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Rochester, New York, United States

President, APM Partners, LLC (July 2011 – present), startup innovative product development and manufacturing company for the world’s first of its kind Automated Pizza Machine (APM). Responsibilities included product Engineering & Development, Manufacturing, Marketing/Sales, Service/Support and Food Logistics. Management and execution of product development and delivery life cycle for market trials and commercialization.• Utilized Capability Maturity Models (CMM) for software development best practices• Integration of proprietary software and open source code (OSC)• Utilized Time to Market (TTM) product delivery best practices• Determine best approach to licensing and protection or IP to others: patent, trade secret, copyright• Managed all aspects of licensing agreements• Executed non-disclosure agreement (NDA) with potential investors, partners, competitors• Expand relationship with VENTURE CAPTIAL firms• Budget preparation and management• Executed design for manufacturing and commercialization product delivery model • Managed cross-functional teams; deployed best practices for product service and support • Utilized Six Sigma tools and created system integration design rules• Managed all agencies certifications and standards – FDA, USDA, UL, NSF, New York State Agencies• Distillation of economic case, established market testing with customer focus groups

Rochester, New York, United States

Managed several startups and small businesses, specializing in software and information technology, eBusiness solutions, Professional Services for government and non-government enterprises. Developed and implemented, software solutions, hardware solutions, business plan, marketing attack plan, operating procedures, partnership initiatives, professional services, delivery models, build and deployment of datacenter, network solutions, security and back office applications development and support.

Rochester, New York, United States

Successfully managed the Software Development cross-functional team for kodak.com. Executed e-Business Solutions and Web Applications for e-Commerce Business-to-Consumer (B2C), Business-to-Business (B2B) and all Business Unit Applications on the Internet, leveraging innovative state-of-the technology set.

Rochester, New York, United States

Held a variety of management and engineering positions with a solid track record of high performance. Achieved annual targets for on-time and on-budget objectives. As an individual contributor and leader, achieved best in class research and products for: Ink Jet, Scanning, Printing, Document Solutions and Internet Services & Solutions. Tirelessly contributed significant revenue, ROI and TCO results to Xerox startup and growth businesses in each of previously mentioned research and product development areas.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Simon Business School