Supervise a team of Product Managers and lead them in SAFe Agile Product Management for the creation and delivery of vehicle core services software.

Supervise a team of product owners and lead them in SAFe agile delivery of Infotainment software. Release train engineer and Technical Program Manager for Sync 3 software development and release.

Lead a cross-functional team in the development and maintenance of Sync and Sync 4 software features from conception to post system release support. Worked with systems, human design, and ergonomics teams in the evaluation and development of core specifications. Tracked and managed the software development and implementation of course specifications by working with the software development and quality assurance teams using agile methodologies. Managed sprint goals and backlog.

Manage the day to day activities of projects and staff; communicate with project teams as necessary to ensure project deliverables are on schedule. Communicate and collaborate with internal and external customers as needed in regards to project deliverables including managing expectations. Develop schedules, prioritization and resource allocation with input from team members. Work with technical leads to accurately estimate additional work associated with customer/internally driven Engineering Change Requests. Provide timely program updates to management and other program team members. Interface with customer both to negotiate delivery schedules and requirements. • Led Team to deliver Scion Gen II Toyota extension box with no quality issues and under budget by 20% within 8 months.

Team Lead Product Development Engineer for International Truck and IC Bus vehicle infotainment products, including, navigation, vehicle information displays, radios, antennae, speakers, turn signal switches, steering wheel switches and various HMI components. Responsibilities included but not limited to writing specifications, writing DVP&R, reviewing supplier DFMEA/PFMEA, performing vehicle level testing, cost reduction, and warranty reduction. • Lead development on the first Commercial truck OEM vehicle navigation, infotainment and telematic device based on the Android platform.• Reduced cost by on Vehicle infotainment displays $500,000 annually.• Flawless launch of Android device• Lead development on new radio platform that reduced cost by $2M annually, added robust Bluetooth solution, and decreased warranty by 30%.• Discovered and root caused multifunction turn signal switch issue that prevented a recall on new model vehicles that had not shipped.

Product Development Engineer in charge of interoperability between Chrysler/Fait infotainment system and consumer electronic devices, such as mobile phones, media players, and tablets. Responsibilities also included maintenance management, which included developing strategies to update products after they are in the field.• Developed new Bluetooth specification that became the standard for all Chrysler/Fiat infotainment products which was projected to improve performance by 80%.

Electrical Engineer for Validation/Evaluation of Toyota Car Infotainment Products. Responsibilities include product validation, evaluation, and benchmarking all pre-production products for electrical performance, quality, specifications, usability, and HMI. Key duties include Bluetooth testing, voice recognition testing, and RF testing. Developed improvements for radio head unit design based on this data that went into production on key Toyota Vehicles including Prius and Camry. Also reviewed electrical PCB designs and BOM for cost savings and improved performance. Support Toyota Plants to ensure flawless launches of products. Also represent the company at major industry conferences. • Discovered and diagnosed issues that raised the quality of 2010-2011 Toyota head units by approximately %5 per JD Power scores.• Became Telematics specialist to research and evaluate Bluetooth technologies, including all major mobile phones, and benchmark with infotainment products.• Research possible implementations of UMTS, GSM, CDMA, and LTE technologies into vehicles for the North American market.• Improved the Voice Recognition on 2012 Subaru Navigation head unit in North America by 20%.• Improved the Voice Recognition HMI on 2012 Subaru Navigation.• Improved the Bluetooth performance on 2012 Toyota Head Units by 8%.

Assist a team of program managers in the extensive project of shutting down seven Delphi locations and moving the occupants to one central location in Auburn Hills.• Successfully relocated 1300 people into new facility.• Created a facilities location document that became the company standard.

Design Release Engineer on GMT 900 Body Control Module (BCM). This was the platform for all GM Truck and large SUV including Hybrids. Responsibilities include maintaining documentation (3PD) including specifications for vast amounts of parts (mainly software calibrations). Track timing and key dates to program. Onsite program management responsibilities. Worked with GM vehicle software logic to implement calibrations on various vehicles.• Balanced the difficult task of being the primary interface between Delphi, GM, and Denso.• Worked on Calibrations for Body Control Module for GMT900• Master of E-Squared and APM systems.• Advanced Product Quality Planning for product launch and builds.

Systems Engineer on audio head units for Ford. Lead a team of resident engineers responsible for 9 different Ford Vehicle Platforms. Responsibilities include working with Ford to refine design requirements and specifications, implementing the design and specifications, release, and troubleshoot mobile multimedia system when issues arose in design, testing, and production stages of the product life. Systems include analog and digital input and outputs. Software validation including negative and positive test cases. Modules include radio head unit, DVD, satellite radio, and Ford Sync. All modules communicated on the HS-CAN bus. Modules were reflashable, programmable, and configurable on the HS-CAN bus. Used the latest engineering techniques and tools including six sigma, lean engineering, and FMEA/DFMEA/PFMEA processes to support product.• Systems Engineer on GAPII radios that were on 9 different Ford programs.• Achieved Six Sigma Green Belt• Received Systems Engineer I certification• Flawless launch of Ford Sync on GAPII radios.• Improved warranty by 30%.• Received Recognition Award for work launching Ford Sync.• Ranked top Engineer in group by Delphi Management.• Discovered, validated, and implemented product change that saved $100k annually (Six Sigma Green Belt Project)

Resident Systems Engineer on mobile multimedia system including radio, DVD, and satellite radio on Ford Vehicles. Responsibilities include releasing mobile multimedia products to 3 vehicle platforms including the Freestar, Focus, and Superduty Truck (F-250, F-350). Support launch of vehicles, understand requirements and testing, prevent issues by using PFMEA/FMEA and DVP&R processes. Responsibilities include resolving design issues, evaluation of products, improve quality, resolve manufacturing and field issues related to vehicle multi-media systems. Be the main contact liaison between Delphi and Ford. Position was not heavily supervised requiring self motivation to handle the responsibilities at hand. Worked with Ford eFDVS, AIMs, WERS, Change Control System, Advanced Product Quality Planning and PPAP of multiple products.• Made launch leader of Freestar launch.• Made launch leader of Focus launch.• Made launch leader of Superduty Truck.• Flawless launch of Superduty Truck.• Received Recognition Award for volunteering my expertise to assist in the launch other programs (F-150, Ford Five Hundred, Mercury Montego).• Promoted to Lead Systems Engineer