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Brigham Young University - IdahoUniversity Instructor
Aug. 2022Remote➢ Developed course modules for online instruction and taught Swift programming language to college students.
➢ Coached and mentored students to develop strong programming skills applicable to professional employment.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Senior Technical Account Manager
Aug. 2020 - Dec. 2021San Francisco Bay Area➢ Provided premium technical support and guidance to large ISV customers, helping them fully leverage AWS services to meet business needs.
➢ Worked closely with technical staff and Director and VP level leadership for each customer to ensure their objectives were met and their needs fully supported.
Great Wave Associates, LLCPrincipal Parther
Oct. 2017 - Aug. 2020➢ Co-founded LLC to develop mobile applications that enhanced data analytics tools by adding predictive analytics and business intelligence solutions to world business problems.
➢ Researched and developed marketing and operational plans and roadmap.
➢ Determined that market conditions did not justify further development at that time.
Seagate TechnologyIT Executive Director
Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2017United States➢ Led a global initiative to transfer the way Seagate leveraged its data to support business operations and decision making.
➢ Worked with leaders across the enterprise to identify needs and develop a strategy and roadmap to meet those needs through data integration, analytics, reporting, visualization and use of Big Data.
➢ Hired, trained and lead a Global Analytics organization that eventually included approximately 150 staff in six countries.
➢ Drove global analytics and data initiatives including a successful Enterprise Data Warehouse, a globally shared Hadoop Big Data platform and collaborative tools for reporting, visualization, and advanced analysis.
➢ Provided global leadership of development, deployment, change management, and adoption of a common solution for Failure Analysis replacing about 100 legacy solutions. Helped Engineering teams adopt global collaboration tools and full leverage PDM and Product Planning/Portfolio Management solutions.
Tribune Corp/McGraw HillProduct Architect, Educational Technology
Jan. 1999 - Dec. 2001➢ Successfully marketed and sold Great Wave Software to the Education division of the Tribune Corporation.
➢ Managed the transition of marketing, sales and operations into the parent company while maintaining momentum on new product development.
➢ Continued with the acquired company for two years, leading development of new products as General Manager of the Great Wave Software Group. During that time, Tribune Education was sold and merged into McGraw Hill.
Great Wave SoftwareChief Technical Officer/President
Jan. 1984 - Dec. 1999➢ Co-founded Great Wave Software, a leading developer and publisher of educational multimedia and music composition software. Developed ConcertWare, the first music notation software for the Macintosh and a best seller and top award winner for many years.
➢ As Chief Technical Officer, recruited, trained and led teams developing and publishing educational software for children including best sellers such as NumberMaze and Reading Mansion. Pioneered new approaches to adaptive learning and interactive multimedia. ➢ As President and CTO from 1992-1999, continued to drive technical excellence in the development of new products while also assuming corporate oversight of Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance. ➢ Developed retail “shrink wrap” sales channels for home products and direct sales to schools and districts for lab packs and site licenses. Led a turnaround bringing the company to profitability and positioning it for acquisition.
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