Jul 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos

• Relocalize is transforming retail food supply chains with distributed networks of fully autonomous hyperlocal micro-factories that produce fresher, greener, and more affordable packaged foods and beverages. RELO micro-factories co-locate food production, packaging, and distribution in close proximity to distribution centers to eliminate needless "middle mile" transportation, a driver of CO2 emissions. Robotics, automation technology and novel waste-reduction solutions make it possible to efficiently decentralize production while exceeding the highest standards of quality, safety and sustainability.

Jun 2020 – Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Responsible for the Slack Developer Platform product and business. Rebuilt and re-architected the platform from the ground up to empower everyone to automate work on Slack. Check it out here: https://api.slack.com/future

Oct 2017 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 8 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead the transformation of Boomi from a pure integration vendor to a full stack middleware platform - centering on data. A few things I'm proud of:
• Shipped API management - a top requested capability from customers
• Acquired Unifi - accelerated the data management story adding ML driven discovery, cataloging, and data pipelines
• Integrated Flow - extending Boomi (AtomSphere Go) and the platform into low code applications and workflows
• Boomi sold to Francisco Partners and TPG for $4 billion in May 2021.

Mar 2017 – Oct 2017 · 7 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Integrated Flow into the Boomi stack - adding native, low-code, workflow capabilities.

May 2013 – Mar 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Built the next generation low code platform to help companies build multi-channel/platform apps; connected to their business data. We solved many of the complicated problems so customers didn't need to: realtime collaboration, mobile offline, elastic scale, security & compliance to name a few.
• Drag, drop, and don't stop :) ManyWho was acquired by Dell in 2017.

Sep 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 7 mos

• Responsible for building the go-to-market strategy for Salesforce Platform. Primary focus in 3 areas: Mobile, Business Process, Integration. Positioned product, filled white space, partnered with expertise, delivered customer success.
• Co-authored a couple of books on Salesforce Platform: Executives Guide to Force.com and Unleash the Power of Force.com

Dec 2009 – Sep 2011 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Built Salesforce Flow, which, as of 2022, processes 44+ billion flows per day, has saved 109+ billion hours and delivered $2 trillion in customer business value. Flow is now a core part of the Salesforce product.
• I product managed many of the point-and-click Salesforce Platform tools (form builder, formulas, validation, etc) as well as workflow rules, approval processes and the new Flow product. Goal being to empower business analysts to automate work without needing to write (too much) code!

Feb 2003 – Dec 2009 · 6 yrs 10 mos

• My first start-up. Informavores had some great customers, including Microsoft, PwC, HP, Dow Jones, US DoD, US IRS, Aviva Norwich Union, Symantec and many others. Collectively, they automated a lot of work on the platform :)
• Informavores was acquired by salesforce.com in December 2009 and became Salesforce Flow.

Mar 2002 – Feb 2003 · 11 mos

• Joined the three person start-up to design the new product architecture and deployment framework
• Worked closely with customers (primarily AMEC, Vickers and the Ministry of Defence) to ensure the product met their needs
• riskhive taught me a lot about what NOT to do when building a great technology business.

Jan 2000 – Mar 2002 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Joined the six person start-up to project manage the technology transfer of a workflow system (called the Electronic Document Handler) from CERN, Switzerland, birthplace of the world wide web
• Set the product roadmap for the Transacsys product in coordination with the development specialists at CERN
• Recruited a team of application developers and managed the technical implementation
• Contributed to the development of the marketing and sales strategy
• Transacsys Workflow lost funding - though it taught me an enormous amount about building a business around software for the enterprise.

Dec 1998 – Jan 2000 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Built software in places where none existed.

Oct 1996 – Dec 1998 · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Made sure the drugs we made were made correctly.