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Newton, Ma, Us

West Newton, Massachusetts

Freelance music composition, audio engineering and production; specializing in delivering original soundtracks for documentary and other film projects. Also providing Beta Test services for professional audio software.

Somerville, Massachusetts

Managed all operational aspects of an amazing 42,000 Sq Ft Makerspace, providing members with training, tools, equipment, storage and work space for a wide spectrum of fabrication technologies.Planned and managed complex relocation from Somerville site to a two building facility in Lower Allston. - Worked with architects and contractors to plan electrical, plumbing, ventilation, data and security requirements.- Planned and managed all facility equipment maintenance, improvements and repairs. - Led Facility COVID response, optimized plant ventilation and implemented sanitization and cleaning protocols- Managed 12 Shop leads, ran quarterly volunteer program, supported outreach efforts, educational programs and guest artist lectures and demonstrations

Toronto, Canada

Led a dramatic reorganization and rapid growth of the Toronto based Software Solutions development team to support business and strategic goals.Re-organized and tripled the size of G&D Software Solutions group over 8 months to ensure that business commitments could be successfully met. Successfully regained trust with dissatisfied and strategically critical customers by implementing sound product development processes and delivering projects on time and on quality. Established relationship with a near-shore partner to add additional software development capacity and reduce backlog.

Dulles, Va

Responsible for Engineering, Technical Support and Call Center Teams for a $115M banknote processing subsidiary, supporting customers throughout the AmericasAssumed Program Management responsibility for a troubled $37M currency processing project with the US Federal Reserve. Maintained customer trust while simultaneously driving strategies with headquarters R&D team to mitigate project delays and get the program back on track. Developed and implemented a cross-functional Product Development Process for the division. Mentored cross-functional project teams in implementation of the process on two pilot programs.

Managed the R&D and Product Development organization for an equipment division of a $4B global corporation. Responsible for rationalizing and leveraging a diverse technology portfolio; including visible and IR laser imaging systems, high precision linear and rotary servo systems, embedded and applications software.Reduced warranty and installation costs by $6M in 2004 by driving product quality and reliability improvements.Worked closely with key customer accounts to generate requirements and deliver custom solutions.Led the organization to achieve and exceed critical time-to-market and development cost goals.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Created Value Engineering group, chartered with reducing material and manufacturing costs. Generated over $2M savings in first year of operation. Reduced material cost of flagship product by 17% via innovative redesign.Led comprehensive recovery of an automated printing plate handling project. Reduced cost by 40%, with dramatic improvements in serviceability and product safety.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Led internal and OEM product development efforts for graphic arts scanning systems. Managed development of unique software front-end for Agfa’s range of graphic arts scanners. Successfully negotiated and launched a high-end OEM product from main industry competitor.Won a key patent dispute with commercial scanning OEM partner.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, United States

Worked with product development to create test processes and methodologies for new products introductions. Managed transfer of pilot production processes to main manufacturing plant. Drove development and production issues to root cause resolution.Devised and implemented an innovative automated testing strategy for industry leading film imager, saving over $2M/year in consumables cost and drastically improving system qualityRecommended design changes during development to facilitate assembly and testingWrote test procedures, trained test technicians, implemented ongoing improvements to raise quality and lower test costs