
Program Manager, Evangelist, Technologist
Greater Seattle Area

Program Manager, Evangelist, Technologist
Greater Seattle Area
My goal in the IT industry is to always be able to play with what is "next". I've been given a tremendous gift in being allowed to constantly play in the future - I'm not sure there's a better goal one can have in life.
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Server OS Software, Security & Applications
- Client OS Software & Applications
- Critical Situation Management
- Mentoring / Coaching
- Web Based Application Design
- UI / UX Interface Design and Development
- SCRUM / Agile / LEAN / Six Sigma PM work at IBM and Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
October 2007 — Present (8 months)
I am currently contracted with Volt as a Program Manager for Microsoft. I'm with the Unlimited Potential Program hanlding Program Management issues for Low Cost Computing initiatives for Microsoft. You can see some of what I've been working on over at James Utzschneider's blog:
http://blogs.technet.com/jamesu/archive/2008/05/15/look-windows-on-the-olpc-xo.aspx
and find out more about the Unlimited Potential Program atL
http://www.microsoft.com/emerging/default.mspx
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — September 2007 (1 year 6 months)
I was the Program Manager for LocStudio 6.0, LocProject 6.0 and LCXAdmin UI. (LocStudio - is a Microsoft Internal tool used in the localization and globalization of virtually all Microsoft software, hardware and services.)
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUN; Computer Software industry)
May 2005 — October 2005 (6 months)
Microsoft Platform Technologies Subject Matter Expert for Server and OS working to allow existing SUN applications to run on Microsoft OS.
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
1997 — 2005 (8 years)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Entertainment industry)
September 1990 — May 1991 (9 months)
Assistant Property Master for the movie Prison
BS, Film / Television, 1982 — 1984
1978 — 1982
1980 — 1981
1977 — 1978
Computer Games, Entertainment, Organizational Development, Marketing and Sales