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Alpharetta, Us

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Create and deliver cutting edge products in the offline and digital data space. Responsible for driving the data solutions vision inside and outside the company, defining the data technology roadmap, leading continuous design and development, directing and managing staff and external resources, establishing partnerships and licensing opportunities, and collaborating with product management, clients and customers throughout the data solutions lifecycle.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Build agile development, test and production support team from ground up to implement brand new customer facing enterprise analytics platform, including enterprise data warehouse, big data HADOOP repository, and business intelligence systems. Provide strategic leadership and direction, deliver value and ROI to the business, negotiate contracts and licensing, establish onshore and offshore contract vendors, execute projects and build product.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Create brand new Wi-Fi Network Planning team, following the acquisition of Wayport by AT&T, to support first ever enterprise grade offload of cellular data to Wi-Fi. Create a strategic plan, presented and approved by AT&T officers, to save over $1 billion worth of licensed WCS spectrum by utilizing in Wi-Fi network deployments and satisfying all FCC filing and technical requirements. Plan and integrate Mobility smartphone authentication onto the AT&T Wi-Fi network, and scale OSS, BSS, and NSS systems to handle 3,000% growth in under 2 years. Create geospatial analytics systems to track offload and WCS spectrum utilization. Manage design and deployment of custom, world-class Wi-Fi networks at strategic large venues including universities, stadiums, first-ever City Hotzones, and industry-novel support of temporary Wi-Fi networks at major concert and public events nationwide. Support integration of Wayport engineering and technical operations into AT&T.

Rebuild customer relationship with AT&T, launch groundbreaking release of iPhone integrated with automatic Wi-Fi authentication, and execute deployment of AT&T Wi-Fi (provided by Wayport) in all Starbucks retail stores nationwide. (AT&T acquired Wayport in December 2008).Create and direct the technical relationship with all major Wayport partners, serve as primary point of contact for new and existing partners, define, plan and coordinate projects and customer requests, driving those projects to completion. Build and direct the technical program management team, responsible for budgeting, hiring, reviews, retention, and personnel development. Help drive strategic decisions for products and services with Product Management, Engineering Management, Account Management, Finance, Marketing and Executive teams.

Plan, direct, and coordinate all activities associated with creating software across multiple functional areas and products. Prioritize and allocate projects, products, and resources with the assistance of managers. Responsible for defining and meeting financial budgeting plan. Direct and coordinate activities of the business applications, network systems, technical program management teams, and all engineering liaison activities. Participate in the strategic decisions about technology, definition, and implementation of the software products. Define software development processes and policies to meet business and compliance requirements. Responsible for all human resource areas for the software engineering organization, including hiring, reviews, and retention. Responsible for delegating responsibilities to others, career planning, leadership development, and professional training and development

Responsible for major technical projects and customers (SBC, McDonald's, AOL), defining statements of work (SOW) and contracts, product definitions, product pricing, 3rd party engineering integration, business models, and delivery of more than 125 projects in 15 months.Additionally, built new data group, responsible for engineering development of data analysis, integration, operational support, and technical architecture.

Rochester, New York, Us

Systems engineer with excellent experience in product development, statistical analysis, quality processes, and extensive imaging and sensing analysis. I have a a diverse skill set, and enjoy interaction with internal and external customers.Specialties include: Rapid Product Research and Development, Electromechanical System Design and Integration, Digital Imaging, Color and Image Science, Statistical Analysis (SPC, DOE), Electro-optic, Infrared & Color Systems, Technology Assessment.

Recruited to apply rapid product development experience in challenging small startup environment. Designed revolutionary digital imaging technologies. Produced first fully automatic digital Film Processing System. Led engineering teams to solve critical design issues. Provided technical reviews to multiple customers, vendors, and executive management. Implemented software tools to improve problem identification and resolution. Directed technology assessments of hardware and software. Performed market studies. Designed image processing algorithms. Managed project planning, cost and schedule analysis. (Applied Science Fiction was acquired by Eastman Kodak in 2003)

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Designed, analyzed and qualified testing of new toners and laser printers. Evaluated and established specifications for print quality, and evaluated testing results with pilot and production chemistry teams. Recruited to join Applied Science Fiction startup as one of first two development engineers.

Dallas, Tx, Us

Conducted component design and characterization. Specified image quality appraisals for design of unique new color print engine. Product Engineer for latest generation servo-controlled infrared night vision systems in continuous-flow manufacturing environment. Primary Test Engineer performing real-time programming, hardware-level debugging, and production test equipment design, integration and validation.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Designed and maintained automated test equipment, characterized new telecommunications products, analyzed product failures, implemented first ever SPC programs in optoelectronic production lines for Honeywell Optoelectronics

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Physics