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Tampa, Florida, United States

• Build new capability, provide system enhancements, technical support, and issue resolution for the Swipe Payment Gateway.
• Provide technical leadership and product delivery: Leading cross-functional teams including diverse groups of suppliers, from card reader suppliers to end acquirers, to deliver desired technical outcomes and.
• Payment devices include mobile, contact/contactless card readers. Payment gateway. PCI DSS compliant, EMV Standards, ISO/IEC 7816 for contact cards, and standards-based on ISO/IEC 14443 for contactless cards, Industry.
• Product management by defining sprints, stories, and development milestones for the engineering team.

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• CCNA R&D Food Service COE
• Expanded Frozen Beverages category (5 to 30) by qualifying existing fountain post-mix for Frozen Uncarbonated Beverage (FUB) category, requiring little or no product or equipment development.
• Enabled new category and channel by qualifying Clean Label Dairy Soft Serve & Shake mix
• Provided SME support and created sustaining transitioned plan for the Times Square Sign
• Contemporizing Legacy Dispenser by leading technical development for Legacy+ crew serve and self serve dispenser

Greater Atlanta Area

• Managed an engineering team commercializing authorized coolers and venders for CCNA. Maintained Technical Authorization Requirements for sale equipment merchandisers (SME).
• R&D initiated project - Execute and deliver new equipment platform, Arctic Chill, enabling the business to offer a new beverage category experience of the coldest possible Coca-Cola with Ice Formation
• Successfully transitioned the North America glass door cooler supply chain from HFC to HFC-free refrigerants well in advance of the company's 2020 commitment
• Enabled $4MM annualized saving for CCNA bottlers in reactive service call through LED lighting conversion for SME

Greater Atlanta Area

• Defined requirements, authorized suppliers and commercialized cashless devices, Intelligent Vending Solution (IVS), Vending Consumer Engagement (VCE) solution for vending equipment.
• Enabled annually 65mm cashless transactions with $100MM in revenue for the vending business
• Implemented Interac Flash for Canada, ApplePay, AndroidPay, SamsungPay, campus card and loyalty
• Enabled $1.2MM annualized saving for CCNA bottlers in reactive service call with LED lighting for stack venders.

Greater Atlanta Area

• Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Near Field Communication (NFC) and Freestyle dispenser (Software and Electrical) – Provided cutting edge solution for flavor mixing and delivery.
• Managed US/International Regulatory Compliance program to ensure equipment design compliance (UL, FCC, CB Scheme, Japan Radio Law and CE).
• Led the electronic design, testing, qualifying and verifying of supplier compliance to the specifications of Coca-Cola Freestyle – Touch screen soda fountain with revolutionary technologies including AI adaptive.
• Instrumental in the implementation of Proactive Reliability Management process: o Reduced the frequency of reactive service calls to a level (0.3 per month) that is repeatable, scalable, and sustainable. Reduced.

Greater Atlanta Area

• SME for Energy Management System (EMS), and LED lighting - Built business case and commercialized (specified, designed, validated and launched) solutions.
• Commercialized the Energy Management System (EMS) which reduces energy consumption up to 35% for Sale Merchandise Equipment as part of The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) commitment which led to the multi-year success of the.
• Built business case, designed and provided LED Lighting solution that the Bottling Investments Group (BIG) incorporated into the Next Generation Cooler (NGC) coolers – ROI of 0.80 year, reduces annual service.

Sarasota, Florida Area

• Drove End-to-End product design, development and production for Edwards System Technology (EST) Security, Life Safety and Communications product.Project Managed new product introductions using Stage Gate process.
• Commercialized Class A Riser Selector - $2 million growth in sale
• Commercialized Multi Modules for $175 million market
• Commercialized Genesis Horns, Chimes, Strobes - +$500,000 in sale
• Commercialized Signature Modules – $1 Million sale
• Implemented communication protocol including CAN serial communication, USB, UART, and Low Power Current Sensing.

Murfreesboro, TN

• Managed a team of engineers and technicians. Drove End-to-End product design, development & production for highly competitive commercial and residential HVAC market (Lennox, Trane, Carrier, Goodman, GE) Coordinated.
• Commercialized Ignition Controls – Hot surface, Spark Ignition in noisy, severe weather environment, captured 25% of highly competitive market
• Replaced existing hand dip conformal coating with cost efficient, EPA compliance, automated, selective application with transfer efficiency of 99 percent, improved material utilization by 50 percent saving $350,000.

Versailles, KY

• Directed End-to-End product design, development & production for highly competitive commercial and residential HVAC market (Lennox, Trane, Carrier, Goodman, GE) Key Projects and Selected Accomplishments
• Commercialized Ignition Controls – Hot surface, Spark Ignition in noisy, severe weather environment
• Designed products using VOC, QFD, and DFM. Responsible for project design, layout, prototype, testing, compliance

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Steered all product design and production activities of mini-PBX systems.Key Projects and Selected Accomplishments
• Designed the 1990 CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award Winner: Multi-Link and The Stick.
• Introduced tracking First In First Out (FIFO) inventory system for manufacturing process.

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business, 4.0

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