Rob Stokes Email & Phone Number

St. Louis, MO, US

Montpellier, France, FR

• Offer a self-developed, 2-day Project Management training seminar wherever employed (Stryker, SonoSite, Microvision, Motorola, Honeywell/Allied Signal) that has had more than 1000 students over the years.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

Returned to my first passion of full-time product development project management leading embedded software development, usability and clinical validation, change management, and accessory development for an emergency care cardiac monitor/defibrillator.

Kalamazoo, MI, US

• Responsible for on-going design control process improvement and compliance with regulations such as FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485:2016, Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP), and EU Medical Device Regulation (EU-MDR).
• Responsible for product development project management infrastructure for schedules, budgets, and resource management.
• Direct manager for a team Project Coordinators and Analysts.
• Sub-matter expert and coach on project management and leadership.

Redmond, WA, US

Project Manager for embedded software portion of a defibrillator/monitor new product development.

Bothell, WA, US

• Product development project manager for the development of SonoSite’s X-Porte and Edge ultrasound systems. Development efforts included physical design, electronics, and embedded software development.
• Project manager for numerous product software releases for SonoSite’s M-Turbo, S Series, and MicroMaxx ultrasound products.
• Direct manager for the team of program managers responsible for new product development project management from concept development through regulatory approval and market launch.
• Developed and implemented the processes for project initiation and prioritization, project resource planning, project performance measurement, project budgeting, and executive review.
• Redesigned the company’s product development process in compliance with FDA 21 CFR Part 820 for Design Controls.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Successfully led the product development effort of a first generation, laser-based micro projector introduced at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. Prototypes were featured in the Seattle Times, Wall Street Journal.
• Led the effort to deliver an automotive heads-up display proof of concept prototype that consequently resulted in product development contracts with Tier 1 automotive suppliers.
• Direct manager of the company’s product development program managers.
• Developer of the company’s standards, processes, and tools for project planning and performance measurement, project portfolio and resource management, and cross-functional product development with a focus on enabling.
• Project manager of the development of a commercial head-worn scanning laser display product from concept development, detailed hardware and software design, through transition to volume production.
• Customer-facing project manager for the development of a head-worn scanning laser display prototype for the U.S. Army’s Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Software Project team leader for a dozen sub-project managers and more than 100 software engineers to simultaneously develop the product software for mobile communication radio products for the public service and.
• Developed a project “dashboard” tool used to assess project performance that became the standard for Motorola’s Communications Enterprise worldwide. For this effort was nominated and subsequently received the 2000.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Program Manager for Flight Management Computer avionics product development projects.
• Program Manager for the company’s Year 2000 program comprising managing risk mitigation projects covering Engineering, IT, Manufacturing, and Facilities.
• Rotation assignment as an operations program manager for Honeywell’s Singapore production facility which included managing demand forecasts and transitioning new products into production.
• Lead the cross-functional team that designed and rolled-out a cross-functional, multi-phase, integrated product development and project management processes for the avionics business unit of Allied Signal. Within two.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Designer of digital electronics and embedded software for Flight Control Computers (Autopilots) and associated cockpit control panels for Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas commercial aircraft.