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Texas, United States

Manages all aspects of technology development, deployment and manufacturing: clinical R&D, Device Design and Development, IoT Platform and App Development, Information Technology, and Supply Chain and Operations.With a portfolio of brands including Intoxalock, we invent and deploy new technology to make the world safer and better for all. Mindr and our family of brands have helped millions of individuals to live and drive responsibly. We provide products and services to effectively deter impaired driving and support individuals as they navigate the license restoration process.

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

For Tidel (now part of Sesami) directed all aspects of R&D, Engineering Development and Product and Project Management. Dominant market leading intelligent devices and IoT platform for cash handling and management automation for a broad range of merchants and financial institutions. Enabled a new level of automation, business intelligence, efficiency and transaction cost control with Tidel. Intelligent, secure and connected.Tidel's market leading cash processing technology, developed by my team, was acquired by and became a part of Sesami.

New York, Ny, Us

Directed the SiriusXM Infotainment (Traffic and Travel Link) and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Product Management and Connected Vehicle Partnerships and Business Development teams. Delivered innovative Connected Vehicle solutions to vehicle manufacturers worldwide. B2C and B2B services encompassing all aspects of CV: embedded traffic and POI data, traffic probe data extraction, safety, security, remote services, driver-relevant IoT, identity management and personalization, payments and transactions, alerts, OTA, LBS, Cloud services, and V2X connectivity. Architected the broadest range of deployed services in the marketplace using an innovative satellite and wireless delivery infrastructure.Multiple projects were developed with partners including leading payments networks, IoT providers, mapping solution providers, fuel and charging solution providers, retailers and restaurant e-commerce solution providers, and other major market players. The team’s solutions connect and serve drivers in nearly 20 million vehicles across all major car brands in North American marketplace.

Los Angeles, Us

Delivered state of the art video and broadband infrastructure and CPE in North America for the Connected Home division of Technicolor.Introduced a number of new products in the advanced gateway, video (digital broadcast and IP), telepresence, intelligent home security-control-automation, and high speed optical network spaces (including the fastest advanced gateway WiFi solution on the market in 2012 as evaluated by an independent test facility). Core technologies include a range of conditional access systems, MPEG4, DOCSIS3.1, 802.11ac, DECT, QAM, GPON, DSL, LTE, NFC, intelligent home security and automation, and telepresence specific algorithms.Significantly expanded product range, market share and the number of customers firmly establishing Technicolor as a significant market player in this segment.

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Technology valuation in the embedded SW, silicon, and video and data network areas. Cable, Satellite, and Telco architectures.

One of the early stage investors in the company. Secured a $2M state of Indiana technology grant as a principal investigator to fund the initial engineering effort, later augmented with a broad pool of investors. Launched an active cooperation project with Purdue University to augment internal algorithm development. Hired and structured the HW engineering team. Expanded the SW team by a factor of 6. Originated all of Cine-tal's three new product lines based on advanced and novel large FPGA architectures. Provided global market-leading new technology solutions for 10 bit and 12 bit HD and 2K movie and video production (including 3-D feature production) and post-production. Reference monitoring around LCD and Plasma display technologies. Video storage, analysis, transfer and real-time processing.Large 3-D lut real-time systems. Color space processing. Profile generation and display device mapping. 3-D processors for film production.The company's successful product range (Cinemage monitors, Davio processors, 3-D cinema display engines) became one of the most popular in the marketplace. The company's IP and product lines were sold to Dolby and THX.

Los Angeles, Us

Directed Thomson's satellite business in the Americas, securing Thomson as the top provider of satellite receiver technology in this market, with annual revenues exceeding $1B. With a dedicated team of over 150 individuals and unmatched core video expertise, Thomson was the top supplier of set-tops in this market segment, serving all major satellite service providers (MPEG2, MPEG4, SD, HD, PVR, Home Gateway and MDU platforms for both the head-end and customer premises).Immediately prior, Peter managed Thomson's world-wide DOCSIS cable modem and VoIP eMTA business, tranforming Thomson from the world's 5th largest CM supplier to 2nd largest by expanding product range (advanced DOCSIS, eMTA, home gateway), while growing revenues and profitability. Prior to 2000, Peter participated in and directed a number of engineering efforts at Thomson, including TAK TV in Paris, France, DOCSIS cable modem development, TeleTV network deployment, and DIRECTV video encoder and multiplexer design for the uplink.

Engineering contributor and manager in the area of MPEG and JPEG. First MPEG encoder on the market. First digital satellite uplink based on MPEG1 and MPEG 2 compression on the market. First statistical multiplexer on the market.

Certificate, Artificial Intelligence: Implications For Business Strategy

Mba, Emphasis On Finance And Management

Master Of Science (Ms), Electrical Engineering

Bs With Distinction, Electrical Engineering