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Managing large department across multiple states, delivering FPGA, ASIC, SOC and embedded solutions for satellite avionics & payloads, missiles and human space flight. Responsible for resourcing and execution of tens of projects with varying complexity and mission class targeting Microchip, AMD/Xilinx and Global Foundries technology.• Created a multi-year strategy to transform the team into a product and services center to reduce cost and schedule through process, technology, upskilling and IP.• Proposed, now piloting cross-functional Agile development and software-first methodology.• Rebuilt leadership team to drive cultural, process, training and technology transformation.• Standardized operations for resourcing, opportunities, Basis of Estimates (BOE) and project tracking (EVMS).• Successfully achieved program scope, cost and schedule targets for all major efforts.• Grew engineering team ~50% over two years and reduced attrition to near-zero.• Implemented post-COVID hybrid work policies to improve team cohesion and morale.

Managed next generation advanced product programs worth over $2B for multi-functional SVP stakeholders and customers. Organized 19 focus teams to identify markets, technical and business requirements, risks, opportunities, scope, resources and preliminary schedules.● Organized and conducted program planning session for 40+ team managers.● Managed a significant DARPA contract, winning follow-on business.● Rescued a US Navy program, pulling in schedule and ensuring on-time, quality deliverables.● Introduced automated task tracking and dashboard reporting with JIRA, providing insight and visibility to senior management with clean and succinct dashboards.

Managed outsourced design services programs. Drove supplier SOW negotiations, legal agreements, processes, invoices, loading, screening, onboarding, risk mitigation, escalation and financial reporting. ● Negotiated supplier and customer contracts to grow ecosystem revenue 20x to $15.5M in NRE and $0.5B in product revenue in strategically targeted markets. ● Singlehandedly improved program financial reporting, billing, document control and hour tracking implementing an easy to use database server with over 100 users. (Learned three new computer languages and completed part-time within a year). ● Recruited to resolve major scope, budget and resource issues for a large wireless program, delivering it successfully with a third-party partner and leading to repeat customer business.● Dramatically reduced onboarding time from three weeks to three days via process changes.● Monetized process issues, leading to company-wide IT improvements for onboarding.● Managed relationships and processes across Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Sales, IT, HR, Security, Legal and Engineering.

Managed engineering teams over 20 people with multiple suppliers for customer programs worth up to $70M in product. Tracked product portfolio development and supported Marketing initiatives.● Turned around a network accelerator product, increasing sales from $0 to $18M in one year. This involved an extensive business plan update, rebranding the product and closing sales with live customer demonstrations.

Led global design service projects that delivered hardware and embedded software solutions. Architected, coded and delivered custom FPGA designs in networking, storage, medical and defense. Patent application for packet processing IP.● Recognition of Excellence Award for developing a mentoring program for junior engineers.

Designed, verified and validated FPGAs and ASICs for disk and tape storage products.Drove process improvements in design and configuration management.

Gained technical experience over three semesters in: semiconductor process yield analysis, ASIC test program generation and custom RAM generation.