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Built an operations team and culture for newly formed, Engineering Chief Technology, and Architecture office, - Established team charter and vision with the team’s SVP/CTO and implemented program reviews, quarterly business reviews, and budget process. - Results included process and accountability models, shortening technology transfer decisions by 30%, and meeting 100% of the budget targets. Created an innovation dashboard for the engineering organization, which provided a consolidated and central view of innovation projects. - Monitored activity, spending, and outcomes from various innovation programs; created regular reporting for management awareness. - Achieved innovation program as an investment and part of the annual budget review, consolidated applications with overlaps and expansion as added value. Established reporting lead to provide investment decisions.

Led Research and Advanced Development operations across different varied programs with a shrinking budget. - Quickly reviewed and assessed the status of all programs with group leaders, established priority with the organization’s SVP, engaged with business partners in Finance and HR to build a strategic plan in alignment with engineering and finance goals. - Realized 100% alignment of the organization’s spending to budget targets and established a new organizational structure for the highest priority programs leading to improved execution to organizational goals.Addressed a high risk retention issue of senior technical talent due to no funding for innovations and research projects; Worked quickly with senior leaders on possible solutions and created a proposal for a program named the Technology Fund, which resulted in a $10M agreement for the fund that continues to function.

Designed career transition into new engineering business unit to lead first Cisco product launch. Organized a project management structure and team to support roadmap and aligned with Cisco’s models; implemented standard program reviews resulting in a 25% lead-time improvementLed first large customer (Verizon) product launches and recognized as a critical player across Verizon.

Directed a 50-person Software and Appliance supply chain operations team during an expanded software growth. Partnered with engineering business units, creating awareness, and understanding of growth and needs.Developed a supply chain strategy for infrastructure, business models, and growth of software businesses and led an $8M software transformation initiative for software delivery, licensing, and IP management. Successfully implemented a global software fulfillment strategy resulting in $35M annual tax savings with team building the first software licensing model for Cisco.Consistently exceeded operation metrics for lead-times and on-time shipments; maintained OTS metrics within the top three product families.Developed an OEM product manufacturing strategy leveraging contract manufacturing relationships and initiating new capabilities with OEM partners.