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Canada, Ca

Provide guidance and coaching to project teams on developing and commercializing biomedical product concepts. Typical concepts are developed at universities that have obtained some initial funding. Concept development involves validating the unmet needs, developing/refining the value proposition, building the business case, outlining the regulatory environment and documentation needs, identifying the reimbursement plan, review of funding options, planning prototypes and manufacturing, and developing a sales/marketing plan.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

Program management for the development of rapid, point-of-care molecular diagnostic equipment designed to detect various infectious diseases. Projects include the development of the electro-mechanical instrument and targeted infectious disease detection assay cartridges. Successfully guided team to complete product feasibility of CARB-X Base Stage.

The Woodlands, Texas, Us

Management of Pine Chemicals innovation project portfolio to maximize value, balance and strategic alignment. Portfolio scope increased from a set of 4 projects in 2013 to the entire segment of 35 projects and 4 business units comprising all Pine Chemicals innovation projects. Predictive Analytics used to define Strategic Quadrant allocation targets. Developed a Predictive Algorithm to optimize product pricing vs next best alternatives for each market globally. Improved Pine Chemicals' new product sales from 2% in 2013 to over 20% in 2020. The dramatic increase in new product sales was achieved by focusing on optimizing value and portfolio balancing of resources, risk and time-to-market - with no increase in R&D headcount or R&D spend. Developed and maintained an on-line portfolio dashboard reporting integrated project schedule and financial roll-ups allowing for real-time business-level and product line views.

Cham, Zug, Ch

Directed the development, operation and ISO-certification of a New Product Introduction (NPI) process across all global business units. Developed a predictive hardware/software system release plan based on agile methodologies that provided 95% schedule certainty required for customer release management. Oversaw definition, planning and implementation of next-generation standards-based smart grid infrastructure and communication nodes. Developed a system-level 5 year 'future-proof' roadmap successfully used to promote L+G products over competitor systems.Building Energy Management Systems Product Line Manager - monetized value-add products and services that were previously unprofitable cost-centers into a profitable portfolio of products within 1 quarter. Directed all product line aspects including P&L, market research, product requirements, quality, supply chain, new product introduction and field/customer service.

Duluth, Georgia, Us

Led development of 3-year product strategy roadmaps for all 3 business units (systems, software, logistics) which was awarded Frost & Sullivan's Business Strategy of the Year. P&L responsibility for new product lines. Positioned new products as market leaders commanding margins of 40 to 80% and growth rates of 50%. Presented periodic status reports to the corporate board. Negotiated partnership agreements at the CEO level. Outsourced product development when needed while building internal competencies. Forged new strategic alliances with several new companies to develop breakout new product offerings. One of those companies was later acquired by the private equity group that owned DataPath at the time.

Kadoma-Shi, Osaka, Jp

Devised and deployed a novel strategy to allow simultaneous product launches into all global markets (vs one market at a time) which greatly improved product profitability given that technology windows are notoriously short. Developed a global modular program schedule format that was simple and scalable. Successfully launched one of the first camera phones into the US market (GU-87). Team received the corporate President's Award and 4 'best-vendor' awards from AT&T (most of any vendor). Led the user interface re-design which was rated one of the best by Consumer Reports.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Directed R&D groups (of 50+ people) located in Raleigh, Pittsburgh and Romsey, England. Orchestrated the technology shift from mechanical displacement meters to electronic communications-enabled measurement systems. Optimized product mix to maximize profitability of new technologies by introducing higher priced/new technologies into the industrial/commercial markets first so costs could be reduced before entering the more competitive residential markets. Developed and utilized Artificial Intelligence (genetic) algorithms to optimize product development resource allocations.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Responsible for all product engineering (R&D, field support, reliability) for Latin American products. R&D group managed 20-30 concurrent projects which were typically delivered within 1 month of commitment, several launched weeks early.

Mba

Mse, Engineering, Manufacturing Systems And Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence)

Bsee, Digital Hardware

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