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Cornelius O'Donnell - Head of Engineering and Product in San Diego, CA

Cornelius O'Donnell

Director-level Engineering & Program Leader specializing in AI product platforms

Studentsidekiq.comUniversity of San DiegoSan Diego, CA25 Years ExperienceDirector LevelWorks On-Site

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Technical Program Manager and one of three internal "founders" of HP’s Hardware-as-a-Service home printer subscription initiative, spanning DTC shipping, simplified setup, ink replenishment, and warranty coverage. Led roadmap definition/execution, scaled delivery rapidly to 15+ scrum teams (including vendors) with SAFe-like coordination and shared engineering standards, and drove key architecture trade-offs (building an interim subscription management service) to accelerate time-to-market by about a year.

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Key Strengths

  • Defined and executed a technology roadmap aligned to business strategy for a HWaaS subscription offering at HP
  • Iterative roadmap planning with effort estimation and feature/architecture trade-off decisions to hit time-to-market targets
  • Strong cross-org dependency management and alignment with external teams’ prioritization/processes
  • Scaled delivery from a few scrum teams to 15+ teams using vendors plus internal refocusing
  • Built operating model for scale: team formation, work decomposition, and shared engineering standards (onboarding, reviews, testing, API docs)
  • Launch-period execution: clear ownership, daily progress/status discipline, and executive stakeholder communication
  • Pragmatic architecture decision-making: chose interim in-division subscription service to gain ~1 year time-to-market despite planned replatform later

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Experience

Head of Engineering and ProductStudentsidekiq.com · Jan 2025 – Present
Director, Solutions Engineering & DeliveryHP · Jan 2022 – May 2025
Director, Technical Program ManagementHP · Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
Sr. Manager, Software EngineeringHP · Jan 2010 – Jan 2021
New Product Intro Program and Strategic Alliance ManagerHP · Jan 2001 – Jan 2009

Education

University of San Diegomaster, MBA (2005)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaignbachelor, Chemical Engineering (1997)

Languages

English

Certifications

Building Innovative Leaders Program - Stanford University

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Cornelius O'DonnellDirector-level Engineering & Program Leader specializing in AI product platforms