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Philadelphia, PA, US

Cherry Hill, NJ

• Program Management and Systems Engineering of Transit and CAD/AVL solutions.
• Delivered major client contracts and developments to cost, specification and schedule - Negotiated $15M SEPTA ParaTransit CAD/AVL program to successfully closure & final payments. - Developed detailed specifications.
• Managed system developments incorporating hardware, software and manufacturing environments - Managed the design and manufacture of a new in-house paystation for parking payments compliant with the SEPTA NPT open.
• Managed P&L and financials of complex programs with quarterly reporting to executive management
• Led development, delivery and customer support teams to achieve client satisfaction..

Moorestown, NJ

• Started-up and ran a NJ-based development team and established and ran a Program Management Office. Created new products and enhancements for the US On-Street Parking market and provided program management for major.
• Elected to Smart Card Alliance Transportation Council as Vice Chair, Parking in January 2011 to forward the adoption of smart card technology and open payments in the US.
• Delivered a new web portal-based parking management system to US and global clients
• Expanded product offering to meet the demands of US clients.
• Overcame legacy issues, regained customer’s confidence, specified new technical solution and managed RFP bid process leading to a customer award of a $50M contract, the largest in US history for the On-Street Parking.
• Developed and deployed a new e-payment solution enabling automatic banking reconciliation

Ferndown, UK & Besançon, France

• Managed special applications and systems, major bids, delivery and key accounts, worldwide for the on-street parking business. Led French-based business engineering and system support teams and coordinated solution.
• Drove new solutions to customers in London, Munich, Strasbourg, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Amsterdam, Sydney, Beirut, Houston, Seattle, Portland, and Toronto. Coordinated with respective Sales and Delivery teams.
• Ensured effective migration planning and technical support for regional data centers and major customers.

Ferndown, UK

• Managed E-City transport Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) projects and bid activities in Northern Europe and North America. Managed UK Technical Team providing software development, support and system enhancements.
• Effectively handled bid management for major “TravelCard” proposal for the city of Stockholm, Sweden (€100M).
• “Parachuted in”, managed, recovered and successfully closed transport projects including: Croydon Tramlink (UK), Docklands Light Rail (UK), and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (USA).

San Jose, CA

• Managed ASAP (“Advanced Symbolic ATE Programming”) software development leading a team of up to 50 engineers. Improved software development processes and release quality for a system with a code base of 3 million lines.
• Delivered software product releases to schedule, cost, and quality criteria under critical business pressures. Key clients included Intel, Sun, & ST Microelectronics.
• Group achieved SEI Level 2 by external assessment.
• Reduced post release defect density 70% and schedule overruns 90%.

Austin, TX

• Created and provided training in project planning, tracking, and metrics at 11 US and European engineering centers. Consulted on process improvement and change management and published technical reports.
• Performed SEI based assessments at 3 centers, one as Lead Assessor.

Farnborough, Hampshire, UK

• Managed hardware and software development and project teams.
• Led successful developments of a stand-alone data acquisition system and a vibration monitoring presentation and analysis system.
• Defined product range and business plan for Vibration Monitoring products, in cooperation with Marketing.

Bsc, Mathematics

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