Charles Andres

Current

Executive Director at Information Card Foundation

Past

Director at Sun Microsystems
Director of Product Development at DuPont Design Technologies
Software Engineer at Systems Industries

Technical Marketing Engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Vice President at Process Electronics Corporation

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Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management
Suffolk University
Cornell University

Berwick Academy

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

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Charles Andres’s Summary

Electronics Industry Executive with broad and deep experience with all aspects of software/hardware development and marketing, in both small startups and leader Fortune 500 companies.

Proven expert at creating and leading teams of marketing and engineering specialists delivering pragmatic market-leading products, technical initiatives, and business strategies.

Responsible for over $4B in successful products over 20 years.
Staffs of up to 40.

Remote management and communications across multiple timezones and cultures incl. Japan, Europe, India, China, Canada

Charles Andres’s Specialties:

Internet-scale Identity Management infastructures, Business intelligence, business process mgmt, mrktg and prod positioning, tech and biz negotiations, s/w design, s/w & h/w product management and mrktg, tech init. adoptions, prod. & industry transitions, outsourcing, offshoring, 6 sigma, workflow, web-access, BIDW, e-business, web services, biz. liasion, budgets, P&L,
Technologies: Web Srvcs, SOA/JBI Identity, Security, CRM, ERP, Supply Chain, h/w arch, s/w arch

Charles Andres’s Experience

Executive Director

Information Card Foundation

(Internet industry)

August 2007 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Non-profit business association to advance the technology and market awareness of Information Cards. Information Cards can make the Internet simpler and more secure by giving you the ability to wield the claims others make about you in a trusted way that employs a universal metaphor: the cards you carry in your wallet.
Visit http://www.informationcard.net
Director

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Information Technology and Services industry)

February 1988 — June 2007 (19 years 5 months)

Director, Market Development Engineering - enabling ISV products to run best on Sun -- resp. for Identity, Security, BIDW, SOA, and Open Source initiatives
Partners: IBM:Websphere,Lotus,DB2,Informix, BEA, Sybase, MySQL, Postgres, SAS, Sungard, Computer Associates, 500 others
Technologies: Web Services, SOA, BIDW, PCI, Infiniband, 1394, J2EE, Postscript, graphics and systems software, 15 years in marketing, 15+ years in engineering.
S/W Engineering Manager - formed I/O Technologies Group,
Senior Product Manager - Graphics hw/sw, Printing hw/sw, workstations hw; managed Sun's first workgroup server.
Director of Product Development

DuPont Design Technologies

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1982 — 1988 (6 years)

Participated in selling this start-up to DuPont (became DuPont Design Technologies)

Designed and implemented Computer Graphics and Illustration software for proprietary workstation for artists and designers. One of 3 key software designers of early predecessor applications to Photoshop, PowerPoint, iMovie, Quantel Paintbox, Quark Xpress. Object-oriented system based on SmallTalk principles.
Designed and wrote all software for Planogram system sold to Procter & Gamble, Mattel Toys, Hasbro, Anheuser Busch, et. al.
Software Engineer

Systems Industries

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1981 — 1982 (1 year)

Worked on small development team to create journaling and backup system software for storage peripherals for VAX customers.
Technical Marketing Engineer

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1976 — 1980 (4 years)

Provided technical sales support including running benchmarks, performance tuning, for VAX/VMS systems; ported leading CAD applications to VAX including NASTRAN, and PATRAN.

Wrote 3 manuals of initial release of VAX/VMS under Dave Cutler, and Roger Gourd
Vice President

Process Electronics Corporation

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

June 1973 — July 1975 (2 years 2 months)

Co-founded startup to build electronic music synthesizers. Created all Marketing materials, documentation, brochures, trade shows, advertising. PC Board layouts for VCOs, VCAs, EnvGens, Filters, Mixers, etc. Front panel designs, logo, and product name: Ozni. Wrote business plan, incorporated company, issued stock, sold concept to investors

Charles Andres’s Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management

Management 1992 — 2002

Continuing education with business courses and seminars from MIT Sloan, and Stanford School of Business on Managing Technical Professionals, along with courses at Sun Microsystems including Managing within the Law, Business Finance, Negotiation, Contracts, , Six Sigma, Working with Asian Cultures (Japan, India, China) et.al. Personal effectiveness training in Presentations, Meetings, Project and Time Management

Activities and Societies:

1980: Wrote and Illustrated "CPU Wars" (graphic novel)
Suffolk University

B.S.+, Communications, 1974 — 1995

I moved to Boston to start an electronics company, but wanted to finish my degree. Although I had completed 90 credits at Cornell, Suffolk required 60 more. 45 credits in, I moved to Silicon Valley (SFO Bay Area) and didn't get back to Boston until 1993. I went back to Suffolk and finally finished my degree requirements, accumulating 150 credits between Cornell and Suffolk.

Activities and Societies:

Photography: 1995 "Drive by Shooting" Photographs of Israel and Palestine
Cornell University

Engr Physics, Electrical Engineering 1970 — 1973

After completing EE and CS requirements at Cornell, I left to start an electronics company (1973). This jump-started my career, but I had to leave Ithaca.

Activities and Societies:

Wrote articles (and computer source code) for MIT Rocketry magazine, Wrote for Computerworld: computer applications (CAD/CAM, graphics, systems software)
Berwick Academy

1966 — 1970

National Association of Rocketry -- National Champion 1969 USAF Academy, 1970 Research & Development - Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston TX;
Valedictorian: (Speech on Future "Into the 1970's" published in U.S. Congressional Record)
Outstanding Teenager of Maine 1970
Varsity Golf, Basketball, Lacrosse

Additional Information

Charles Andres’s Websites:

Charles Andres’s Groups:

Information Card Foundation, Executive Director
Project VRM Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School
Identity Commons, OSIS, Concordia
IEEE 1394 Trade Association -- Board of Directors 1997 - 2000, Marketing Officer 1999, 2000
Infiniband Trade Association - Founder, Board of Directors, Marketing Officer 2001
Steward, Identity Commons