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Ladera Ranch, Ca, Us

Established company's first Board of Advisors, laying groundwork for strategic leadership and breakthrough advancements – reporting to CEO. Direct key efforts to elevate operational excellence and drive technological integration. Spearheaded adoption of real-time IoT sensors within research laboratories, significantly improving data precision and optimizing workflow efficiency. Enhanced security measures with the implementation of stringent inter-site communication protocols. Rolled out advanced AI-enabled analytics to expedite research reporting, streamlining decision-making processes.

Orange, California, Us

Guiding Fieldpiece's strategic shift from a product-centric model to a tech-enabled services & SaaS delivery paradigm. Advise on reshaping strategic corporate operations to ensure a smooth transition and rapid innovation in service delivery. Involved in critical M&A and JV ventures to bolster SaaS market penetration, promoting culture of continuous learning to support strategic evolution.

Advise on enhancing company's strategic operations, cutting-edge technological solutions, and business development to support growth and market expansion strategies. Involved in KPI development and strategic planning to ensure XCELERIUM’s competitive edge and industry leadership, while fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Irvine, California, Us

Lead global engineering end-to-end, steering the strategic direction and development of IoT/IIoT complete solutions (HW, FW, SaaS, AI/ML) for horizontal and vertical market segments – bringing value directly to customers while shaping business strategy while directing over 300 engineers. As a member of Lantronix’s Executive Team, report to the CEO and present/report to the Board, engage with Financial Analysts, and represent Lantronix in customer interactions. Provide the technology and product strategic vision across various areas including camera, telecommunications, AI, PoE, and automotive – delivering solutions to Fortune 100 clients. Develop and deliver the IoT and IIoT solutions strategy and delivery across verticals such as financial services and banking, smart city, infrastructure, automotive, energy, compute solution, research, and government networking among others.

Set strategic vision and led SwitchRay, a communication service platform provider for global telecom carriers, across all global corporate areas including Engineering, Product, R&D, Architecture, Global Operations, Finance, Legal, and HR. Integrated multiple third-party companies and assets, while refocusing product vision, roadmap and portfolio to drive growth, working alongside customers.Scaled from start-up to 150 global employees, >1,000 clients across 100+ countries, and secured Series A financing. Grew revenue by +250% and achieved goal of successfully selling the business assets (sold to 46 Labs LLC). Served as Board Member.

Provided strategic vision and leadership across all business aspects including Engineering, Product Development, Marketing, Sales and Operations for this SaaS business. As Founder, attained $4.5M Series A financing in four months. Built and scaled business, operationalized internationally, and established cloud capabilities. Served as Board Member. Built the company from the ground up, establishing and leading global engineering, rolling out agile development, scaling operations across the U.S., Russia and Germany, and forming global strategic partnerships – closing 40 deals in year 1, including Cisco, General Motors, and the landmark PSAV partnership.

San Diego, California, Us

Instruct senior-level undergraduate and graduate leadership courses, including Program and Project Management, International Management, Six Sigma, and Statistical Process Control while providing thought leadership to the university regarding these topics.

Steered the strategic direction for NIM Engineering and as Executive Team Member reporting to the CEO, shaped business strategy and goals for this wireless navigation services company (acquired by TCS). Led the global scaling of teams from 50 to 400 employees in 14 months, directing product delivery, customer acquisition, and revenue growth – delivering 100% customer satisfaction.. Worked as a business partner with Product & Sales Executives to define products and close deals with new and existing customers including Verizon & T-Mobile (US), Telefónica LATAM (12 countries), Telcel (Mexico), TELUS (Canada), Sony-Ericsson (EU) and RIM (global) and others

San Diego, California, Us

Appointed to lead Engineering following Kyocera’s acquisition of Qualcomm Consumer Product Division – and challenged to expand into India. After rapid success, was charged to lead Global KWC Engineering – where I restructured the global software organization and scaled engineering and operations growth from 150 to over 1,000 employees across 3 continents while leading the strategy, development, and delivery of all KWC’s cellular phones software.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Led the User Integrated Services (UIS) organization within multiple worldwide locations. Delivered User Interface software and its associated applications to +90% of Motorola phones shipped globally, introducing new languages monthly. Led 500 employees and supported all key functional areas including Project Management, Testing, Quality, Process, and Software Configuration Management among others.

Daytona Beach, Florida, Us

As a Graduate Assistant, I was privileged to work with the President of the University in developing the first official and complete University Web Page. I also teamed with the chair of the Software Engineering Graduate Program in teaching senior level course.

Master'S Degree, Software Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Aerospace Engineering

Baccalaureat, Mathematics And Physics