Professional Summary
Technical project and program leader with a track record of relocating, redesigning, and accelerating R&D and production environments while delivering first-of-kind prototypes and major cost/time savings. Proven ability to spot high-leverage technical infrastructure (including early supercomputing selections that became industry standards), build in-house systems, and guide organizations from constrained facilities and processes to functional product delivery. Combines hands-on systems design, facilities/ops execution, and cross-functional leadership across startups, trading technology, and scaled operations.
Independent / Available for technical program leadership roles
Experience
TibaRay, Inc — Director of Program Management
- Conceived and executed full relocation of R&D staff and scientific hardware from Santa Clara to existing Fremont facility, avoiding ~$1M in contractor fees through rapid redesign of the work environment.
- Leveraged the pre-existing radiation vault at the new Fremont facility, eliminating an estimated $1M and ~2 years of permitting and construction delays that would have been required for a new vault—critical for a startup timeline.
- Established internal “Ted Talk”-style technical briefings to align staff and investors; drove the program that produced the first fully functionally tested LINAC (Linear Accelerator) prototype at the new site with the shortest production cycle to date.
RRTB Investments — Partner
- Led redesign, contracting, and operational management of multiple single-family real-estate assets in the NYC/NJ metro area, applying process and systems thinking to improve execution and cost control.
Marco & Pepe Bistro — Founder / Operator
- Designed, developed, and operated the first New York Times-acclaimed neighborhood bistro in an emerging waterfront community.
- Built and deployed two in-house operational systems while running the business: a custom POS that reduced credit-card processing costs by 2.5% per transaction, and a wholesale vendor ordering platform that enabled real-time price comparison and direct ordering from lowest-cost suppliers.
Nomura Securities International, Inc. — Executive Managing Director, Corporate Technology & Facilities
- Scaled technology, purchasing, deployment, and facilities support for trading and operations as the firm grew from ~140 to 1,500 employees in NYC, taking ownership of functions previously handled (with high cost and lag) by Tokyo-based research teams.
- Identified and procured two Cray Research CS6400-class parallel supercomputers (Sun Microsystems microprocessor-based) at ~$1.5M each—among the earliest commercial deployments worldwide—reducing complex mortgage-arbitrage (CMO) pricing compute time from days to ~30 minutes. This supercomputer system supported trading operations throughout all Nomura Securities US Offices.
- Enabled the Fixed Income Arbitrage desk to outperform major Wall Street competitors on speed and become one of Nomura’s most profitable units; the desk head was later promoted to CEO. The architecture was later acquired by Sun Microsystems and evolved into the widely deployed Starfire/E10000 enterprise systems.
Technical Competencies
Program Management
Systems Design & Integration
Facility Transformation & Relocation
Prototype & Production Acceleration
Vendor & Supply-Chain Systems
High-Performance Computing Evaluation
Cost & Risk Reduction
Cross-Functional Leadership