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CAREER

PORTFOLIO of

Lori Samuels

PROGRAMS PROJECTS PRODUCTS

Programs I have managed … Projects I have completed … Products I have delivered …

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Portfolio – of Programs, Projects and Products

As a field-experienced Technical Program Manager, I provide “hands-on”, full life-cycle PMO

leadership of Engineering & IT teams to benefit customers and business stakeholders. My

approach is to drive coordinated projects to completion while providing technical guidance,

accurate work-breakdown-structures, clear visibility to business stakeholders, risk

management, status reporting, accountability, communication, and resource planning.

This portfolio document is organized into three sections:

PROGRAMS – driven by business strategy, and

composed of multi-phase, coordinated, cross-

functional projects. To view profiles of the

programs I have led, please visit the Programs

section.

PROJECTS – I have managed where I have been

directly responsible for planning, managing,

communicating, and delivering project results to business stakeholders. To view a

comprehensive list of projects I have managed, please visit the Projects section.

PRODUCTS – where programs or projects resulted in a tangible product with market

impact, competitive advantage, revenue contribution, and IP asset value. To view a

complete list of software products I have produced, please visit the Products section.

I have been fortunate to lead many

talented teams toward producing award-

winning software, some of which ranked

as #1 in industry sales, with millions of

customers (and users), revenue in the

hundreds of millions, and unparalleled

longevity.

My technical programs and projects have

employed a variety of development

methodologies – Agile, Scrum,

traditional waterfall, Microsoft Solutions

Framework, as well as hybrid methods.

-- Lori

SOFTWARE PRODUCTS – DELIVERED

15+ years leading #1 top-selling software, 30+ popular titles, 50+ person teams, $100M/year renewable revenue

… PERSONAL FINANCE, CONSUMER, EDUCATION, ECOMMERCE, ENTERPRISE

50+M units sold – leading market share for 20 years now at Version 23 of Brøderbund’s Print Shop product suites

… PRINT SHOP, PRESSWRITER, WEB SITE DESIGNER, SIGNATURE

GREETINGS

3X increase in customer base, new products, $3M cost reduction, $25M increase in IP valuation at Achieva/Kaplan

… WINNER OF SIIA CODIE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION

1+M eCommerce customers, 10,000 orders daily with 32 load-balanced servers at Reel.com for Hollywood Video

… J2EE, .NET, SQL SERVER, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SERVER, COMMERCE SERVER, C#, TRANSACTION PROCESSING & QUEUING, CO-

LOCATION & DISTRIBUTED DATA CENTERS

. . . and more . . .

http://www.broderbund.com/p-145-the-print-shop-231-deluxe.aspx

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Programs – and Technical Program Management

As an experienced Technical Program Manager, I have led

a comprehensive portfolio of inter-related projects, with

accountability to the business for the execution of strategy,

business transformation, and product delivery. From recent

large-scale AWS migrations to complex software

development initiatives, I coordinate successful delivery of

all technical projects in each program, along with managing

risk, funding, resource conflicts across projects, and ensure

regular communication to business stakeholders.

List of PROGRAMS I have managed:

PROGRAM NAME Description Scope

AWS MIGRATION OF ALL ZYNGA GAMES & SERVICES at

ZYNGA - CURRENTLY ENGAGED -

Currently engaged as Chief Technical Program Manager at Zynga leading the migration of Zynga’s entire game product portfolio from their proprietary data centers to cost-optimized AWS cloud. Migration includes 10+ mobile & web games (FarmVille, Poker, Words with Friends, NFL, and more), plus all of Zynga Analytics data warehouse & big data systems (Vertica and Hadoop clusters), Game Services, Data Services, Ad Platform, Payments ecosystem, and Engineering/DevOps tools.

Timeframe: 1+ Year (Currently in progress …) Key Projects: ~ 20 Apps in Cloud: 100+ People: ~100+ Funds: ~ $65M

MINT.COM AWS MIGRATION at

INTUIT - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Recently led Intuit’s strategic program to host Mint.com in the public cloud using AWS. Coordinated project alignment and distributed execution across CTO organization, Central Security team, and Mint Engineering & Operations teams as we pioneered Intuit’s next generation of reusable infrastructure services for scalability and security (Secure Instance Bootstrapping, Access Management, Vulnerability Management, Backhaul, Data Encryption, etc.)

Timeframe: 18 Months Key Projects: ~ 10 Apps in Cloud: 10+ People: ~50 Funds: ~ $4M (Mint portion)

MINT.COM DATA QUALITY at


Led Mint.com Data Quality program for Intuit in collaboration with CTO Engineering teams. Created data quality metrics dashboards, set improvement targets for customer experience, and led engineering execution against product roadmap.

Timeframe: 6 Months Key Projects: 2 People: ~20 Funds: ~ $2M

MINT.COM PLATFORM

SERVICES at


Orchestrated several transformational projects for Mint.com Platform services including: extensible REST API framework architecture, creation of REST API’s exposing core Mint functionality, data sync API’s for Quicken Windows and Mac clients, platform integration with central Intuit services for Identity management, gateway & subscription billing, and distributed development of new REST services for credit score and bill pay.

Timeframe: 10 Months Key Projects: 5 People: 10 Funds: ~ $1M

QUICKBOOKS ACCESSIBILITY at


Launched and led an initiative to solve for accessibility in QuickBooks 2014. Secured executive sponsorship, funding and resources. Fixed accessibility gaps in critical user flows, and ran first-ever beta program for blind customers. Partnered on development of custom QuickBooks training courses, and represented Intuit externally as the “voice & vision” of accessibility.

Timeframe: 8 Months Key Projects: 1 People: 5 Funds: ~ $300K

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PROGRAM NAME Description Scope

MINT.COM OPERATIONAL

EXCELLENCE at


Conducted weekly reviews of Mint.com’s operational excellence metrics for latency, site availability, failed customer interactions, and production defects for Intuit’s senior leadership team.

Timeframe: 18 Months Key Projects: 4 People: Variable Funds: ~ $500K

QUICKEN MOBILE DATA SYNC at


Organized all engineering work across 5 core teams in 3 different organizations to launch Quicken 2013 on time. Program had high technical complexity in design and implementation of 3-way multi-master data sync. Products delivered were Quicken 2013 for Windows, Quicken Mobile for iOS, and Quicken Mobile for Android.

