Mar 2019 – Jul 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

• Projects included moving departments to city cloud, decommissioning a data center, Open Source Election System, and Criminal Justice systems.
• Built in collaboration with academia an Open Source Risk-Limiting Audit to Support CCSF Ranked Choice Voting. The system was later used in three Vote-By-Mail-only state primaries during COVID.
• Managed an engineering team responsible to modernize 40+ year old SF criminal Justice systems by migrating to a modern Oracle Applications and Data hub.

Sep 2018 – Dec 2018 · 3 mos

• Joined as part of the Pathforward "returnship" program under a short duration contract. Coordinated the migration of all engineering's infrastructure to an internal cloud to consolidate and share hardware resources.

Jan 2013 – Sep 2018 · 5 yrs 8 mos · SF Bay Area

• Ran my own consulting firm focusing on Mainframe modernization with a focus on Cloud migrations.

May 2010 – Jun 2012 · 2 yrs 1 mo · San Mateo

• Accountable for the successful implementations of iCiX solutions into our key accounts (Walmart, Hanes, Costco, WholeFoods).
• Led a team overseeing on-boarding, implementations, and support.
• Acted as the Product manager and worked closely with engineering team to build-up iCIX product footprint based on customers' requirements.

Feb 2009 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr

• Started the Enterprise Software practice for this, then, boutique M&A firm. Sourced deals from European companies. Signed first engagement within six months.

Feb 2004 – Nov 2008 · 4 yrs 9 mos

• After a successful period in the corporate development, I returned to an operational role in the, then, nascent Oracle Cloud business (On-Demand).
• Ran the Americas Service Center, a team, accountable for the success of our large accounts.
• Led a team of project managers to architect, on-board, and manage implementations.
• Led a team of product managers to continually enhance the service while reducing cost.
• Reviewed acquisitions (peoplesoft, Hyperion, and many more) and assessed how to bring them to our service.

Jan 1999 – Feb 2004 · 5 yrs 1 mo

• Created and led Oracle’s Corporate Venture Fund as its Managing Director
• Built investment portfolio (37 investments) with performance on par with top-tier VC firms
• o Early investor in Open Source (Red Hat), cloud infrastructure (3PAR, Rhapsody Networks), and SaaS (Webex, Arcot, Collab.net, Khimetrics)
• Executed 12 Fund to Fund transactions with top tier venture firms
• Responsible for valuation analysis, pre and post investments (mark-to-market)
• After initial success, Board of Directors increased fund allocations from $100MM to $500MM
• Managed four investment professionals, including current PFO, and an alliance team to support needs of portfolio companies

Jun 1996 – Jan 1999 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Collaborated with corporate development to assess potential acquisitions (build vs. buy)
• Oversaw and managed customer escalations brought to Sr. executives’ attention
• Created business cases for enhancements of strategic value to Oracle (e.g., Infiniband)
• Managed, at executive level, sensitive strategic partnership with hardware vendors
• o Coordination with all partners for launch of Oracle8 re: messaging and endorsements o Managed roll-out of first 100,000 transactions per minute benchmark

Jun 1990 – Jun 1996 · 6 yrs

• Created, from the ground up, a middleware product line “Open Gateways” designed to integrate heterogeneous networks, applications, and databases
• o Product line generated $27MM in its first year and its inclusion was instrumental in winning large, competitive deals against IBM and Sybase
• o Features were later incorporated into Oracle’s core engine
• Responsible for competitive positioning and communicating with press and analysts
• Produced all marketing, technical collaterals, demos, training, and roadshows
• Supported the field in all sales activities