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Teaneck, New Jersey, US

Connected Factory, Connected Products, Cognizant Digital BusinessManufacturing Operations Management Consultant, Solutions Lead for Industry 4.0 projects

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Led Panduit's market and offering development for industrial internet of things:
• Agile Scrum product owner defining marketing requirements documents and solution architecture requirements through partnering, service pilot engagements, voice of customer and user story development
• Led product efforts partnering with Cisco on Industrial IOT product line, service and architecture offering developing a $30,000,000 pipeline.
• Engaged with Industrial Analytics firm to evaluate machine learning for environmental and vibration condition monitoring data streaming from wireless sensors to deliver actionable insights for 'as a Service' offering.
• Drove efforts to align IOT offering with Rockwell Automation with Ethernet/IP gateway with add-on profile programming tool integration.
• Developed and presented training to Cisco and system integrator partners positioning IOT offering architecture and infrastructure value proposition, technical information and hands-on learning.

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Led company efforts for industrial IP Advantage coalition marketing and industrial Ethernet training development, including modules on physical layer architecture (cabling, zone architecture, and micro data center..
• Presented industrial networking architecture at Rockwell Automation, Cisco, and partner events as part of marketing campaign including media and analyst engagements. Conducted sales and system integrator training on.
• Developed industrial physical infrastructure maturity model and associated white paper well received by sales, partners, and customers as tool to drive planning and investment based on best practices.
• Contributor to multi-company reference architecture with Cisco and Rockwell Automation including fiber optic physical infrastructure guide and physical infrastructure documents.
• Published multiple articles and webinars on network architecture, security and physical infrastructure.
• Served as product lead for M&A analysis and evaluation for large $100,000,000 target.

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Led solution development efforts for control panel and industrial physical infrastructure offering resulting in double digit sales growth and new product lines.
• Collaborated with Rockwell Automation and Cisco on Converged Plant-wide Ethernet (CPwE) architecture and alliance partnering to factor company into guidance and presentations.
• Developed and delivered presentations and training on industrial automation physical infrastructure architectures for network security and performance at company and partner sites, including conducting dozens of.
• Created marketing requirements and innovation areas for building block solutions (e.g., first industrial zone and MDC systems).
• Worked with sales, distributors, integrators, and partners for solution selling and training initiatives with customers on physical infrastructure architecture and control panel solutions.
• Technical lead on ODVA standards body as member of Physical Layer Special Interest Group developing specifications and presenting paper on fiber optic solution.

Tinley Park, Illinois, US

• Led marketing and research team focused on control panel and industrial networking product and solution innovation. Contributed to product concepts for noise mitigation and grounding products, zone enclosure systems.
• Performed broad range of industrial automation design and integration tasks across plants, including machine and plant-level networks, packaging equipment and molding machine controls design/programming, PC-based.
• Implemented SIL-rated safety robotic guarding system with safety relays and interlocks.
• Evaluated and prepared CE ratings for production equipment and performed related ground tests.
• Lead author of physical infrastructure reference architecture document, collaborating with internal business team, product experts, alliance team, technical writers, and partners and establishing with partners.
• Spearheaded efforts to implement industrial Ethernet across manufacturing sites as part of computer integrated manufacturing improvement projects. Defined architecture with IT and OT stakeholders and performed physical.