Engineer Project Manager

WILLIAM R. A. ZIEGLER

**** ***** ****** ** *-mail: abnisz@r.postjobfree.com 301-***-**** Cell

Ijamsville, Md. 21754 301-***-**** Evening

http://www.linkedin.com/in/wraz52

SUMMARY

Management expertise includes:

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o Startup organizational development,

o Business Plan development,

o Funds acquisition,

o Technology assessment,

o Product development,

o Team building,

o Risk management and

o Business strategy modeling.

Excellent strategy, communications, presentation, interpersonal, computer and

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organizational skills.

Full Product Development Lifecycle experience.

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Extensive knowledge of government and commercial contracting environment

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including FAR, DFARS and ITAR regulations.

US and foreign contract negotiation experience including authoring contract

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instruments such as NDA, MOU, LOI, PR, PO, CCO & SOW.

Over 20 years of management and 30 years of engineering experience

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US citizen and PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

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CORE COMPETENCIES

Business Development, Strategic Assessment, Team Building, Mentoring, Full

Lifecycle Product Development, Product Quality Control, Intellectual Property

Control, Tactful Communications, Program/Project Management, Risk

Management, Earned Value Management (EVM), Price Estimating, Product

Contamination Control and Opto-mechanical Engineering.

EXPERIENCE

ZIEGLER TECHNOLOGIES,LLC March 2000 to Present

Founder & President - Consulting business specializing in business development,

program/project management and engineering.

Projects include:

• Microlab Diagnostics – Program Manager and principal opto-mechanical

design engineer. Managed the successful delivery and demonstration of a

revolutionary forensic DNA analyzer-on-a-chip system for Homeland

Security biometrics applications.

• Pettit Applied Technologies – Supported CBRNE placement efforts of

novel optical Anthrax sensor technology. Performed nuclear safety audits.

• Ocean Link Technologies – Co-wrote business plan, wrote patent

applications, co-wrote DOE proposals and provided technology assessment

for novel renewable energy technology.

• Optical Interlinks – Contract business development, proposal preparation

and product market placement.

• Apollo Diamond – Business development efforts for the production of CVD

diamond electronics to meet DOE requirements included congressional

lobbying efforts and proposal development.

• Optelecom – Developed novel fiber-to-the-home concept for consumer

internet broadband market and business development of CCTV video over

fiber for security applications. Authored successful SBIR Phase II proposal

on fiber optic controls for aerospace UAV systems.

OPTELECOM-NKF, INC. April 2001 to December 2007

Sr. Program Manager, Federal Systems Division - Member of IT globalization

team. Developed strategic alliances with big business and created consortiums of

small businesses to provide complete solutions to complex requirements for

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government contracts. Successfully increased contract breadth through creation of

seven company technical consortium. Achieved 10X corporate contracts revenue

increase within two years. Wrote Federal Systems Division Executive Summary for

market placement effort. Managed multiple simultaneous IR&D, FFP, CPFF and

ID/IQ contracts. Performed EVM and project risk assessments to maintain and

control project costs and schedules. Proposed, negotiated, won and managed full

lifecycle international technology transfer project. Managed annual DCAA Rates

Review audit and assisted in ISO9001:2002 audits.

• Received Pride@Boeing Award for innovative program management

resulting in on-time, under budget completion of the Control of Multiple

Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle Systems (CMUS) fiber optic cable plant

development effort despite significant program shifts.

EZDISKSPACE CORPORATION February 1999 to March 2000

Cofounder & Vice President - Co-Authored business plan. Wrote Prospectus for

Series ‘A’ Investment round. Developed e-commerce B2B and B2C strategic model.

Wrote and submitted proposals for investor/partner relationships. Developed

strategic alliances with business partners. Networked to create high powered

Advisory Board. Co-developed Managed Bandwidth Technology for e-commerce

solutions. Created Web design department. Managed development of zero-

downtime, dual redundant, online data warehousing RAID5 servers and e-

Commerce site. Implemented Windows NT 4.0 LAN/WAN system.

