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Fort Worth, TX, US

Plano, Texas, US

Responsible for the overall coordination and execution of the assigned programs, research and development activities and product line roadmap for Orbital Systems Mechanical, Electrical and RF Engineering teams, managing cost, schedule, risk and communications. Liaison between the Program Manager, Operations, Product Line Manager and Engineering.

More than a manufacturer of automation machines, OPEX continuously reimagines technology to power the future of our customers. Smart robots improve warehouse performance and inventory control.

Assisting the Unmanned Aerial Systems group in development of the Aeroguard autonomous drone interdiction system, from requirements definition through development and testing to production. Developing and maintaining project schedules to coordinate, monitor and report progress of cross-functional teams (EE, ME and SW), assuring project quality and.

Dallas, TX, US

Guiding the successful completion of major programs in a project leadership role. Responsible for the oversight of all phases of assigned projects, serving as liaison between senior management, functional support organizations and production management. Reviewing and communicating status of assigned projects, managing schedule. Assessing project issues.

Cleveland, Ohio, US

Led HW/SW team to create control electronics prototype for several cutting-edge Fuel Cell applications. Consistently delivered results on schedule and under budget, while conducting standard commercial aviation HW/SW project management activities, including scheduling, staffing, Earned Value Management, status tracking and communication, and financial.

Led implementation and documentation of corporate compliance with government and industry-standard IT management and security policies for a cloud computing start-up.

Directed seven managers and 135 staff operating in 14 central Illinois counties; also supervised local recruiting call center and office operations staff.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Improved efficiency by negotiating enhanced coordination between collaborating teams. Managed and mentored team of Project Managers using Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Project, Outlook, Visio and TWiki pages to document dependencies and track progress of multiple development groups.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

Led software engineers developing innovative software supporting web-based advertising on mobile devices.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Managed 38 software engineers in geographically-dispersed teams completing multiple concurrent real-time embedded cellular telecommunication handset software projects.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Coordinated locally, nationally and internationally-located software development and testing teams for timely cellular telecommunication infrastructure innovations.

Chicago, Illinois, US

Project Management using Microsoft Project and Primavera TeamPlay. Engineering group interface with project management team. Coordinated engineering teams in IL, TX, Ireland, China and Japan for synchronized development, integration, testing and delivery of quality CDMA cellular switching software to the 2nd and 3rd largest cellular providers in Japan..

Chicago, Illinois, US

Designed user interfaces for cordless telephones and CT2 PCS handsets. Optimized embedded real-time 68HC05 and 68HC11 assembly language software. Created test scripts for embedded software. Audited department to determine Capability Maturity Model SEI level. Co-author of patent submission defensively published June 1997.