Timeframe: 12 Months … Key Projects: 5 People: ~30 across Mint, Quicken, CTO Funds: ~ $3M

MOBILE ENGINEERING

PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS at


Streamlined and automated processes for full SDLC (develop, test, build, and release) for mobile apps. Produce developer guidelines, iOS and Android build automation, architectural principles, and led tools integration for mobile development teams across Intuit business units.

Timeframe: 8 Months … Key Projects: 6 People: 5 in CTO Funds: ~ $750K

ACCESSIBILITY PROGRAM at


Created and led CTO-sponsored initiative to improve user experiences for people with disabilities. Provided training and hands-on direction for developers coding accessibility improvements in Intuit product line (QuickBooks, Mint.com, Quicken, Turbotax)

Timeframe: 10 Months … Key Projects: 3 People: 3 Funds: ~ $500K

QUALITY LEADERSHIP COUNCIL

at


Co-chair of Intuit’s Quality Leadership Council, chartered to share quality strategies, best practices, SaaS testing principles, test automation frameworks, mobile testing tools, and quality staff development

Timeframe: 10 Months … Key Projects: 4 People: 20 Funds: Distributed

LEAPFROG CONNECT for

LEAPFROG

Led development of eStore and client applications to enable LeapFrog to sell and deliver fresh content into customers’ toys (LeapPad, iQuest, etc.)

Timeframe: 24 months Key Projects: 6 People: 55 FTEs Funds: $6M to initial launch

EDUCATION COURSEWARE &

TESTING DELIVERY PLATFORM for

ACHIEVA/KAPLAN

Architected and engineered a scalable SaaS/ASP technology platform to enable rapid development and delivery of interactive eLearning products directly to the school market

Timeframe: 18 months Key Projects: 4 People: 25 FTEs Funds: $4M

WWW.REEL.COM for

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO

Created full suite of eCommerce capabilities – both customer-facing and business processing applications – to support startup business selling movie and entertainment DVD’s


PRINT SHOP PRODUCT RE-ARCHITECTURE at

BRODERBUND SOFTWARE

Expanded and deepened Broderbund’s flagship Print Shop franchise with new product and suite offerings, innovative features, and fresh content. Led multiple, challenging software engineering projects that had to be coordinated and executed concurrently.


ACCESSIBILITY ARCHITECTURE

& ENGINEERING PROGRAM at

BRODERBUND SOFTWARE

Created and led a company-wide program to ensure that Broderbund’s software products were designed and architected to be accessible for children and adults with disabilities. Collaborated across software industry leaders and accessibility foundations including Microsoft, Apple, Kurzweil, Intellitools, Closing the Gap, and the Alliance for Technology Access.

Timeframe: 36 months Key Projects: 1 People: 2 Funds: $50K

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Detailed profiles of PROGRAMS I have managed:

Program Name:

Zynga AWS Migration

Program Description:

Migration of Zynga’s entire game product portfolio from their proprietary data centers to cost-optimized AWS cloud. Includes 10+ mobile & web games (FarmVille, Poker, Words with Friends, NFL, etc.), plus Zynga Analytics data warehouse systems (Vertica and Hadoop clusters), Game Services, Data Services, Ad Platform, Payments ecosystem, and Engineering/DevOps tools.

For / At: Zynga

My Role: Chief Technical Program Manager – leading all AWS migration projects, technology transitions, and data center consolidations.

Business Objectives

for Program:

Support business strategy to:

1. Consolidate proprietary data centers to AWS cloud. 2. Recapture data center costs to increase capital investment in new

Zynga games. 3. Concentrate business focus on new products and innovations by

commoditizing non-core functions such as hosting and IT costs.

Program Duration:

18 months

Program Result:

Completed migration of all Zynga games (10+) and services (100+) to AWS one full quarter ahead of original schedule. Closed 2 expensive data centers (~15,000 physical & virtual servers). Recapture of IT operational costs ($8M+ per quarter), with significant reduction in salaried headcount (-25%).

Key Projects in

Program:

Migration of Zynga Analytics Data Warehouse systems and Stats portals to AWS, including 5 large-scale Vertica clusters comprised of over 300 nodes and 2PB of data.

Migrations of all Zynga web & mobile games to AWS, including FarmVille, Poker, Words with Friends, Hit It Rich, Mafia Wars, NFL Showdown, Looney Tunes, Empires & Allies, and Draw Something.

Re-architecture and migrations of all core services for Zynga games, including messaging, identity management, leaderboards, etc.

Migration of mobile in-app purchase & payment services to AWS

Migration of Ad Engine and cross-promotional services to AWS

Development of custom AWS cost modeling and forecasting tools for Zynga, working closely with CFO & Finance organization

Coordination of all SOX requirements related to AWS migrations & cloud technologies

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Program Name:

Mint.com AWS Migration


Migrate Mint.com from proprietary data center to AWS, leading the way for other Intuit products and services to move to “public cloud” hosting.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: Engineering Program Manager – Led planning and execution of Mint’s AWS migration across CTO org, IT, Central Security, and Mint Engineering & Operations teams as we pioneered Intuit’s next generation of reusable infrastructure services for scalability and security.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Achieve cost-effective hosting for Mint.com infrastructure in AWS. 2. Prove for Intuit that the public cloud can be safely used for customer

financial management software products 3. Enable DR failover for Mint.com

Program Duration:

12 Months

Program Result:

Successfully migrated Mint.com to AWS. Paved the way for Intuit’s company-wide AWS transition by creating solutions to ensure secure hosting of sensitive customer data.

Key Projects in

Program:

Mint AWS migration & DR failover

Secure EC2 Instance Bootstrapping service

Intuit Access Management services for AWS

Vulnerability Management service for AWS

Public Cloud Splunk

Secure Backhaul and Network Configuration

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Program Name:

Mint.com Data Quality


Improve customer experience in Mint.com around financial data aggregation and transaction categorization. Partnered with central Engineering teams to execute against specific goals related to user experience, error handling, bank connectivity issues, and transaction categorization.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: Group Engineering Manager – Led Mint.com Platform Engineering team and Data Quality scrum teams.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Improve Mint.com active use metrics by reducing Financial Institution aggregation errors and simplifying user experience to resolve errors quickly.

2. Engage Mint.com customer community to influence banks to improve their connectivity and quality of data to Mint.com

Program Duration:

6 Months

Program Result:

Achieved a 15% improvement in overall data aggregation success metric.

