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Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for planning and executing key development projects to deliver new Medical Device hardware and software products to the market on schedule, within budget, and with high quality.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Responsible for aligning the efforts of the business unit leadership team in the achievement of corporate objectives for the development and advancement of direct to consumer products and services for the Home Security / Home Automation / IoT marketplace. - Created and managed project plans including requirements, timeframes, tasks, logistics, and resources for the development of a Security Device/Home Automation Hub and its accompanying Mobile platform software.- Provided structured program management of tactical and strategic solution implementations, upgrades, product/service specific initiatives and special customer projects.- Responsible for managing critical technical and business projects and for the implementation of PMO standard processes across the business unit.- Managed Service Provider programs utilized to develop and deliver Business-to-Business products and services. Directly interfaced with the customer to facilitate planning, identify project teams, define and track requirements, manage expectations, provide status reporting, and effect process controls. - Lead geographically dispersed project teams comprised of members from Sales, Engineering, Product Architecture, Marketing, Professional Services, Product Management, Finance, Operations, and Supply Chain.- Chaired ongoing executive program/project reviews communicating status and ensuring priority alignment.- Managed delivery of software release launches for Direct-to-Consumer and Service Provider products.- Effected end-to-end issue escalation and resolution management of internal business matters as well as those involving service provider customers.- Utilized Agile methodologies such as Kanban, Sprint planning, Scrum, Product Increment planning, and backlog grooming.- Chaired product planning meetings ensuring alignment to Plans of Intent/Record with stakeholders from Product Management, Engineering, Product Architecture, and Operations.

Kanata, Ontario, Canada

Managed a geographically dispersed cross-functional team in the development and delivery of advanced software products used for the development, integration, and deployment of gateway devices for the Internet of Things (IoT). Facilitated the ongoing alignment of multiple program teams to achieve the overall business objectives of multiple interdependent products while maintaining Executive awareness of overall progress. - Defined, managed, and updated program\project plans (both individual plans and integrated master plans).- Coordinated project specific deliverables, estimated scope, duration, in conjunction with the development, testing, documentation and product management staff.- Defined standards and procedures for project execution.- Prepared and delivered weekly project status reports as well as executive reviews.- Managed requirements definition and tracking – Plans of Intent, Plans of Record, Change Control- Worked with a team of other development and project managers to coordinate work and assure joint delivery of all project and non-project commitments.- Acted as primary customer contact throughout project engagement.- Identified and managed project dependencies as well actively managed project risks, issues, changes and actions.- Managed project teams throughout entire project life cycle.- Defined required team structure and technical requirements for staff members.- Worked with Resource Management to request, evaluate and select team members and project resources.- Developed and implemented process changes for the direct team and department.- Interfaced with various departments such as Engineering, Test, QA, Product Management, Release Operations, Documentation, Legal, Marketing, Professional Services, and Field Support.- Effected software release management in an agile environment; utilizing methods such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, scrum, product increment planning, software triage meetings, and defect tracking.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Managing cross-functional teams and processes to engender the efficient development and delivery of new products. Leading multi-site teams comprised of R&D, Sales and Marketing, Operations, Logistics, and Executive personnel. Mentoring other Project Managers. Architecting the foundation of Optelian's Project Management Office (PMO).

Lead a 12 person cross-functional team in the successful global launch of a new medical systemCollaborated on the validation of a new corporate-wide product development processManaged a project to revitalize an obsoleted product returning its ability to generate revenueRESPONSIBILITIES:Liaise with company executives providing updates, proposing resolutions, and obtaining approvalsCoordinate and collaborate the activities of functional groupsEnsure compliance with design control procedures, regulatory requirements, and business processesConduct regular team meetings to communicate goals and track progressProvide training and create tools for product development processes

Contributed engineering deliverables for the development of 17 new products from conceptual design through to product launchDesigned an internationalized user interface for a new portable medical deviceEstablished new product introduction policies for Quality Assurance of new or significantly modified products from 3rd party manufacturersRESPONSIBILITIES:Communicate product requirements and coordinate design efforts with 3rd party manufacturersDevelop verification and validation methodsParticipate in system level design analyses Provide technical expertise in the creation of product requirementsContribute to the resolution of design issues and the qualification of proposed solutions

Resolved outstanding component obsolescence issues preventing a $10M loss in revenueAchieved "Design Authority" designation earning the opportunity for product enhancement through design changesReduced product test times by designing a software tool to remotely control tests and developing a resource management process to improve the availability of test equipmentRESPONSIBILITIES:Provided sustaining engineering support to resolve customer and design issuesDeveloped and effected improvements to product evolution procedures and processesProvided engineering support to manufacturing to resolve product quality/functionality issues Created automated software tests for the analysis and debugging of product issuesTrained and supervised CO-OP students