PINN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION May 1996 to February 1999

Director of Engineering - Responsible for P&L, personnel, customer satisfaction

and reports for full project/contract lifecycle. Wrote Marketing Plan, Prospectus

and Business Plan summary. Successfully sought and obtained Maryland MBE and

Federal 8(a) status. Developed strategic alliances with business and technology

partners, business relations with potential customer/contract companies, performed

market analysis for in-house products and website content marketing plan and

monitored emerging technologies to identify new business opportunities. Developed

corporate brochure from concept to printing. Implemented and managed Novell

network. Assisted in development of “Solid State Orientation Sensor”. Assisted in

development of “VCR Simultaneous Multiple Video Viewing Apparatus”. Wrote,

submitted and defended patents for above. Managed full lifecycle production of two

simultaneous pilot product lines:

• a 4 channel fiber communications link for military applications and

• a wireless modem for internet control of power systems.

OPTEX CORPORATION February 1988 to May 1996

Project Manager and startup engineer responsible for organizing the optical

memory product development effort and obtaining $8M startup capital. Member

of NIST Optical Data Storage Standards Committee (X3B11). Managed the

design, build and operations of the Class 10 cleanroom for optical media vacuum

coating applications.

Opto-Mechanical Engineer - Designed, built and operated state-of-the-art optical

disk mastering and test equipment for video-on-demand (VOD) application.

QUANTEX CORPORATION November 1986 to February 1988

Opto-Mechanical Engineer - Performed optical memory feasibility study for Air

Force RADC-II contract. Designed commercial products including Infrared beam

collimation system, erasable, photo-sensitive paper, IR temperature sensor and IR

laser targeting detection for binocular and night vision early warning system.

OAO CORPORATION December 1984 to August 1986

Design Engineer - Authored Contamination Control Plans for GSFC and Space

Telescope Axial Replacement (STAR). Contributing technical writer for the Shuttle

Payloads for Opportunity Carrier (SPOC) document for the Hitchhiker-G Customer

Accommodations and Requirements Specification and the SHEAL 1 Diffuse X-ray

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Spectrometer/SPOC Interface Control Documents. Optical and mechanical design

contracts included: NASA Space Station, Moderate Resolution Imaging

Spectrometer-Tiltable (MODIS-T) satellite, Space Telescope Axial Replacement,

Space Station Articulated Robotic Arm, OAO Robotics Systems, Shuttle/Space

Station connectorless data interface and a passive thermal heat transfer system for

aerospace use.

STORAGETEK - OPTICAL STORAGE OPERATIONS March 1981 to October 1984

Sr. Electro-Optical Technician

EXXON ENTERPRISES - STAR SYSTEMS DIVISION June 1979 to March 1981

Optical Technician

EDUCATION

ACADEMIC:

BS Engineering, Almeda University

Computer Science, Montgomery College

Electronics Engineering, Front Range College

Mechanical Engineering, Cerritos College

Physics, Towson University

PROFESSIONAL:

Strategic Project Management, PMI

Managing Complex Product Development Projects, MIT/Sloan

Project Management Professional Exam Preparation Course, PMI

Management Techniques for the Information Age, IEEE

Management Principles for Engineers, IEEE

Budget Analysis for Project Managers, IEEE

Opto-Mechanical Design Techniques, SPIE

Optics for Mechanical Engineers, SPIE

USN/USMC Air Traffic Control ‘A’ School (Tower), NAS Glynco, GA

CERTIFICATIONS:

Project Management Professional (PMP)

CPR Certification, American Heart Association

StorageTEK Electronics Technician Certification

StorageTEK Vendor Contact Certification

Zeiss Microscope Systems Certification,

PUBLICATIONS

High Temperature Optically Gated Switch White Paper

Fly-by-Light White Paper

NASA/GSFC Contamination Control Plan Boilerplate

NASA Space Telescope Axial Replacement Contamination Control Plan

StorageTEK optical disk defect analysis training for manufacturing personnel

StorageTEK optical fabrication alignment techniques for manufacturing personnel

PATENTS

U.S. Patent # 4,542,495 “Hermetically Sealed Disk Cartridge with Adjustable

Optical Window”

U.S. Patent # 5,113,387 “Three Laser Disk Drive for ETOM Media”

U.S. Patent # 5,128,849 “Optical Disk Structures for Electron Trapping Optical

Memory Media”

U.S. Patent # 5,319,630 “Light Tight Cartridge Design for ETOM Media”

U.S. Patent Application #10/959,041 CIP “Fiber Optic Remote Reading Encoder”

U.S. Provisional Patent Application “Reconfigurable Optical Switch”

U.S. Provisional Patent Application “Ocean Current Power Generation Technology”

MEMBERSHIPS

Optical Society of America

Member of Project Management Institute (PMI)

AWARDS Pride@Boeing Award

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