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• Clearly and concisely communicated technical requirements with internal and external stakeholders.
• Led the successful integration of compliance software, improving reporting accuracy, operational efficiency and transparency.
• Managed project budgets up to $18M, consistently delivering on-time and under-budget.
• Facilitated cross-functional team meetings to ensure project milestones align with corporate goals.
• Developed key performance indicators (KPIs) for the compliance department to measure process effectiveness.

Farmingdale, NJ

• Manage onsite and remote cross-functional teams in order to complete multi-phase projects in a swift work environment; utilizing fast-tracking and crashing techniques to meet critical deadlines.
• Provide strategic direction for company-wide global compliance, develop and implement team initiatives and foster synergy between third party regulatory agencies.
• Shifted focus towards enhancing long-term processes utilizing project management methodologies to drive organizational advancement resulting in a 17% improvement in workflow.

Farmingdale, NJ

• Collaborated with engineering product development teams to create test plans that mitigated the risk of non-conformances during the certification process.
• Elicited organizational process improvements resulting in 24% fewer engineering change orders (ECOs) and reduced time-to-market by 30%.

600 Airport Road, Lakewood, NJ 08701

• Analyzed constraints using various techniques and maintained the schedule of engineering projects totaling over $20M in gross income.
• Project lead for hardware and software testing, ensuring conformance with casino gaming regulations.
• Evaluated and optimized in-house programs such as eVolution, eResults, and GLI’s parts tracking database in order to improve work efficiency and accuracy.
• Throughout the product life cycle, perform root cause analyses to determine corrective action for CSNs.

600 Airport Road, Lakewood, NJ 08701

• Tested proprietary hardware and software of casino gaming equipment including EGMs, OSs, SPI chips, and BVs to verify regulatory compliance utilizing checklist analysis and detailed issue logs.
• Developed training procedures and processes for the Beowulf, Ceres, EOS and EOS-LAP (Freya) platforms which reduced employee training time by 80%.
• Wrote simulations to analyze RTPs, game statistics, probabilities, game cycles and volatilities.

120 Route 156, Yardville, NJ 08620

• Worked on all aspects of the project life cycle for photovoltaic (PV) systems from initial procurement through the closing phase.
• Developed new products, such as off the grid PV systems, solar powered billboards, and solar snow guards; which totaled over $2.5M in gross sales.
• Completed RFPs, FP-EPA customer contracts (SOWs), township permit sets, interconnection agreements and final paperwork, as well as other deliverables.
• Created internal documents and design tools and compiled a technical user’s guide to provide customers the tools to enhance their solar experience.