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Dedicated and Accomplished Strategic Leader with 25+ years of experience and a proven ability to lead others and oversee daily operations within a variety of industries. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, implementing streamlined operating procedures focused on improving efficiency, managing complex technical projects, and facilitating corporate restructuring initiatives. Highly adept in increasing organizational productivity in addition to maintaining strong communication with co-workers, vendors, clients, and members of executive management.

  Significant experience in operational roles within several industry leading organizations which has included acting as Marketing Director and Product Manager for key IBM CRM and multimedia products in addition to being recognized as an Advisor to members of executive management

  Extensive background in several competencies which include experience working with organizational Board of Director s and acting as an Advisor to start-ups, mid-size organizations, and Fortune 100 corporations

  Superior self-starter with a demonstrated background in excelling within leadership positions in addition to consistently striving to improve both professional and personal skills

  Direct day to day operations within a fast-paced environment with a concentration on increasing productivity and efficiency levels

  Play a lead role in several technical projects which include a genomics project aimed at creating a parallel computing algorithm optimization in addition to a robotics focused project

  Utilize superior analytical abilities in order to design streamlined business processes and implement agile, extreme, v-model, and FAV model project management methodologies

  Lead various project specific logistics such as proof of concept design, risk management, audit management, and quality related tasks in addition to performing comprehensive financial analysis

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  Facilitated technical/operational projects within a highly successful embedded software organization which included both fixed price and time and materials services projects

  Acted as a member of the Project Management Leadership Council which required developing presentations related to global team management best practices and resulted in obtaining several accolades

  Oversaw the design and implementation of all phases of the software development lifecycle which included proof of concept design, requirements analysis, system development, experience design, quality testing, and end of project deployment logistics

  Developed several technical concepts within the organization which included a video conferencing system, space launch command/control system, mobile phones, fitness tablets, set-top boxes, cloud based SaaS, Android enhancements, and power optimization tools

  Successfully managed a large-scale project focused on the sale of Wind River to Intel for approximately $844 million which required managing project schedules and communicating with third-party individuals

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  Acted as a Managing Partner within a successful start-up engineering services company which required designing strategies aimed at managing significant organizational growth

  Supervised a team of cross-functional team members which required providing individualized feedback and coaching in addition to diffusing escalated employee situations

  Led complex acquisitions, organizational restructurings, and daily operations which resulted in achieving approximately 900% ROI

  Facilitated sales and marketing logistics within the organization which included designing and implementing comprehensive strategies in addition to maintaining key client accounts

  Managed a large-scale company restructure, consistently grew operational revenue, and performed detailed market analysis to identify optimal market positioning

  Instrumental in the successful sale of the division to Investcorp which required significant managerial and time management abilities

Additional Professional Experience includes: Director of Business Development, Media DNA (1999-2001) and Director of Marketing/Product Management, IBM (1988-1999)

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