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Bradford, United Kingdom

• Successfully achieved a ground up recruitment drive for multi-disciplined engineers, creating an internal design and development business unit, in the West Yorkshire region.• Line management of a team of 14 engineers including Hardware, Mechanical and RF disciplines. Resource loading management, priority setting, and performance management.• Sole, full end to end, program management responsibility for multiple POS product developments (Android/Linux) for a global market. Working closely with the Product team to define roadmap and regional priorities. Successful in developing to full production, four Linux POS products and one Android Mobile product, to date.• NRE budget setting and management, working closely with Finance to review actuals vs forecast spend on a monthly basis. Responsible for management of budgets, ranging between $3M and $6M.• Global, cross functional team management, ensuring work is prioritized and aligned to internal schedules.• Management of Contract Manufacturers globally, to align with internal project scheduling.• Consolidation of program statuses, reporting on a weekly basis to Senior Leadership Team and Executive. Inclusive of, Key Milestone tracking to Baselines, KPI reporting, Highlights & Lowlights.• Change Control

Saltaire

• Process ownership and governance alignment with the ARRIS Business 2.0 directive.• Management of a dedicated MDM team, inclusive of IT, to develop a Oracle based cost roll solution catering to both mass produced products and those products still in the development stage (NPI).• Exploration of cloud based systems (AWS, Oracle 12) for viability in providing a future state cloud based costing solution for the entire company.

Tadcaster, England, United Kingdom

• Key account management for multiple bespoke automation solutions, servicing the medical industry, dealing directly with the customer throughout the project lifecycle.• Internal stakeholder management, comprising teams of mechanical, electrical and Software engineers, to ensure machine builds completed to schedule and budget, and to support on site commissioning (prior to handover and shipping) with the customer present to witness.• Detailed budget control, ensuring full and transparent communication, and agreement with the customer, prior to proceeding, to ensure critical stage payments were achieved, maintaining company cash flow.• Exec Level reporting on a weekly basis, ensuring full and open communication, detailing spend, schedule, risks and actions to mitigate against such risks.

• Project Management of Consumer Electronic Devices, namely Set-Top Boxes, for the European market, transitioning to North America part way through my tenure.• Internal Stakeholder management, ensuring support functions (Environmental Test, Software, Compliance plus others) available and aligned to internal schedules• Project status reporting; weekly to the Senior Program Manager and monthly to the Exec Leadership team.

Hunslet, England, United Kingdom