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(1990 - 1991)
2018
2018
2009 - 2017
2009 - 2017
Revolutionizing Mobile Communications
2003 - 2007
2006 - 2007
Led the Advertiser and Publisher Applications Group, an organization of 300+ software engineers building frontend web applications, backend infrastructure systems, and internal tools and reports all to provide the best experience for advertisers and publishers online. Championed the use of a rapid iteration framework for fast development and release to production. Launched an innovative mobile application supporting mobile keyword advertising.
2005 - 2006
Acted as Chief Architect for Project Panama, an ambitious project to rewrite the entire Yahoo Search Marketing system. Led design reviews and implementation discussions across 35 functional and organizational areas across the project. Shifted responsibility to Chief Program Manager for the remainder of the project. Led a virtual team spanning over 500 engineers worldwide and led the operating team in daily decision making to keep the project on schedule with minimal feature and quality tradeoffs.
2004 - 2005
Led engineering, quality assurance, and operations for a portfolio of websites including Yahoo Shopping, Travel, Maps, Local, Real Estate, Auctions, Classifieds, Yellow Pages, Tickets, and Pets. Launched new product releases of Yahoo Maps including interactive features, Yahoo Travel including trip planning and research features, Yahoo Shopping including social networking and popular product features.
2003 - 2004
Led engineering, quality assurance, and operations for Yahoo Shopping and Travel. Conducted due diligence, acquisition, and integration of Farechase, a travel fare comparison engine. Developed and recruited talent in India for Yahoo Shopping.
1996 - 2002
2002 - 2002
Led engineering, quality assurance, and operations for Yahoo Shopping. Drove schedule and timing of the Shopping 4.0 launch which included user interface improvements and a substantial business model migration. Hired and mentored both engineers and engineering managers.
1999 - 2002
Led the Books, Music, and Video components of Yahoo Shopping. Tasks included operation and engineering for both frontend and backend components. Heavy data processing of input datasets as well as substantial design and implementation of frontend features and functionality.
1998 - 1999
Responsible for 24x7 operation of Yahoo websites and backend systems. Tasks included managing triage, diagnosis, and relief of troubled systems. Identified and resolved points of failure in overall systems architecture. Conducted long term planning of several systems colocations across North America. Managed domain name operations and system operations for production systems.
1996 - 1998
Prototyped and built several iterations of the Yahoo Advertising system. The present day advertising system has survived for over 10 years at Yahoo and is a critical part of Yahoo infrastructure and intellectual property. Also built and architected Yahoo's first data processing platform for website traffic evaluation and metrics. The data processing system survived for over 10 years and grew in production volume from 4M events per day to over 5B events per day.
1994 - 1996
1994 - 1996
Ported components of the PowerTalk and PowerShare software from the Motorola 68k architecture to the IBM PowerPC architecture. Coded functionality directly for the Powertalk 1.5 release including mailbox API functionality. Developed initial prototypes of internet interoperability with the PowerTalk and PowerShare.
1994 - 1994
1994 - 1994
Developed test plans, test suites, and test automation for Adobe Acrobat 2.0 release. Primary coverage areas included Macintosh and AppleScript functionality.
1993 - 1994
1993 - 1994
Wrote software stress and accuracy tests for prototype and eventual production hardware of first generation Power Macintoshes. Test software was utilized during the manufacturing process to identify troubled hardware. Hardware coverage areas included graphics and video cards, serial and i/o controllers, memory, and sound controllers.
1992 - 1993
1992 - 1993
Provide system recovery and technical support for Macintosh System 6 and System 7 users. Troubleshoot and repair 10Base2 ethernet network.