Key Projects in

Program:

Mint.com user experience improvements in Data Quality (Web & mobile)

Data Aggregation service improvements

Mint.com transaction categorization service improvements

Financial Institution scorecard project

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Program Name:

Mint.com Platform Services


Develop REST API framework and core Mint services (user, account, transaction, budgets) along with governance model for distributed development of new shared REST services in Mint platform.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: Group Engineering Manager – Orchestrated several transformational projects for Mint Platform services including: extensible REST API framework architecture, creation of REST API’s exposing core Mint functionality, data sync API’s for Quicken Windows and Mac clients, platform integration with central Intuit services for Identity management, gateway & subscription billing, and distributed development of new REST services for credit score and bill pay.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Reduce time to market for new Intuit offerings by leveraging Mint platform services

2. Enable rapid business growth with innovative new product offerings and extending current offerings with new capabilities such as Credit Score and Bill Pay.

Program Duration:

10 Months

Program Result:

Developed Mint REST API framework and developer documentation portal. Exposed Core Mint services as REST API’s which were leveraged to create new mobile and web applications for credit score monitoring and bill pay.

Key Projects in

Program:

REST API framework

Core Mint Services

Credit Score REST services

Bill Pay REST services

Quicken Data Sync REST services

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Program Name:

QuickBooks Accessibility


Enable QuickBooks for Windows to be used by people who are blind or have visual disabilities.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: Accessibility Program Manager – led initiatives to make QuickBooks and other Intuit products accessible and usable to people with disabilities.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Be proactive in addressing accessibility (ADA) requirements in Intuit’s products and services

2. Expand customer base to include small business owners, accountants, bookkeepers with disabilities

Program Duration:

12 Months

Program Result:

Achieved unprecedented level of accessibility in QuickBooks 2014. Fixed screen reader compatibility for critical user flows, supplemented by 3rd party scripts developed for enhanced usability.

Ran first-ever QuickBooks beta program with ~ 40 blind customers

Represented Intuit externally to promote and raise awareness around QuickBooks accessibility improvements.

Key Projects in

Program:

QuickBooks Accessibility

QuickBooks Training Course development for people with disabilities

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Program Name:

Mint.com Operational Excellence


Monitor progress against Mint.com operational excellence goals for web and server latency, fatal customer interactions (FCI’s), and site availability.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: Engineering Program Manager – Created dashboard to capture and track Operational Excellence metrics for Intuit across web, server and mobile applications. Conduct weekly Engineering & Operations meetings to review and engage on-call Engineering team in analyzing metrics & improvements needed.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Transform Mint.com technology stack and organization into a “world-class” SaaS operation.

Program Duration:

10 Months

Program Result:

Re-architected Mint.com web application to increase reliability, reduce latency, and improve performance.

Key Projects in

Program:

Horizontal Apps Improvements

Horizontal Platform Improvements

On-call Engineering

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Program Name:

Quicken 2013 Data Sync


First-ever launch of Quicken desktop product plus companion mobile applications (iOS and Android) with 3-way multi-master data sync capability.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: Engineering Program Manager – Organized all engineering work across 5 core teams in 3 different organizations to launch Quicken 2013 on time

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Revenue and business growth from Quicken 2013 + companion mobile apps

Program Duration:

1 year

Program Result:

Launched Quicken 2013 on time, with companion mobile apps supporting real-time data sync of financial accounts, transactions, budgets.

Key Projects in

Program:

Quicken 2013 for Windows

Quicken Mobile iOS

Quicken Mobile Android

Mint Platform sync services

Data aggregation services for Quicken 2013

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Program Name:

Mobile Engineering Process Improvements


Streamline, automate, and simplify processes across full SDLC (development, test, build, and release) of mobile apps.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: CTO Program Manager – Lead cross-BU team of mobile developers, quality and build engineers to re-engineer software development, test, and release management processes to improve scalability, reliability, and quality.

Business Objectives

for Program:


2. Maximize Intuit mobile team productivity by improving SDLC processes.

3. Scale for growth in mobile app development and release. 4. Improve quality of mobile apps released to market 5. Reduce time to market for mobile apps

Program Duration:

6 Months

Program Result:

Streamlined App Store submission processes for iOS apps – 30% improved time to market & 50% reduction in app store rejections. Automated iOS build processes using Jenkins.

Key Projects in

Program:

App Store Submission – iOS and Android

Mobile Test Automation

iOS and Android Build Automation

Mobile Development Tools and Infrastructure

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Program Name:

CTO Accessibility Program


Leading a cross-company cultural transformation across management, design, engineering, and product development – enabling Intuit applications and products to be accessible by people with disabilities.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: CTO Program Manager – Directed and coordinated the assessment, remediation, training, planning, scoping, testing for accessibility compliance across all customer-facing applications & online services for all of Intuit. Provided on-the-ground, hands-on direction for developers coding accessibility improvements.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Remediate non-compliant (high risk) offerings and sites. 2. Ensure teams have a "no trade off" mindset and the leadership support

required to get the job done. 3. Ensure teams have the tools, training, and guidance they need to

assess, test and fix the problems, and measure their progress against plan.

4. Lead organizational change by growing internal expertise in designing, developing, and testing for accessibility.

Program Duration:

2 Years

Program Result:

To date:

• Chief Architects validated & approved accessibility principles for Intuit

• Intuit Top-10 Accessibility Guidelines published

• Intuit Accessibility wiki created

• Training, Tech-talks, forums and other Op Mechs to raise awareness and build expertise around accessibility principles and practices

• Accessibility testing tool configured and deployed for Intuit enterprise-wide

Key Projects in

Program:

Assessment – Manual and automated evaluation of applications for WCAG compliance

Education & Training – Online courses, Tech talks, Accessibility wiki, developer guidelines, executive briefings, workshops

Remediation – Pilot projects, tool integration, scoping development efforts

Sponsorship & Advocacy – executive dashboard, business case, corporate social responsibility

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Program Name:

Quality Leadership Council


Contributed quality strategies, shared best practices, SaaS testing principles, test automation frameworks, mobile testing tools, and quality staff development initiatives across Intuit.

For / At: Intuit

My Role: CTO Program Manager – co-chair, established operating mechanisms for Intuit’s Quality Leaders to collaborate on key program initiatives. Organized and facilitated council meetings, conducted all-hands events for the quality community, workshops, off-sites and external speaker events.

