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Lombard, Il

• Provide overall direction and leadership to the senior management and engineering• Accountable for the management, oversight, identification and evaluation of business development opportunities• Strategic planning and researching new markets and develop long term relationships with new clients• Manage and analyze the market intelligence data to ensure opportunities are capitalized on as they occur and minimize the effects of competitive activity• Responsible for the generation of sales growth to meet or exceed the forecast and plan• Work towards sales and revenue goals as established in partnership with the owner and CEO/operations• Identify potential strategic partners, alliances and relationships to expand core product lines or bring new products lines to the organization • Evaluate potential mergers and acquisitions• Develop presentations, brochures or other print or electronic ads to market corporate services• Participate in continuous improvement through regular professional educational opportunities

Lombard, Il

• Identifies and pursue business opportunities with new and existing clients.• Drive growth of the company by generating new business opportunities. Booking new opportunities with potential of $2M - $5M per year• Using knowledge of the market and competitors, identify and leverage the companies technology and experience to open new opportunities and create differentiators• Lead program management new and existing programs across various clients and markets• Implemented new project management gate checklist process for new development and build to print projects to strengthen the customer and companies objectives in cost and timing• Develop presentations, brochures or other print or electronic ads to market corporate services• Prepare customer and strategic presentations

Woodridge, Il 60517

Functioning as Program Manager for various commercial and medical accounts (BOSE, IBM, PACE, JACO, Benchmark, Garmin, Dynavox, Impact, RF Tech, Sanmina, Celestica, Aeroflex, Ridge Tool)• Responsible for NPI launches with new customers worth up to an estimated $46M - $58M• Coordinating NPI launches with US, Shanghai and Malaysia facilities• Managing all aspects of the product life cycle for custom rechargeable batteries and chargers from concept through end of life• Assessing project risk in key areas (budget, schedule, quality/functionality, and cost) throughout the project• Communicating the risks to the team and project stakeholders and coordinating mitigation activities• Collaborating with internal and external teams to establish requirements, preparing design specifications, participating in design reviews, and providing technical leadership for NPI activities• Accountable for team’s performance to project targets of schedule, project cost, product cost, feature completeness and product quality• Approving project expenditures and reported on variances as the program progresses• In partnership with sales in quoting and forecasting accounts• Maintaining and reporting program performance metrics to management• Managing, planning and coordinating US to Malaysia product transfers for manufacturing

Oak Brook, Il

Functioned as Program/Project Manager and Account Manager for entire Automotive and several Appliance accounts (Ford, TI Automotive, Delphi, Visteon, Borg Warner, EDS, Molex Thailand, Hollingsworth, Volvo, W.E.T., Globe, Ternes, U-Line, Whirlpool, and former Maytag accounts)• Responsible for over $6M in current programs for 2009 with over a 15% additional forecasted revenue in 2010.• Negotiated and implemented across the board cost & MOQ (minimum order requirements) increases resulting in over $500,000 additional revenue in 2009• Worked and negotiating with customers in expediting project plan (per customers request) to meet customer requirements for the appropriate compensation along with providing team with clear direction and communication to implement• Managed the entire project lifecycle from project definition/scope, quotation through implementation & support• Employed project methodologies and tools, such as MS Project• Identified, coordinate, and manage resources and key stakeholders for project• Ensured effective change management occurs throughout the course of the project• Managed all communication plans, training and documentation• Delivered projects on time, at/under budget and within scope• Customer interface communicating project status to all stakeholders on a regular basis throughout the lifecycle of the project• Completed on-time, on budget projects that meet or exceed customers expectations• Developed project plans for NPI with customer and manufacturing plants located in North America, China and Taiwan • Managed and negotiating with customers for any additional scope of work or change of scope

Functioned as New Store Project Manager for Home Depot New Stores across the Midwest. • Orchestrated efforts of several project teams across multiple states in the Midwest• Aligned schedules, coordinated displays and POP (point of purchase) materials • Managed and Negotiated with customers for any additional scope of work• Coordinated and established new store teams• Provided project management, leadership, client management and supervision to various retail construction projects such as; Home depot, Macy’s and other companies.

• Provided consultation for the design, installation, maintenance, repair and troubleshooting of electrical and computer systems for small businesses and residential clients.• Installed new electrical systems (outlets, switches, lighting, conduit, wiring, circuit breakers)• Computer installation, upgrades, networking (wired and wireless), support and maintenance projects• Supervised, designed and installed electrical, lighting and camera surveillance for apartment building along with various construction and maintenance projects.

•Designed and managed construction projects for commercial, small businesses and residential clients.

Functioned as a Project Manager for Lucent Soft switch (LSS) API, Lucent Interface for Gateways, Internal / External Interface for API Development, and Lucent Media Server and 7R/E Packet Tandem/Toll Solution Release.• Orchestrated efforts of several project teams across multiple geographies (IL, MA, FL, NJ, CA)• Aligned release schedules between Gateways, LSS API, Internal - External Interface for API and LSS • Aligned and integrated software & hardware development schedules• Coordinated feature set development between LSS, Gateways, LSS API and Internal - External API• Presented status to peers and upper management• Coordinated LSS API documentation, development and testing• Managed the LSS API release from feature conception through implementation• Designed and implemented training website rollout, coordinated scheduling and trained remotely thought-out several countries bug logging, tracking and resolution procedures using newly developed software• Represented the entire hardware area on the software solution project management team

Woodridge, Il

Complete responsibility for the strategic direction and management of the Test Engineering department. • Led, managed and coordinated the efforts of 5 test engineers, outside resources, and other Morey departments• Created proposals and quotes in partnership with sales; jointly secured a new $16M account• Established and managed budgets, timelines, schedules, work plans and status reports• Developed and proposed long term test strategies, standards and platforms, geared to support future customer requirements• Determined staffing requirements and hired test engineer staff and outside vendors as needed• Worked with customers and vendors to determine, review and finalize test requirements• Presented status and solutions to clients and top Morey management• Led the New Product Introduction (NPI) process for test engineering from conception and design through production• Established Design-for-Test (DFT) Guidelines, Developed test plans and specifications• Provided In-Circuit Test (ICT) / Functional End-of-Line (EOL) manufacturing test support• Established and nurtured customer relations by providing tours, demonstrations, assistance and support

Manufacturing Test Engineering I (1994-1997)Responsible for electronic automotive test equipment for the 1996 & 1999 Chrysler Jeep Grand Cherokee multiplexed door switches at multiple plant locations. Completed and implemented over 30 projects per year with a budget over $2,000,000.• Led and coordinated the design, manufacture, new product introduction, prototype and schedule of test equipment, including vendor sourcing• Partnered with Engineering and Plants to resolve product changes affecting test equipment• Presented status, solutions and equipment demos to clients & top Eaton management• Led the development of documentation for PCB layout guidelines for testing, test equipment start- up checklists, test plans, operating manuals, and instruction manuals• Introduced new technologies & process into production resulting in traceable data and quality partsManufacturing Test Engineer II (1988-1994) Responsible for test equipment for appliance products, such as electronic oven, refrigeration, and dishwasher controls, range top igniters, and electronic timers• Consulted and reorganized testing with our newly acquired plant• Installed new test procedures and practices, including vendor coordination, training and equipment debugging. This along with others contributions resulted in a reversal of a $5,000,000 annual loss