Carl Gadener

Current

Founder. Chief Visionary Officer at Digital Home Convergence Designs

Past

Lead Program Manager at Microsoft
Senior Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems - Network Systems Group
Senior Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems, Inc

Senior Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems - Desktop Engineering Group
Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems - Corporate
Engineering Manager at Sun Microsystems - Java Software
Senior Product Evangelist at Sun Microsystems - SunPro
Senior System Engineer at Sun Microsystems - SMCC
Software Specialist at Xerox Corporation - Palo Alto, CA & Stockholm, Sweden

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Education

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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Carl Gadener’s Summary

Seasoned engineering and managerial professional with exceptional team-building, communication, presentation and creative problem solving skills.

Customer driven individual with thorough understanding of all aspects of product definition, design and delivery.

Carl Gadener’s Specialties:

Senior-level, hands-on technology expert with keen understanding of desktop, server and small form-factor devices. Strong expertise in OS concepts, networking, services deployment, application development, system integration and system management.

Recognized engineering team leader and mentor with expertise leading engineering teams in the design and implementation of large-scale technology showcases.

Carl Gadener’s Experience

Founder. Chief Visionary Officer

Digital Home Convergence Designs

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 1 month)

Founder and CVO of Digital Home Convergence Designs, a software/hardware integration company specializing in IP-based home automation and media distribution solutions for the residential space.
Lead Program Manager

Microsoft

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

March 2006 — January 2007 (11 months)

Lead PM for the Directed Incubation and Information Team within the MSN Search organization.
Senior Engineering Manager

Sun Microsystems - Network Systems Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

December 2004 — March 2006 (1 year 4 months)

Technical Lead for the Beta Programs and Out-of-the-Box Experience testing for all of Sun's Opteron based product line.
Senior Engineering Manager

Sun Microsystems, Inc

(Computer Software industry)

2001 — 2006 (5 years)
Senior Engineering Manager

Sun Microsystems - Desktop Engineering Group

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 5 months)

Managed early system integration and prototyping efforts of the Sun's Java Desktop System (JDS) platform.
Engineering Manager

Sun Microsystems - Corporate

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

August 2001 — August 2002 (1 year 1 month)

Managed engineering team in the design and implementation of prototypes and proof-of-concepts.
Engineering Manager

Sun Microsystems - Java Software

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

August 1997 — August 2001 (4 years 1 month)

Java Evangelist and manager of a team of engineers and Sun partners in various deployments and showcases utilizing Sun technologies.
Senior Product Evangelist

Sun Microsystems - SunPro

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

August 1993 — August 1997 (4 years 1 month)

Technology Evangelist for Sun's software development tools.
Senior System Engineer

Sun Microsystems - SMCC

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1991 — August 1993 (2 years 2 months)

Managed major accounts including Cadence Design, Amdahl Corporation, Seagate and Credence Systems.
Software Specialist

Xerox Corporation - Palo Alto, CA & Stockholm, Sweden

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1987 — July 1991 (4 years 1 month)

Pre and Post-Sales Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Group.

Carl Gadener’s Education

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

MSc. , Computer Systems and Artificial Intelligence , July 1983 — August 1987

Thesis: ORPWAM, An Implementation Study — Swedish Institute of Computer Science — Research Report SICS R87004