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When I ran data centers and shipping operations my people were not very senior and it required me to direct their efforts very closely. Later I got to work with some very senior people. They did not require any direction on the job. My job quickly changed from directing my people's activity to getting them the resources they needed and getting out of their way while they got the job done. I learned a lot from all the people who worked for me ... |
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I was invited to work on special projects. I was new to my position when I was invited to work on a team examining new computer architectures. There were several consulting engineers on the team and in retrospect I held them in too high esteem. I put forward a proposal that one of them shot down. I thought he must have knowledge that I lacked so I didn't fight hard for my proposal. About ten years later the approach that I envisioned was independently realized in the Beowulf Cluster developed by NASA. But I feel vindicated. Much later I saw the engineer that shot down my idea asking for help or the Internet to get a modem working on his Macintosh.
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Data Center ManagerSix direct reports. The DECUS Library data center reproduced, or contracted for the reproduction of, media on virtually all Digital hardware and operating systems and media, magnetic and paper tape, disks, et cetera. The data center also provided administrative support, media reproduction, distribution, order processing, shipping, billing, wrote and typeset the catalogs, and provided customer services world wide (including east bloc countries).
Data Center ManagerTwo direct reports. Digital's Educational Services data center handled scheduling of all employee and customer training for Boston, MA, Washington, D.C., Chicago, IL.
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Manager of network productsHands-on manager of network products pre-sales support to Digital Equipment Corporation's (DEC) Top One Hundred Customers. Personally supported one pilot program worth in excess of $12 million.
Manager of the Corporate NetworksManager of the Corporate Networks pre-sales support group I modeled the impact of 3rd party components in large computer sales. Greater 3rd party content improved likelihood of a sale but, exponentially increased the time (and cost) required to make the sale. It also considered the impact of support cost. The study concluded these sales could actually have significant negative impact on the bottom line.
Manager of Networking ConsultantsFour direct reports. Responsible for pre-sales support of multi-vendor networks to Digital Equipment Corporation's top 100 customers.
Project ManagerProject Manager at GTE-Sylvania the first assignment was to rescue a troubled program. The program was turned around in two months. It was the largest contract in the group.
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Product ManagementFor a complex VAX/PDP-11 networked laboratory system.
Product Management - Networks MarketingCorporate responsibility for computer networking in the Laboratory Data Products (LDP) marketplace.
Product Management - Networks MarketingRepresented the company at trade shows and customer facilities.
Product Management - SystemResponsible for a data gathering and analysis system consisting of PDP-11 front-end running RSX-11s and a VAX - VMS back end system.
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Public SpeakingCorporate Public Speaker sought after for innovative extemporaneous technical presentations to senior management and government officials for more than eight years. |
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