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Pittsburgh, Pa, Us

North Huntingdon, Pa, Us

{Subsidiary of Hammond Power Solutions, Ontario, Canada}>Overall P&L responsibility for the development & manufacture of advanced high-power active harmonic filters, precise induction heating inverters, & other innovative 3-phase power quality & power conversion solutions.>Accountable for all business operations including design engineering, manufacturing, procurement/supply chain, business development, pre-sales engineering, post-sales service/support, and facilities.

Plano, Texas, Us

>Accountable for the strategic direction of new product technology and driving business development of advanced IoT, AV, KVM and IT infrastructure hardware & software solutions across diverse vertical markets. >Strategic ownership of overall solution portfolio roadmap and leading new product development from concept-to-launch with both internal engineering teams and strategic global OEM/ODM partners ensuring profitable long-term business growth. >Demonstrated success in managing complex product portfolios from ideation-to-end of life along with also post-launch optimization to maximize long term profitability.>Implemented new global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process to optimize new productintroduction (NPI) driving reduction in time to market via automation & collaboration tools.>Developed new go-to-market strategies with marketing and sales to drive global revenue growth via both direct & indirect sales channels while expanding available customer base.>Championed understanding of market trends, voice of customer (VoC) feedback, and competitive landscape, with a strategic mindset to identify and capitalize on growth opportunities via focused campaigns.

Plano, Texas, Us

>Responsible for leading all new product development and product engineering along with associated NPD/NPI process for cross functional collaboration. Defined global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) process and implemented new business tools increasing efficiency and accelerating time to market. >Spearheaded both waterfall and agile/scrum based project management in the design of innovative hardware products including also a diverse software tech stack for embedded, application, mobile, and SaaS solutions.>Led global teams of 50+ engineers and developers responsible for overall architecture design, code development, testing, validation, and QA functions along with scrum/sprint reviews and bug/defect resolution.>Responsible for the development of software solutions on Windows & Linux OS utilizing C/C#/C++, HTML, PHP, CSS, Java/Script, Ruby, Python, SQL, .NET, REST, along with iOS/Android SDKs and AWS/Azure Services.

Plano, Texas, Us

>Established the Center of Excellence (CoE) for the Americas for enterprise sales of integrated system solutions and associated services driving business growth and customer valued results. Organizational focal point for product application and industry technical knowledge management. >Leadership of applications engineering and technical support providing best-in-class pre & post sales solutions engineering and 9x Stevie Award winner for outstanding 24/7/365 product support.

Marseille, Fr

{CMR USA, LLC subsidiary of CMR Group S.A.}>Accountable for the design, development, and launch of custom-engineered interconnect systems, sensors, & electronic instrumentation for industrial, oil & gas, & marine equipment for mission-critical applications. >Leadership of successful design engineering teams with full responsibility for design guidance, program management, product lifecycle process, team development, change management, & stakeholder interface. >Successfully managed large, complex concurrent product development efforts for both SMBs & Fortune 100 clients in a fast-paced environment along with the coordination of engineering, manufacturing, quality, and technical field service cross-functional teams. >Ultimate responsibility for all areas of new business development, including market definition, customer acquisition/retention, pricing policies, quotes/proposals, and contract management.>Principal functional responsibility for overall business operations management including manufacturing, procurement/supply chain, quality systems, information technology, and facilities.

{Formerly ADC Telecommunications - Broadband Wireless Group}>Accountable for the engineering and program management of best-in-class low, medium, and high power (full service) UHF/VHF analog and digital (DTV) television transmitters for the broadcast industry. >Successful design, release, launch, and deployment of industry leading solid state & electron tube-based NTSC/DTV transmitters, translators, and ATSC (8-VSB) modulators/exciters.>Responsible for defining and managing all development programs, including requirements definition, scheduling, resource allocation, risk assessment, and product introduction. >Led product specification, qualification, and integration of broadband wireless access (BWA) equipment for two-way fixed and mobile data services.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

{Formerly ITS Corporation} >Overall technical and product development accountability for the Broadband Wireless Group (BWG).>Principal responsibility for the definition, design, & development of complex broadband wireless access (BWA) microwave communications equipment, including base transceiver-stations, transmitters, translators, boosters, and receivers in the VHF/UHF and microwave frequency bands (1-3 GHz/S-Band).>Led the development & deployment of the first commercial distributed ATSC/DTV transmission network and launch of industry-first MMDS modular base-transceiver station for 2-way wireless internet access.>Implemented new R&D and other engineering tools along with innovative processes & techniques driving reduction of overall product development cycle and time to market.>Principal lead for implementation of common product data and lifecycle management (PDM/PLM) system.

>Responsible for the overall design of MMDS microwave transmission equipment, including: RF system architecture design, analog video and audio modulators, frequency converters, oscillators/synthesizers (VCO, VCXO, TCXO, CRO), phase locked loops, splitters/combiners, attenuators, filters, RF amplifiers (bipolar/GaAsFET), power supply systems, and embedded micro controller firmware code development.>Extensive RF and analog (DC-3GHz) design experience and accountable for the overall product and system design of microwave transmission equipment.>Authoring of equipment operation manuals, FCC type acceptance reports, test procedures, and manufacturing processes.

Mba, Management

Bsee, Electronics