What was your best business trip experience?
With a days notice, I flew red-eye from Seattle to Paris, worked the entire day. I then took a second red-eye that night to Munich, where I worked another full day. It was a last minute trip to help the Microsoft Germany & France subsidiaries with critical software deployment issues.
Posted @ 08:55AM, October 31, 2006
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What are the most challenging aspects of your job?
The speed at which our business moves is super exciting, but sometimes a challenge. While it gives us an absolute advantage in the marketplace, it also forces us to be willing to make a small percentage of mistakes. I am learning to take mistakes as learnings and move forward.
Posted @ 11:16AM, September 01, 2006
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What path did you take to your current career?
(1) Started technical and then moved to the business side.
(2) Made a point to work in a large business like Microsoft to understand the complexity of product management in a large organization- that is where you really learn.
(3) Was willing to take a risk (career and financial) to explore my entrepreneurial interests.
(4) I have spent time in varied roles to provide a generalist knowledge of both the business and technical side of technology.
(5) I am strategic by nature, but always will to to get my hands dirty and be a "do-er"... 
Posted @ 11:12AM, September 01, 2006
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What are the most rewarding aspects of your job?
Enabling others to perform, giving people on my team freedom and space to discover their own way, the art of listening to customers and delivering a product roadmap that is compelling in the marketplace, impacting revenue in a measurable way.
Posted @ 11:05AM, September 01, 2006
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How did you find your job at
Accenture?
Accenture (then Andersen Consulting) hired me out of college. They had the most interesting value proposition for new grads from a variety of degrees and backgrounds. I actually snuck into Accenture recruiting events on campus from the time of being a sophomore. By the time I was graduating, all the partners and hiring team knew who I was....
Posted @ 11:29AM, September 01, 2006
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What's a typical day like at
US ARMY?
430 am: wake up call
500 am: meet on the field for PT (group exercise)
730 am: breakfast in chow hall
900 am: report to motorpool to do vehicle & equipment maintenance
Noon: LUNCH
130 pm: report to post for the day
500 pm: personal time starts
530 pm: dinner at chow hall
Posted @ 02:14PM, August 31, 2006
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I highly recommend Neil for any position focused on Product Management, Project Management, Project Development, or Consultancy. He is extremely bright, detailed, and visionary. He gets along with every single personality type and relates well with all business units. His entrepreneurial spirit is contagious and brings enormous value when modeling out organizational direction and opportunity. I would embrace working with Neil any time.
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