
• Developed major update to Windows 95 PostScript Driver. Negotiated with Win95 group and Product groups, Developed Spec, Developed Contract, Hired developer and managed project to successful completion
• Contributed to user assistance Internet Strategy, Developed Internet / Text processing Tools

Micro Focus

Palo Alto, CA
Aug 1994 -
June 1995
Product Manager

• Participated in development of COBOL business strategy for Windows
• Matched up areas of synergy between the Micro Focus and Microsoft business strategies
• Leverage key MS relationships to develop co-marketing
• Developed Product concept and UI requirements for next generation products
• Worked with transaction processing group to gather metrics for assessing scalability of large scale applications with eye towards validating our products for mission critical applications

Microsoft

Redmond, WA
Aug 1990 -
Aug 1994
Program Manager/
Product Manager/
Evangelist

• Developed initial evangelism plan for acquiring ISV support for Windows NT corporate development tools
• Developed co-marketing programs (Windows Tools Catalogue), shows and direct mailings
• Orchestrated and executed conversation between MS execs (VP level+) and key ISV representatives over Microsoft technology adoption
• Performed competitive analysis against development technologies for use in briefing Fortune 500 senior MIS/CIO staff.
• Delivered Development Strategy presentations at Trade Shows and to corporate development decision makers (CIO/CTO)
• Developed marketing requirements and formed message for VC product on non Intel platforms
• Supported Developers using the Windows API’s to create the initial applications on Windows

National Board

Philadelphia, PA
July 1988 -
Aug 1990
Windows / C++ developer

• Development Lead in design and development of C++ based multimedia Physician certification tool
• Developed Design, Specification, Schema and Schedule for certification tool
• Developed Schema and code to interface to VAX based Oracle database
• Chaired software evaluation and practices group
• Participated in review committees

Booz Allen & Hamilton

Philadelphia, PA
Developer
Jan 1986 -
July 1988

• Developed Interactive Market Research software, NA-Lyzer, which became the cornerstone of the business practice
• Designed and Developed electronic questionnaire delivery system; managed delivery of software and hardware to field organization and process for validation and retrieval of data (1,500,000 respondents)
• Evaluated and Installed first network / 3Com network wizard certification
• Designed Process schema for large scale data analysis system
  • Created concept of processing job
  • Developed and deployed scheduler and monitor running on bank of OS/2 machines
• Hired, Managed Hardware, Software budgets, Responsible for PC purchasing

Avery International

Philadelphia, PA
Jan 1984 -
Jan 1986

• Developed Windows based printer use sample code
• Developed PC based font creation software
• Developed Firmware for printer
• Developed embedded controller code for point of sale printer
• Evaluated new development technology on OS/2
• Created application prototypes using C and Z80 assembler

Independent Software Developer

Washington, D.C.
Aug 1982 -
Jan 1984

• Library of Congress: Spec'd, designed and developed X.25 packet analysis software.  
• Additions included a security analysis monitor.

Wellington Group

Philadelphia, PA
Feb 1982 -
Jan 1984

• Participated in the ground floor of this startup company
• Designed and Developed market research tabulation software on original IBM PCs
• Scaled tabulation system to handle large scale data analysis (1,000,000+ respondents)
• Migrated System 36 applications to MS-DOS

RCA

Cherry Hill, NJ
Developer
Summer 1980

• Developed Chip pricing system in APL on an IBM system 370 for RCA Business Systems
• Developed client server software between and Apple IIE and their IBM Mainframe as a proof of concept for PC front ends
• Wrote several system utilities in 370 assembler for the IBM mainframe.  One significant utility used the Virtual Machine Communications Facility (VMCF) to permit real time communications between two virtual machines.