Mobile software engineer who took a journey though customer engagement to product management and back again. I want to make products customers love.
Experience with C, Java, Ruby on Rails, Python, Objective-C, Swift, on iOS and Android platforms.
Deep understanding of HTTP, SSL/TLS, and related technologies.
Credibly work with all stakeholders to set product direction, define release scope and functionality, and ensure customer success.
Navdy is a startup building an aftermarket heads-up display (HUD) for everyone's car. The product is a small device running on embedded Android, working in conjunction with client applications for Android and iOS based smartphones.
Lead developer for the iOS app, leveraging Swift, Objective-C, Core Data, RxSwift, and MVVM architecture to communicate with the Navdy Display via Bluetooth and MFi. Integrated multiple mapping SDKs to provide the best navigation experience to our customers. App was used by 2/3rds of Navdy's customer base.
Customized the Android network stack to enable access to the Internet via our Android and iOS mobile applictions without requiring tethering or other advanced client configuration.
Built a common driver profile integration across all three platforms, enabling user configuration to stay synchronized across devices.
Provide product development and management services to both pre-funding startups and major enterprises. Clients include:
PollVault
PollVault provides election ballot and endorsement information for voters, providing a central point for election research. Extended the Python/Django site to support direct endorsement entry and profile management for organizations.
Juniper Networks
Revised licensing model and pricing for the Juniper Pulse remote access (VPN) and network access control (NAC) products, with the goal of simplifying operations while protecting $100M+ in annual revenue.
Meow App (Melampus, Inc.)
Built an iPhone app targeted at cat owners which offeres to translate cat sounds into human language. Native app written in Objective-C, with Facebook integration and custom backend for sound analysis.
MyFairElection.com
MyFairElection's mission is to gather direct voter feedback on the voting process itself. Working with a designer, architected, built, and deployed a Rails-based web application to gather and analyze this feedback. Delivered in 45 days from first commit to Election Day.
Lead inbound PM for Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance, forward proxy product focused on threat defense and acceptable use policy.
Engaged with development, QA, support, and sales engineering on a daily basis to drive product quality, customer satisfaction, and revenue.
Drove two major new software releases from conception through requirements, implementation, and first customer ship. Major features included identity federation, application visibility and control, VPN integration, multi-scanner threat defense, improved deployment stability, and FIPS 140-2 compliance.
Quadrupled product bookings during this time period.
Drove roadmap for IPv6, focusing on real user value rather than checking the box.
Changed requirements documents from slideware to a text-based format with full prose user stories, providing engineering with a fuller picture of the customer need and context, resulting in better, more complete features.
Mentored new team members coming to product management from MBA programs or software engineering roles.
After acquisition of Reactivity, shepharded acquired product into Cisco sales and marketing processes, including training sales engineers and support on product. Presented at internal sales engineer and external Cisco Networkers events. Handled pre-sales escalations from worldwide sales organization.
Acted as “the Customer” in former Reactivity development team’s agile process, including providing immediate clarification on requirements, giving feedback on early builds and assisting with prioritization of each iteration’s tasks.
Rewrote product integration with Java Message Sevice (JMS), increasing testability, maintinability, and peformance.
Defined requirements for and managed launch of ACE Web Application Firewall, a new product based on ACE XML Gateway. Provided hard feature prioritization to assist development in meeting a short release deadline. Implemented new software licensing.
Leading XML Appliance vendor acquired by Cisco in March 2007
Lead sales engineer, from company’s first XML Appliance customer in 2002 to top production among sales engineers in 2006.
Managed consulting project for product deployment at international investment bank, resulting in $1M revenue to the company. Recommended network architecture and coordinated deployment design across data centers in New York and London.
Interfaced between technical field organization and development team for customer feature requests, requirements clarification, and product feature prioritization.
Authored product requirements document for major software release.
Developed custom product extensions to meet the needs of customers and prospects, many of which were subsequently integrated into the main product.
Pioneering web identity software vendor acquired by RSA Security in 2001.
Provided high-end post-sales support for Securant customers, with a focus on financial services. Using Securant's API layer, built custom single sign-on integration with fixed- income security information providers for a major Wall Street investment bank.
David Paschich — dpassage@gmail.com — (415) 734-0819