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Greater Chicago Area

Private consulting for non-profit groups and individuals in engineering, software development, portfolio management, and estate administration. Recent projects have focused on financial modeling, long term planning, risk mitigation, investment policy development, engineering consulting, and cloud computing on AWS.More than 15 years experience managing technology and product development programs, innovation teams, building intellectual property portfolios, and achieving commercialization success. Have developed, implemented, and supported streamlined technology processes and information systems that have efficiently integrated teams and improved their overall performance.

Lisle, Il

Directed two software engineering teams developing technology for big data analytics and media analysis applications. Refined and validated marketing requirements, developed media analysis user interface, managed customer trials and demos, quality testing, contracts, progress reporting, and facilitated creation of intellectual property.• Successfully commercialized state-of-the-art Media Analysis Framework by meeting aggressive customer trial deadlines and demos, on-time and on-budget. Recommended the optimum IP portfolio sold to the customer.• Planned, managed, and reviewed SCRUM cycles supporting nine (9) product releases for customer trials and internal purposes across both teams. Improved software quality over that time from 85% to 100% with no delays to downstream integration and substantial improvement to sprint planning accuracy.• Fostered innovation by leading regional patent review committee to evaluate inventions, perform technical reviews and prior art searches, coach inventors, make foreign filing decisions, and construct valuable IP portfolios.• Defined and implemented companion experience to validate Dual Screen business opportunity. Created demo integrations with existing products that were presented at industry tradeshows.

Libertyville, Il

Managed research program developing Parallel Feeds prototype, gap analysis, contractor selection, QA and releases.• Led IPR activity exceeding Center’s goal for high-quality pursued disclosures, despite 20% staff reduction• Proactively managed lifecycle of all ARC industry and university contracts, realizing $288,700 in savings

Libertyville, Il

Internally marketed, managed, demonstrated, and developed business potential for research technologies.• Created storyboard/vision for Parallel Feeds Flash video and improved media analysis marketing deck.• Led process creating eight (8) “mini-portfolios” of high-quality disclosures and patent metrics dashboard.• Identified $66.3K over-charging problem by a subcontractor leading to a savings company-wide of $1.3M.

Schaumburg, Il

As the Chief Analyst within Motorola's Applied Research and Technology Center, I directed the effort to identify, create, and evaluate an exhaustive technology inventory of the Center’s assets to support the goal of separating Motorola into two independent businesses while maximizing shareholder value. Worked extensively with CTO, CFO, Chief Economist, Center's SMEs and Legal teams across businesses to define, review, and equitably divide technologies and assets for SEC filings.• Defined intellectual property portfolios and asset lists preserving freedom of action for each business, preparing them for future acquisitions, and meeting SEC filing deadlines.• Established clear picture of Center’s unique value proposition to Home and Mobile Device businesses, persuading Senior Leadership Team to keep Center intact through move to Motorola Mobility.

• Managed the development, implementation, and support of streamlined technology processes and systems that efficiently integrated the geographically and organizationally diverse Motorola Labs and drove improvements in the overall Labs' performance management systems through the application of Digital Six Sigma problem solving techniques, increasing customer focus, and my personal leadership and organizational change expertise.• Provided critical insights and analyses related to the Labs’ portfolio to aid in restructuring Labs during 2008.• Led the Motorola Labs sub-team on Project Discovery to identify, review, collect, and track all the technology deliverables relevant to each Business Unit and lent my expertise to the IPR sub-team in evaluating and recommending Business Unit ownership of Motorola Lab’s vast patent pool.• Led the design and deployment of key governance bodies to implement PRTM Portfolio & Project Excellence across the entire CTO. Led and directed the Portfolio Analysis Team and drove the planning for the corporate-wide Portfolio Management Team.• Drove business unit satisfaction with Labs from 49% satisfied in 2002 to 83% satisfied in 2007 and satisfaction with technology transfer from 60% to 80% over the same period of time.• Applied Baldrige Excellence Framework to Corporate Technology, in particular, Motorola Labs in the areas of leadership, strategy, portfolio, benchmarking and metrics, customer interaction, and partnerships.

Established and developed the advanced manufacturing technology capability within the Schaumburg Supply Chain. Characterized and released the manufacturing technologies that enable next generation products to be introduced into the marketplace with a 3-4X reduction in time to market. Managed a cross-functional staff of 7 engineers.• Managed technology projects in the areas of surface mount manufacturing and device characterization, multilayer ceramics, process re-engineering, rapid prototyping, optical interconnects, web development, and common test protocol specification. Combined cost savings estimated at $4M in 2000.• Developed the processes for prioritizing, selecting, and program managing new technology projects. • Institutionalized technology roadmap and event planning, mentoring of engineers, and creative brainstorming. Increased number of patent disclosures by 400%.• Served as the Manufacturing Architect for the Common Hardware Platform initiative

Schaumburg, Il

Designed and implemented a core process redesign and capacity expansion of manufacturing operations for $2.2B dollar RNSG/iDEN high-mix low-volume infrastructure factory. Managed budget in excess of $3M. New layout achieved a $1.4M savings in first year, $750K savings annually, a 2.5X improvement in capacity, and brought factory up to world-class manufacturing standards. Managed indirectly revolving staff of 10-15 engineers through a multi-phased approach achieving successively shorter construction cycle times.

Msmse, Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: IEEE, Engineering Expo, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, NavigatorsAwarded IBM Distinguished Engineering Fellowship..

Bsee, Rf Communications & Control Systems

Activities and Societies: IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, University String Orchestra, NavigatorsMinored in Mathematics. Alternated.