Jan 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Palo Alto

• Director in Uber Prime’s Infrastructure group, where I ran a mid-size (~75 ICs and managers) organization devoted to supporting the diff-to-land software lifecycle in large monorepos, creating and maintaining Uber’s testing frameworks for both Mobile Applications (iOS and Android) and Microservices, providing Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment tooling, release management tools and process, and post-deployment service monitoring and reporting.

Apr 2017 – Nov 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos · Santa Cruz, CA

• Ontera was a DNA, RNA and Protein analyte diagnostics company that used solid-state (SiN) nanopores, in combination with specialized hardware and IoT software stack, to detect almost any molecule of interest, as well as specific DNA and RNA sequences (mutations, specific nucleotides of interest, etc) in both hand-held and desktop form-factors.
• As VP of Engineering, I built and ran the Software, Hardware, Mechanical Engineering, Microfluidics and Silicon Nanofab groups.

Jul 2013 – Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos · San Jose, CA

• Day-to-day engineering management for FreeNAS and TrueNAS software defined storage products (acting VP Engineering).
• Driving engagement with the Open Source community
• Responsible for defining the overall vision for our software / hardware storage appliance evolution for the enterprise market

Jun 2001 – Jun 2013 · 12 yrs

• Engineering Manager of the BSD Group and later Director of the Unix Technologies Group, as part of Apple's larger Core OS organization. The Unix Technologies group included the core Kernel team, two
• BSD teams, the OS Security team, the Data Security team, and Vector and Numerics.

Jan 1994 – Jan 2001 · 7 yrs

• CTO of Walnut Creek CDROM before merger with BSDi, at which point I became a software VP responsible for FreeBSD in all markets - Internet routing, enterprise storage and computing, and SW support models to meet the needs of a diverse user base, from small business to large enterprise.

Feb 1992 – Apr 2001 · 9 yrs 2 mos

• Open-source, BSD-based UNIX OS maintained and run by volunteers. See http://www.freebsd.org

Jan 1992 – Jan 1993 · 1 yr

• Responsible for sustaining engineering on Lotus 1-2-3. Worked on UNIX ports for AmiPro (now "Lotus Word") and Notes.

Jan 1988 – Jan 1992 · 4 yrs

Jan 1985 – Jan 1987 · 2 yrs

• Led the Distributed Unix Group at UCB, overseeing the deployment and administration of over 6000 Unix workstations from providers as diverse as Sun, IBM, and DEC.

Jan 1982 – Jan 1983 · 1 yr

Jan 1977 – Jan 1982 · 5 yrs