Los Altos, California, United States
High Technology executive with 30 years experience managing marketing, research & development, applications engineering, and design services organizations. Experience leading large global organizations at all levels of management. Proven track record of building high performance leadership teams. Inclusive, collaborative leader skilled in creating environments which foster individual contributions, accountability, and results. Articulate and effective communicator with extensive training and experience as a company spokesperson.
I am responsible for Division Strategy, Product Planning, and leading research initiatives at Intel's Programmable Solutions Group
I manage all centralized, customer facing functions including Applications Engineering, Corporate Marketing, Customer Training, Technical Program Management, and Partner/Ecosystem Management.
Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, I am responsible the technical demand creation and management of the design opportunity pipeline for Altera Corporation, a publicly traded semiconductor company (NASDAQ: ALTR) with revenues of $2B annually. I am also responsible for all customer technical support functions at Altera. I manage a large global organization (over 400 field applications engineers and factory/regional support center applications engineers) in North America, Japan, Asia Pacific, and EMEA.
Altera (NASDAQ: ALTR) is a programmable logic semiconductor company with annual revenues of $2B. I am responsible for marketing of Altera's entire suite of products (devices, SW, IP, embedded processors, development kits, and design services). I also manage press relations, marketing communications, and online marketing and worldwide technical support for Altera's customers.
Responsible for marketing and product planning of Altera's entire product portfolio (devices, SW, IP, embedded processors, development kits, and design services). Also responsible for marketing communications, PR, and online marketing functions.
LinCom Wireless was a fabless semiconductor startup which developed WiFi (802.11) chipsets - RF, baseband, and MAC software stack. Wrote business plan, defined corporate strategy, and raised financing. Managed day to day operations (research and development, marketing, business development, and supply chain operations). Grew team to 85.
LinCom Corporation was a privately held design services company performing systems engineering and product development for space communications, terrestrial communications, and wireless consumer products. Managed multiple research and development programs for NASA, DOD, and commercial customers involving satellite and wireless communication systems design and analysis and product development.
Hughes Aircraft Company, Space & Communications Group developed and delivered communications satellites to both the government and commercial communications customers. I managed an ASIC group charged with developing ASICs for space borne telemetry and telecommand equipment. I also performed digital design of telemetry subsytems.