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Elmwood Park, Il, Us

Lead product management of multiple fleet management platforms for the transportation, construction, and delivery industries, driving innovation in connected vehicle technology and compliance solutions.● Oversee fleet compliance solutions (ELD, DVIR, IFTA reporting)● Lead development of an IoT telematics device for Class 1 through Class 8 vehicles, enhancing real-time fleet tracking and monitoring capabilities across multiple vehicle types● Integrated IoT asset tracking devices to create an all in one platform experience

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Leadership team member responsible for determining company vision and project priorities. Managed the product life cycle from ideation through tactical execution to ensure alignment with the broader company goals.● Led a cross-functional team in the product development of a web and Android based local fleet platform● Managed product life cycle from product ideation and planning through tactical execution for a web and Android based platform.● Collaborated with the sales, customer success, design, and engineering teams to ensure a consistent vision through all phases of development. ● Led webapp product development through a complete redesign, introduction of 18 major new features, and 300 other enhancements.● Led Android product development through three major and 15 minor version updates of a driver facing application used for communication and workflow management.● Led integration development with internal and external teams to introduce 14 new integrations into the platform.

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

PROJECT ENGINEER● Led development of an automated satellite command transmission and telemetry verification system. The software reduced on console man hours by approximately 1500 hours annually allowing for reallocating personnel to future business growth.● Led development of satellite anomaly solutions to streamline recovery efforts, reduce recovery times, and reduce user outages. The team produced 44 Anomaly Response Plans and developed an anomaly first responder qualification program for the engineering department.SATELLITE ENGINEER● Provided technical analysis of DoD Request for Information and Request for Proposals to increase business expansion through future proposals.● Member of two U.S. Navy Launch Teams responsible for all launch and low Earth transfer orbit operations.TEST ENGINEER● Lead Test Engineer at the NAVSOC backup Satellite Operations Center.

Pt Mugu, Ca

PROJECT ENGINEER● Legacy Programs Lead Engineer for the NAVSOC On Orbit Engineering Support Contract. ● Supervised eleven team members responsible for operational control of three Navy owned satellite constellations valued at approximately $2.1 billion.● Developed and implemented operational strategies that increased the operational life of the constellations by approximately 6 years.● Developed and implemented process improvements for mission planning, data analysis, telemetry verification, and command execution to automate and streamline the satellite operational tasks. ● Led development and training of the government Engineering Technicians program. The new training program allowed for the transfer of operational responsibilities reducing engineering man hours by approximately 1300 hours annually.SATELLITE ENGINEER● Satellite bus and payload anomaly first responder.● Primary expertise in the Telemetry, Tracking, and Command; Power; and Fault Protection subsystems.● Member of the U.S. Navy Ultra High Frequency Follow On 11 Satellite Launch Team responsible for the successful launch and low Earth transfer orbit of the Boeing 601 communication satellite.TEST ENGINEER● Led Regression Test Team composed of contractor and DoD government personnel responsible for verification of updated versions of the command and control ground system.● Developed the STPs, coordinated test events, tracked results, and delivered the final Software Test Reports for seven testing cycles.