Joseph Foster Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Lake Zurich, Il (2014-2018, 2020-2023), Brezins, France (2018-2019)

Reported to the Vice President of R&D with a team of 104 and a budget of $15M per year. Promoted to expand the team capabilities while growing team to over 16x its initial size. Generated profitable new lines of business by creating Centerium, Vigilant Insight, Vigilant Master Med, and Vigilant Software products.• Led 18 commercially successful projects across 7 products over 10 years, on time and within budget while driving efficiency and accelerated time-to-market.• Increased estimated revenue by $288M by directing the operational development of 5 new medical device software applications.• Improved quality 92% by creating a more robust testing and remediation processes. • Expanded IT Healthcare staff by 16 times over 8 years as customer demand for new functionality increased.• Enhanced time-to-market by 25% by implementing agile best practices and 15 other innovative process improvement initiatives within the business unit.• Reduced overall staff costs by 15% ($7M annually) by reorganizing the infusion systems R&D organization, removing redundancies, and improving overall product delivery.• Secured $80M in funding for development of IT Healthcare products that generated $288M in global revenue in delivering 89% of projects as scheduled.• Ran the IT Healthcare Program budget to ensure all projects and operations were cost-effective, sustainable, and efficient. Annual budget ranged from $5.4M to $15M.• Trusted business partner and advisor across C-Suite and Board while driving continuous improvement of the development organization.• Proven leader, who combines mentoring, coaching, encouragement, and constructive feedback leading to exceptional performance, along with less than 5% team turnover.• Experienced international leadership across US, Germany, France, China, and India.

Lake Zurich, Illinois, United States

Reported to The Director PMO with a team of 28 and a budget of $4M annually. Responsible for the creation and operation of a team that is capable of adding IT software products while planning, directing, and implementing R&D programs. Created new Healthcare IT business by developing industry leading software applications.• Extended product portfolio into the cell-processing market by directing management of 2 new laboratory instruments with their respective software and disposable sets. These concurrent projects were constrained to a budget of less than $6M and a timeline of less than 20 months.• Initiated $83M organic revenue growth by leading product development of first cell washing device that is now approved for 50% of all FDA cleared therapy treatments. Cell therapies is projected to have double-digit annual growth as more treatments receive clearance.• Secured estimated $215M in revenue by leading technical discussions with 14 major customers that better clarified their specific needs and delivery to their requirements. • Delivered 100% of projects on time (7 of 7) that solidified stakeholder expectations by implementing a series of automated systems to promptly identify, escalate, and resolve issues.• Accomplished 100% regulatory compliance by creating project documentation within processes.

Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States

Release Project Manager 2006 – 2008Promoted to manage new product development and validation.Technical Project Lead 2002 – 2006Promoted to lead a team of 15 software engineers in the US and India.Engineer/Sr. Engineer 1996 – 2002System Test and Software Development Engineer for the Cellular Infrastructure team.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor'S, Electrical And Computer Engineering