San Francisco, California, United States
A consummate facilitator and organizer. My experience includes 12 years of crossfunctional and cross-geo program management in software, including everything from shipping established and new products, driving marketing launches, participating in the acquisition of another company, and being acquired.
Sr. Program Manager for Adobe Type org including Adobe Fonts service and Adobe's Type Development team.
Chaired solicitations for the Miraloma auction which is an event that brings in over $200,000 revenue annually, used to fund key school programs. • Managed a team of five volunteers * Created Google form to streamline donation process • Responsible for all aspects of coordination for live and online auction items
Apache Flex, formerly Adobe Flex, is a software development kit (SDK) for the development and deployment of crossplatform rich Internet applications based on the Adobe Flash platform. • Coordinated development process and drove schedule execution across four engineering teams located in San Francisco, San Jose, Boston, and Bangalore. • Created Architectural Review Board process to keep engineering teams informed of changes • Developed and updated feature scorecard to track product feature status across three locations • Managed Japanese localization release and dot releases
Macromedia Flex was a 1.0 product that became the Adobe Flex SDK. • Coordinated communication and milestone schedule for 1.0 product, team co-located in Boston and SF • Developed and managed detailed plans to track project deliverables and risks • Facilitated cross-functional product meetings • Communicated weekly status to keep team and management informed • Tracked key customer issues post release
Chosen for a new, multi-faceted role driving improved collaboration and execution across Macromedia’s growing number of product teams. • Documented processes to contribute to company-wide program management kit • Hired and trained new program managers at Boston location for Allaire acquisition • Marketing program manager for Studio MX launch: Facilitated daily meetings, tracked deliverables, and drove team to successful launch of Macromedia’s suite of products for creative professionals • Engineering program manager for Studio MX installer: Supported cross-team development of the shared installer for Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash, and Freehand products. • COGS Committee Program Manager - coordinated company wide initiative to reduce product costs