Director, MSN Intl R+D
London, United Kingdom
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- Director, MSN International R+D at Microsoft - MSN
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- Group Program Manager at Microsoft
- Director, Services and Support at Intava Corporation
- Senior Developer at Microsoft
- Independent SAP Consultant at TWE Consulting, Inc.
- Consultant at Price Waterhouse
- Education
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- The College of William and Mary
- Seattle University
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Terry (Tee) Earls’s Summary
I am a senior technology leader, adept at delivering business value through technology. This includes product management, prioritisation of requirements, and full lifecycle delivery. I currently lead a multi-disciplinary and geographically-distributed team of Program Managers, Developers, Testers, and User Experience Designers to build and ship scalable and high quality web components / back-end technologies across 40 countries and 400 individual websites. My team has 20 fulltime employees in the UK and China, augmented by an additional 100 contingent staff co-located with my teams. Adept at working across stakeholders to prioritise and deliver against business goals, and implementing transparent processes for creating predictable product pipeline roadmaps while remaining agile in order to react quickly to shifts in business priority. Manage a sizeable budget (>£5M annually) and am strong in communication and presentation skills.
Terry (Tee) Earls’s Experience
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Director, MSN International R+D
Microsoft - MSN
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
June 2006 — Present (3 years 2 months)
Lead a multi-disciplinary and geographically-distributed team of Programme Managers, Engineers, Testers, and User Experience Designers to build and ship scalable and high quality web components / back-end technologies across 40 of Microsoft’s MSN online markets.
Responsible for 29 fulltime Microsoft employees in the UK and China, augmented by an additional 100 vendors and contractors co-located with my teams.
Full lifecycle responsibility for features and technologies used globally across MSN markets and channels. This includes business requirements gathering, prioritisation, engineering, worldwide deployment and 24x7 support. Covers 40 markets’ MSN sites and over 400 individual web channels. -
Group Program Manager
Microsoft
(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 2001 — June 2006 (5 years 6 months)
I led the Project and Development teams within the Enterprise Applications Services group.. Projects included SAP Unicode conversion, enterprise batch job scheduler implementation, and core development work included quarterly major functional releases for Microsoft's SAP system. I also focused on building a “services arm” into the existing organization, allowing for a more predictable and consistent engagement process with the business. The services arm is responsible for assisting the business with functional fit-gap analysis, technical guidance, and predictability during evaluations of potential SAP solutions. Created formalized engagement processes, standardized pre-qualification questionnaires, built collateral around commonly-asked questions, and created Service Level Agreements.
Two-term elected Board of Directors member for the Americas SAP User Group, a $10M not-for-profit organization (asug.com) and the official SAP Customer organization in North America. Responsible for user education (including the annual 5000+ person conference).
Led the original Microsoft Sarbanes-Oxley compliance initiatives on the SAP platform, the financial and human resource system of record for Microsoft worldwide.
Frequent presenter at the Microsoft Executive Briefing Centres around the world, helping potential customer CxOs understand how Microsoft OS and Database layers can operate SAP for their organizations with maximum efficiency and ROI. -
Director, Services and Support
Intava Corporation
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)
Responsible for design and implementation of infrastructure and software to support eCommerce initiative. Oversaw the development and testing of the eCommerce platform, enabling direct B2C online software purchasing, credit card authorization, and product licensing.
Architect and administrator of network topology. Overall responsibility for the design, implementation, and support of networks supporting a medium-size office and the secure Data Center servers at remote locations.
Driving force behind formal Disaster Recovery and Mitigation plan. Coordinated the gathering and analysis of potential failure points in the company, and documented recovery steps, escalation procedures, and mitigation strategies.
Various levels of responsibility throughout other areas of the 16-person software startup. These included creation of software product specifications, overseeing the beta software program with customers, nightly build process, and leading the customer care department. -
Senior Developer
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry)
January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)
SAP R/3 ABAP Developer. Worked on Microsoft's internal SAP implementation.
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Independent SAP Consultant
TWE Consulting, Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
January 1998 — January 1999 (1 year 1 month)
Worked as an independent SAP consulting. I focused on ABAP development.
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Consultant
Price Waterhouse
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 1995 — January 1998 (2 years 7 months)
Worked in Price Waterhouse's SAP consulting practice. I worked at clients such as Gillette, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and MA/COM.
Terry (Tee) Earls’s Education
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The College of William and Mary
BBA , 1991 — 1995
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Seattle University
MBA , candidate
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