Responsible for product management for Power Line Carrier communication systems and related new business initiatives. Managed Product Management team that successfully launched the next generation Power Line Carrier communication system to market. The new system was developed to meet the changing demands of the electric utility “SmartGrid” market and was successfully released to the market after a two-year development cycle.Led product management group responsible for managing product life cycle and new product introductions. Responsible for market research, product specifications, contribution margin analysis, competitive analysis, customer communications, sales team training, technical publications, and strategic partnerships. Defined the 3-year strategic product development road-map, developed business plans, market analysis, and financial models for new products and markets.Product management lead supporting selected new business development initiatives. Provided market analysis and technical presentations at international business development meetings.

Director of Engineering Solutions reporting directly to the CTO of North America. Responsibilities included providing technical leadership for emerging market opportunities and high level engineering support of strategic customer accounts.Strategic contributor to international technology groups from Toshiba and Landis+Gyr focused on migrating the North American technology and products for use in other countries.Provided technical evaluation and recommendations for improving product performance, installation procedures and best practices.Investigated the technical feasibility of developing ultrasonic gas measurement technology for the North American market. Served as technical liaison representing Landis+Gyr’s metering and communications technology to industry consultants and technical contributor for strategic customer Request for Proposal responses.Represented Landis+Gyr North America at global communications technology forums, provided technical guidance and knowledge transfer to other Landis+Gyr groups. Represented the CTO office on technical strategy and support for strategic customers. Supported sales team with key accounts, customer meetings, technical reviews, and presentations.Provided technical input and strategic assessments to the CEO and CTO regarding company acquisitions

MAnaged R&D groups located in Atlanta and Minnesota. Managed multidisciplinary engineering teams exceeding 60 employees at multiple locations with an R&D budget exceeding $12M.Successfully integrated independent hardware R&D teams after acquisitions.Defined and implemented the plan to redesign a newly acquired two-way RF product line, adreesed several design flaws which significantly impacted performance and market acceptance. Introduced several new products to market including a large system release which led to shipments of 8+M units.Implemented a standardized product development process across multiple R&D locations.Directly contributed to product design efforts including circuit and system design reviews, design validation testing, product and system test procedures, customer acceptance testing, and failure analysis.Implemented changes to engineering processes and procedures to achieve ISO9001 and ISO14001 certifications.

Managed engineering teams that introduced multiple power line carrier and radio frequency communications products to the market including products for electric, water, and gas measurement, advanced two-way PLC communications, and multiple product integrations with 3rd party suppliers.Managed the engineering and project teams responsible for redesigning a product line from a new business aquisition, acheived operational performance and high volume manufacturability. Product line was successfully introduced into the market and it significantly strengthened the product portfolio. Led the post-acquisition integration of the engineering teams from multiple company aquistions.Managed and coordinated remote R&D project teams between Atlanta, GA, Pequot Lakes, MN.

Reporting to the VP of Engineering and Customer Service. Responsible for managing the engineering teams including electrical hardware, software, firmware, CAD and documentation control.Led the cross functional team that defined the next generation power line carrier communications system resulting in the development of a new two-way communications system that made Hunt Technologies a leader in the automatic meter reading market. Product sold successfully for over 10 years and remains the core technology that enabled the exceptional growth of the company.Led the R&D team that successfully introduced company’s first two-way power line carrier communications system (TS2) to the market. The new system enabled Hunt Technologies to grow from a start-up to over $60 M in sales and added six new patents to the company’s IP portfolio.Led strategic expansion into Radio Frequency technology for company. Developed and implemented a technology expansion plan which included talent recruitment, capital equipment acquisition, training, and organizational changes necessary to enable Hunt Technologies to develop and market RF technology based products.Improved design validation testing processes, QA documentation; implemented coding standards, automated firmware testing.

Held positions of Senior and Principal Design Engineer and Product Engineering Team LeaderPrimary responsibilities included radio frequency (RF) circuit design for data/telemetry transceivers and systems used in applications such as hand-held scanners, remote meter reading, industrial process monitoring, and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) networks operating in the VHF through 1 GHz frequency range.Designed RF and analog circuitry including receivers, frequency synthesizers, voltage controlled oscillators, mixers, and digital interface circuitry.Preformed regulatory compliance testing of products to meet both domestic and international standards including European (ETSI), Industry Canada, FCC, and Factory Mutual.Wrote technical specifications for products including, market requirements definition, system design specifications, product design specifications, and engineering design specifications.

Designed radio frequency circuits and subsystems for high-reliability mobile data transceivers and base stations. Lead engineer responsible for development of narrow- band data transceivers for fleet vehicle dispatch and location for UPS. Designed circuit and subsystems including receivers, frequency synthesizers, RF couplers, antennas, and mixersLed hardware development team that introduced the first 220 MHz narrow-band digital radio system to market.

Designed high frequency communication systems employing secure voice and data communications for airborne, marine, and ground applications for US Army, US Customs, DEA, and FAA aircraft.Designed analog interface circuitry and speech processor circuits for airborne and marine single sideband radio communication systems.Wrote system test specifications, production test procedures and design validation test proceduresand performed regulatory compliance testing of electronic systems for aircraft and FCC certification.