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Working with customers and government agencies designing green systems (wind, BESS, Solar, microgrids, EV charging, clean buildings, and land/sea reclamation). Currently contracting and putting together technical proposals for several green systems projects. Background includes an Engineering degree with a specialization in Power and Control. 20+ years of.

Edmonton, AB, CA

Grengine (Formally Growing Greener Innovations) is an award-winning Canadian clean-energy technology company. Our mission is to end global energy poverty by providing world-class battery energy storage solutions for community, commercial and residential use. Our engineers have developed an industry-leading Smart Switch control system that monitors.

San Jose, California, US

Lead a team of Product Managers, Engineers, and Program Managers to meet the companies system and chip roadmap requirements, customer designs and critical marketing needs. Worked with internal and external engineering and marketing teams to integrate our technology with customers systems while meeting the business and financial goals of the company. Area.

San Jose, California, US

Worked with the Sr. VP of Marketing as an advisor and helped align the company on common goals. Stepped in, as needed, to run the whole department during absences and headed up confidential programs. Day-to-day responsibility for the technical and program management teams in marketing.

San Jose, California, US

Worked for the Senior VP of Operations managing the companies Regulatory compliance programs and the Customer Programs. Worked cross functionally between operations, marketing and engineering to make sure the program meet the customers goals and timelines.

Redmond, Washington, US

Worked on Microsofts Hololens project as a Program Manager in the Optical/Sensor group. Led cross-functional teams including Sensor, Optical, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering to deliver state-of-the-art consumer sensing solutions for the Hololens program. Main areas of responsibility were for the Photo-Video Module and the Ambient Light Sensor..

San Jose, CA, US

Cradle to grave management for SATA based SSD programs. Built the program plans for both Enterprise and Client applications. Worked with ASIC, FW and Applications to make sure the program was on time and on budget. Worked with Technical Marketing, Planning and Customers to make sure we were meeting the overall SATA specifications and any special customer.

Milpitas, CA, US

Managed a hybrid SSD/HDD program at both the Product and FW level.

Cupertino, CA, US

• Senior Program Manager position leading the upgrade of the companies IT systems Polycom IT:
• Develop, coordinate and oversee the implementation plan for the overall program.
• The program has 3 major areas:o Plan and coordinate the Active Directory consolidation/migration to Active Directory (AD) 2008r2.o Coordinate the MS Exchange migration from 2007 to 2013.o Work with the client to plan.

Milpitas, CA, US

• Initial role was to take over the Solid State Drive (pSSD) firmware programs and bring them back on track. After a short time the role expanded in scope to include; working on the departments scaling plans, overall.
• Internal: o Built integrated schedules across multiple pSSD programs concentrating on priorities, resource management, and scheduling conflicts in a constantly changing environment. o Trained other PM’s in program and.
• External; Worked with ASIC, Memory, and Product Engineering to build and manage integrated program schedules.
• Managed the development of a new platform for SD/USB, iNAND and pSSD product lines. Coordinated the internal modeling, firmware and systems resources and drove the program to meet an aggressive timeline working with.

San Jose, CA, US

• Managed all the company’s non-mainstream engineering programs (medical, military, government, industrial, and non-consumer). Interfaced directly with the customers, wrote proposals, evaluated costs and pricings, and.
• Responsible for running all aspects of the programs from conception to completion.
• In addition to the department duties as the companies only PM supervised all internal and external engineering, marketing and business development programs. Managed the builds of optical lens using thin film coatings.
• Implemented and ran the program meetings, instituted action item lists, task tracking, delivery schedules and reporting.
• Worked with customers to define requirements for joint programs and ensured that LV met the timelines and responsibilities defined.
• Directly managed vendors for board builds, designs and firmware/software integration including local and remote companies.

• Worked directly for the COO to implement standard company business and operation requirements, worked with vendors and ran the companies programs, which included Software, Hardware and ASIC development as well as the.
• Responsible for driving and organizing requirements analysis, resources, schedules and work products.
• Implemented weekly meetings for the programs and instituted action item lists, task tracking, delivery schedules and reporting.
• Evaluated and implemented the following operational software to add control and tracking to the company; Timecards, Billing, Inventory Management and PLM.

San Jose, CA, US

• Primary point of contact between the customer and eSilicon. Led multiple ASIC semiconductor programs with responsibility for the projects including scheduling, requirement and risk analysis, design, build, test and.
• Evaluated customer requirements and designed schedules to meet target dates.
• Set-up weekly and monthly meetings with the engineering, manufacturing and customer teams to define program requirements and bring customer issues to a successful resolution.
• Worked with the other Program Managers to develop and implement project planning methodology, tools, and standards.

• Reported directly to the Vice President of Programs for the management of multiple CCD semiconductor projects for medical, scientific and industrial applications:
• Drove engineering and production to meet critical timelines, assembled and guided cross-functional project teams, identified the resources needed and developed program plans and schedules that ensured timely completion.
• Worked as “Lead Engineer” driving the resolution of technical problems and supplying hands-on help.
• Initiated actions that identified and resolved project issues and reported to senior management on the actions taken to ensure timely deliverables, project success and quality.

US

• Designed RF DF and ITU compliant Spectrum Monitoring systems for military and regulatory agencies:
• Developed and deployed unique solutions for countrywide communications networks (LANs and WANs) to connect remote sites over ISDN, PSTN, Fiber-optic, RF, and microwave last mile links.
• Extracted customers’ system requirements through tenders, in-person meetings, e-mails and telephone conversations to ensure complete customer satisfaction with the design, installation, training and acceptance of the.
• Wrote SOW, Proposals and generated the cost models for the programs.

Engineering Officer for Weapons and Sensor suites. Included: Computer Systems, Gyros, Balistic Weapons, Guided Missles, Communications, SatNav, Radar, Sonar, EW, etc

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Beng, Electrical Engineering

Bsc, Physics