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Improve quality of Intuit’s software products and technology services 2. Grow and develop talent in the quality engineering organization 3. Reduce time to market through test automation

Program Duration:

8 Months

Program Result:

Formalized Quality Leadership charter

Established regular community meetings and communication strategies

Successfully ran Quality Leadership offsite meetings, and Quality Community All-Hands video presentation on Intuit TV.

Key Projects in

Program:

Test Automation

Quality Best Practices

Mobile Testing Frameworks and Tools

Quality Engineering Staff Growth and Development

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Program Name:

LeapFrog Connect


eStore and client applications to enable LeapFrog to sell and deliver fresh content into customers’ toys (LeapPad, iQuest, etc.)

For / At: LeapFrog

My Role: Technical Program Manager –Responsible for coordination of complex, inter-dependent projects of software engineering, QA testing, content development & testing, and hardware testing

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Produce and sell add-on content packages for LeapFrog products to create new, renewable revenue streams

2. Increased perceived value by allowing parents to view their child’s learning progress on LeapFrog’s educational toys (spelling, math)

3. Create technology platform to enable rapid development of toy content, online purchase, and content delivery directly into toy connected to customer’s computer.

Program Duration:

10 Months

Program Result:

Successful launch of new web platform architecture & client applications to support content delivery into LeapFrog “smart” toys. Development schedule was extremely aggressive with many moving parts that needed to be orchestrated including software architecture, engineering, QA functional/performance/content testing, content development, hardware development & testing.

Key Projects in

Program:

LeapFrog.com

MindStation

LeapPad

iQuest

Imagination Desk

QA & Staging environments

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Program Name:

Education Courseware & Testing Delivery Platform


Engineered a scalable SaaS/ASP technology platform to enable rapid development and delivery of interactive eLearning products directly to the school market

For / At: Achieva/Kaplan

My Role: Vice President of Engineering – Managed technical resources, architects, development schedules, engineering budgets

Business Objectives

for Program:

Improve college entrance options by delivering applications to help college-bound high school students improve their study skills, standardized test (SAT) scores, and academic aptitude

Program Duration:

12 months to initial release of platform, enabling 2-3 month cycles for each eLearning product development and release

Program Result:

Successfully built the application development and delivery platform, as well as multiple eLearning products (Study Skills, SAT test prep, ACT test prep). Won SIIA CODiE awards for excellence in educational software. Achieva was favorably acquired by Kaplan for its technology and the platform is still in use today for generating eLearning products.

Key Projects in

Program:

Content Authoring & Management System

Content Delivery Engine

Data Analysis & BI Reporting DataMart

Enterprise Management & Administration Tools

An inspiring video of Achieva customer and user testimonials is available for viewing here.

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Program Name:

www.Reel.com


Create full suite of eCommerce capabilities – both customer-facing and business processing applications – to support startup business selling movie and entertainment DVD’s

For / At: Hollywood Video

My Role: Vice President of Engineering – led Engineering, QA, and IT organizations

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Become the premier online source for movie reviews, trailers, filmography, entertainment news, theater show-times, and DVD product sales.

2. Build end-to-end order processing and fulfillment pipeline to enable product sales

3. Achieve growth (to 1 million customers) to secure additional rounds of investment funding

Program Duration:

10 months to initial (version 1.0) launch, then staged releases over 12 months

Program Result:

Achieved on-time launch of initial version, with subsequent feature and functionality enhancements for coupon redemption, movie showtimes, and more. Supported 10,000 transactions per day and growth to 1M online customers.

Key Projects in

Program:

eCommerce application suite

Inventory Management tools & reports

Movie catalog & search

Dynamic page generation & site presentation layer

Database & search optimization projects

Content Management tools

Customer Service tools

Data warehouse and reports

Application & infrastructure implementation, including load balancing and co-location

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Program Name:

Print Shop Product Line Architecture


Expand and deepen Broderbund’s flagship Print Shop franchise with new product and suite offerings, innovative features, and fresh content. In order to accomplish the business objectives, there were multiple, challenging software engineering projects that had to be coordinated and executed concurrently

For / At: Broderbund Software

My Role: Director of Software Engineering – Responsible for all technical architecture and software engineering on Print Shop products and components. Managed technical resources, development schedules, engineering budgets

Business Objectives

for Program:


1. Retain #1-brand in a very competitive market space 2. Produce different flavors of packages and content to appeal to

different market segments 3. Distribute expanding feature set across products horizontally (e.g.

Web publishing, photo editing, desktop publishing) 4. Vertically stratify (e.g. standard versus premier)

Program Duration:

Staged over 30 months with multiple, concurrent, and successive product development releases and component architecture engineering

Program Result:

Secured Broderbund’s position as the market leader in print productivity products. Grew revenue from Print Shop product line to $100M. Created reusable component architecture, increased IP valuation, extended product/brand longevity (up to version 23 today).

Key Projects in

Program:

New Technology Platform for Print Shop

The Print Shop Premier Edition

Web Site Designer

The Print Shop PressWriter

The Print Shop Publishing Suite

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Projects – and Technical Project Management

Throughout my career, I have enjoyed leading a variety of

projects across multiple industries, evolutions of technology,

and ever-changing business climates – always with a focus

of delivering high value, on-time releases, with predictable

results.

Many of my projects were key components of strategic

programs, as well as revenue-generating software products

as represented in this document.

List of PROJECTS I have managed:

PROJECT NAME Description For / At Duration Budget

AWS MIGRATION – FARMVILLE

GAMES - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Coordinated local & offshore engineering teams to migrate Farmville technology stacks to AWS, including MySQL, membase, and web servers. Phased the migrations of Dev, Staging and Production environments into AWS.

Zynga 6 Months $5M

AWS MIGRATION – POKER

GAME - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Engaged with Poker & DBA teams to migrate game infrastructure including Vertica cluster, SmartFox servers, MySQL, membase, and web servers. Team leveraged AWS’ dynamoDB service to eliminate 60+ MySQL servers during migration.

Zynga 8 Months $6M

AWS MIGRATION – WITH

FRIENDS GAMES - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Managed migration of all “With Friends” games and back-end services to AWS (Words, Chess, Matching, Gems, etc.). Managed post-migration optimizations to increase performance while reducing the EC2 instance pool and costs by 30%.

Zynga 5 Months $4M

AWS MIGRATION – VERTICA

ANALYTICS SYSTEMS - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Orchestrated migration of Zynga’s Analytics & Stats data warehouse systems, including 5 large-scale Vertica clusters comprised of over 300 nodes and 2PB of data into AWS. Managed the on-time closure of data center previously hosting all the Analytics infrastructure.

