Experience

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  Tandy radio shack limited

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1988

  Director computer product engineering

  Managed a team responsible for technical products specifications, functional testing, and sample approval for products manufactured by Radio Shack suppliers.

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  Tandon

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1993

  Director of marketing, pc and server products

  Managed Tandon's PC compatible computer product line including desktop, file server, and network solutions. I had responsibility for product planning, positioning, competitive analysis, forecasting and end-of-life planning. Played a central role in building and training a direct sales force marketing exclusively to large corporate customers.

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  Micropolis

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1997

  Product line manager, storage products

  I had cradle-to-grave ownership of Enterprise hard disk drive and storage system product lines, establishing Micropolis as the dominant distribution channel brand name in multimedia, A/V ready segment.

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  Fujitsu computer products

  Jan 1997 - Jan 2003

  Director, storage products

  Directed Product Management for Fujitsu's Enterprise, Mobile and Desktop hard disk drive product lines. I worked cross-functionally with Fujitsu-Japan to align product road-maps to customer input, and managed forecasting, allocation, and priorities for customer sample qualifications.

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  Hitachi gst

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2005

  Senior analyst, storage products

  Managed internal and external communication for the Server/Enterprise Business Unit, including trade shows, web content, press releases, product announcements, and marketing partnerships.

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  Emulex

  Apr 2006 - Jul 2009

  Director, product marketing

  Directed inbound and outbound product marketing for Emulex ASIC components used in embedded storage applications. Initially the Fibre Channel Switch-On-Chip products and later the Storage Protocol Bridge products (SATA to SAS translation).

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  Lecroy corporation

  Dec 2009 - Sept 2010

  Senior product marketing manager

  Product Management and Marketing responsibility for Lecroy's SAS/SATA and FC Storage Protocol Analyzer product lines. The business unit is located in Santa Clara, CA.

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  Smart storage systems

  Oct 2011 - Sept 2013

  Senior technical marketing manager

  Product management and technical marketing, business development working with potential customers on proof of concept applications using flash memory based products. SMART Storage Systems was acquired by SanDisk in August of 2013.

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  Sandisk, a western digital brand

  Aug 2013 - Dec 2016

  Product application engineer, scale-out-storage lead

  Flash memory product (SSD) performance metrics, competitive analysis, benchmark evaluation and development, application testing with linux and windows server platforms, authoring white papers, product briefs, and blog posts illustrating the business value of flash memory products in Enterprise storage applications. Lead specialist in Scale-Out-Storage systems used in database applications.

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  Self-employed

  Jan 2017 - now

  Investment adviser (to myself)