Ruben Romero Email & Phone Number

Greater San Diego Area

Kontrol Plus International LLC integrates simple solutions to increase production and optimization of resources in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. We tailor-made automation solutions for the automotive, medical, plastics and consumer goods industry and solve our clients requirements through the integration of technologies to deliver turn-key.

Responsible for Business Development and Sales for Nortek Security and Control in Latin America.Drove adoption of NCS technology & products to distributors, integrators and dealers in the region.Represented Nortek with all lines of products; Intrusion, Security, GoControl Smart Products, Access, PERS and Legacy Products.Covered all countries in Latin.

• Responsible for defining key product requirement to launch to market profitable automation and security systems. Manage 2GIG product line and lead cross-functional teams in execution of plans.
• Manage third-party relationships for Go!Control security products, integration and full lifecycle for cameras and accessories; establish development and commercial launch schedules.
• Coordinates with Business Development to identify, qualify and support partnership opportunities for international markets. Lead forecast planning, marketing collaterals and inbox content packages.

Greater San Diego Area

• Led product definition, portfolio planning and roadmap for Nokia mobile handsets.
• Contributed to launch over seventy product variants and sold over twelve million units.
• Managed customer relationships, led product certification and customer carrier approval.
• Account Management. Identified new business opportunities and built market share.
• Team leader. Business Development, Sales, Product Localization, life-cycle and end-of-life.
• Developed new distribution channels with results of 20% growth in sales.

Greater San Diego Area

• Managed Product Acceptance and Customer Launch Strategies for global CDMA projects.
• Launched products to Verizon, Sprint, Cricket and Tier-1 customers in Latin America, India and China.
• Prioritized requirements, product acceptance issues and supervised government approvals.
• Customer’s advocate. Managed cross-functional communication with Nokia R&D, Sales and Marketing to assure flawless product acceptance.

Greater San Diego Area

• Managed SW and HW maintenance updates, products lifecycle and end-of-life.
• Aligned product strategy and roadmap across all functional groups.
• Developed plans to address issues for quality, durability and reliability.
• Monitored forecast planning and product shipments.
• Coordinated product rollouts with Nokia factories.
• Improved customer satisfaction and maximized product ROI.

Greater San Diego Area

• Secured more than 30 carrier technical approvals on schedule.
• Managed carrier technical requirements with Tier-1 carriers.
• Successfully managed up to 9 product approvals at the same time.
• Coordinated product certification, technical reviews and testing activities.
• Provided resolution for all SW and post-launch technical issues.

Greater San Diego Area

• Managed product acceptance for DigiCipher II for satellite TV and cable providers.
• Served as main technical contact for tier-1 customers in USA, Canada and Latin America.
• Provided on-site customer training. Collaborated with sales during product presentations.
• Resolved technical related issues. Managed post launch technical support.
• Led SW and HW updates.

Bsee, Computer Engineering

Cspo

Certificate, Cdma Engineering Specialized

Certificate, Engineering R&D Management