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Successful, aggressive management experience in high-tech product and service oriented business environments involving telecommunications products and new product conception, research & development, competitive positioning, lifecycle management, business case development, engineering (electrical, software, mechanical), manufacturing (product launch, quality, repair) and customer care.Leadership experience of cross-functional teams, new product development, design for manufacturing, new product/service launch, maintenance planning & lifecycle management, general management; HR, budgets, operations, etc. Successful products were created by performing deep research into the customer's application, the available technology, the program budget and the company objectives. Then creating effective plans, building a qualified team, growing team confidence, executing the plans to beat the milestones and making it a great place to work.Failure, bad plans and bad ideas were also experienced during my career. In a world where your next achievement will result in a solution that has never been in existence before, there are many opportunities to screw-up. Our teams were challenged with planning to minimize failures, quickly determining how to best recover from a bad plan or a stupid mistake and minimize the negative impact to the program. The positive side of failure; our ability to know what we didn't know was always improving. Solid reputation for "cutting to the chase" to resolve complex business challenges. Other Specialties: • Wide range of problem solving abilities (specific interest in solving very difficult problems)• Successful turnarounds (division, departments, teams, product lines, individuals, etc.)• Business friendly revenue recognition• R&D outsourcing to low cost regions of the World (overseas project management)

Listed skills include Telecommunications, Start Ups, Wireless, Cross Functional Team Leadership, and 21 others.