Zynga 8 Months $8M

AWS MIGRATION – HIT IT RICH

GAME Organized migration of Dev, Staging, and Production environments for Hit It Rich.

Zynga 4 Months $2M

AWS MIGRATION – CORE

GAME SERVICES - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Worked with Zynga CTO organization to plan and track migration of 40+ shared services used by Zynga games to AWS. Engaged with engineers to determine feasibility of re-architecting vs. porting specific services.

Zynga 10 Months $8M

AWS MIGRATION – HADOOP &

MACHINE LEARNING - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Coordinated POC’s to evaluate best server type to use for Hadoop clusters in AWS. Managed migration of Hadoop data clusters and related services to AWS.

Zynga 5 Months $2M

AWS MIGRATION – DRAW

SOMETHING GAME - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Worked with Zynga’s Studio in India to plan and execute the migration of the Draw Something game to AWS. Balanced migration deadlines against worldwide product release schedules.

Zynga 5 Months $3M

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AWS MIGRATION – NFL GAME - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Planned and tracked progress on the AWS migration for NFL Showdown.

Zynga 3 Months $1M

AWS MIGRATION – EMPIRES &

ALLIES GAME - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Managed migration of Empires & Allies to AWS, coordinating timing of migration activities with aggressive product release and promotion schedules.

Zynga 4 Months $1M

AWS MIGRATION – MAFIA

WARS GAME - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Managed Mafia Wars game stack migration to AWS. Game was a late addition to the migration program and still completed on time.

Zynga 5 Months $4M

AWS MIGRATION – MOBILE

INAPP & PAYMENT SERVICES - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Orchestrated migration of critical InApp Purchase and Payment services for Zynga mobile & web games without creating any disruption for Studio development teams.

Zynga 3 Months $2M

AWS MIGRATION – ZYNGA.COM - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Migration of corporate & customer support Zynga websites’ infrastructure to AWS.

Zynga 1 Month $500K

AWS MIGRATION – AD ENGINE

& PORTALS - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Re-architecture and migration of Zynga’s Ad and Cross-Promo services, tools, and portals to AWS. Achieved major efficiency gains (~50% overall) in the re-factoring performed during AWS migration.

Zynga 5 Months $4M

AWS MIGRATION – STATS &

DATA SERVICES - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Migration of all Zynga data services and stats portals to AWS.

Zynga 5 Months $6M

AWS COST MODELING &

FORECASTING - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Partnered closely with CIO & CFO organizations to determine requirements and complex set of options for AWS cost modeling and forecasting. Worked with team to develop a custom AWS cost forecasting tool for Zynga, and reported weekly updates to executive team on cost forecast for all games and services migrating to AWS.

Zynga 12 Months $500K

SOX COMPLIANCE FOR AWS

MIGRATIONS - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Coordinated change management processes for all SOX and regulatory compliance requirements for AWS migrations. Partnered with Finance (Revenue Accounting), Internal Audit, AWS, Zynga Analytics and development teams to ensure that SOX controls were met during and after migration.

Zynga 2 Months $250K

SPLUNK AWS MIGRATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Managed migration of all Zynga’s Splunk logging data, search heads, and custom dashboards to AWS.

Zynga 3 Months $1M

DEV OPS SERVICES AWS

MIGRATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Migration of all services used to monitor and alert on health of Zynga games.

Zynga 3 Months $1M

VERTICA IN AWS POC - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Multiple POC’s to test for optimal architecture in AWS for Zynga’s massive Vertica Analytics data warehouse. Evaluated performance vs. cost of different instance & storage combinations as well as testing processes for recovering from node & DB failures.

Zynga 3 months $1M

POKER IN AWS POC - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Evaluated AWS’ Aurora as a possible replacement for Vertica. Decided to migrate Poker’s Vertica cluster but were able to use dynamoDB to replace 60+ MySQL db server farm.

Zynga 2 months $500K

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


HADOOP IN AWS POC - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Ran performance and load tests to determine best combination of instance & storage types to use for Zynga’s big data Hadoop clusters.

Zynga 1 month $100K

MINT.COM DATA QUALITY –

AGGREGATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Project to improve Mint.com user experience, platform services and error handling for aggregation of data from financial institutions.

Intuit 6 months $2M

MINT.COM DATA QUALITY –

CATEGORIZATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Project to improve the algorithms which categorize financial transactions in Mint.com

Intuit 6 months $500K

MINT.COM AWS MIGRATION –

DATA ENCRYPTION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Conducted data classification analysis to identify all secret/sensitive customer data in Mint. Created a phased plan to encrypt secret data fields in Intuit data center before sending data into AWS.

Intuit 18 months $1M

MINT.COM AWS MIGRATION –

SECURITY CONTROLS

INTEGRATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Led integration with new Intuit public cloud services for backhaul, security services, access management, vulnerability management, and logging.

Intuit 18 months $2M

DISABILITY AWARENESS

COUNCIL - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Raise awareness both internally and externally around disability issues. Creates external communication framework.


QUICKBOOKS 2014

ACCESSIBILITY - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Assessment, remediation, beta testing, screen reader script development, PR (conferences & events),


MINT PLATFORM SERVICES

PROJECTS - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Projects: Mint REST API framework, Core Mint services as REST API’s, Credit Score, Bill Pay, Quicken Work Life, Quicken Data Sync API’s

Intuit 10 Months $1M

MINT IDENTITY INTEGRATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Platform-side of IAM integration – SignUp / SignIn / Change Password flows


MINT AGILE

TRANSITION/COACHING - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Process Improvement Initiative – move from custom mini-waterfall to true agile development processes. Change management, training, agile coaching.

