Innovative, visionary Technology Executive with
20+ years of hands-on, global information technology leadership
with startups and Fortune 500 companies.
Highly successful in organizing Global IT Governance Council
meeting to obtain buy in from divisions for global IT standards
for a $5B corporation.
Rebuilt dysfunctional lT departments into high performance teams
through a combination of leadership, technical knowledge, business
experience and extensive IT skills.
Extensive experience working with chemical, biological and semiconductor
Research and Engineering groups to collect, organize, secure and
process experimental data.
Results oriented with a record of successful, on-time implementations
of JD Edwards and Oracle ERP systems.
Customer Focused to provide cost effective IT solutions for
Research, Manufacturing and Finance.
Technical Visionary, successfully presenting complex technology
proposals and projects to C-level decision makers to achieve buy-in.
Able to earn the trust of employees, management, and vendors.
Demonstrated ability to merge IT operations during acquisitions
and split IT operations during divestitures.
Exceptional ability to leverage technology and best practices
to maximize overall investment, deliver highly effective enterprise
level technology services across organizations and significantly
reduce operating costs.
Saved $200,000 per year by consolidating Actel Wide Area
Network circuits in U.S., Europe and Asia.
Developed 2-year Information Technology strategic and tactical
plans to align Information Technology investments with business
strategy. Prepared IT Disaster Recovery plans for several
corporations.
Implemented performance measurement systems: Defined Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs), tracked performance monthly
against KPIs and committed Service Level Agreement.
Greatly improved IT customer service by creating Applied
Materials, Etch Division help desk with remote diagnostic
capability. Integrated Remedy problem reporting database and
outsourced technician dispatch system with help desk.
Multiple, successful Oracle Financials (AP, GL, FA) system
implementations. One in 4 months, to support new corporate
accounting structure for the new fiscal year. One with Project
Accounting in preparation for Initial Public Offering (IPO)
along with IT portion of SOX.
Improved network reliability by 400% as head of Total Quality
cross-functional team. Addressed eight areas of network services
improvement, formulated plans for each area, and led project
teams to implement the plans.
Successfully integrated AGI and Gatefield IT departments
into Actel. Integrated Caliper and Zymark IT departments on
schedule during merger. Successfully spun off Amphora IT from
Caliper.
[+] Director, Information TechnologyNanosys,
Inc.2004
- 2009
Nanosys was founded in 2001 by an experienced business team
and world-renowned nanotechnology leaders. Nanosys is an industry-leading
nanotechnology company developing, manufacturing and selling
products based on a technology platform of high performance
inorganic nanostructures.
Implemented "virtual IT" department by outsourcing
IT, telecommunications, desktop support and network functions.
Reporting to CEO, evaluated ERP systems, and selected
Oracle Financials in preparation for IPO. Headed implementation
team to install AP, GL, AR, FA, Project Accounting and iProcurement.
Implemented Oracle Manufacturing, Inventory and SOE as
the 2nd phase of the project.
Implemented data collection and process control systems
for nanowire and quantum dot processing and measurement.
Responsible for design and implementation of e-business,
Internet and Intranet web sites.
[+] CIO, Sr. Director, Information TechnologyCaliper
Technologies2000 - 2004
Caliper Technologies is a leading manufacturer of cutting-edge
technologies to biotech researchers. Caliper's Microfluidic
chip technology contains networks of miniaturized, microfabricated
channels, through which fluids and chemicals are moved to
perform experiments. Systems range from desktop Agilent BioAnalyzer
2100 to High Throughput Screening (HTS) systems. Caliper acquired
Zymark in 2004, becoming Caliper Life Sciences and moving
the headquarters to Massachusetts.
Supported all corporate IT needs. Financial ERP system;
Engineering PDM and CAD systems; Manufacturing Execution
System (MES), network, data security, desktop, servers,
voice and video infrastructure.
Successfully implemented MES on schedule, markedly improving
chip yields and quality.
Greatly improved network infrastructure and integrated
Caliper ERP with Agilent instrument manufacturing in Germany.
Successfully split IT functions when Caliper spun off
Amphora Discovery as a separate company.
Successfully merged IT, data, voice and ERP systems with
Zymark after Caliper acquired Zymark in 2004.
Reduced Telecommunications costs 30% by renegotiated telecommunication
and data networking contacts.
Improved project accounting by Implementing Kronos time
keeping system and integrating it with ERP system.
[+] Director, Information TechnologyActel Corp.1996 - 2000
Actel is a global semiconductor company manufacturing Field
Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). They have unique flash-based
and anti-fuse based technologies which sets them apart from
traditional FPGA manufacturers. These high speed and low power
technologies are particularly suited for portable medical
market, industrial controls, and military/aerospace markets.
