Currently leading the development of Smart Infrastructure Solutions (SIS) for Electric Utilities

Guided cross functional teams in the feasibility and development phases of product development for In-Vitro Medical Diagnostic Instruments.Strategic Contributions:• Continually improve development processes and drive technology improvements into new instruments.• Initiated collaborative development activities with global R&D team to streamline the integration of a common RTOS into new instruments.• Drove the incorporation of new RTOS embedded technology on new projects to modernize the ‘look and feel’ of embedded GUIs on new instruments.• Strengthened efficiency and reliability of the software build environment. Drove the utilization of Virtual Machine technology to replace the PC based build machine. Improvements include increased reliability and repeatability, reduction in build times, and elimination of dependency on single point resources.

Management scope expanded to encompass multiple concurrent roles as Software Department Manager, Program Manager and Project Manager based on ability to meet performance goals and deadlines while continually improving and leading the development process, products and teams. Reported to VP of Surgical Devices and presented monthly to Senior Executive Leadership team on status of key projects/products.Recipient of multiple company awards, including outstanding contribution to the surgical business; recognition for contributions above and beyond job requirements for quality and regulatory filings; and extraordinary efforts in preventing the disruption of all surgical products in Europe.Built and managed cohesive team of software developers, test engineers and software suppliers for company’s top products. Managed portfolio of medical device projects that spanned multiple platforms, project managers, software engineers, software testers and external resources. Proactively managed recruitment, performance reviews, career development, proposal generation, and cost resource estimation for all software projects and related activities. Drove development of FDA regulatory (510k) and European CE mark filings for product launch. Oversaw software outsourcing efforts coordinating multiple subcontractors and outsourcing partner. Strategic contributions:• Continually strengthened development process and product features as senior management’s “go-to” person for large new medical device upgrades. Results: 75% release time reduction for configuration-managed software.• Recovered delays in deployment of the Web Based Toric Calculator used by surgeons. Results: successful on-time launch. Evaluated, selected and hired a new software outsourcing partner that met product launch timelines.• Strengthened efficiency and reliability of software build environment—yielded 75% reduction in release time for co managed software, as well as reliable and repeatable software executables.

Advanced based on effectiveness in driving well-defined requirements and solid design that exceeded customer expectations; ensured software suppliers met delivery milestones and maintained excellent relationships with supplier management and procurement.Assembled and managed team of 12 software developers and controlled costs throughout the full life cycle. Directed and performed design and development activities. Broad scope included customer requirements acquisition and partitioning across Boeing and supplier platforms, customer presentations, including requirements and design reviews, proposal generation, estimates, and supplier requirements. Coordinated with supplier management and procurement in the development and negotiation of buy-to-packages. Utilized EVM, including work breakdown structure (WBS) layout. Strategic contributions:• Led development and integration of products that enabled combat pilots to train battlefield scenarios without deploying expensive weapons and helicopters, saving DOD customer millions of dollars while generating additional sales. • Won 6 financial awards for outstanding performance/contributions in meeting customer’s demanding functionality, time and cost requirements.• Reduced development time for software projects leading to a 50% reduction in Hardware Software Integration (HSI) time.• Led crucial integration of networked Longbow Crew Trainer (LCT) training devices to support rapid deployment for US Army customer.Promoted from 5 progressive leadership roles during career at Boeing: Integrated Product Team Leader (2002 to 2005) -- Senior Project Engineer (1997 to 2002) -- Project Engineer (1994 to 1997) and Senior Engineer (1992 to 1994) -- Electronics Engineer (1988 to 1992).