Intuit 6 Months N/A

QUICKEN 2013 (IOS, ANDROID, WINDOWS) - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Quicken Windows, Mint Platform services for Data Sync, Quicken Mobile iOS, Quicken Mobile Android, FDS support for Direct Connect


QUICKEN MAC (QEM, QKN FOR

OSX LION) - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Quicken Essentials for Mac in App Store, Quicken Mac for OSX Lion

Intuit 4 Months $800K

MOBILEFIRST - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Delivered strategic mobile productivity platform (on WordPress), on assignment by Intuit CTO for fast, high-visibility launch at Intuit Officer’s Meeting in March, 2011

Intuit 5 weeks $110K

IOS APP STORE SUBMISSION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Streamlined and simplified App Store submission process for iOS apps by eliminating manual source code compilation steps


IOS BUILD AUTOMATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Delivered iOS build automation using Jenkins for mobile development teams. Used by GoPayment, Weave, SnapTax, IOP Mobile, and APD teams


ANDROID BUILD AUTOMATION - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Create build automation for Android development teams

Intuit 1 month $60K

MOBILE EXTENSIONS TO

“AUTOLAB” - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Extend automation lab to support test environment services for mobile apps, mobile test automation execution, and test result reporting


Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


MOBILE DEVELOPER TOOLS - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Create “on-tap” development environments for iOS and Android teams, including sample Intuit code


ACCESSIBILITY PILOT PROJECT

IN INTUIT PAYROLL ORG - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Led pilot project on the Full Service Payroll application in EMS to improve accessibility on selected pages

Intuit 6 weeks $75K

DEVELOPER TRAINING FOR

ACCESSIBILITY - RECENTLY COMPLETED -

Develop wiki, training courses, guidelines for designers, developers, and quality testers


OCTANT SOFTWARE

ENGINEERING & PROGRAM

MANAGEMENT

Provide recommendations on Agile project management, requirements management best practices, software engineering methodologies, and QA testing.

Octant 10 weeks $100K

SHAREPOINT PROOF-OF-CONCEPT & PERFORMANCE

TUNING LAB

Design, plan, build, and test IT lab to validate SharePoint migration plans, distributed SharePoint architecture, and risks associated with bandwidth and storage requirements unique to client

CitiGroup, representing Microsoft

3 weeks $ 35K

GLOBAL SHAREPOINT

DEPLOYMENT Global deployment of distributed SharePoint architecture


7 weeks $ 100K

ACTIVE DIRECTORY

ARCHITECTURE UPDATE Update AD architecture to accommodate requirements for distributed SharePoint implementation


2 weeks $ 20K

IT SERVICES RENOVATION &

CONSOLIDATION ANALYSIS Analyze infrastructure consolidation opportunities for mail, directory, and storage

MCI/Verizon, representing Microsoft

5 weeks $ 40K

IT SERVICES MIGRATION LAB Design, plan, build, and test IT services migration lab to refine architecture and project planning for production deployment of Microsoft Exchange, Active Directory, Live Communication Server, Microsoft MetaDirectory Services


4 weeks $ 250K

EXCHANGE GLOBAL

MIGRATION Global consolidation, migration, and upgrade of Microsoft Exchange


44 weeks $ 1.5M

ACTIVE DIRECTORY UPGRADE Re-architecture, upgrade, and tuning of global Active Directory services


5 weeks $ 40K

DIRECTORY SERVICES

CONSOLIDATION Re-architecture, aggregation, consolidation, and testing of global enterprise meta-directory


12 weeks $ 100K

LIVE COMMUNICATION SERVER

INTEGRATION Design, validate, and implement integration between Live Communication Server, Exchange, Active Directory, and Microsoft MetaDirectory Services


6 weeks $ 75K

LEAPFROG.COM Develop, test, and release eCommerce application and site functionality to support sale and delivery of LeapFrog toy content packages

LeapFrog 40 weeks $ 3M

MINDSTATION Develop client application and server components to receive content from LeapFrog.com onto customer’s computer and load into connected toy

LeapFrog 16 weeks $ 400K

LEAPPAD Develop and test capability to receive and integrate new content into the LeapPad toy. Validate content packages developed for online delivery


Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


IQUEST Develop and test capability to receive and integrate new content into the iQuest toy. Validate content packages developed for online delivery


IMAGINATION DESK Develop and test capability to receive and integrate new content into the Imagination Desk toy. Validate content packages developed for online delivery


QA & STAGING ENVIRONMENTS Design and build staged environments to support functional testing, performance testing, content testing, beta releases, and live deployments

LeapFrog 4 weeks $ 200K (including Hardware procurement)

CONTENT AUTHORING &

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Design, develop, and test applications, services, and tools to enable production of eLearning courseware

Achieva 32 weeks $ 750K

CONTENT DELIVERY ENGINE Design, develop, and test dynamic content real-time, server-side rendering & delivery engine with Flash-enhanced presentation layer


DATA ANALYSIS & BI REPORTING DATAMART

Develop business intelligence datamart to provide performance dashboards, progress reporting, and KPI accountability for teachers and education administration


ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT &

ADMINISTRATION TOOLS Develop, test and deliver COPPA-compliant secure applications for configuration, operations & maintenance, and performance tuning


STUDY SKILLS - VERSION 1.0 //CODIE// AWARD

Managed team of contract developers to deliver the initial version of Achieva’s Study Skills application


SAT & ACT TEST PREP

UPDATES Managed development of feature enhancements and new functionality for existing SAT & ACT Test Prep product offerings


STUDY SKILLS - VERSION 2.0 //CODIE// AWARD

Led development of application functionality and content delivery for new version of Study Skills product based on new technology platform


STATE TEST PREP Led development of application functionality and content delivery for State Test Prep product based on new technology platform


MCAS TEST PREP Led development of application functionality and content delivery for MCAS Test Prep product based on new technology platform


TECHNOLOGY IP ACQUISITION Led technical due diligence and code base evaluation for acquisition of software IP and technology providers for Achieva


POST-ACQUISITION

INTEGRATION Managed initiatives to integrate Achieva’s technology platform and organization with Kaplan following the acquisition


ECOMMERCE APPLICATION

SUITE eCommerce web store for purchasing movies (DVD’s), featuring product catalog search, shopping cart, order processing pipelines, payment processing, order fulfillment, personalization, coupon and gift card redemption, etc

Reel.com, a division of Hollywood Video

40 weeks $ 2M

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT Applications, dashboards, and reports to track inventory levels, update product catalog, process re-orders, interface with product warehouse and vendors

Reel.com & Hollywood Video

16 weeks $ 300K

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


MOVIE SEARCH Database, stored procedures, and application functionality to support customer search of movies.


