Director Application Engineering
*Directed and led a team of North America based system application engineers. *Ensured the application engineering team was properly aligned with sales and marketing strategies, new product introduction schedules, and other company priorities. Planned and coordinated the work of engineering team.*Provided training and mentoring to new and senior team members as needed.*Conducted timely performance evaluations and ensured that team members met goals and objectives. *Established,… Show more *Directed and led a team of North America based system application engineers. *Ensured the application engineering team was properly aligned with sales and marketing strategies, new product introduction schedules, and other company priorities. Planned and coordinated the work of engineering team.*Provided training and mentoring to new and senior team members as needed.*Conducted timely performance evaluations and ensured that team members met goals and objectives. *Established, tracked, and communicated team’s performance metrics. Recognized team members when metrics were exceeded and reacted to lagging metric results.*Integral liaison to the Strategic Customer Sales and Marketing leadership teams.*Worked with the sales and product management teams to address particularly challenging customer requirements. *Recruited additional engineering staff as needed.*Built and maintained relationships with internal and external stakeholders.*Monitored and tracked team’s budget status throughout the year. Show less