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Creating high-bandwidth, low-latency networking solutions for defense, aerospace, finance, and telecommunications. Specializing in FPGA hardware protocol engines to reduce processor overhead, increase performance and reduce latency. Support multi-gigabit Fibre-channel, Ethernet, ASM, HSDN, HSI and other protocols.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Eagan Mn

High visibility first-responder co-located at customer site to manage timely resolution of all issues with the integrated signal, image and data processing computer on the Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Avoided costly flight-test delays on the multibillion dollar program by leading multi-organizational corrective action teams.- Resolved critical integration issues as leader of cross-functional, multi-company corrective action teams. Planned, organized and led root-cause investigations and product updates to resolve issues blocking major program test and release milestones. - Partnered with customers, suppliers and users to manage timely issue resolution and product update plans. Led daily triage meetings to identify, prioritize and track corrective actions, and coordinate release and retrofit plans to unblock critical integration issues.- Improved customer problem report closure through process improvement and management discipline. Reduced backlog of unresolved problem reports by 75% in six months.

Eagan Mn

Won a $20 million contract to develop a special-purpose computer system for the US government. Managed all engineering activities from concept definition and proposal generation, to design, implementation and prototype testing.- Developed system architecture and product strategy using emerging technology to satisfy critical customer requirements. - Structured, organized and led winning proposal for the $20 million development contract.- Planned and managed the engineering development effort. Completed all all major milestones on schedule with a compliant technical solution.- Partnered with supplier and foundry to create and manage detailed corrective action plan to resolve supplier hardware delivery issues. Hardware received within two weeks of revised plan.- Mitigated impact of supplier schedule slip with integration/test replan using incremental deliveries and concurrent development. Prototype operational within one week of delivery.

Eagan Mn

Managed supplier technical performance on a $90 million subcontracted development of cryptographic devices for Joint Strike Fighter aircraft and ground stations to achieve National Security Agency certification.- Developed and managed system requirements, traceability and compliance. Achieved National Security Agency cryptographic certification and military safety-of-flight certification.- Managed supplier technical implementation and schedule performance through structured meetings to provide early warning of risks and issues. Created and managed detailed corrective action plans to minimize program impact.- Coordinated joint customer and supplier interface design team to resolve security and functional requirement conflicts. Resultant operational concept and detailed interface design satisfied customer functional requirements and NSA security requirements.- Organized and led high-visibility root-cause and corrective action investigations at customer site to resolve critical design issues before they impacted flight test schedule.

Eagan Mn

Held multiple engineering leadership positions (systems engineer, integration lead, project manager) in development of a high-performance embedded processing system for the F-16 fighter. Responsible for system engineering and design, integration, validation and compliance.- Managed system performance and interface requirements using requirement management tools (DOORS) to implement full traceability through design and verification, resulting in successful compliance audit.- Developed metrics-based problem tracking reports to facilitate prioritization and resource planning. Brought focus to problem resolution and program planning, resulting in improved customer satisfaction. - Planned and coordinated incremental delivery configurations and schedules. Addressed customer critical near-term needs, while providing roadmap to full program compliance.