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Position, prioritize & qualify product and customer requirements through technical specifications such as Telcordia General Requirement’s, TIA, UL, IEC, NEMA and others, define the technical & test product roadmaps and work closely with engineering, product managers and executive management to execute technical plans across product lines.Manage Clearfield’s patent portfolio. Work with engineering to identify patentable Clearfield products, features & processes. Liaison for Clearfield’s patent attorney on patent related issues/ideas/filing.Assess competitive products. Maintain knowledge of competitive position and industry market dynamics. Create competitive cross-references for product managers when a direct cross does not exist. Create technology assessments

Managed the profitability & revenue of a Fiber Optic Panel product line. Made it easy for sales to promote fiber panels by developing & positioning the portfolio to be easy to understand, therefore easy to sell. Increased revenue 18% YoY.Worked closely with engineering & develop new products such as Rapid Fiber Panel product. Successfully launched to the Telecomm market & won 3 major customers and contracts the first year. Executed revenue in new product orders in a new product family flawlessly.Implement cost reductions & design changes to improve gross margin while minimizing impact to customers thereby gaining acceptance. Resulted in gross margin improvement 12% YoY.Forecast yearly revenue for finance. Create product roadmap & strategy including Voice of Customer, market sizing and competitive analysis. Created TE competitive matrix for sales to position TE products over competitors.Deep understanding of fiber optic technologies– from design to manufacture and how they fit into the various network architectures. Extensive experience with inside and outside plant fiber optics.

Fiber Optic Wall Boxes & Value-Added Modules Manage P & L of Fiber Optic Wall Boxes, Fiber Optic Splitters & CWDM/DWDM suite of products. Highlights include creating documentation & presentations easy to understand in a highly technical product line. Improved sales 8% YoY by working with TE account managers and understanding our customers’ specific issues & requirements then applying that to business plans and functional requirement documents. Lowered finished goods inventory 12% by focusing on optical components instead of finished goods.

Copper Network Products RFM & DS3Developed & drove pricing projects, customer databases and competitive analysis. Assisted product managers with forecast models. Responded to quality & manufacturing issues and challenges. Created an inventory management model to streamline inventory and identify stale inventory quarter over quarter.

Engineer, design & develop of telecommunication products and processes. Awarded US patents on multiple designs for ADC.

Copper Network ProductsEngineered and developed ADC products within cost targets, time frames and design constraints. Designed and developed multiple profitable patented products including the ADC BNC connector, RF connector and modular DS3. Awarded seven patents including modular DS3. This patent has saved ADC more than $7 million in its lifetime. Created Engineering Specifications for product designs based on customer input. Managed and directed ADC engineering interns and technicians.Led cost reduction projects through various channels including developing molds, tooling and relocating product lines to a new manufacturing facility.