The world has been my office
Over the past 25 years I have had the great privilege to spend a great deal of time overseas both as an
engineer and as a manager.
Starting in 1983, as the designer and implementor of the RTOS for an embedded product for which the
application was being written in the UK, I made frequent trips to the UK and Germany to support
application development.
In 1987, after taking over Operating Systems Development for the Network Applications Systems Division
of Nortel, I led the resolution of technical and business issues in bringing Nortel's Fault-Tolerant servers
on-line for the Queensland Lotto. This was a successful turn-around project where the contractor for
Queensland Lotto was ready to select another vendor due to technical issues but I persuaded them to
work with me to fix the issues. This project was a success and led to more equipment sales between the
companies.
Between 1990 and 1992 I took over a troubled program and spent about half my time in London getting
large fault tolerant database servers (40+ million user records with stringent performance requirements)
working for British Telecom in both their white & yellow page number search and their commercial user
database search applications. These server farms were totally custom hardware and software from the
operating system up through the application. This recovery project was also a success that led to more
business between BT and Nortel.
I also took responsibility for all of Nortel's domestic 411 server development and E911 servers during this
period.
In the remainder of the 90's, I made frequent trips to Russia to start a development team, to Japan and
Taiwan to correct issues with hardware component suppliers, to Germany and France to support my
development teams and a major partner, to Turkey, China, and Japan to provide technical sales support to
existing and potential customers.
In 2003-2005, I proposed and successfully led the effort to start up Bose Technology Centre, Ltd in
Bangalore, India to augment the engineering capabilities of the Consumer Products Division. This effort
involved everything from acquiring business licenses, property leasing, build-out, staffing and integration
between the US and Bangalore teams.
I have always enjoyed the cultural exchange and learning that comes from working with international teams
and absorbing their cultures. Solving problems with Technologists from other cultures enriches one's own
experience and enhances the capability to develop solutions.
However, it does take carefully crafted leadership and management techniques to meld teams from multiple
countries and cultures. I have gained this experience over the years.
In the world of engineering, the world is shrinking at a tremendous rate. My experiences around the world
coupled with the skills I have acquired and honed will be very valuable to you if you currently have or are
contemplating an offshore venture or have offshore customers and suppliers.
engineer and as a manager.
Starting in 1983, as the designer and implementor of the RTOS for an embedded product for which the
application was being written in the UK, I made frequent trips to the UK and Germany to support
application development.
In 1987, after taking over Operating Systems Development for the Network Applications Systems Division
of Nortel, I led the resolution of technical and business issues in bringing Nortel's Fault-Tolerant servers
on-line for the Queensland Lotto. This was a successful turn-around project where the contractor for
Queensland Lotto was ready to select another vendor due to technical issues but I persuaded them to
work with me to fix the issues. This project was a success and led to more equipment sales between the
companies.
Between 1990 and 1992 I took over a troubled program and spent about half my time in London getting
large fault tolerant database servers (40+ million user records with stringent performance requirements)
working for British Telecom in both their white & yellow page number search and their commercial user
database search applications. These server farms were totally custom hardware and software from the
operating system up through the application. This recovery project was also a success that led to more
business between BT and Nortel.
I also took responsibility for all of Nortel's domestic 411 server development and E911 servers during this
period.
In the remainder of the 90's, I made frequent trips to Russia to start a development team, to Japan and
Taiwan to correct issues with hardware component suppliers, to Germany and France to support my
development teams and a major partner, to Turkey, China, and Japan to provide technical sales support to
existing and potential customers.
In 2003-2005, I proposed and successfully led the effort to start up Bose Technology Centre, Ltd in
Bangalore, India to augment the engineering capabilities of the Consumer Products Division. This effort
involved everything from acquiring business licenses, property leasing, build-out, staffing and integration
between the US and Bangalore teams.
I have always enjoyed the cultural exchange and learning that comes from working with international teams
and absorbing their cultures. Solving problems with Technologists from other cultures enriches one's own
experience and enhances the capability to develop solutions.
However, it does take carefully crafted leadership and management techniques to meld teams from multiple
countries and cultures. I have gained this experience over the years.
In the world of engineering, the world is shrinking at a tremendous rate. My experiences around the world
coupled with the skills I have acquired and honed will be very valuable to you if you currently have or are
contemplating an offshore venture or have offshore customers and suppliers.
Global Experience
Product Success Through Innovative
Engineering Solutions and Leadership
Engineering Solutions and Leadership
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