Background
Background at a glance
Recognized as an expert at turning around major engineering
development programs (National and International), forming/buidling
new technology groups and turning around programs to dramatically
increase customer satisfaction and revenue.
25 years of software development and team formation/leadership for
the development and testing of technologically advanced products
utilizing state of the art methodologies in the areas of:
- High Quality Major Brand Consumer Electronics -
- Home Entertainment and Theater products- Bose
- Ion Stream Printers for consumer use - Xerox
- Consumer product reference designs for Asian
manufacturers - Ravisent Technologies and Bose
- Cable Set Top Box software (legacy and OCAP/Tru2Way)
and Oracle server technology - GuideWorks
(Comcast/Gemstar TV Guide JV)
- Biometrics - Iris recognition systems - Embedded S/W, ATM
network/RDB server integration - Sensar/Sarnoff
- Massively parallel SIMD video servers - 1,000+ independent video
streams. 1st viable Cable TV VOD servers - Sarnoff/Diva Systems
- Custom Fault Tolerant multi-processor database servers for
Telephony applications - Nortel
Leadership - Proven Ability to:
- Successfully turn around large failed programs (100+ engineers)
- Quickly hire and organize new development teams
- Adapt methodology to company needs - experienced with agile
(SCRUM and hybrids) and phased waterfall
- Form highly performing teams with high morale and low turnover
- Smoothly meld the development and QA/QC functions together to
enhance quality, team interactions, and ability to deliver on time
- Establish necessary standards and policies as the situation
warrants
- Bring under-performing and/or low morale teams back on track
through leadership
- Coordinate and manage international partners and co-developers
(India, Europe, Asia)
- Manage partners and contractors to meet schedule and quality
requirements
- Rational make/buy decisions
Engineering Solutions and Leadership