Experience

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  Oracle corporation

  Jan 1986 - Jan 2000

  Product manager

  Responsible for the revival of the Oracle Training Administration product, integrating it with Financials, Order Management and CRM product suites. Used in-depth knowledge of the Training arena, plus experience with Oracle Order Management, Financials and CRM product suites, and designed the interfaces and new features associated with the 10i release. Position required business knowledge as well as technical expertise; served on Applications Architecture committee. Prior to that role, I served as Business Systems architect and manager of the Oracle Education and Oracle University IT groups, which enhanced several legacy applications, created new web and voice-activated interfaces, and built and maintained interfaces to Oracle’s in-house installations of OE, AR/RA and GL. Please read my complete resume for other achievements and roles during the first 5 years at Oracle. Show less

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  Saba software, inc.

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2003

  Senior product manager

  Responsible for the Saba Performance and Saba Learning products, which were the centerpieces of the HCM product suite. Gathered requirements, performed competitive analyses and industry research, documented and flow-charted business cases, wrote MRDs, PRDs and product data sheets, created demos, developed and delivered knowledge transfer workshops for in-house, partners, prospects and customers, ensured integration between products and future releases. Used industry knowledge to enhance products for use with For-Profit Training, Performance Improvement and Balanced Scorecard processes. Also implemented Saba Performance in-house for use in aligning the organization, developing learning plans and producing customized performance reports and roll-up business indicators. Served as Regulatory Audit specialist; analyzed and documented all processes and training needs for the s/w development and release cycle. Show less

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  San carlos school district

  Sept 2004 - Jun 2006

  Science teacher

  Taught 5th grade Math/Science, and 7th/8th grade sciences. Developed and delivered curriculum, used technology to augment teaching whenever possible. Served as liaison to Student Government Council and coached tennis.

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  Etology

  Sept 2006 - Jul 2010

  During my tenure at Etology, my role evolved from Senior Product Manager to Director of Product Strategy, then Director of Products. In my final role as Director of Engineering, I was responsible for strategic direction of our product lines (online advertising networking and platform), for matrix-managing the Development and QA teams in our off-shore engineering organization, and for implementation / adoption of our new features. Etology is a Software as a Service (SAAS) provider, and I was responsible for changing the development process from a traditional waterfall method to a hybrid agile development process enabling monthly sprints. Officially responsible for all aspects of product strategy, design, development, QA, performance testing, and delivery of a SAAS online advertising platform, APIs, and network marketplace; unofficially responsible for training, assisting support and sales, doing ad hoc reporting, etc.I love the challenges and opportunities of a small start-up, and being able to work with great teams locally and remotely. A key challenge I tackled was how and when to transform our legacy system to a cool Web2.0 application, with concurrent Beta and Production environments, no downtime - you know the drill! Show less Primary responsibility is to manage the priority list of enhancements, create requirements documents, develop use cases, review functional specifications with development, perform cost-benefit analysis for new features, review competitor sites, and develop strategic roadmaps. Because of the size and speed of release of this Software-as-a-Service offering, we all roll up our sleeves and do a little of everything needed... This past week I also created UI wireframes, wrote SQL reports for accounting and management, conducted a feature walk-through, and created job descriptions for future hires. Next week there will be new opportunities! Show less

  • Director of Engineering and Products

    May 2008 - Jul 2010

  • Senior Product Manager

    Sept 2006 - May 2008
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  Jardinmatch

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2016

  Founder

  Home-grown vegetables? Sun-warmed berries? Love the idea, but just don’t have the time (or energy, or skills, or a backyard, etc.) for that!?! Have you ever caught yourself saying that, especially as you farm out another $20-$50 at the local farmer’s market? What if you were to have a “gardening partner” who would complement whatever skills, time, land/water that you can offer and that you would share the resulting crops? JardinMatch takes the best of online match-making and uses old-fashioned common sense to bring together people who want to create abundance in backyards within our communities. The online community can share gardening wisdom, recipes, events, and expertise, while gardening partners can keep a virtual log of notes back-and-forth, photos and to-do lists. But most importantly, homeowners and apartment dwellers alike have access to healthy, locally-grown produce and build relationships that extend far past the garden gate.If you are seriously interested in helping to get this idea off the design board, please contact me. Show less

