• Providing project management, business development, and contract management services in the engineering and technology fields. • Delivering results where sound business and technical decisions are needed.• Recent projects included:- Enabling a $3 million/yr cost reduction benefit by replacing I/O controller and TFT panel inside a 65” LCD TV. - Assessing the manufacturing process capabilities and cost reduction possibilities of suppliers in Korea, Taiwan, and China for… Show more • Providing project management, business development, and contract management services in the engineering and technology fields. • Delivering results where sound business and technical decisions are needed.• Recent projects included:- Enabling a $3 million/yr cost reduction benefit by replacing I/O controller and TFT panel inside a 65” LCD TV. - Assessing the manufacturing process capabilities and cost reduction possibilities of suppliers in Korea, Taiwan, and China for open-cell LCD panels with a customized backlight unit design. Show less

• Delivering product design and manufacturing expertise to customers around the globe.

• Reporting to the CTO, was responsible for all of SMART's hardware product development in Canada, USA, and Asia• While maintaining my original product development responsibilities, I was given additional Operations responsibility - including New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Test, Quality, and Product Sustaining.• Worked with Directors and Executives of Tier 1 design and manufacturing companies in the US and Asia to bring LCD TVs, projectors, and conference systems to… Show more • Reporting to the CTO, was responsible for all of SMART's hardware product development in Canada, USA, and Asia• While maintaining my original product development responsibilities, I was given additional Operations responsibility - including New Product Introduction, Manufacturing Test, Quality, and Product Sustaining.• Worked with Directors and Executives of Tier 1 design and manufacturing companies in the US and Asia to bring LCD TVs, projectors, and conference systems to market. These included the likes of LG Electronics, Flextronics, Yamaha, Texas Instruments, and the highest grossing projector manufacturer in the world. Show less

• Took a company transfer to Ottawa to establish and grow a multi-disciplinary R&D team focused on hardware and software development. Grew the team from seven to fifty-five over an 18 month period, forty of which were in software development.• Developed and refined a product definition and development process for internal hardware and software design and for external design work. Participated in the development of Scrum Agile and waterfall processes.• Maintained all other… Show more • Took a company transfer to Ottawa to establish and grow a multi-disciplinary R&D team focused on hardware and software development. Grew the team from seven to fifty-five over an 18 month period, forty of which were in software development.• Developed and refined a product definition and development process for internal hardware and software design and for external design work. Participated in the development of Scrum Agile and waterfall processes.• Maintained all other previous Director responsibilities, including ties with the Calgary designers.Increased responsibilities to include Operations. Show less

• Managed engineering teams to develop disruptive technologies that re-invented customer experience and pushed SMART to first place in market share and fueled its 35% growth, including the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard that changed the role of technology in the classroom• Negotiated agreements with key design and manufacturing suppliers in Asia, Europe, and North America• Evaluated new technologies; established research direction; developed patents and promoted innovation… Show more • Managed engineering teams to develop disruptive technologies that re-invented customer experience and pushed SMART to first place in market share and fueled its 35% growth, including the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard that changed the role of technology in the classroom• Negotiated agreements with key design and manufacturing suppliers in Asia, Europe, and North America• Evaluated new technologies; established research direction; developed patents and promoted innovation within the R&D group.Accepted a transfer to Ottawa to lead and grow the R&D group there. Show less

• Led a team of project managers to develop products from concept to mass production• As a Project Management Professional (PMP), designed project management processes, tracking tools, communication plans and metrics based on PMI that improved on-time delivery• Project managed design teams to design and manufacture new productsPromoted to Director.

Hired as a Senior Project Manager and then promoted to Director after delivering a $5 million product design project six months ahead of schedule, under budget and first to market.As Director, was tasked with finding industry partners to co-develop products in the 3G UMTS field of wireless data, and to negotiate the deal. Established the technical alignment and contract for the world's first 3G UMTS device with Lucent Technologies and Qualcomm.

Managed a 75 person engineering and services team, responsible for delivering technical designs, architecture, custom product, and configuration around oil industry control systems.Provided technical sales support and account representation to key engineering customers.

In this four person company, I was responsible for the complete development of a product, including electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing

Responsible for developing firmware for disk-drive controllers, communication protocols, and GUIs for monitoring and control systems.