My responsibilities include corporate leadership and strategy, business development, technical advising, intellectual property portfolio creation and management.

Responsible for developing new business, securing funding for research and development activities, managing customer interactions, and managing development• Oversaw the development of dozens of sensor products from concept inception, definition, design, development, prototyping, testing, and successful delivery to customers.• Managed 28 contracts, many simultaneously, as Principal Investigator for research and development projects of advanced electro-optic systems with the Army, Navy, and Air Force, with an accumulated budget of more than $29M• Authored winning proposals for over 31 funded contracts for research, development, and military transition of advanced electro-optic systems with the Army, Navy, and Air Force• Won consecutive contracts with a combined total value ceiling of $61.2M• Earned a success rate of 45.7% on all proposals• Managed engineering design team and customer relations for a multi-million dollar advanced spectral sensor for inclusion on national assets• Designed original, mission-specific spectral and polarimetric sensors in the visible through long-wave infrared using Matlab, Zemax, Python, Excel• Filed for and awarded 5 patents• Conducted original research in business, optics, engineering, and applied physics• Published research results at classified symposia, society meetings, and in scholarly journals• Develop and assess new business R&D opportunities• Develop corporate strategy, pricing models and cost estimates• Coordinate company divisions to ensure 100% project/product delivery on time and within budget• Lead corporate teams in the development of new, state-of-the-art, quality electro-optic and infrared imaging and sensing systems, including a $7.5M Joint Capability Technology Demonstration program• Manage customer relations and expectations, with emphasis on Army and Navy customers, representing approximately half of the corporate customer base• Lead corporate marketing and public affairs efforts

Responsible for establishing and managing unique research and development activity for company• Managed team projects and set corporate research strategy• Investigated innovative, first-of-kind systems that advanced state-of-art Internet systems engineering• Applied scientific principles of research and discovery to improve design capability of corporate development teams• Developed strategy with CSO, management team, and Solutions Team on critical technology issues