Kurt

4/4/2014
Castro Valley, CA

Position Desired

Software Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

DIRECTOR / SENIOR MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
On-Time, On-Target, w/Quality

Award Winning Innovator
• Enterprise Applications & Network Security • IntraSpection - Data Communications ‘Hot Product of the Year’
• WAN Security and Internet Protocols • BCMSecCom – Internet Telephony ‘Product of the Year’

Development Leader
• Responsible for the release of six distinct product lines: Embedded Systems • Web Services • Software as a Service • User Experience • N-tier Applications
• Change agent: Transformed underperforming organization into award winning team • Introduced productivity and process improvements to expedite market entry.
• Experienced in start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Possessing the skill sets required for maturing organizations as well as the ability to execute in fast-paced and dynamic environments.
• Building, leading and managing highly effective development teams incorporating multi-site, offshore and partner resources.
• Incorporating broad Engineering/Management skills to solve complex challenges.

Program Manager
• Leader of Integrated Program Teams delivering Embedded Systems and Enterprise Applications to Telecommunications Carriers and Fortune 500 Enterprises.
• Experienced with Requirements Definition and Review, Business Case Development, Risk Management, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and New Product Introduction (NPI).

Stanford Graduate School of Business Washington State University


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Independent Applications – DBA, Castro Valley, California • 2010-Present
Principle Engineer
• Executed Technology Audit of IT infrastructure encompassing Internet Access and Security, Operations, Business Continuity, Streaming Media, Collaboration Tools, SaaS Rollout and Business Analytics. Result – Strategic Plan incorporating transformation of the business model.
• Hands on development: Professional profile web site utilizing LAMP stack and open source frameworks.
• Consulting engineer for the creation of social media presence.

NORTEL, Santa Clara, California • 2005-2009
Senior SW Manager – Ethernet Routing Switch
• Technical leader for multi-site engineering team responsible for platform services & virtualization, firmware/microcode, device drivers for 3rd party silicon, and layer 2-4 protocols.
• Increased Sales Forecast 400% for Nortel’s Ethernet Routing Switch 8300 by delivering release 3.0 as the Integrated Program Team Lead. Led the program from requirement definitions, design, development and into production. Slashed known defects by 90%
• Implemented CMMI into the development process for the next-gen Ethernet Routing Switch

Bay Architecture Labs, Santa Clara, California • 1998-2004
Senior SW Manager – WAN Acceleration, Security & IP Telephony
• Led the full product life cycle for unified communications (UC) server integrating WAN optimization and security applications, autonomic QoS, COPS based CoS and routing protocols with VoIP call center - Awarded Internet Telephony “Product of the Year”.
• Developed WAN security via VPN, stateful firewall and Network Address Translation (NAT) embedded with H.323 & SIP Application Layer Gateways; Adopted by the U.S. Navy
• Implemented Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) Comprehensive User Experience for Embedded OS, VoIP call center, WAN security, routing protocols and device management
• Lead IS0 9001:2000 certification for the Santa Clara site.

ASANTE TECHNOLOGIES, San Jose, California • 1992-1998
Director, Software Engineering
• Visionary and Architect of Web Services based Enterprise Applications and Network Security System – IntraSpection – Awarded Data Communications “Hot Product of the Year”.
• Initiated the IntraSpection product portfolio from conceptualization through stakeholder buy-in and launch, including the release of ...

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