They have manufacturing sites in Asia, engineering in Sunnyvale
CA and sales offices world wide.
Reporting to both the CIO and VP of Engineering, I was
responsible for the business, global sales, engineering
and manufacturing IT infrastructure. This included: AS/400,
telecommunications, voicemail, network, e-mail, helpdesk,
Windows and Unix servers and desktops.
Responsible for installation of JD Edwards 6.2 and 7.3
upgrade on AS/400.
Greatly improved reliability and security by: implementing
dual homed (BGP4) T3 Internet connections; Disaster Recovery
Plan; off-site backup; installing network and data security
applications.
To reduce chip and software design time, I proposed a Storage Area Network (SAN) to Senior Management, obtained
buy-in, selected and installed EMC Symmetrix on schedule.
Implemented EMC backup as 2nd phase.
Greatly improved financial forecasting by installing Hyperion
Essbase OLAP data warehouse to track sales forecasts, bookings,
billings and backlog.
[+] Manager, Information SystemsApplied
Materials,1995 - 1996 Etch Division
Applied Materials Inc. is the global leader in Nanomanufacturing
Technology solutions with a broad portfolio of innovative
equipment, service and software products for the fabrication
of semiconductor chips, flat panel displays, solar photovoltaic
cells, flexible electronics and energy efficient glass. Applied
Materials creates and commercializes the nanomanufacturing
technology that helps produce virtually every semiconductor
chip and flat panel display in the world. In 2008, Applied
Materials employed approximately 12,800 people and recorded
revenues of approximately. $8.1 billion.
Reported to both Corporate CIO and Division Managing Director,
successful reconciling division needs with corporate IT.
Division representative to corporate IT Governance Council,
presenting division IT.
Supported all IS needs for Etch Division of 2000 employees
in Santa Clara, CA; Austin, TX and globally.
Managed group of 24 to provide help desk, desktop technical
support, application development, Unix, Windows server and
network management.
Responsible for design and implementation of all Information
Technology infrastructure at new Etch Division campus.
Planning Manager, Global PC & Office Automation
(GPC&OA)
As GPC&OA Planning Manager, I was responsible for
SAP desktop and network response time for Applied Material's
implementation of SAP for Order Fulfillment,Inventory, GL
and AP on 2000 desktops in Santa Clara and North American
sites.
Generated and managed GPC&OA budgets and managed corporate
office automation long range planning.
[+] Manager, Computing Systems & ServicesAffymax Research Institute1992 - 1995
Affymax developed the GeneChip which consists of an arrayed
series of thousands of microscopic spots of DNA oligonucleotides,
called features, each containing picomoles of a specific DNA
sequence. This can be a short section of a gene or other DNA
element that are used as probes to hybridize a cDNA or cRNA
sample (called target). Probe-target hybridization is usually
detected and quantified by detection of chemiluminescence-labeled
targets to determine relative abundance of nucleic acid sequences
in the target. Affymetrix, a subsidiary, was created to commercialize
the GeneChip. Affymax was acquired by Glaxo in 1995.
Completed, on schedule, the design and installation of
a new computer center and network for a second Affymax campus.
Successfully managed the on time installation of Oracle
Financials and the creation of custom Macintosh client software
to interface with Oracle Purchasing.
Responsible for IT department, which performed all business
and research computing support, including: networking; Oracle
support; help desk; software training; email; databases;
Macintosh, PC and Unix support for 300-person biotech company
Monsanto is a leading agricultural products company which
produces leading seed brands in corn, cotton, soybeans and
canola. Monsanto broadly licenses their seed and trait technologies
to other companies throughout the world. In addition to seeds
and traits business, they also manufacture the world's best-selling
herbicide, Roundup®, and other herbicides used by farmers,
consumers and lawn-and-garden professionals.
Successfully designed and project managed the data collection
and experiment control system in $120M Plant Growth Facility.
This allowed researchers to control environmental conditions
for plant growth and genetic engineering experiments and
collect experimental data automatically.
Accomplished, innovative and adaptable Information Technology professional
with over twenty years of experience in business, research and technology,
with a proven track record of achievements in management, enterprise
applications, infrastructure, network, systems integration and security
on the global scale seeks a challenging IT leadership opportunity
with a dynamic organization.
I have assembled a record of success spanning startups to Fortune
500 companies. I have extensive experience in senior management
roles, especially in the areas of strategic application of information
technology to drive revenue growth, research innovation, and cost
containment.
I have demonstrated the vision to initiate processes, prepare plans
and orchestrate deployment of innovative corporate programs to achieve
strategic business goals at companies of various sizes and business
models. I have built and structured high-performance teams and empowered
them to realize goals requiring companies’ leadership consensus
on schedule and under budget.
Nanosys,
Inc.
