Established and ran Business Operations function for industry leading $6B+ licensing business. Responsibilities included design, operation and program management of licensing workflow, implementing commercial terms, KPI’s, systems, tools and processes.Dramatically improved throughput, visibility, communications and issue resolution resulting in marked operational efficiency.Lead program manager for standards industry membership and compliance activities. Established… Show more Established and ran Business Operations function for industry leading $6B+ licensing business. Responsibilities included design, operation and program management of licensing workflow, implementing commercial terms, KPI’s, systems, tools and processes.Dramatically improved throughput, visibility, communications and issue resolution resulting in marked operational efficiency.Lead program manager for standards industry membership and compliance activities. Established team, processes and procedures to evaluate Legal obligations and risks against business requirements.Enabled and supported a 200+% increase in memberships while enhancing oversight and compliance against internal guidelines.Cross-departmental program manager for licensing, legal, regulatory, public affairs, corporate communications, standardization & outside consultants. Show less

Lead program manager for all Qualcomm standards research & development activities including Qualcomm’s first 3GPP LTE R&D project, Multi-carrier WCDMA & CDMA enhancement projects, cognitive radio, multimedia, indoor navigation, and other 3GPP, 3GPP2, IEEE, IETF standards related projects & activities.Responsibilities included schedule development and management, action item assignment, tracking and resolution, issue discovery and escalation, periodic detailed project reviews for upper… Show more Lead program manager for all Qualcomm standards research & development activities including Qualcomm’s first 3GPP LTE R&D project, Multi-carrier WCDMA & CDMA enhancement projects, cognitive radio, multimedia, indoor navigation, and other 3GPP, 3GPP2, IEEE, IETF standards related projects & activities.Responsibilities included schedule development and management, action item assignment, tracking and resolution, issue discovery and escalation, periodic detailed project reviews for upper management, process and procedures management, departmental budget preparation and managementSupported multi-disciplinary, geographically-distributed engineering projects including software simulations, hardware development, technical standards contributions and supporting product division functions (Hardware, Software, Systems and Integration and Test teams).Managed consultant and third-party relationships in support of research and standardization activities across all major Standards Development Organizations including 3GPP, ETSI, 3GPP2, TIA, IEEE, Wi-Fi Alliance and Bluetooth SIG. Show less

Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Satellite Network Engineering position with responsibility for delivery of satellite wide area network products to Fortune 500 companies.Performed project analysis, tracking and escalation based on customer and business requirements and delivery schedule.Managed cross-functional interfaces with engineering, test, launch and finance teams to ensure timely delivery of cost effective products; developed and maintained successful partner… Show more Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Satellite Network Engineering position with responsibility for delivery of satellite wide area network products to Fortune 500 companies.Performed project analysis, tracking and escalation based on customer and business requirements and delivery schedule.Managed cross-functional interfaces with engineering, test, launch and finance teams to ensure timely delivery of cost effective products; developed and maintained successful partner relationships with existing and prospective customers.Produced project plans and internal launch documentation together with external customer documentation, internal and external presentations and pricing.Responsible for successful network deployment or upgrade for multi-national customers, including Chevron Texaco Corporation, Cendant, Best Western International, Choice Hotels International, Big5 Sporting Goods, Edward Jones, Public Storage and Smart and Final. Show less

Developed new and advanced embedded real-time software and firmware features for the family of HNS VSAT satellite products in accordance with customer and business requirements.Produced project development plans covering resources, schedule and costs. Managed project development from inception to customer deployment.Lead requirements collection, developed technical specifications and software in accordance with HNS standards, developed and performed formal and interoperability… Show more Developed new and advanced embedded real-time software and firmware features for the family of HNS VSAT satellite products in accordance with customer and business requirements.Produced project development plans covering resources, schedule and costs. Managed project development from inception to customer deployment.Lead requirements collection, developed technical specifications and software in accordance with HNS standards, developed and performed formal and interoperability tests and wrote internal and external documentation.Identified and resolved localized and system wide software and hardware issues for the HNS VSAT product line.Experience with VXWorks and custom real-time operating systems; TCP/IP communications; Multi-task implementation; inter-process communications; Languages: C, ASM, JavaScript, CGI programming; Lab Equipment: network, protocol, logic and spectrum analyzers. ClearCase configuration management system.Feature lead responsibility for features including OQPSK modulation support, cost reduced platform firmware, idle-mode support and internet dial backup. Show less

Worked within matrix software engineering team developing embedded real-time software for helicopter usage and monitoring systems (HUMS).Experience with UNIX and OS9 real-time operating systems; TCP/IP communications; Multi-platform solutions; Languages C, ASM.