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Bedford, Ma, Us

Bedford, Massachusetts, Us

- Led Concept-to-Launch development of the Roomba j9 which delivered an enhanced feature set to the customer by integrating better machine learning performance, a stronger vacuum motor, and a larger battery than the Roomba j7.- Led Concept-to-Launch development of the cost reduced Roomba j7 which incorporated several key hardware and navigation board cost reduction to deliver the j7-launch feature set at a reduced price point.- Managed various cost saving and sustaining efforts for the Product Revision and Optimization organization which led to millions of dollars in savings for the company as well as enhanced product quality and reliability resulting in increased customer satisfaction.

Irvine, California, Us

- Direct complex high volume (5Mu - 100Mu per product), high revenue (up to $100 million per product), engineering projects impacting semiconductor development for use in multi-platform communications, Wi-Fi, GPS, antenna, and radio frequency (RF) systems. - Manage an annual material build budget of $2+ million and indirectly manage a team of 150 people. - Oversee project activities, milestones, schedules, deliverables, budgeting, and costs across global cross-functional teams including Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Operations, ODM, JDM, Offshore Test, and Assembly throughout the product development lifecycle. - Maintain accountability for product quality, reliability, supply chain partners, QBR’s, on-time delivery, prototyping, first piece production, and release to production. - Implement Risk Management methodologies to prevent gating issues, mitigate current and potential issues, and identify potential problems across prior to mass production. - Provide status updates to steering committees, stakeholder groups, and technical and executive leadership. - Managed customer relationship including reliability, compliance, scheduling, audits, yield reviews, program risk assessment, and voice of the customer

Ridgefield Park, Nj, Us

- Managed testing and validation for initial and subsequent software applications for 20+ Android Wi-Fi Tablets, Wearable Devices, and Handheld products for the North American market.- Implemented standard project management methodologies across the project lifecycle including time, risk, and quality management. - Headed Voice of Customer and corrective action implementation of critical issues impacting new product launch, network carrier entry dates, Android OS upgrade releases, and maintenance release final dates.

Waterloo, Ontario, Ca

- Led the HW Program Management of various smart phone and handheld products from concept to launch for the 30-person Hardware Engineering team at a 300-person design center design center. - Served as primary liaison between key stakeholders including R&D, SQE, CQE, Manufacturing, OEM, and Senior Management. - Coordinated partner and supplier relations, second sourcing, release to production, and joint design manufacturing operations. - Planned and Mitigated corrective actions and risks to assure successful technical acceptance and product launch. Managed FMEA, design reviews, quality metrics, lessons learned, root cause analysis, process improvement, quality scorecard, and KPI reporting to limit product risks through the NPI development cycle.• Managed product quality and realization process for production of mobile devices including the Blackberry 9810, 9315, 9320, and Z30, generating up to $50 million per product annually.• Defined quality and reliability test specifications. Analyzed design changes to determine required quality regression testing. Maintained final quality approval for release of products.• Directed development of 7 products with 2 iterations per product, shipping 3+ million units and generating total product revenue of $1.5 billion.

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Chicago, Il, Us

Certificate Of Specialization, Leadership And Management

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Program & Project Management

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Mechanical Engineering