Jeff Allison – Program Manager
Jeff has 30 years of experience in the high technology computing and networking industries. He has held various roles in Hardware Engineering, Marketing and Engineering management. He has a proven track record of developing high power cross functional teams to solve complex engineering issues and drive methodology changes throughout the organization. At Cisco he built and managed global engineering development and services teams to deliver next generation routing solutions. He was also responsible for driving and implementing many continuous improvement and product quality initiatives to improve overall customer satisfaction.

Additional information:

•  Jeff Allison joins SKMurphy Team to Drive Intrapreneur Focus for 2017
• Book Club: The Innovator’s DNA: Observing

Candis Lipe – Event Manager & Executive Assistant
Candis owns and operates Adminologist.com, a service company that provides onsite or offsite contract administrative support. Her business is dedicated to helping individuals, entrepreneurs start-ups and small businesses get the office support needed without adding additional resources. Candis brings 25 years’ experience as a corporate Executive Assistant in high tech and biomedical industries where she cultivated a wide range of skills and experience enabling her to support areas of Corporate Development, Merger and Acquisitions, Marketing, Sales, Services, Materials, Operations, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance and Human Resources.

Posts:

• Stephanie Shateria: How To Look and Feel Authentic On Camera

Recently, we worked with a startup on team building as they wrangled with the rapid growth of their business. They needed bring on new team members and wanted them to be productive and effective as quickly as possible.  Working with the leadership team we reviewed Bruce Tuckman’s four stages of team development.

Larry Burgess, PhD
Dr. Burgess has several decades of experience in the wireless field. He possesses a combination of knowledge in adaptive signal processing, antenna design, smart antennas, radio links, transmitter/receiver design, radar, direction finding, and power amplifier linearization. He has worked in design, test, product development, and customer applications for military and commercial products covering 2 MHz to 30 GHz, which include Cellular, WiFi, Bluetooth, FCC Part 15 (260-930 MHz), GPS, and military radar bands. Dr. Burgess holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from MIT and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He also provides wireless consulting services directly.

Sean Murphy has worked in a variety of roles in the last twenty-five years: software engineer, engineering manager, project manager, business development, product marketing, and customer support. Companies he has worked directly for include Cisco Systems, 3Com, AMD, MMC Networks, and VLSI Technology. He has a BS in Mathematical Sciences and an MS in Engineering-Economic Systems from Stanford.

• Chalk Talk on Technology Adoption
• DreamSimplicity Interviews Sean Murphy
• Interview with Gabriel Weinberg for his Traction book: “Sean Murphy on the First Dozen Enterprise Customers“
• Video and Slides from “Early Revenue for Enterprise Web Apps“
• Blog

David Telleen-Lawton – Sales Executive & Lean Expert

David learned in the late 1980s the value of “getting out of the building” and bringing your team along with you. Both as a consultant and a early employee, David has worked with startup companies across the spectrum from hardware to software to services and in industries as diverse as financial services to network security to integrated circuits. His specialty is the process of setting the meetings to get the team out in the field, especially at the earliest stages before the product is defined. David holds a BS and MS in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University as well as being a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).

Additional information:

• David Telleen-Lawton Offers Value Proposition Workshop to Danish Startups
• David Telleen-Lawton Presents at Lean Startup Conference 2015
• The Nitty Gritty of Setting Up Customer Discovery Meetings

Innovation Center Denmark invites David Telleen-Lawton to present his Lean Canvas & Value Proposition Workshops to their top startup companies. This series of workshops is part of the Danish government’s globalization strategy with the objective to turn Denmark into a leading knowledge based economy.

Theresa Shafer – Program Manager
Theresa has been with SKMurphy since 2003. She was a hardware design engineer at 3COM, AMD and MMI. Theresa also brings experience with budgeting, financial reporting, program management, and market analysis. She is a lead generation and WordPress expert. She has authored an award winning magazine article on line coding in Computer Design magazine. Theresa has a BSEE from the University of Portland.

Blogs and published articles

• I love emails like this (Warning: Shameless Self-Promotion)
• SKMurphy blog
• Voler blog
• PATCA blog
• Testing Error Conditions in Control Software for a Heart Pump
• Why pay $3.5 million in penalties?
• Calibration verifies accuracy in disposable medical devices
• MK Consulting Inc. Prepares for Growth with DataCare Case Management Software
• Bill Review Silos Cost Payers Over $2 Billion

Anthony has been with SKMurphy since 2007, he provides consulting around a lightweight product development model that is appropriate for startups, In addition he focuses on reviewing and defining product release and test strategies as well as developing test and development sandbox environments for automated regressions and system level testing. Prior to SKMurphy, Anthony was a Director at Cisco Systems. He managed the growth from 1 test engineer to a division of 280 employees in multiple sites, and 20,000 sq ft of test labs. Anthony holds a BA in Computer Science from University of California at San Diego.

Additional Resources

• Interview with Ivaylo Lenkov on Managing Rapid Release Cycles Part1 & Part2
• Managing Rapid Release Cycles
• VARs in a SaaS World