Adrian Havill

Current

• Engineering Manager at Google Inc.

Past

• Principal Consultant at Red Hat, Inc.
• Software Development Manager at TurboLinux, Inc.
• Chief Software Engineer at Global Media Online

• Software Engineer at 3WEB
• Assistant Language Teacher at Osaka City Board of Education

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Education

• Radford University

Recommended

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Connections

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Industry

Internet

Websites

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS Feed

Adrian Havill’s Summary

Solutions-focused software engineering specialist with over 10 years of experience and track record of applying vision and guidance to achieve successful performance in software development, program internationalization, and team leadership objectives. Strong blend of creative and technical skills; confident leader able to direct teams through entire project lifecycle, from start-up to launch. Skilled in translating business needs into high-quality results. Experience leading multinational development teams and working with global customers. Fluent in Japanese and English.

Adrian Havill’s Specialties:

UNIX (SVR4/POSIX), GNU/Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL) OS based software development; RHCE #804005412014218, Unicode i18n and DBCS l10n specialist, fluent in Japanese — speaking, reading & writing; JLPT level 2; JKAT level 5

Adrian Havill’s Experience

• Engineering Manager

  Google Inc.

  (Public Company; GOOG; Internet industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Owns and drives technical projects as well as providing leadership for a group of engineers at the Tokyo R&D Center. Responsible for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex technical projects.
  
  Currently works with the Japanese Mobile focus area (including Android applications).

• Principal Consultant

  Red Hat, Inc.

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RHT; Computer Software industry)

  July 2000 — January 2008 (7 years 7 months)

  Technical responsibilities include problem identification, architecture definition, hw/sw specs and/or design, implementation, testing, client training, and deployment. Project management responsibilities include resource allocation and supervision, written & oral communication with company and client management regarding account status, opportunities and technical solutions and cost/schedule monitoring. Employee development responsibilities include assessing technical skills and needs of each engineer serving on the engagement. Financial responsibilities include cost estimating, proposal generation, invoicing and attainment of profit targets. Provides leadership by assigning work and resolving problems. Provides supervision and analysis of system architecture and integration including: Requirements analysis, OSS Migration planning, Migration Cost/Benefit analysis, Implementation Planning, Application integration, Security assessment and management, Systems and Project documentation.

• Software Development Manager

  TurboLinux, Inc.

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  April 1999 — July 2000 (1 year 4 months)

  Brought on board as member of 8-person Japanese start-up Pacific High-Tech to provide localization and internationalization expertise, earning subsequent promotion to direct group of 15 developers that made up core development team in Japan. Evaluated team performance, addressed and resolved issues, and delivered presentations at LinuxWorld and other venues in Hong Kong to evangelize efforts.

• Chief Software Engineer

  Global Media Online

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)

  November 1998 — April 1999 (6 months)

  Brought in pre-IPO to formalize in-house software development process, heading several projects and mentoring group of 4 engineers in hands-on leadership role.

• Software Engineer

  3WEB

  (Internet industry)

  June 1996 — November 1998 (2 years 6 months)

  Hired to connect AS/400-based CRM to heterogeneous mail and web signup system (IRIX, Solaris, FreeBSD) for start-up ISP. Held key responsibility for all individually contracted software projects, including UNIX-based initiatives ranging from 2,000 to 15,000 lines of C, C++, and Java.

• Assistant Language Teacher

  Osaka City Board of Education

  (Education Management industry)

  July 1993 — June 1996 (3 years)

  Worked in various municipal junior and senior high schools teaching English. After the first year, worked at city hall, representing and assisting the other ALTs working for the city. Selected to participate in program for training Japanese foreign language teachers.

Adrian Havill’s Education

• Radford University

  Computer Science 1988 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  NCAA Div 1 Cross Country Team

Additional Information

Adrian Havill’s Websites:

• My Company
• My Blog
• My RSS Feed

Adrian Havill’s Interests:

marathon running, ice hockey

Adrian Havill’s Honors:

Red Hat FY07 Sales and Management Achievement Award

Adrian Havill’s Contact Settings

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