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Austin, Us

London, Gb

Las Vegas, Nevada, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Lead engineering, software integration, and operations organization of 20 team members for an innovative personal cloud solution. First of its kind to Motorola, it enables consumers unlimited remote access to their digital world across all of their mobile devices and computers. * Rave reviews from top technical reviewers (i.e. PC Magazine) and bloggers (i.e. Gizmodo, Phandroid, etc), with over 1M downloads from Google Play market* Led integration of newly acquired start-up company consisting of 15 team members into the organization (originators of the personal cloud solution)* Manage and own new feature introduction, launch/deployment activities, and operations across entire ecosystem* Institute agile software development process across multiple engineering teams* Create and share product specifications and sell-in presentations to Product Marketing teams to accelerate sell-in efforts* Lead technical sponsor for joint marketing campaigns with several major carriers in N.A. in excess of $40M

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed software experience portfolio for the Mobile Devices business, with full stream responsibility from product concept to product launch. Responsibilities included roadmap development, business case definition and cross functional management of internal resources and third party vendors through the development and launch cycle.* Successfully launched a world-wide software update solution, delivering in excess of $30M in cost savings annually* Managed end-to-end planning, deployment, and operations of key software experience solutions shipped on over 60M Motorola devices globally* Lead strategic planning sessions with regional marketing and global portfolio teams to develop feature roadmaps based on customer requirements, regional needs, and market trends* Redesigned and institutionalized a new software introduction and commitment process which reduced key product time to market by 30 days (20% cycle time improvement) resulting in $1M of revenue/cost benefit to the business. * Headed the Hewlett Packard server vendor relationship, directly responsible for feature roadmap alignment, server release deployments, and operations

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Directly responsible for managing and evangelizing the Device Management space, including major use cases as Firmware Over The Air (FOTA), Provisioning, and Remote Diagnostics to ensure a market leadership position. Owned Roadmapping, Software Requirements Definition, Strategic Planning and Vendor Relations.* Owned and defined 24-48 month rolling strategic roadmap based on customer requirements, competitive landscape, market research, trends and relevant technology standards. * Led quarterly roadmap review sessions with top global carriers, presenting and negotiating commitment positions for future product sales* Secured approvals from key carriers on emerging technologies/architectures, translating into increased ARPU generation across the product portfolio* Authored Marketing Requirement Documents (MRD’s) to communicate external product requirements, and assisted in RFI and carrier requirements compliance activities* Published the #2 most downloaded technical white paper defining the system architecture and characteristics of the Mobile Device Management solution

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed the Liquid Crystal Display commodity, responsible for strategic supplier selection, supplier audits, creating technical specifications, qualification procedures, and proactively/reactively addressing all material issues encountered throughout the development and launch stages. * Played a leadership role in devising strategic initiatives involving significant interaction and relationship development with C-Level executives at some of the world's leading global display manufacturing companies* Led a cross-functional, international cost reduction initiative that reduced display commodity spend by $100M* Conducted US and International supplier business reviews resulting in the formation of a key partnership model* Selected to act as department liaison between Commodity Management, Engineering, and Quality Assurance teams to effectively address and execute on delivery commitments* Redesigned the display commodity qualification process which created a consistent and repeatable product approval and development process

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed quality assurance for the display commodity during the new product introduction. Approved suppliers by assessing compliance to specifications, expedited resolution of supplier quality issues prior to product launch, regularly communicated to senior management status of supplier quality issues affecting launch, and performed quality audits of supplier's manufacturing facilities.* Prevented a loss of $5M in revenue by identifying design changes that increased the yield of a display affected by short supply* Reduced warranty costs by $3M for a product by working with the display supplier to resolve a defect identified during accelerated life testing that was impacting a new product launch* Led a process improvement team with a supplier that resolved a reoccurring field failure issue by developing new test methodologies to assess the reliability of their components* Global travel to conduct supplier audits and initiatives involving executive level personnel * Attained Six Sigma Green Belt Certification and completed training towards Accelerated Black Belt Certification program* Provided on-going engineering support for shipping products and provided carrier customers with corrective action plans to address issues with product returns

Marlborough, Ma, Us

Headed the development of diagnostic equipment and programs to fault-find microprocessor boards to component level. * Designed a fully functional bed-of-nails type test fixture to improve the reliability and yield of network interface controllers* Improved efficiency of test functionality throughout manufacturing facility resulting in 30% yield increase* Maintained systems and processes regarding new product introductions which ensured successful market launches, fulfilled customer needs and met initial sales projections