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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Responsible for identifying and driving demand creation on designs. Develop and maintain a broadunderstanding of the customer needs and creatively leverage engineering and design services resources to identify & facilitate solutions for customers. Partner with the sales teams on account strategies by providing deep technical support and consulting to promote design wins. Build and further develop relationships with customer engineers and engineering management at Sr. levels; as well as supplier reps. Champion return on engineering investment, design win priorities, initiatives, and promotions by obtaining buy-in and support from sales. A deep and broad understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of supplier technologies and how those technologies relate to market needs,including vertical segmentation.Drive product demand. Develop and drive strategic technical plans. Provide advanced technical support and consulting. Maintain an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of supplier technologies and how those technologies relate to market needs. Manage supplier and customer expectations by building and developing relationships, keeping stakeholders up-to-date on activities, plans, and progressing towards initiatives.Requires handling tough challenges involving complex and challenging designs, high visibility customers, and adversarial situations. Presentations, public speaking, and written communication. Customer service.

St Paul, Mn

Managing resources and projects concurrently.Resource management consisting of local and international direct staff along with internal and external contractors.Projects encompass a range of complexities from new product development to product lifetime support including part replacement, technology refresh, feature expansion and product technology merge all founded on business case based on market analysis.Responsibilities for embedded processor, power conversion, video image integrity, mechanical solution, cross functional coordination and transition to production as program manager and lead engineer.

I spent the better half of 2013 developing myself for a new opportunity. My plan was three fold:-Network to let people know what I could do and learn of potential opportunities;-Research and apply at companies that matched my areas of interest;-Educate myself by obtaining professional certification in Project Management, learning Business Analytics and developing software programsMy intent was to remain in the Twin Cities area. I was focused on technical management with a balance between process control and creativity utilizing cross-functional collaboration to effectively incorporate new technologies.

I joined Lockheed Martin’s Product Integration group to fill the technical knowledge gap between design and production. Product Integration was a proactive role to ensure the incorporation of new technology in components and systems was matched with production technology. Production in this case refers to all efforts required to convert customer requirements into delivered products.I ensured success by managing projects from first concept through full rate production. All delivery commitments were met by managing the multiple threads of process, quality, personnel, facilities, cost, materials, technology, industrial base and design.To ensure I was utilizing the latest business techniques, I completed graduate studies in marketing, finance, accounting and management. While managing programs and engaging in continuous learning, I developed tools, tailored processes and taught Product Integration techniques to new team members.

Experience designing fiber optic interface systems allowed me to join a top talent team selected to convert an $80 million infusion of capital into a line of Optic Network Terminals (ONT). I led the team that developed a multi-dwelling unit, which converts a fiber optic signal to phone, cable and Ethernet for a townhouse or small business.Recurring cost was a critical objective of development to an extent I hadn’t previously considered. Every penny was scrutinized and squeezed with no relief in function, performance or quality.My team completed the effort coincident with the burst of the high tech bubble. Optical Solutions was soon sold to Calix who continues to offer the multi-dwelling unit as a part of their P-Series of ONTs.

Ancor was a drastic change from government contracting. There was a strong sense of entrepreneurialism with passionate leadership toward focused goals. Missing was formal configuration management. Focus was on development of an optic communications standard. Attempting to keep up with evolving requirements and new technologies to win customers while maintaining configuration control demanded high energy and strong collaboration. My responsibilities designing Ancor’s Fibre Channel switch product included design, entry, production interface, test and compliance. The signal integrity required to sustain 1 Gbit rates was cutting edge. Ancor’s Fibre Channel switch products now complement QLogic’s network interface adapters to create a single company that continues to prosper.

Control Data was the start of my career where I was able to work with some of the most brilliant minds in the industry. My expertise quickly grew with early projects building trackballs and interface panels, creating electronic schematics, etching circuit boards and testing for compliance standards.My enthusiasm, ingenuity and resourcefulness were rewarded by selection to a four person ASIC development team. The team’s dedication to comprehensive simulation resulted in a fully functional product on our first attempt. The product continues to see operation in field after more than twenty years.

Management Of Technology

Coursework completed May 2006.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering