Robert Gifford Email & Phone Number

United States

Now re-branded Vantage MedTech. Creating medical devices that combine the power of electrical, mechanical, software, and systems technology into life-saving products.- Active garment system to reduce Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolisms (PE),- RF Ablation of brain cells to reduce Epilepsy surgical operations,- Brain pressure system to assist with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),- Device Therapy for acute decompensated heart failure- Antibody and protein therapeutics delivery device- Bone deformity correction after osteotomy procedure

Responsible for all of Engineering and Product. Change agent to rebuild Engineering and move into cloud based scalable IoT systems. Greenwald was acquired by an investment group in Nov 2021 from The Eastern Company.

Started Armvida to exploit opportunity in standards based product offerings focusing on the telecommunications architecture (xTCA).Aggressively drive all company activities as leader.Business Contributions:o Write business plan and summary sheet for investment opportunities, Set strategy and company direction, Build and fostered the leadership team, Define and reinforce a respectful culture, Build relationships with partners, integrators and key customers, Communicate vision to board members and investors, Communicate with potential suitors toward acquisition, Publish status reports, Lead by exampleo Establish process driven Sales methodology - Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system, Generate list of potential targets, Make calls and visits to pitch solution, Track deals and follow-upso Find market niche that can be exploited with skill sets of self and potential team, Create compelling web site, Create product data sheets, Create company marketing package and brochures for trade shows, conferences and customer presentations, Write Press Releases for continued goggle search benefit, Sponsor and attend Trade shows to pitch company and product, Leverage Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook o Form LLC with "profit interests" terminology, Build excel based cash flow / planning system to manage cost and funding, requirements/injections, Define and mandate ND, NC agreements and Offer Letter terminology, Execute payroll twice monthly, Handle quarterly and annual tax forms/obligationsTechnology Contributions: o Cultivate and manage local and remote international software development teams in India, China and Russia, (Structured, Object oriented, C++ using RMCP/IPMI over UDP and TCPIP), Actively participate in detailed design reviews, Create and write a detailed system architecture specification for series of roadmap product offerings, Match skill set to task for successful on-time completionhttps://web.archive.org/web/20111003063355/http://armvida.com/

Herndon, Va, Us

Associates and I started VBrick and grew it thru venture funding to about 120 employees with about $35M in revenue. VBrick is recognized as the industry leader in high quality, robust network video appliances. Responsible for all aspects of engineering including: Architecture, next generation product development, general product development, schedules, budgets, staffing, customer and trade show presentations, procedures, regulatory compliance and verification. -Direct and foster a team of software, hardware, mechanical and systems engineers in embedded system product development – network video appliance with compression methodologies of MPEG1,2,4,H.264 and WM-Manage rapid development efforts, leveraging external consultants-Coordinate / Align / prioritize product development & business objectives-Establish executive management roundtable forum – Advanced Development and Technology quarterly sessions-Extensive customer interaction / presentations to showcase company and capture new development input-Initiate alliances with OEMs to maximize product offerings-Responsible for Intellectual Property (IP) growth-Provide Due Diligence communications with VC & IB community to attain funding and provide investment analysis input-Instituted processes and design practices at genesis to formalize communications-Defined architectural & product line direction toward MicroTCA for H.264 HD roadmap-Provided audience specific presentations and training for Marketing, Sales, Technical Sales, Support and Engineering Teams

Westport, Connecticut, Us

Founded Technology Services Company to assist young companies in product development, business guidance and funding strategies/representation and assist the investment community with deal evaluationStart-ups/ Small Company(Engineering Services): Provide complete development or extension of development team toward rapid product creation and system solutions. Create and present project development proposals, technology integrator (C/C++, JAVA, C#, .net, Verilog) prior to final release. Recruited and motivated virtual engineering team - software development(C & JAVA) from India Team, ASIC/FPGA development from Ireland. Provide technology trend insight for leading edge planning.Start-ups/ Small Company(Business Services):Create or review/critique: business plans, revenue models; marketing plans and financing methodologies. Provide introductions or representation to investors. Assist in team formation. Investment community(VC's, Angels, IB's, PE Funds):Contracted for Due Diligence, Provide clear, concise, assessment of technology, market trends and management team. Assisted Menlo Ventures, Morgan Stanley, Adams Capital, Space Vest, and many more in deal evaluation.

Continuing Education

Mba Program

Bsee, Engineering