2007-present: PRODUCTCORE LLC (San Francisco, CA)
Co-founder and Partner. Product management consulting and software
development firm focused on consumer internet services. Clients include
Ancestry.com, Grouper.com, and Moka5.
2006-2007: REARDEN LLC (San Francisco, CA)
Vice President, Business Development.
Startup incubator. I was also VP of Product Marketing for Rearden
subsidiary Mova. Launched Mova Contour Reality Capture system at
SIGGRAPH 2006. See related
NY Times article.
2003-2005: OFOTO - KODAK (Emeryville, CA)
Vice President, Product Management.
Online photo sharing service. Built in-house product management team.
Managed development of premium service and specialty products line (photobook,
calendars, etc.)
2000-2003: GIANT WATCHFACE PRODUCTIONS (San Francisco, CA)
Co-founder. Music and event promotion.
1999-2000: AMERICA ONLINE (Mountain View, CA)
Vice President. AOL Shopping
Products Group and You've Got Pictures
Group.
1998-1999: WHEN.COM (Redwood City, CA)
President & CEO. Co-founded When.com, a
Web-based calendar service. Sold to AOL in March, 1999. Co-authored
patent 7174517 ("Multi-layered online
calendaring and purchasing") issued February 6, 2007.
1996-1998: ACTIVESITE (Redwood City, CA)
Partner. Co-founded ActiveSite, a Web
site development firm focused on highly-interactive, database-driven Internet and intranet
sites. Clients included Bank of America, Netscape, Microsoft, Fenwick & West,
Kinetix, Net-It Software, and Wizards of the Coast.
1993-1996: PF.MAGIC (San Francisco, CA)
Director of Production. Managed 20-person production team at PF.Magic. Produced
Dogz, the first in a line of widely-acclaimed
Windows/Mac entertainment products (3 MM+ units sold).
Managed development of Sega and SNES versions of Ballz, a humorous, 3D fighting game for
8-14 year olds.
1992-1993: EO INCORPORATED (Mountain View, CA)
Director, Hardware Product Management. Managed development and introduction of
EO's products: EO 440 and 880 personal communicators. Management responsibility for three
product managers overseeing next-generation CPU and communications hardware.
1989-1992: APPLE COMPUTER (Cupertino, CA)
Senior Product Manager. Managed product definition, pricing, forecasting,
positioning, product introduction for Macintosh LC II, IIsi, and IIfx. Negotiated first
Macintosh ROM licensing deal.
1984-1987: McKINSEY & COMPANY, INC. (New York, NY)
Senior Business Analyst. Full-time team member on consulting engagements.
Developed, wrote, and presented recommendations to senior client executives. Projects
included feasibility study of a new cable television service for a national program
provider, distribution consolidation investigation for an international consumer goods
company, and sales force size optimization for a major U.S. pharmaceutical firm.
summer 1984: ICC CORPORATION (Cincinnati, OH)
Programmer. Developed user interface of premier product for this PC software
start-up firm. Wrote marketing software package which anchored sales promotion program.
1987-1989: HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
(Boston, MA)
Master in Business Administration, June 1989. Received First Year Honors.
Photographer and writer for school newspaper.
1980-1984: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor,
MI)
Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude, in Computer Engineering. Dean's List
Scholar. Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society. National Merit Scholar.
Editor-in-Chief of Michigan Review student paper. Member Varsity Sailing Team.
Enjoy racing sailboats, playing electric guitar, backpacking, alternative music, and photography. Married, two daughters, one son. Co-author of patent #7174517 ("Multi-layered online calendaring and purchasing").