12 weeks $ 250K

PAGE GENERATOR Design, development, and QA testing of dynamic web presentation layer to compose and render web pages from database elements in real time


16 weeks $ 400K

PERFORMANCE TUNING Optimized responsiveness of customer-facing eCommerce system composed of 32 load-balanced web application transaction servers


12 weeks $ 250K

CONTENT MANAGEMENT TOOLS Database, stored procedures, application functionality, and IT services to support management of movie reviews, page elements, product (DVD), and movie information


20 weeks $ 600K

CUSTOMER SERVICE ADMIN

TOOLS Tools to allow Customer Service to retrieve, update, and cancel customer orders


8 weeks $ 200K

DATA WAREHOUSE Prototype of data warehouse to support geographic and demographic profiling of customers movie interests (and geomapping of theater locations correlated to customer base)


12 weeks $ 100K

MOVIE CATALOG SEARCH Database, stored procedures, and application functionality to support customer search of movies


12 weeks $ 250K

NEW TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

FOR THE PRINT SHOP Architecture, design, engineering and release of new technology platform of reusable components for all Print Shop products. Platform featured reusable core components for Print Shop software development (classes for vector graphic manipulation, photo editing, text processing, print layout formatting, etc.).

Broderbund Software

40 weeks $ 1.5M

THE PRINT SHOP PREMIER

EDITION //CODIE// AWARD

Design, engineering, QA testing and release of the first “new generation” core Print Shop product featuring advanced photo editing, text processing, and graphic manipulation. Developed in parallel with new Print Shop foundation classes.

Broderbund Software

52 weeks $ 12 M

WEB SITE DESIGNER Design, software engineering, QA testing, and content development for web authoring product

Broderbund Software

26 weeks $ 800K

THE PRINT SHOP

PRESSWRITER Design, software engineering, QA testing for newsletter & multi-page document editing Print Shop product

Broderbund Software

36 weeks $ 1M

THE PRINT SHOP PUBLISHING

SUITE Software engineering and QA testing for combined package of PressWriter and Premier Edition

Broderbund Software

8 weeks $ 250K

THE PRINT SHOP DELUXE Software engineering and QA testing to update legacy Print Shop code base with new features and content

Broderbund Software

26 weeks $ 700K

SIGNATURE GREETINGS Software engineering and QA testing to support the addition of licensed content into the Print Shop line

Broderbund Software

16 weeks $ 300K

AMAZING WRITING MACHINE Design, develop, test software product for children to explore creative writing

Broderbund Software

40 weeks $ 800K

WILLIAMS-SONOMA GUIDE TO

GOOD COOKING Design, engineer, test an interactive, multimedia software product featuring Williams-Sonoma recipe book content

Broderbund Software

52 weeks $ 1M

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


THE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

PROCESS GUIDEBOOK Authored and published a guide to best practices in software development for Broderbund Software. Promoted agile, iterative approach with integrated teams of engineers and QA testers working closely together to produce functional, testable milestone deliverables. Received the Intellectual Capital Award for this initiative.

Broderbund Software

8 weeks $ 10K

KID PIX STUDIO //CODIE// AWARD

Developed next generation version of the successful “Kid Pix” product for children’s artistic exploration

Broderbund Software

40 weeks $ 750K

MAPS ‘N’ FACTS – MAC Port Windows atlas & reference product to Mac platform

Broderbund Software

16 weeks $ 250K

HOSPITAL DATA SYSTEM Client/server Oracle database application to analyze and correlate research data from multiple hospital sources

Database Server Systems for Datis

12 weeks $ 150K

SQL CODER SQL toolkit for delivery of database professional services

Database Server Systems

8 weeks $ 75 K

LAND PROJECT PORTFOLIO Designed and developed database application and reports to track status of non-profit land acquisition projects

The Trust for Public Land

32 weeks $ 200K

PRODUCT RESEARCHER Managed development of Windows software product that provided a catalog of product information for the Engineering and Architecture industries

Eclat 40 weeks $ 500K

SEARCH OPTIMIZATION Led initiative to re-design and optimize performance of product catalog database search functionality

Eclat 8 weeks $ 75K

THE NEW PRINT SHOP

COMPANION Led software engineering team from conception through release of Brøderbund’s first GUI application in the Print Shop product line

Turning Point Software for Broderbund Software

52 weeks $ 800K

THE PRINT SHOP (APPLE II) Led software engineering team in development of Apple II version of the Print Shop product

Turning Point Software for Broderbund Software

28 weeks $ 400K

GRAPHIC EDITING API Led engineering of a library of graphic editing and manipulation primitives (line and shape drawing, resizing) for reusability across development projects

Turning Point Software

12 weeks $ 250K

INWORD Ported C functions to Intel 8086 Assembly for use in Lotus-123 add-in text processing module

Turning Point Software for Lotus

16 weeks $ 250K

TEXT PROCESSING API Designed and developed a library of text processing functions (word wrap, ruler support, and character formatting) for reusability across software development projects

Turning Point Software

16 weeks $ 250K

WORDBENCH //CODIE// AWARD

Engineering project lead from design to release on a word processing product for the Education market to allow student to take research notes, build an outline, and write their papers

Turning Point Software for Addison-Wesley

52 weeks $ 800K

LEGAL FORMS AUTHORING

SYSTEM Software engineering for a text processing product for legal forms

Turning Point Software for McGraw Hill

28 weeks $ 600K

SHAPE UP Software engineer for a diet and exercise tracking product

Turning Point Software for American Gourmet

26 weeks $ 300K

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246

Products – Software Development, Mobile

Applications, and Cloud Services Engineering

Many of my programs and projects have resulted in the

production of award-winning software products, some of

which are ranked as #1 in industry sales, with millions of

customers (and users), revenue in the hundreds of millions,

and unparalleled longevity (20+ years & 23+ versions).

List of PRODUCTS I have delivered:

PRODUCT NAME Description Product

FARMVILLE Managed AWS migration of tech stacks for Zynga’s FarmVille product suite (Farm1, Farm2, FV:Country Escape, etc.)

POKER Managed AWS migration for Zynga’s Poker game, databases, and back-end services.

HIT IT RICH! SLOTS Managed migration to AWS of Hit It Rich!

WORDS WITH FRIENDS Managed migration of all “With Friends” games and back-end services to AWS (Words, Chess, Matching, Gems, etc.).

NFL SHOWDOWN Planned and tracked progress on the AWS migration for NFL Showdown

EMPIRES & ALLIES AWS migration for Empires & Allies game services

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


MAFIA WARS Managed migration of Mafia Wars to AWS

DRAW SOMETHING Managed AWS migration of Draw Something game stack

MINT.COM Spearheaded Data Quality improvements in data aggregation and categorization. Exposed Mint Platform services as REST API’s. Managed development of Data Sync for Quicken desktop & mobile apps. Led migration of Mint hosting to AWS.

