OBJECTIVE

• Obtain a challenging leadership position with a progressive and growing company where I can apply my proven (20+ years) creative problem solving and management skills, while being a driving force through the direct contribution as well as mentorship of others in the area of product development.

SUMMARY

• Transformational leader who can develop and guide an organization to new levels of effectiveness.
• Demonstrated key leadership, integrating Confidential and Foliage practices to develop a successful Project Management Office (PMO).
• Ability to successfully lead key programs playing a pivotal role in the acquisition of Foliage by Confidential .
• Proven abilities in all aspects of Management (Project, Personnel, and Business Development). Certified Project Management Professional, successfully lead teams in multiple geographic locations, history of executing business development activity, which delivered in excess of $172M in revenue.
• Strong customer advocate with the ability to articulate these needs to engineering and development staff.
• As team leader for the Joint Precision Airdrop Program (JPADS) program, delivered the fully integrated system on time and within the $12M budget.
• Accomplished architect of complex systems, which led to a 50% cost savings in systems development.
• Expert integrator of Hardware and Software debugging; and analyzing wireless, and USB connectivity issues as well as bus analysis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Program Management Tools: Microsoft Project, Team Foundation System, SharePoint Portals

Industries: Medical, Life Sciences, Capital Equipment, Aerospace, Consumer

Development Methodologies: Agile, Iterative, Waterfall

Operating Systems: Windows, UNIX, Macintosh OS X, VOS, OSF/1, MS - DOS

Languages: Visual C#, C++, Java, C, Visual Basic, PL/1, Assembly Languages x86, HP PA-RISC

Development Technologies: .NET, XML, Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), MFC, ADO, DAO

Development Tools: MS Team Foundation System, MS Visual Studio, Rational Team Concert (RTC), MBUnit, SQL Server, VMware Workstation, Helix ALM, Enterprise Architect, NetBeans, Clearcase, InstallShield, Wise Installer, Rational Development Suite, Visio, SCSI Bus Analyzers, MS Office, GNU debugger

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Vice President of Program Management

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership within Delivery (Engineering) organization acting as deputy to the SVP of Delivery ensuring overall effectiveness of the organization to meet business challenges. Duties included:
• Provide insight and management of the sales pipeline and the effects on the resource allocation across the organization allowing C-level executives to make informed business decisions.
• Drive the team to ensure best practices and appropriate ways of working are developed and practiced within the Engineering organization (~150 Contributors).
• Drive the team to ensure innovative approaches are utilized, including multi-shore development to maximize profits while at the same reducing risk.
• Proactively work with the Business to identify potential issues and mitigate their impact.
• Provide leadership within the PMO. Duties included:
• Provide insight to C-level executives to understand project performance, potential issues, and mitigation activities.
• Leading a team of 20 Program/Project Managers developing best practices to ensure successful project execution, across 80 projects a year.
• Successfully managed a portfolio of ~$42M in annual revenue consisting of projects in the Medical, Aerospace, and Industrial Equipment industry segments.
• Implemented a Program Review structure to ensure that projects are monitored and controlled including risk identification and mitigation.

Technical Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully led a 40 person multi-shore development effort consisting of hardware and software for an innovative client within the warehouse automation industry. Duties included:
• Provided briefings on the progress of efforts to C-level executives (internal and external) covering development, deployment, and process improvement initiatives.
• Provided independent thinking and verification to C-level executives on soundness and effectiveness of development efforts to ensure delivery schedules.
• Successfully planned and managed execution of multi-shore schedule to ensure on time delivery of software (Enterprise and Embedded).
• Successfully led independent and client integrated teams to define and refine system architectural elements.
• Successfully refined client’s use of Agile processes and integrated project management methodologies

Confidential

Development/Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Provided Program and Technical Leadership in the delivery and execution of a Next Generation Business to Business web site using SharePoint Technologies. Duties included:
• Built and structured a highly motivated team from the ground up.
• Coordinated activities across 12 Functional Groups spanning 4 countries.
• Implemented process improvements to ensure effective use of team’s talent and expertise.
• Provided status reporting and regular updates to Executive Vice President level.
• Provided Business Support in the definition of Product Roadmaps to help define future funding, staffing and capability requirements. Duties included:
• Achieved an understanding of End User requirements and Business Operational models.
• Translated user requirements to functional capability breakdown.
• Led sessions with a blend of cross-functional team members to develop/refine estimates while proposing cost effective alternatives.

