1. Grant
Conklin
grant.conklin@caffeinated.org
Ÿ
Fremont,
CA
Ÿ
(510)
394-­‐‑4886
Ÿ
http://www.linkedin.com/in/grantconklin
CAREER
SUMMARY
With
over
20
years
in
both
public
and
privately
held
high-­‐‑tech
companies,
I
am
able
to
utilize
my
extensive
experience
in
strategic
planning
and
development
of
cutting
edge
solutions,
as
well
as
operationalizing
production
environments
of
critical
enterprise
services,
while
building
and
managing
lean,
high
performing
teams
for
optimal
efficiency.
DISCIPLINES
Innovation
&
Productivity:
Create
working
environments
that
encourage
innovation
and
build
high
performing
teams
that
produce
outstanding
results
for
our
customers
Engineering
Excellence:
Develop
both
software
and
systems
solutions
with
speed
and
accuracy
using
lean
startup
principles
and
quality
assurance
rigor
Operational
Excellence:
Build
critical
production
services
for
business
continuity
with
high
availability
designs,
disaster
recovery
preparedness
and
global
support
Project
Management:
Manage
complex
engineering
projects
across
cross
functional
teams
with
tight
deadlines
People
Management:
Empowering
teams
and
individuals
for
growth
and
leadership
and
establishing
strong
working
relationships
with
cross-­‐‑functioning
teams
Priority
Planning:
Strategize
short
and
long
term
goals
and
objectives
with
measurable
outcomes
while
maintaining
alignment
with
corporate
priorities
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
Manager,
Engineering
2010
–
present
• Reduced
development
time
to
25%
by
increasing
team
performance
and
synergy
• Transformed
and
automated
manual
processes,
eliminating
40k
helpdesk
tickets
• Migrated
Citrix
farm
of
140
applications
to
datacenter
in
half
of
the
estimated
time
• Designed
and
built
VDI
solution
providing
immediate
on-­‐‑boarding
for
flex
support
teams
• Implemented
lean
startup
principles
for
increased
flexibility
and
customer
driven
results
• Hosted
corporate
wide
hack-­‐‑a-­‐‑thons
strengthening
cross-­‐‑functioning
team
relationships
• Improved
customer
experience
and
productivity
with
automation
and
self-­‐‑service
tools
Intuit
Architect
/
Engineer,
Virtualization
2008
–
2010
• Designed
and
built
virtual
infrastructure
consolidating
90%
of
physical
systems
• Planned
and
executed
the
migration
of
virtual
infrastructure
to
new
datacenter
• Implemented
global
support
model
providing
99.9%
uptime
for
virtual
environments
• Created
on-­‐‑demand
virtual
labs
for
immediate
compute
resources
for
developers
NVIDIA
Engineer,
Software
and
Systems
• Designed
and
built
virtual
environment
resulting
in
$100k
savings
• Developed
online
tools
which
sped
up
marketing
and
sales
forecasts
exponentially
• Created
online
customer
portals
for
enhanced
support
and
improved
experience
2002
–
2008
Ericsson
(Entrisphere)
• Automated
build
processes
resulting
in
increased
productivity
by
200%
• Automated
testing
which
increased
quality
of
release
cycles
by
25%
• Built
an
online
customizable
reporting
system
for
increased
visibility
and
alignment
2001
–
2002
Terraspring
• Developed
automation
platforms
which
greatly
improved
release
workflow
accuracy
• Increased
productivity
by
cutting
build
preparation
times
down
to
30%
• Led
team
to
clone
entire
network
services
and
prove
Y2K
compliance
1997
–
2001
Taos
Mountain:
Sun
Microsystems
Sony
Electronics
Organic
Online
CERTIFICATIONS
ICAgile
Certified
Professional
(ICP)
2015
EDUCATION
SJSU
–
B.S.
in
Ind.
Tech.
/
Business
Management
1993