Jim Kaubisch

Current

Co-founder, Partner at Cappdev Partners

Past

Sr. Development Manager (Enterprise Consolidation) at Sun Microsystems
Group CTO, Operating Platform Lifecycle Services at Sun Microsystems
Group CTO, Wireless Business Unit at Sun Microsystems

Senior Engineering Manager, Sun Storage Group at Sun Microsystems
Senior Engineering Manager, Broadband Interactive Services at Sun Microsystems
Business Development Mgr, Broadband Data Services at Sun Microsystems
Additional Experience at Various

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Education

Queen's University Belfast
University of California, Santa Cruz

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Jim Kaubisch’s Summary

Skilled at solution definition that aligns business and technology needs, and ability to "sell" the solution internally and externally.

Skilled at managing complex projects requiring innovation, a deep understanding of technology, business and customer requirements.

Proven track record of delivering complex end-to-end solutions, from concept through deployment, on time, in high-stress environments.

History of successfully building, training and managing diverse, geographically distributed teams. Extensive successful experience of cross-functional team collaboration.

History of successfully developing and managing senior level technical and business relationships.

Recipient of Chairman's Award for Innovation (Sun Microsystems)

Jim Kaubisch’s Specialties:

Technology-Business Alignment, Engineering Management, Product Management, Solutions Management, Change Management, Senior-level Relationship Management

Jim Kaubisch’s Experience

Co-founder, Partner

Cappdev Partners

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)

Cappdev Partners is focused on custom application development (e.g. web based biometrics command and control systems, statistical analysis/modeling, ...)

Designed and implemented complex, biometrics-based physical access security system for a major bank. Hands-on development, testing and deployment of major components of system.
Sr. Development Manager (Enterprise Consolidation)

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

December 2004 — September 2006 (1 year 10 months)

Authored Enterprise Consolidation Delivery Partner plan and Next Generation Enterprise Transformation business plan which formed the strategic base for the next phase of Enterprise Consolidation marketing.
Group CTO, Operating Platform Lifecycle Services

Sun Microsystems

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

August 2003 — July 2004 (1 year)

Spearheaded cross-organizational virtual team, chartered to develop and drive architecture of a revised lifecycle services deployment strategy for the Java Enterprise System (Java ES).

Successfully marketed new approach to company’s professional services and sales organizations as a selling item for customers; it was accepted as a product requirement.
Group CTO, Wireless Business Unit

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; JAVA; Information Technology and Services industry)

August 2000 — June 2003 (2 years 11 months)

Drove technology strategy and solution architecture of new approach to wireless infrastructure, with goal of obtaining buy-in for strategy from within the company and from telecom carriers/manufacturers through presentations and customer visits.

Strategy was endorsed by, and partnerships closed with, 3 major carriers, one of which adopted it directly as their architecture.

Received Chairman's Award for Innovation (Sun Microsystems)
Senior Engineering Manager, Sun Storage Group

Sun Microsystems

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

1998 — August 2000 (2 years)

Led group of 3 managers and 40-member team in planning, architecture, and coding activities for consolidation of 3 groups.

Guided product architecture and development for Sun's first Java-based storage management system, synchronizing groups’ activities and managing integration issues for acquired companies, as well as frequent changes to requirements. Collaborated with Marketing group to position product.
Senior Engineering Manager, Broadband Interactive Services

Sun Microsystems

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

1996 — 1998 (2 years)

Directed 20 employees in client video/server engineering groups, overseeing management of processes for engineering and quality and release, as well as product design/enhancement and customer support
Business Development Mgr, Broadband Data Services

Sun Microsystems

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

November 1992 — May 1996 (3 years 7 months)

Served as Technology spokesperson, supporting VP of Telecommunications Sales on senior-level calls to market company’s vision and desirability as a partner. Co-developed initial broadband strategies, presented and sold them within the company, and responded to Requests For Proposals.

Co-holder of a US patent relating to "MPEG2 trick play mechanisms".
Additional Experience

Various

(Computer Software industry)

1980 — 1992 (12 years)

Technical Manager, Tran$end Productline Management, Bull HN, Australia

Principal Research & Development Consultant, Bull HN, Australia

Senior Manager, Research & Development, Austec Ltd, Australia

European Technical Manager, TeleSoft Inc.

Computer Systems Consultant, PANDATA BV, Netherlands (CapGemini Group)

Independent Computer Consultant with primary focus on Process Control and Embedded Systems (Europe and Australia)

Research Officer, Programming Research Group, Oxford University, England