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Tom Kincaid

North Andover,MA

Summary

A software product development leader with extensive of experience building strong teams through hiring and working with existing talent to produce high-quality products on committed schedules that meet customer needs.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

VP Database Server Software Development

EnterpriseDB
09.2021 - Current
  • Recruited by Chief Development Officer to run 2ndQuadrant and EnterpriseDB(EDB) combined database development team and maximize EDB return on investment of 2ndQuadrant acquisition.
  • Working with product management introduced four new products in a 24-month period to help distinguish EDB’s DBaaS product line while growing its on-premise business.
  • Implemented shift left and common tooling across the product portfolio to create more predictable schedules and the ability to adapt to market changes and develop higher quality software.
  • Received highest possible management excellence scores from direct staff in anonymous employee survey results.
  • Lead a global team of over 70 people located in six countries and six different time-zones.
  • Created new PostgreSQL distributions optimized and secured for EDB’s DBaaS offerings.

Field CTO-/-VP CTO Operations

EnterpriseDB
09.2020 - 09.2021
  • Technical account management of EDB’s largest customers acquired through 2ndQuadrant to ensure a smooth customer transition from 2ndQuadrant to EnterpriseDB.
  • Drove company-wide OKR and metric process at the CEO staff level.
  • Hands on development of database tools and products and deployment for critical customers.
  • Wrote papers on database high availability and database replication.

General Manager

2ndQuadrant Inc.
03.2017 - 09.2020
  • Ran all aspects of North American business for 2ndQuadrant including contracts, consulting, and sales.
  • Added Fortune 500 customers to 2ndQuadrant’s business via technical sales and hands on design sessions. Customers included VISA, Bristol Myers Squib and ADP.
  • Established business partnerships with major Telecommunications and Financial services ISVs. Led the establishment of a new software licensing model for ISVs.
  • Revenue grew by 300% in less than four years culminating in the successful sale of 2ndQuadrant to EnterpriseDB.

Vice President Software Engineering

Progress Software
03.2017 - 09.2020
  • Complete product development and delivery responsibility for OpenEdge, Corticon, Modulus and Rollbase product lines. Revenue for product lines was over 70% of company’s $300+ million in revenue.
  • Managed a global team of 150 people in three locations.
  • Represented product development in keynote presentations to customers and in due diligence of acquiring companies.
  • Established employee technical training programs resulting in higher employee satisfaction and morale as measured by employee engagement surveys.
  • Transitioned to a customer-oriented development model involving customers directly product development of critical new features.

Vice President Product and Engineering

EnterpriseDB
01.2013 - 03.2017
  • Reporting directly to the CEO, responsible for product definition, product management and product delivery at the “Postgres Database Company."
  • Represented product line to customers, prospects analyst and investors.
  • Drove product roadmap based on customer feedback and market opportunities.
  • Envisioned and implemented new products that EDB customers depend on to this day.
  • Transitioned to an agile development model to enable swifter response time to new market requirements and customer needs.
  • Product was recognized by Gartner for best-in-class database stability and customer satisfaction.
  • ARR Revenue grew by 62% during my time on the CEO staff.

Vice President Global Services

EnterpriseDB
07.2010 - 02.2013


  • Product management and product delivery responsibility for training, support professional services and remote database administration.
  • Oversaw the operation and maintenance of over 200 mission critical PostgreSQL database clusters.
  • Developed and deliver a course entitled “PostgreSQL for Java Developers and Architects”. This enabled EnterpriseDB to gain access to more people with in their customer base and expand their revenue.
  • Technical and Executive relationship owner for EDB's largest customer. Directly participated in EDB's largest revenue deals ever.

Vice President GlassFish and Web Tier Products

Oracle Corporation
01.2010 - 07.2010
  • Led the integration of Sun’s GlassFish application platform product line into Oracle’s existing WebLogic application platform.
  • Helped define the business strategy between the WebLogic Application Server and the Glassfish Server to identify a new set of customers previously unreachable by Oracle.

Executive Director, Application Platforms

Sun Microsystems
12.2006 - 01.2010


  • Recruited by CEO Scott McNealy and VP Karen Padir to return and revive the application platform product line.
  • Drove the delivery of three products that set world record SPEC benchmark results. Helped turn products lines into growth business for Sun.
  • Led the contract negotiation of a developer agreement between Ericsson and Sun. This resulted in a brand-new area of business for Sun in the telecommunications industry.
  • Delivered 300+ new customers and consistently grew revenue over a 3 ½ year time period by drafting the MySQL business model.
  • Oversaw the entire definition and delivery of Java EE 6. Managed input and concerns from IBM, Red Hat, Oracle and Google.

Director of Quality Engineering

Red Hat Inc.
01.2005 - 12.2006


  • Led a global team of over 60 people in test execution, test development and test planning of Red Hat products including, RHEL, Red Hat Application Stack, GFS and JBoss Middleware.
  • Led the team that redefined the software release process for Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
  • Led the training of entire Red Hat development, support and QA organization on how to develop and integrate automated tests int the Red Hat Test System. This enabled Red Hat’s automated test coverage to grow by %3000 over an 18-month period.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science

Boston University
Boston, MA

Bachelor of Science - Math Education

Boston University
Boston, MA

Timeline

VP Database Server Software Development

EnterpriseDB
09.2021 - Current

Field CTO-/-VP CTO Operations

EnterpriseDB
09.2020 - 09.2021

General Manager

2ndQuadrant Inc.
03.2017 - 09.2020

Vice President Software Engineering

Progress Software
03.2017 - 09.2020

Vice President Product and Engineering

EnterpriseDB
01.2013 - 03.2017

Vice President Global Services

EnterpriseDB
07.2010 - 02.2013

Vice President GlassFish and Web Tier Products

Oracle Corporation
01.2010 - 07.2010

Executive Director, Application Platforms

Sun Microsystems
12.2006 - 01.2010

Director of Quality Engineering

Red Hat Inc.
01.2005 - 12.2006

Bachelor of Arts - Computer Science

Boston University

Bachelor of Science - Math Education

Boston University

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