Job Description

Senior Product Manager

2015 - Driving major cross team/product infrastructure for document collaboration scenarios. More details to share in the coming months.

2014 - Started mobile app incubator effort within Microsoft Outlook Services team which provided proving ground for targeted experiments which has impacted our roadmap for communication software across Microsoft. During this time, I was the Subject matter export for in app analytics, user reporting, and tracking.

2013 - 2014 - Drove major architecture changes and new developer APIs to simplify the Calendaring workflows in Exchange/Outlook/Outlook.com. This effort reduced support calls and escalation by 85%. The new developer friendly API has also unblocked a number of key third party services to implement support for Microsoft Calendaring services.

Product Manager II

Key owner for meeting scheduling scenarios across Microsoft Calendaring products. Improved web services to provide real-time availability information for Exchange users.

Enabled Calendar Sharing solutions for Exchange 2010 users. Gave end users the ability to share their calendar inside their org, outside their org, as well as cross premises. Calendar sharing became one of the key drivers for adoption of Office 365 hybrid deployments.

Program Manager

Reviewed all of our calendaring feature set that was targeted towards the on premise enterprise customer, and designed how we take these features to the cloud. I interacted with large amounts of early adopter customers for the Office 365 service.

Job Description

Communication & Collaboration Architect

I was responsible for deploying and maintaining the campus communication and collaboration systems. This included Exchange as well as Office Communicator (now Skype for Business). Also, I lead the effort to move the enterprise mail system to the cloud. Ball State was one of the first universities to move to Office 365.

Lead Data Protection

I ran the enterprise data protection system. This included ensuring that all core university systems were properly backed up for disaster purposes. This included backing up 200+ Windows based servers, as well as 1000s of faculty and staff machines.

Volunteer Work Description

Teacher

2015 - Teaching Introduction to Computer Science at Juanita High School to a class of 25 students as part of the TEALS program. To prepare to teach High School, I had to complete a series of extensive training focused on classroom management and curriculum development. The curriculum developed teaches students basic computer science concepts in a way that is easy to understand and most importantly fun. The students learn by a series of labs and projects, such as Mario and Pong.

WGU Description - MBA

This degree had a focus on strategy and management, incorporates teamwork development and simulations as well as the knowledge and skills necessary to take on mid- to upper-level management positions in business, industry, and nonprofit organizations.

Key Subject Areas: Managing Organizations and Leading People, IT Project Management, Managing Human Capital, Marketing, Global Economics for Managers, Accounting for Decision Makers, Ethical Leadership, Financial Management, Data-Driven Decision Making, and IT Strategic Solutions

BSU Description - Computer Science

The Computer Science major follows international curriculum recommendations for computer science. It provides a balance of theoretical foundations with practical applications. A student who chooses this option may choose to enter the high-tech workforce or to pursue graduate education in computer science.

Key Subject Areas: Programing Skills, Database Design and Management, Process Thinking, Advanced Math, Software Engineering Methodologies, UI/UX Design, and Project Management.