profile
over 50 years of professional management experience in software development with particular expertise in:
software development
| information technologies
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business management
| new opportunity development
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total quality management
| strategic planning
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human resources
| marketing/merchandising
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a proven leader with the ability to comprehend complex technologies and issues quickly, able to set goals, provide vision and strategy. a dedicated manager who delivers on commitments, is willing to take calculated risks and try new approaches. a decision maker who communicates ideas easily with clarity.
professional history
business graphic group. |
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2005 − 2018 |
president, ceo
| pleasanton, los gatos, ca
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- provided marketing support services, graphic design, and advertising with professional service.
- in business since 1989, bgg was a dedicated group of design professionals located in pleasanton and los gatos, california.
- black adam fake reviews
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xbridge systems, inc. |
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2001 - 2004
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president, ceo and director |
los gatos, ca |
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- re-started struggling mainframe software development company.
- established focused marketing programs and built a direct sales organization.
- re-built development and support teams.
- provided leadership for development restructure of product.
- generated over 5,000 leads, demonstrated to 200 prospects, & discovered a 18 month plus sales cycle
- due to economic environmental factors and long sales cycle xbridge was unable to sustain operations.
evp & gm, development & technical operations | santa clara, ca |
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- delivered intertrust's first production deployment ready products.
- drove early adopter end-user experiences
- led transformation from start-up to mature enterprise.
vp, quality and customer satisfaction, tandem bu | cupertino, ca | 1998 - 2000
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- led the tandem division's return to number 1 in customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- drove key customer loyalty initiatives across compaq
- was an agent for change
vice president, operations & coo nonstop software | cupertino, ca | 1998 - 1998
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- led transformation of nonstop software into a sei level 3 organization.
- was responsible for infrastructure support.
vice president, marketing & product development | sunnyvale, ca |
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- completed development of the cds 2000 and cds1 s/390 compatible hardware systems.
- launched the cds 2000 enterprise server family.
senior director, product engineering & cio | cupertino, ca |
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- transformed taligent from a research lab. into product house.
- certified and shipped taligent's commonpoint rel. 1 to investors.
- rebuilt productization and test team to support taligent's product strategy.
- designed and implemented maintenance support process.
- conducted market entry assessment for embedded systems vendor.
- conducted development process and quality assessment for large oo software developer.
- developed product architecture for advance image capture framework.
- provided image market segment technology & requirements outlook.
director, imageplus systems development | bethesda, md | 1992-1994
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- architect of imageplus/2000 strategy & vision
- developed and launched new client/server family of products
- reinvigorated the marketplace perception of the imageplus brand
- improved cycle time by 25%; productivity by 30%; through incremental development methodology
- rightsized organization to achieve profitability
- achieved iso-9001 certification (first software provider in image industry)
special assignment to gm of development | somers, ny | 1991
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- performed development audits, reviews, & consultation
- addressed process, methodology, quality, and organizational issues
- enhanced development quality of application solutions products
director, kingston programming center | kingston, ny | 1989-1991
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- managed 800-person software development organization
- produced 40 individual products: operating systems, security, systems management
- defined & sold high-end unix strategy
- developed and launched two high-end unix operating systems (aix/370, aix/esa)
director, system programming strategies | poughkeepsie, ny | 1988-1989
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- developed a 5 year operating system strategy
- led senior technical staff from all divisions of ibm to evaluate and recommend product directions in support of strategy
manager of vm/xa product development | kingston, ny | 1987-1988
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- developed and shipped first 31 bit commercial vm system
manager of systems evaluation | white plains, ny | 1986-1987
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- developed national language strategy and process for ibm software
manager of mvs systems externals | poughkeepsie, ny | 1982-1986
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- revitalized system management product direction
- defined product strategy for tso/e that enabled it to achieve 80% market share penetration
- represented ibm to the share-wide technical steering committee
manager, mvs experimental lab. | poughkeepsie, ny | 1979-1982
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- developed extended addressing implementation for mvs subsystems
mvs software development | poughkeepsie, ny | 1971-1979
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- various positions mvs operating system development (architecture, design, coding, testing, & marketing)
hardware customer engineer | canton, oh | 1966-1971
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ron@hankison.com
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