Confidential

Project Engineering Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developed and defined robust Corporate and Sector level infrastructures. Duties included:
• Developed Corporate and Sector-level vision of IT infrastructure and deployment.
• Implemented processes to ensure proper tracking of Change Requests from the Requirements phase through the Testing phase enabling engineers and program managers with a centralized tool for monitoring projects.
• Created an Agile software development environment through a comprehensive evaluation and implementation of software tools utilizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server.
• Provided Technical Leadership for proposal development, including: Program architecture development, detailed cost estimation and task budgeting, documenting technical capabilities description, and staffing decisions.
• Architected and developed multiple systems on multiple platforms (Client, Server, Mobile) demonstrating sound knowledge and effective leadership skills. Key activities included:
• Successfully delivered a solution to fulfill a critical customer need in a short time frame enabling uninterrupted continual operation of flight crews.
• Design and develop an Electronic Flight Bag Infrastructure, which would revolutionize and streamline delivery of information to mobile devices.
• Using NetBeans, design and develop Java (focusing on Enterprise Java Beans) applications.
• Design and develop iOS applications utilizing Xcode.
• Enhance a SQL database application to support WBZ’s Call For Action activities.

Confidential

Principal Software Engineer/Project Engineering Lead

Responsibilities:

• Established, lead and grew a successful division contributing substantial revenue and profit to the corporation. Key areas of contribution included:
• Captured new business by analyzing customer needs and developing proposals with winning solutions which grew the business unit from 3 to 130 employees, increasing revenue to $172+ million by providing Senior Leadership to all parts of the organization.
• Developed and executed department-level budget, ensuring all staff (Software, System, Program Management Office) had the tools necessary to execute their jobs in a timely and efficient manner while recommending tools and purchasing options based on budget constraints to ensure an effective running organization.
• Organized, coordinated, and participated in various trade shows (Mission Planning Users Conference, Air Tanker Association, Air Force Association) to ensure compliance with Government regulations, and successful demonstration of products which led to new business opportunities, and enabled end user training. Responsible for exhibition booth design.
• Developed business continuity solution to ensure a corporate-wide plan was in place, which enabled 24x7 corporate operations due to unforeseen events (network outage, natural disasters, etc).
• Coordinated infrastructure changes (new office setup and office relocation) for the organization enabling all staff to execute with minimal disruptions to working environments.
• Effectively managed staff ensuring successful program completion, and high employee morale. Tasks included:
• Responsible for staffing of 12+ programs (hiring, discharging, promotions) in addition to yearly performance reviews to include compensation decisions within a functional (matrix) organization.
• Trained and mentored distributed program staff (among 3 different sites) on how to effectively build products to meet and exceed customer/organizational expectations ensuring distributed groups worked effectively as one business unit.
• Successfully defined and architected new processes and tool implementations to ensure efficient and stream lined development. Key activities included:
• Developed CMMI Level 3 processes and software in compliance with RTCA DO-200A/DO-178 leading to capture of new business. Has a direct parallel to FDA standards for software within medical devices.
• Researched and analyzed various tools (Virtual Machine Technology, Source Control Management, Requirements Management) to ensure smooth operating/development environment for Software Engineers and other staff while being the key focal point for training of staff for new tool adoption.
• Executed program activities ensuring successful program completion, and customer acceptance. Key assignments included:
• Served as Project Engineering Lead, Deputy Program Manager and Chief Architect for the Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) program. This program developed both rapid prototypes, and a fully delivered system, which revolutionized troop re-supply efforts. The customer has recognized this program to be an overwhelming success, and robust architecture. Duties included:
• Completion of tasks on-time and on-budget
• Design reviews
• Customer coordination
• Budgeting
• Translation of Customer Requirements into functional requirements
• Risk Management
• Coordination of various functional groups to ensure successful product delivery
• Developed a robust architecture allowing for introduction of new User Interface layers, and other business logic layers without re-deploying the entire application utilizing C#, .NET, and WPF technologies
• Served as chief architect of a key US Air Force mission planning program, which included analyzing existing design efforts and planning the migration of the existing application to new mission planning platforms utilizing C#, .NET, and WPF.