Henry Berg

About

Engineering leader who runs multidisciplinary groups developing new products. Currently retired and not seeking employment, but I will consider leadership opportunities where new approaches are needed.

Experience

• Principal Technical Program Manager at Amazon
  May 2015 - Jun 2019 · 4 yrs 2 mos

  • Alexa, Multitasking, June 2018 - June 2019 • Supply Chain Optimization Technologies, FastTrack, May 2017 - May 2018 • Logistics, Amazon Hub, February 2017 - April 2017 • Kindle, Content Update, May 2015 - January 2017

• CEO & Co-Founder at Zplasma, Inc.
  Dec 2011 - Dec 2016 · 5 yrs 1 mo

  • Conducted detailed analysis of ongoing semiconductor industry transition to extreme ultraviolet light sources. • Sought out and received research foundation gift to pay for construction of new technology light source prototype. • Incorporated company, negotiated and executed an exclusive license to university patents on core technology. • Ran outreach effort and presented to semiconductor firms and recruited co-founder from semiconductor industry.

• Entrepreneur In Residence, Center for Commercialization at University of Washington
  Jul 2010 - Dec 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Provided guidance on strategies and tactics to move research projects toward commercialization.

• Director at A3 Alliance, LLC
  Nov 2009 - Apr 2011 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Advised portfolio companies concerning business and engineering strategy, growth and acquisition.

• Product Unit Manager at Microsoft Corporation
  Jul 2005 - Oct 2009 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  Product Unit Manager, Insight Tools, Corporate Strategy and Online Services, July 2006 – October 2009 • Founded and staffed new group to design, implement and support prediction markets at Microsoft. • Worked out mathematics and functionality, patented, implemented and deployed four collective intelligence tools. • U.S. patents 7880741 for forecasting interface, 8229824 for market structure, 8341065 for betting interface. • Created and ran AdCenter Challenge machine learning contest, increasing search ad revenues by 6.4%. • Authored Perl scripts for data processing, JavaScript client-side math library, and batch files for automation. Software Development Engineer, Binary Technologies, Core Operating Systems, July 2005 – June 2006 • Added random sample tracing to dynamic x86 trace recording and replay tools (C, C++, x86/x64 assembly). • Created automated tool to check x64 exception handling structures as part of daily build process (C++).