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Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Responsible for identifying key technologies for business growth, leading the engineering team in efficiently developing and launching those technologies in new products, and supporting existing products.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

Knoxville, Tn, Us

Led hardware, software, and mechanical engineering team through the full development cycle – concept, planning, design, testing, production launch, and market introduction. Utilized Agile software development processes.• Directed a team of 18 including hardware, software, and mechanical engineers, scientists, production leads, salespeople, and marketers in the development and release of an innovative portable x-ray diffractometer for global use, creating a product that delivers market-changing features at half the cost of the previous generation's products.• Led the software team to develop the ACES Systems COBRA II vibration and balancing analyzer. Development was five (5) times faster than a comparable effort; beating a challenging launch target.• Led software team in development for embedded controllers, Systems on Modules, PLCs, and associated APIs.• Created and instituted the software release process for TEC.• Led process of joining CURENT: National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center.• Initiated TEC's college internship program.• Worked directly with other functional leads and business unit manager.• Established effective business relationships with key customers to better understand customer use cases and requirements.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Managed multi-functional teams to grow the business based on innovative new product launches, continuous improvement projects, and direct support of operation and production teams. Led team in market defining development efforts in Industrial Internet of Things and cloud services solution that fueled business growth.• Collaborated with product managers in creating strategic plans and roadmaps for global product lines.• Drove the launch of market-leading products, resulting in more than 25% of total sales coming from products launched within the previous three (3) years.• Became subject matter expert for global communications technologies (cellular, satellite, Ethernet, ISM band) and regulatory agency standards.• Evaluated and cultivated engineering team members and their skillsets to meet changing market needs.• Directed both internal and remote third party engineering teams.• Increased bottom line profitability by launching innovative products and driving continuous improvement projects for existing products.• Worked directly with other functional leads and business unit manager.• Managed budget and human resource needs of the engineering department.• Quickly established effective business relationships with key customers and suppliers to generate successful and lasting customer partnerships.

Rueil Malmaison, Paris, Fr

Architected, designed, and implemented leading edge firmware for wireless tank level monitoring systems. • Co-developed hardware platform for Centeron Controller which was the flagship platform for 15 years.• Developed use cases and documentation for market leading wireless products. • Established firmware development processes for the company. • Engineering lead on multiple projects.• Led software development for Centeron Controller and Radar Monitor which opened greenfield markets for the business.

Designed and implemented electrical, firmware and system level solutions for various customer-specific products.• Led a multi-discipline team in the development of leading edge custom test equipment.• Designed and developed embedded software for Intel platform.• Integrated hardware, software, and mechanical designs to create custom test equipment.

Designed and developed embedded firmware for cutting edge set top box.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Designed and implemented electrical, firmware and system level solutions for various embedded systems in the areas of cellular and government products. Led multiple small teams in applied research and development efforts to extend the technologies used in those fields.• Developed embedded software for several Motorola cellular phones.• Designed, prototyped, and debugged next generation handsfree acoustic echo cancellation system for Motorola's GSM cellular phones.• Designed, coded, and tested embedded software for military product.

Berwyn, Pa, Us

Developed electrical, manufacturing, and quality engineering work product for a high mix, medium volume production facility.

Msee, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Diploma