Brian Kimball

15265 Winchester Boulevard #8E
Los Gatos, CA 95030	
(408) 395-8948
bkimball@hotmail.com
http://www.csua.berkeley.edu/~briank


Objective

Experienced sales engineer and project manager with specific exposure to
broadband, enterprise, and interactive television environments seeking a
leadership position with a progressive organization.



Work experience

Energy Efficiency Auditor
Ecology Action Network	January 2005-Present	Santa Cruz, CA

Helped small businesses take advantage of California Public Utilities 
Commission programs subsidizing equipment retrofits to reduce energy 
consumption.


Tasting Room Manager
Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards	July 2003-January 2005	Saratoga, CA

Managed operations, sales and hospitality for a medium-sized winery in the 
Santa Cruz Mountains.  Increased sales by 83%.


Consultant
Cuniberti Design	January 2003-Present	Redwood City, CA

Developed and negotiated new business for web design company.  Created
marketing plan and collateral to define target accounts and successfully 
pursue them.  Led technical and programming projects for businesses
recreating their online and market presences.


Project Manager
iSurfTV			April 2001-Feb 2002	Sunnyvale, CA

Coordinated international team of interdepartmental resources in the
development of a cross-platform Interactive Program Guide.  Transitioned
team of 15 engineers from PC target development to an embedded device
environment.  Managed technical relationship with Motorola Broadband 
Communications Sector in porting to DCT family of set top boxes.  
Delivered working prototypes on Scientific Atlanta, Pace, Fujitsu-Siemens 
and PC hardware on multiple middleware platforms.  Presented to investors, 
partners, potential customers, press, and industry publications.  


Technical Marketing Manager
Support.com		May 2000-Feb 2001	Redwood City, CA

Responsible for producing technical white papers, product collateral,
product demonstrations and competitive product analysis.  Provided demos to
sales engineers, interfaced with customers and partners, and worked with
the events team at trade shows, partner events and user conferences.
Directed production of Flash and Shockwave demos for the web.  Worked
closely with engineering, sales, product management, channels and business
development to provide technical evangelism.  Used the marketing role to 
act as coordinator of engineering production versus market demands.
Accomplishments included the roll out of new version of product suite and 
completion of a major expansion of positioning/messaging in the eSupport
marketplace.


Lead Marketing Engineer
Liberate Technologies	Jun 1998-Mar 2000	San Carlos, CA

Directed company technical presence at all demonstrations of interactive
television including trade shows, keynotes, pre-sales, and in-house.  
Planned and implemented new Customer Visit Center showroom including full
network operations center.  Assisted customers in staging and deployment of
digital and analog enhanced TV systems.  Worked with developers to produce
demo content including interactive game shows, video on demand, and other
uses of convergence technology.  Managed headend and server systems for
global customer and partner connectivity.


Network and Systems Consultant
Taos Mountain		May 1997-Jun 1998	Santa Clara, CA

* NCI - Network Computer, Incorporated
	Primary customer contact for demonstration issues.  Maintained 
	demonstration servers for product presentations and customer use.  
	Supported approximately 200 Network Computer TV Navigator set-top 
	webbox clients deployed worldwide.  Built demo networks in the
	field for trade shows and customer proof-of-concept use.  Proposed, 
	designed, and implemented web site for company demo information.
	Purchased new servers for primary external demonstration use.  
	Drove process to outsource ISP functionality and re-engineer client
	demonstration procedure.  


* CrossWorlds Software                          
        Provided systems support to company of 150.  Performed end user
	support and managed back end server responsibilities.  Implemented
	Microsoft Systems Management Server, installed Microsoft Exchange
	Server, and designed and built a company wide intranet. 
	Administered Shiva LANServer, made backups, maintained PBX and fast 
	ethernet network.  


* Oracle Corp.                                  
        Provided systems support to department  of 500.  Worked with a team 
        to manage systems and network availability.  Performed backups, 
        upgrades, and network troubleshooting on FDDI infrastructure.
	Directed the installation of a remote power management system.  



Education and Certifications

May, 1997	University of California, Berkeley
B.A. Political Science

Solaris System Administration II

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer



Patents

Methods and apparatuses for conducting a TV EPG search in various search time 
periods (Pending, USPA 20030046698)

Customer self service in interactive TV environment for TV programming packages 
(Pending, USPA 20030023980)

Method and system for enabling visitors to subscribe to currently viewed 
programming packages (Pending, USPA 20030014546)



Skills

Windows and Unix Administration	Networking (TCP/IP, IOS)
Web Development (HTML, CSS)
Scripting Languages (Perl, Javascript, ASP)
Database Management (Oracle, MS-SQL)
Messaging Servers (Exchange, Sendmail)
Digital Video / Headend Technologies (Scientific Atlanta, Motorola)