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Chicago, Il, Us

North America

Analyzed designs and manufacturing processes to improve product quality.Develop interfaces between Charge Point Operators, back end providers and EVSE hardware for turnkey experiences.Evaluate field readiness of NPI EVSE and provide feedback for North American power grid.Work with partners to develop server software to interface with EVSE station and deliver segment specific customer experience.

Chicago, Illinois

Managed software teams to develop the next generation payment terminals using multi-processor architecture running android and proprietary OS.Owned product software development and releases to support payment application software on both target platforms in a single release reducing overall effort and testing by 40%.Engineering manager working agile process with local and remote teams; directly managing staff and coaching on performance.

Deer Park, Illinois

Managed software teams across multiple sites to develop application software for telematics and infotainment units for automotive manufacturers. Owned a strategic quick turn development program to deliver a telematics unit and application software for China PHEV vehicles within 5 months combining software, new data monitor to communicate with Chinese government server and next generation hardware.Managed software development teams from Mexico, France, Germany, Romania and the U.S. to realize CAN interface radio. Team recognized for implementing SAFe on the project.

Software Development Leader managing teams responsible for product software development and integration for flagship product Moto X (2nd gen) for global launch (Developed initial product that met requirements to be shipped to both US and international customers)Leader of product software development and integration Moto E ( 2nd gen), for global launch. First low tier phone to have Android Lollipop.Leader of product software activities for the Nexus 6 software upgrade release to Android Marshmallow.

Chicago, Il

Leader of the product team responsible for delivery of the Droid RAZR M, Google’s first phone product launch. Owner of product quality: user experience; performance; carrier requirements. Supervised work of development teams in Korea and U.S. to develop the product. Initiated product certifications and carrier validation testing to reduce product development time by 6 weeks (30%) to meet launch event date for a high profile launch with Verizon Wireless.Directed the product development teams for the Verizon Droid products, Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx and Droid Mini. The first products to incorporate wireless charging and NFC along with a upgraded Android OS. Provided the principal design and innovation for the first breathing display operation on LCD displays.Led the product development for the global launch of the Moto G. During the project challenges with a new hardware processor were discovered. I created a strategy to work with the chipset vendor and hardware teams to mitigate chip quality impacts to the schedule and maintain the same launch date.

Libertyville, Illinois

While a Senior Software Engineer then Lead Software Engineer. I directly developed Software for Mobile handsets (StarTac and Vader products) while mentoring other engineers. I developed code for new hardware and chip set architectures; new user features; security; and mobile air interface.While a Section Manager and Engineering Manager I managed Platform Software (P2K) baseline for Motorola handsets then later took a direct role on products and major feature development for Sprint handsets. Areas of feature development were location based services, Java Virtual Machine and Messaging applications.Products: Sprint Razr, Razr2, ic902, v950, C290, VE20, SLVR, KRZR and Verizon V60P, V60CWhile a Senior Resource Manager and Director of Product Development I managed teams and other development managers in the creation of Android based Products for T-Mobile, ATT and Verizon. I managed teams in multiple US cities as well as Seoul Korea and Sao Paulo Brazil. Products: Flipout (OMAP3); Cliq2 (OMAP3); Atrix2 (OMAP4 ST); Droid XYboard tablets (OMAP4 QCOM)