
President, Services at Clickstream
Greater Seattle Area

President, Services at Clickstream
Greater Seattle Area
Innovation management, Customer research, Business opportunity analysis, Competitive Intelligence, Trends tracking, Product development
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
November 2008 — Present (1 month)
Responsible for all Market and Product Research Services.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
July 2007 — October 2008 (1 year 4 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
September 2003 — June 2007 (3 years 10 months)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
Lead and drove Product Planning for Microsoft's line of Macintosh products including Office, MSN Messenger and Internet Explorer. Drove customer, market and competitive research for business and participated in mid- to long-term business planning.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
1999 — 2001 (2 years)
Managed worldwide marketing for Microsoft's Encarta brand, including the CD/DVD encyclopedia line, the Language Learning products and the online Encarta brand. Drove business model changes to drive profitability in the packaged product offering, updated the brand identity to bring Encarta into the online space and participated in the strategic planning for the business. Managed a local team and coordinated worldwide marketing across all of Microsoft's subsidiaries.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
1995 — 1999 (4 years)
Lead marketing efforts for Office to Enterprise corporations including development of messaging, positioning, marketing materials and customer presentations.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
1991 — 1994 (3 years)
Headed up marketing for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for the Canadian market. Launched Word for Windows v2.0, v6.0 and the last two versions of Word for DOS. Developed promotions, pricing, and communications strategies for my products. Lead PR and launch activities and liaised with Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, WA.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
1983 — 1989 (6 years)
Ashbury Design specialized in custom application development and systems integration of PC applications and hardware. Clients included Dow Chemical, Hatch & Associates Engineering and a number of retail and hospitality businesses. Started this business when I was 15 and put myself through the better part of university on the earnings.
H.B.Econ, Economics, September 1988 — July 1991
Eng. Sci, Computer Engineering, 1986 — 1988