QUICKBOOKS 2014

(ACCESSIBILITY)

Re-engineered QuickBooks to enable use by blind and visually-impaired customers. Developed custom training materials for screen reader users.

QUICKEN MOBILE 2013 FOR IOS

iOS companion mobile application launched with Quicken 2013.

QUICKEN MOBILE 2013 FOR ANDROID

Android companion mobile application launched with Quicken 2013.

QUICKEN 2013 FOR WINDOWS

Quicken desktop application supporting multi-master data sync with companion mobile apps, enabling customers to use Quicken “on the go”.

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


QUICKEN ESSENTIALS FOR MAC

Revisions of Quicken Essentials for Mac to support OSX/Mountain Lion, launched in Mac App Store and direct retail channels.

MOBILEFIRST Delivered strategic mobile productivity platform (on WordPress), on assignment by CTO Tayloe Stansbury for fast, high-visibility launch at Intuit Officer’s Meeting in March, 2011

MINDSTATION

Client application and server components to receive content from LeapFrog.com onto customer’s computer and load into connected toy.

WWW.LEAPFROG.COM Develop, test, and release eCommerce application and site functionality to support sale and delivery of LeapFrog toy content packages

IQUEST Develop and test capability to receive and integrate new content into the iQuest toy. Validate content packages developed for online delivery

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002EO5YQ/ref=nosim/wannalearncom

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


LEAPPAD Develop and test capability to receive and integrate new content into the LeapPad toy. Validate content packages developed for online delivery

IMAGINATION DESK Develop and test capability to receive and integrate new content into the Imagination Desk toy. Validate content packages developed for online delivery

COLLEGE PREP Led development of application functionality and content delivery for new version of College Prep product based on new technology platform

SAT & ACT TEST PREP Managed development of feature enhancements and new functionality for existing SAT & ACT Test Prep product offerings

STUDY SKILLS //CODIE// AWARD

Led development of application functionality and content delivery for new version of Study Skills product based on new technology platform

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


STATE TEST

ASSESSMENT Led development of application functionality and content delivery for State Test Prep product based on new technology platform

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO

ECOMMERCE WEB

APPLICATIONS REEL.COM

eCommerce web store for purchasing movies (DVD’s), featuring product catalog search, shopping cart, order processing pipelines, payment processing, order fulfillment, personalization, coupon and gift card redemption, etc

CMS PRODUCER Database, stored procedures, application functionality, and IT services to support management of movie reviews, page elements, product (DVD), and movie information

REEL MOVIE CATALOG Database, stored procedures, and application functionality to support customer search of movies

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


WEB SITE DESIGNER Design, software engineering, QA testing, and content development for web authoring product

3D HOME ARCHITECT Managed partner in software engineering and testing

FAMILY TREE MAKER Managed post M&A integration of engineering organizations between Banner Blue and Broderbund

THE PRINT SHOP DELUXE Software engineering and QA testing to update legacy Print Shop code base with new features and content

THE PRINT SHOP PREMIER

EDITION //CODIE// AWARD

Design, engineering, QA testing and release of the first “new generation” core Print Shop product featuring advanced photo editing, text processing, and graphic manipulation. Developed in parallel with new Print Shop foundation classes

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


THE PRINT SHOP PUBLISHING

SUITE Software engineering and QA testing for combined package of PressWriter and Premier Edition

THE PRINT SHOP

PRESSWRITER Design, software engineering, QA testing for newsletter & multi-page document editing Print Shop product

SIGNATURE GREETINGS Software engineering and QA testing to support the addition of licensed content into the Print Shop line

PRINT SHOP DELUXE

ENSEMBLE III Software engineering and QA testing to update legacy Print Shop code base with new features and content

WILLIAM SONOMA GUIDE TO

GOOD COOKING SOFTWARE Design, engineer, test an interactive, multimedia software product featuring Williams-Sonoma recipe book content

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


KID PIX STUDIO //CODIE// AWARD

Developed next generation version of the successful “Kid Pix” product for children’s artistic exploration

AMAZING WRITING MACHINE Design, develop, test software product for children to explore creative writing

MAPS ‘N’ FACTS Port Windows atlas & reference product to Mac platform

SQL CODER SQL toolkit for delivery of database professional services

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


HOSPITAL DATA SYSTEM Client/server Oracle database application to analyze and correlate research data from multiple hospital sources

PRODUCT RESEARCHER Managed development of Windows software product that provided a catalog of product information for the Engineering and Architecture industries

THE NEW PRINT SHOP

COMPANION Led software engineering team from conception through release of Brøderbund’s first GUI application in the Print Shop product line

WORDBENCH //CODIE// AWARD

Engineering project lead from design to release on a word processing product for the Education market to allow student to take research notes, build an outline, and write their papers

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246


LEGAL FORMS AUTHORING

SYSTEM Software engineering for a text processing product for legal forms

SHAPE UP ! Software engineer for a diet and exercise tracking product

//CODiE// Award Winners of multiple prestigious SIIA //CODiE// awards for software engineering excellence in Education.

Lori Samuels of 36 (650) 488-4246

What’s New: AWS Cloud Migration Programs, Projects, & Products

Recently, at Silicon Valley CIO, we have been focusing on doing AWS

Cloud migrations for companies moving their products and services to the

cost-optimized cloud. Much of my consulting is now providing Technical

Program Management for complex, large-scale migrations.

Contact Me

If you are interested in Program Management for large-scale AWS cloud migrations, please

contact me at Silicon Valley CIO:

Lori Samuels

CTO Program Manager

Silicon Valley CIO

[email protected]

(650) 488-4246 Office desk

AWS CLOUD MIGRATIONS

RECENTLY COMPLETED

5 Vertica clusters of 300+ servers with over 2PB data, migrated in 6 months, saving $12M in data center costs

… ZYNGA ANALYTICS WORLD’S LARGEST VERTICA DATA WAREHOUSE IN AWS

Migrated 12+ Zynga games with over 17M active users per day, reduction from 5,000+ servers to 3,500 AWS instances: 20+ projects, 100+ people, 16 months, $65M

budget

… ZYNGA MOBILE & WEB GAMES

100+ core services migrated to AWS, recapturing $20M annual savings, 3 months before scheduled target

… ZYNGA CORE SERVICES

20M Mint.com users, 800+ Intuit servers, $5M in 14 months

… INTUIT – MINT.COM AWS MIGRATION FIRST LARGE-SCALE AWS MIGRATION AT INTUIT

. . . and more . . .

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