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Duluth, Georgia, United States

As Director of Software Products, I lead market research initiatives into IoT, LTE, and cloud technologies, enhancing software product offerings to penetrate new customer segments and incorporate modern technology into antenna ground station solutions. Moreover, I initiate and orchestrate strategic software architecture enhancements utilizing collaboration between DataPath Windows application and Gilat Kubernetes Linux software products.Among my notable accomplishments, I:• Excelled at a triple-functional role as Software Director, Software Product Manager, and Software Sales Engineer, spearheading comprehensive management of all DataPath Software Products.• Boosted team performance and project velocity by incorporating Agile best practices, leading to a significant increase in sprint success rates and accelerated stakeholder feedback.• Re-engineered the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to boost efficiency and surpass previous customer satisfaction benchmarks, fueling organic growth from existing customers.• Achieved annual savings of over $1M by integrating multiple software products from another DataPath group without requiring additional resources.• Secured over a dozen high-value software project bids annually valued at $5M+, targeting mission-critical government and commercial customers by crafting precise solutions, estimations, pricing, and presentations.• Saved the company $150K annually by championing the consolidation of software tools, CI/CD DevOps processes, and compliance measures (ISO 9001:2015 and NIST 800-218) while advancing the software and company's security posture.

Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States

As Director Software Product Owner, I secured RFPs totalling over 6M units, blocking a fierce competitor from entering the market and preserving dominant market share.Below listed are a few of my key achievements:• Successfully managed the completion of over 10 software development projects utilizing .NET, Jira, HTML, and SQL, with project budgets ranging between $2M and $10M+, delivering on time and within budget constraints.• Improved Agile team efficiencies by implementing simplified tracking methods for project and budget estimations across software development and quality assurance, reducing sprint and release reporting times by 33%.• Optimized Agile practices by consulting with development teams to ensure methodology implementation, leading product demonstrations/retrospectives, and resolving action items while supporting the technical team in backlog management.

Lawrenceville, Ga

As Director of Software Engineering, I pioneered cost-effective software systems across multiple vendors for DOCSIS 3.1, Voice, Routing, WiFi, and Battery functionalities. Moreover, I led the implementation of IoT stack into overall product architecture after conducting IoT architecture design discussions across multiple vendors.A small section of my noteworthy accomplishments include:• Generated over $10M annually by orchestrating a cross-functional team of 20+ software engineers, system administrators, sales leaders, QA engineers, and product managers in IT application development, application support, system integration, and system administration projects.• Secured $390K in savings for the company through effective Statement of Work (SoW) and Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) negotiations with third-party vendors, leveraging strong negotiation skills to achieve favorable contractual terms.• Led a global software development project across Europe and Latin America with a team of 10 members that streamlined organizational technology processes, sold over 4M devices annually, and significantly cut company expenditures while boosting team productivity.• Integrated the Cisco team with the Technicolor team post-acquisition, creating a cohesive and collaborative environment that maintained market share and boost staff productivity.

Lawrenceville, Ga

As Engineering Manager, I led a team of 8 software engineers in local and remote locations, including Belgium and China, while directing multiple third-party development teams in Taiwan using a tiger team approach to resolve production-critical issues.Following are some of my key accomplishments:• Introduced Agile methodologies, defining scopes, managing resources, and overseeing schedules to align with stakeholder and project owner specifications, which significantly enhanced the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process and reduced project turnaround time by 39%.• Established a new self-organizing engineering team by training in Agile fundamentals and coaching for sustained adoption of changes; implemented Agile processes for re-platforming and re-hosting data projects to meet stakeholder needs.

At Cisco Systems, I resolved critical software and network issues for key accounts such as Comcast and Time Warner, addressing and escalating project issues effectively.Some of my contributions to the organization include:• Enhanced productivity by 27% through coordination of software system installations and collaboration with the user experience team on the design and implementation of new features, identifying and optimizing software process inefficiencies.• Minimized downtime and recoding needs by identifying areas requiring regression testing following software updates, system changes, and functionality adjustments.

• Designed, tested, and supported SIP VoIP and E911 CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) products to increase BellSouth's overall market share by 26% and boost revenue earnings by $345K annually within the data communication industry.• Decreased time to market for various DSL and E911 CPE products with efficient organization and intelligentregression of test case execution and documentation.