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Remote

• Sr Program Manager building LRUs for a constellation of 170 LEO Satellites. These are being manufactured by AST to provide Global 5G voice and data services compatible with existing LTE and 5G handsets. No Sat Phone required. Beta satellite in orbit and successful Telco integration tests complete. Building first set of commercial service Satellites.• Program Management for Software Defined Radios, SBand (TT&C) and QV Band radios (Telco D/L), Main Flight Computer (CnDH), Power Control and Distribution System and associated components.• LRUs were both Internally designed projects, built at a Contract Manufacturer I was collocated with as well as from 3rd party vendors building to spec• Lead spec development/subsystems specs/VCRM/development/test/production campaigns. Lead Eng Dev Team/design/prototype/DVT/Final release to Production• Managed Specialty engineering integration, EMI/EMC, Joint Fatigue/Life Test, Radiation hardening/design, 3rd party Certification houses (ie NST, EA, others)• Managed Qualification and Acceptance testing campaign for the current set of commercial satellites across all subsystem: AOCS, ECS, TT&C, Payload communications, Solar Panel and Phased array antenna subsystems, and Propulsion.• Remote engineering Team, Barcelona, London, Tel Aviv, Buenos Aries, Toronto, Bangalore and throughout the US.

San Diego, California, United States

• Strategic customer Program Management for Software Defined Radios, Lasercom, GPS, SBand Communications, Sun Sensors and Strat Trackers. • Specification Development, Program execution, transition to and completion of Manufacturing and Validation (Qualification programs, Vibe, Thermal, EMI/EMC, TVAC, Radiation testing), P&L, customer facing lead for the company. • Main liaison to customers, DOD, US Government and Space 2.0 companies (Blue Canyon and Space X).• Lead development milestones reviews with customer teams (sometime 100+) for SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and FAI and shipment.

Culver City/Carlsbad

•Responsible for oversight of day to day operations for a Mobile First ad solutions, content monetization, social aggregation and MarTec platform services solutions provider. •Direct oversight of Ad Operations, Account Management, Creative Development and Production, Product Development and infrastructure.•Direct contributor to Series B funding initiatives.•Lead team responsible for RFP responses, campaign launch, roll out, and execution.

Carlsbad, Ca

• Assigned as Crisis Manager for failing major ODM initiative and successfully reestablished the relationship culminating in a successful product launch supporting ATT Digital Life Home Automation and Security Service. The successful launch has resulted in $95MM in revenue to date.• General Manager of ATT Products Business area – Reduced costs by 7% and improved margin % by 10%. Successfully negotiated a contract extension for an additional two years. • Managed rollout of ATT product line and expansion of next generation products reducing time to market by 4 months. Established baseline for the 3rd generation products for ATT Digital Life Service to include Internet of Things initiative.• Operations management – Provided inbound and outbound operations direction to the factory resulting in a reduction of lead time for product deliveries of 20%.

Carlsbad, Ca

• Hired to staff and develop a Product Line Management team of thirteen within Linear. Implemented product development methodology from marketing requirements to product End of Life (EOL). Successfully launched three dozen products a year while reducing time to market by six months.• Lead the Product management integration from four separate acquisitions into the Linear portfolio with a combined sales value of $60MM and a reduction in expenses of $8MM.• Provided strategic direction and implementation of product lines to invest and EOL. Reduced SKU count from 5k to 2k and brought focus and investment to the 10% of SKUs generating 80% of the revenue• Research and launch new strategic product areas resulting in $100MM of growth

Bluebell Pa

• Developed/Implemented partner strategy with Major Telcos, CLECs and MSO for integration, resale of the telecommuter solution• Secured resale agreement with Verizon for integration into their telecommuter solution, contract in process with Cablevision

Irvine, Ca

- Managed national sales force (eight direct reports) and managed the West Coast territory directly for direct sales for Telecommuter and security solutions to the Fortune 500. C Level sales to the IT groups. Increase revenue 400%. Part of senior team involved in the sale of Axcelerant to GRIC- Develop/Implement channel resale program for the major MSOs. Implemented rolled our Service with Time Warner Cable

San Diego, Ca

- Staffed a Product Management organization to Add Value Added Services (VAS) onto the Akamai network. These services included Digital Rights Management (DRM), Encoding and Storage Services, Content Syndication services.- Developed business cases, pricing, rollout strategies and implementation strategies

El Segundo, Ca

- Staffed team of six Product Managers and implemented internet based voice services for the lap top, Calling Card platforms, and direct business replacement services.

Annapolis, Md

$500M Aviation based Data Communications provider and System IntegratorPositions held include Principle Engineer, Program Manager, Product Manager International Data Services, Director of Product Management, Data Networks and Sr Director, Data Systems Development- Held a series of positions with increasing responsibility and staff associated with the development, rollout, and life cycle support of Data Services for the airline and air transport sector.

Farmingdale, Nj

$100M Avionics based Defense ContractorProject Engineer/Staff Engineer for integration of new avionics into military aircraft

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Mba

Completed MBA program while working full time

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Delta Upsilon Fraternity

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