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  Gogoverde

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2011

  Director of product management

  • Lead product direction for an early-stage startup, which became NextDoor. The network provided tools for online communities to connect neighbors, engage local businesses, reduce solid waste/carbon footprint, and increase neighborhood safety, preparedness and civic engagement by reinvigorating local connections.• Gathered/Prioritized requirements around new functional areas, interviewing multiple municipalities, in addition to enhancing the initial features on the site, and then wned the development backlog and product roadmap. I integrated Agile (scrum) methodologies into the process, including creation of use cases, wireframes/mockups, test cases, marketing/training materials. New processes that I introduced dramatically improved development churn and release schedules.• Produced statistical analyses and key performance indicator reports, competitive and market analyses, run focus groups, create marketing materials, and manage support queue, and act as community manager. Show less

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  Benetech

  Nov 2011 - Jun 2019

  Senior product manager

  • As Bookshare’s senior product manager, I led product roadmap planning and process improvements, balancing new contractual deliverables with improving existing functionality, and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives of the organization. In this role I defined new requirements for the Bookshare platform, working with UX specialist and Engineering to support new use cases, obtain customer feedback, and run Beta programs.• During my tenure, I oversaw replacement of our own legacy website, and the creation of a “private label” version of Bookshare that is being implemented around the world as a cost-effective, scalable replacement for home-grown libraries of accessible content. These projects include migration of books, music, images, anonymized records of qualified members, and API-driven integration to the websites, mobile apps and Assistive Technology devices required by people with barriers to reading, plus reporting and analytics. Each implementation has also added new functionality that I ensured would be configurable for other private label libraries.• Since Benetech is a not-for-profit organization, all product development requires funding, I was heavily involved in writing proposals for new projects, grants and awards from major NGO’s to US government agencies such as the Department of Education, Office of Special Programs (OSEP), and then assist business development in regular updates to these funding organizations on the impact of the work.• In addition to building relationships with international libraries for the blind and print-disabled, I was responsible for account managing several large urban school districts in the US, providing training, updates, reporting and otherwise coaching on ways to incorporate accessible, digital books into the hands of students with barriers to reading. Show less

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  Genentech

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

  Change & project manager

  ● Defining proof of concept for a Sample Mesh, an infrastructure project that will connect systems which rely on high-quality sample data that can be centrally registered, and referenced across the ecosystem, including lineage and other essential metadata. Project will reduce redundancy and increase insights for Researchers, with initial focus on engineered cell lines, and expectation to support all sample types● Led the Menagerie, a collaborative between informatics teams (TRI, LARi, PathWorks). Goal was to break down silos between, and increase integration across, systems supporting In-Vivo Researchers. Created cross-product roadmap, end-to-end workflows, and organized focus group for an In-Vivo Dashboard in the inaugural year, and now participating as solution owner for Sample Mesh● Contributor in the collaboration called Red Grouper, which addresses similar data models and userscenarios within pRED & gRED in-vivo research. Began as project manager, and now engaged with theperspective of Sample Mesh that will fill the same needs for gRED as FISH’s Biospecimen Data Registration System (BDRS) will for pRED● Coordinated phased rollout of DISCO, a replacement database for In-Vivo Studies, for the Translational Research Informatics (TRI) program within gRED Research Informatics & Software Engineering. Successfully deployed to ~80 users in Translational Oncology (~300 researchers and managers in 2021)● Combined role included creating a user portal, training materials & schedule, running user feedback and testing sessions, rebuilding the Gurus Program, coordinating with Support, Product, and stakeholders● Created & delivered Informatics Symposium poster session, wrote newsletters and created presentationspromoting the vision of the TRI systems as an essential piece of the FAIR data initiative, usage statistics, roadmaps, and monthly project status reports.● Supported the Research Technical Steering Committee as Project Manager Show less