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Atlanta Metropolitan Area

Lawrenceville, GA

• Lead engineering project teams in the Waterfall style development of RF and DWDM fiber optics products. Partner with Product Managers for the development of product requirement and engineering specifications.
• Oversaw the development of a new optical switch module that reduced by 95% the number of affected customers from an upstream device failure.
• Sustained continuity of supply chain and factory operations by evaluating the use of an alternate component resulting in increased supply capacity and a concurrent piece part cost reduction with annual savings of.

Naperville, IL

• Guided a team of 8 engineers and CAD designers, assigning projects and setting their priorities. Partnered with Product Managers and ODM vendors to generate product requirement documents, engineering specification.
• Managed the design and development of a new optical module platform chassis that increased module rack space density by 32.5%.
• Oversaw the development of optical amplifiers and an optical switch for an outdoor Optical Hub platform that extended the operating ambient temperature range by 35°C.

Naperville, IL

• Directed the efforts of engineering project teams and acted as the link between Product Managers, Program Managers and Engineering. Led a multi-disciplinary team of 8, including mechanical engineers, electrical.
• Conceptualized, designed, and released to production, a new line of fiber optic amplifiers that increased the platform optical port density by 300%.
• Implemented the use of uncooled pump lasers for optical amplifiers decreasing their overall power consumption by 50%.