What is the scope of your role?
Vice President Marketing, covering product management, product marketing and communications.

A synopsis of your career path?
I have an electronics hardware background, moving quickly in the software land and business aspect vs. engineering,  which lead me to create the first Wind River subsidiary outside the US (in EMEA). After several years’ experience in the embedded space, at Wind River, ISI and ATI, I moved in US in 1997.

What attracted you to working in the IT industry?
The diversity of applications and challenges require you to always think out of the box and be very agile!

What skill in your job couldn’t you do without?
Positive critical thinking, and looking at anything with a 360-view mind.

What is your greatest professional achievement?
To have helpful folks working with me to grow in their career.

What 1-2 key lessons would you pass onto a colleague or recent college/university graduate about working in your business?  Never assume that what is not visible doesn’t exist.