Director, Internet Applications Software - Build, manage and mentor teams of application and web programmers responsible for eFax.com client software, web services, and back-end server processes. eFax.com was acquired by j2 Global Communications in November 2000.

Duties:

- Produce and approve product specifications.
- Create project management plans, and execute them in a timely fashion.
- Contribute to business development efforts.
- Act as a technical liaison and consultant to other company divisions.
- Contribute to and write MRDs, and/or critique them on request.
- Maintain favorable customer relationships while assuring contract compliance.
- Typical project management duties and release management duties, such as:

o Create project plans,
o Track software development to milestones,
o Insure that projects are adequately staffed,
o Report weekly project status,
o Escalate issues when/if necessary

- Resolve problems with staff and/or clients as they relate to projects.
- Prepare and deliver performance review reports.
- Participate in technical portions of contract negotiations.

Major Projects:

Intuit: Under my direction, eFax.com enabled Intuit to integrate our internet fax capability into its QuickBooks 2001 product line. This project included a co-branded web site (http://fax.quickbooks.com), SSL authentication negotiation in XML using Java Servlets, and several custom extensions to eFax.com back-end server processes.

eFax Send for the Web: eFax Send for the web implemented a web interface to eFax.com's Send service (http://send.efax.com), which allowed customers to send faxes from their PCs using only a web browser.  Technologies involved included ASP web UI and the creation of a proprietary "rasterization farm" used to render a large volume of documents in preparation for faxing.

Hewlett-Packard: HP contracted with eFax.com to create HP's first entries into the mulitfunction printer market: the HP LaserJet 3100 and 3150 (http://www.hp.com/support/lj3150). Each project was approximately 1 company-year of effort. For the HP LaserJet 3100, I acted as software project manager. For the HP LaserJet 3150, I was overall project manager.  Software for this project included kernel extensions and drivers for Win32, printer drivers, device firmware, and a large "desktop" application localized into 13 languages.