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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Rolla, Mo, Us

San Diego, Ca, Us

Consulting & Research service providing business strategy, experienced resources on wireless technology Cellular, Bluetooth and GPS to design, enable or guide companies bringing new products to market with the correct technology for both FCC and Cellular Carrier certifications.Extensive knowledge on cellular chipsets life-cycles and impact of 3GPP Releases that drive network changes looking forward 20 years, battery technology, module OEMs, FCC product certification, and Carrier Field Testing to reach Certification to Operate on Networks.

Georgia Tech Research Institute - Atlanta, GAApplied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology employs nearly 2,400 people and is involved in approximately $600M in research annually for more than 200 clients in industry and government. • Managed wireless program execution Hardware, Firmware, Stage Gate planning, Agile, System Engineering, Quality Control, Purchasing and Accounting. • Led a time critical project as Senior Project Manager, with 100% oversight of team members including task assignments, and accountability.

Tallassee, Al, Us

Neptune Technology Group - Atlanta, GAA technology company serving 4,000 water utilities with metering devices and services across North America, making usage data actionable using effective software and hardware tools that are interconnected by a smart networks.Program Leader for 14 product development and research projects consisting of water metering hardware, software, firmware, wireless cellular technology development, antenna development, product roadmaps, product certification, factory production release, and production releases. Performed continuous research on future cellular network modifications for 3G-4G LTE, implementing 5G-NR advancement of 3GPP standards for wireless technology, new battery technologies, and initiatives to extend product lifetime.• Presentations to the Senior Executive Team on R&D projects status and potential risks• Defined strategies for addressing Product Risks & Part shortages. • Presented quarterly new product development updates• Product Release approvals to production.• Reviewed 3GPP Releases to get a two-to-three year head start over competitors.• Collaborated with Product Managers to assure on-time product release to production.• Lead product roadmap for 3GPP Cellular releases, and cellular evolution to 5GNR.• Managed development of Cellular, Lora, Antennas, Security, NFC, MQTT, BT and Battery technology.

San Diego, Ca, Us

Patented Data capture tech using OCR & Cellular Radio technology to deliver remote Water Meter data.CEO / CTO - FounderManaged technical team, product definition, design, production, field deployment and cloud services creation, product planning, and financial analysis. Held dual role as CEO/CTO responsible for finance, hiring, and technology leadership role over definition, design, development, and production of Optical Meter Reading equipment.• Completed in 18 months, including OCR, data capture, analytics, and customer dashboard.• Presented at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) start-up pavilion.• Awarded “Most Innovative Product in 2018” raising $2.8M in funding.• Secured US Patent - Optical Meter Reading Technology• 20+ customer pilots and deployments fielded with water utilities.• Awarded as “Most Innovative Product in 2018” raising $2.8M in funding.

Piloted the training for Intel's Sales & Marketing staff, enabling them to engage with cellular phone OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), to explain Intel’s new cellular technology, future roadmaps, and performance criteria. Collaborated in Executive level meetings with both Intel and Tier 1 Laptop OEMs entering the cellular space as an OEM or ODM (original design manufacturer). Became the primary technical training contact for Intel Sales & Marketing, facilitating customer meetings to sell chipsets to laptop OEMs, and support OEM’s efforts in the cellular phones and modems markets.• Delivered presentation to OEM companies entering the wireless market with mobile phones, or IoT products the capability of Intel cellular radio chipsets and options for usage in different products.• Negotiated IPR, development agreements, and schedules with customers, fulfilling expectations for high-quality technical support in the process of developing cell phones or IoT devices.• Drafted and negotiated NRE support agreements, ensuring high volume successful phone projects through Product Design to FCC/Carrier approval.• Management of the product lifecycle, safeguarding customer retention, and evolving the cellular device design to stay in compliance with the newest 3GPP specifications.

Neubiberg, München, De

Infineon Technologies Wireless Group provided wireless mobility and cellular platforms for smartphones, low-cost entry phones, baseband processors, radio-frequency transceivers, power management integrated circuits, connectivity features, and corresponding system software.Senior Director, North America Technical Marketing - WirelessLed direct campaign to Tier 1 customers for Infineon's Cellular, BT, GPS chipsets. Targeted the largest cellular phone OEMS in North America closing deals with RIM / Blackberry, Motorola, and Apple, delivering presentations at executive meetings and trade conferences. Generated relationships with AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile and several small cellular networks, enabling chipset certified to work with each carrier’s system properly (setting an industry standard that all cellular carriers and IoT networks now require).• Researched the IoT / M2M market space and discovered an underserved market in non-voice cellular radios for use in IoT devices, which were formerly called telematics or M2M (Machine to Machine) devices.• Identified the electric and water industry as large targets for the cellular industry so we engaged in the market space and found a very large need to get longer battery life with cellular chipsets.• Led team discovery of a method to get 20 years of cellular operation with proper battery cycling (turn it off when you don't need it on); today this is a standard in the water, electric, and gas industries.

Executive Mba, Business, Management, Marketing

Ms, Engineering

Bsee, Electrical Engineering