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California, United States

Santa Clara, California, Us

Teaching in-person, online and hybrid as part of the Project Management Certificate program. Subjects have included: Managing the Development of New Products; Agile Lifecycle Management; and Quality Management Systems for Enterprises, Products, and Programs.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Delivered mission-critical data center infrastructure programs though all phases of the product lifecycle. Led cross-functional teams to drive quarterly software releases, as well as hardware platform development and sustainment.• Addressed and resolved unexpected changes to core products that were impacting leveraged programs, leading to emergency reworks and factory stop-ship situations, by assembling a team of key stakeholders to develop and implement a new workflow within the change management automation tools, effectively mitigating the issue.• Managed the consolidation of multiple sales enablement tools into a single online platform as part of a company-wide cost reduction initiative by coordinating the program core team and infrastructure specialists to successfully convert and deploy product data, conduct internal pilot testing, and resolve issues on time.

San Jose, California, Us

Delivered LiDAR sensors and vision SW for auto, security, and industrial markets. Transformed PMO, implemented requirement management system, and developed functional safety plans.• A complete lack of program management led to a two-year delay in shipping a LiDAR sensor, with no recovery plan in place; products shipped late and failed to meet specifications. Developers worked independently, preventing coordination for a unified release date. Established and implemented a comprehensive program management process and trained staff for effective utilization.• Ensured mandatory executive participation for delivery of required work products with weekly reviews ensuring early identification of resource/priority issues with risks addressed in real time. Within just three months started releasing predictable, incremental feature updates, and within 18 months all technical debt was addressed, and a fully compliant LiDAR sensor was released for the first time.• Prepared ISO26262 functional safety program requirements for automotive solid state LiDAR development, including requirements tracking and FMEA, safety cases for hardware and software, and ISO9001 audits for overall program implementation.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Implemented APQP programs to deliver SOC-based embedded hardware for automotive infotainment and driver assistance. Initiated and delivered highly critical prototype onboard computer for self-driving cars.• NVIDIA committed to developing computers for ADAS and autonomous vehicles despite the team’s experience being limited to infotainment module boards. Led an effort to leverage existing designs for the development of a prototype showcased at the 2015 CES, followed by a production version for the 2016 CES. Directed the go-to-market program, aligning messaging and collateral with the product roadmap. The product now stands as an industry-leading solution in the autonomous vehicle computing market.• Unacceptable failures of infotainment boards forced line shutdown, with OEM having limited inventory. Organized daily meetings of experts to perform root-cause failure analysis. Within one month and competing with other high-visibility product development activities, identified the root cause, corrected the SW, resuming the line, without interrupting automotive production. Documented findings in 8D reports.

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

Drove multiple high performance computing and semiconductor research projects, including financial analysis, planning, and reporting; project milestones and technical reporting; and project team reviews. Developed prime and subcontractor milestones, closely monitored work progress and escalated issues to executive management. Coordinated with accounting and legal departments on contract-related activities.• Managed programs totaling $41M to develop advanced high performance computing technologies for data centers and embedded applications.• Delivered financial and technical contract obligations to government funding agencies.• Oversaw vendor and subcontractor relationships, and audited financial and technical reports for completeness and compliance with subcontract requirements.• Integrated research plans and results from subcontractors and team members to create technical reports.

Londonderry, Nh, Us

Delivered embedded hardware and software solutions for document imaging and office automation. Collaborated with highly demanding OEM customers to tailor products to meet precise market segment requirements.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering

Mba, High Technology Business

Certificate, Telecommunications Engineering