ALIX H. POULADDEJ

**** ******* ***** ( Carlsbad, California 92011

858-***-**** (M) 760-***-**** (H) ( acdj1z@r.postjobfree.com

DIRECTOR / SR. MANAGER DEVELOPMENT, PRODUCT / PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly accomplished and experienced director / senior manager with 20+

years experience in leading product and software engineering teams through

the full cycle product development process (SDLC, Agile/Scrum, etc.) and

operations (factory/manufacturing) roll-outs, budget and resource control,

with associated product/program management skills, in leading-edge

industries including: Wireless, Telecom, Medical Device, Healthcare and

Gaming.

MANAGEMENT SKILLS

. Proven success in execution, process formulation, enhancement, and

enforcement

. Strong ability in identifying and resolving cross-discipline technical

and business issues

. Proven strong cross-functional leadership needed for successful

execution and delivery

. Define product feature sets, requirements capture and analysis, handling

of RFP/RFQ's

. SoW, Licensing and contract negotiation. Product pricing, P&L and budget

control

. New product development and introduction, new product launch, strategic

planning and roadmap analysis

. Provide strategic input to executive leadership in support of business

and delivery objectives to improve ROI and product quality and

reliability

. Define and communicate product strategy based on market research,

competitive analysis, technology roadmaps, and voice of customer to

remain ahead of ever-changing competition

. Extensive experience directing/managing product teams of 20-to-30

engineers and engineering managers, through the full cycle product

development process SDLC ( Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Six Sigma), mentoring

engineering staff, H/W and S/W Integration, as well as partnering with

customers and vendors to reach ultimate product development goals,

leveraging the voice of customer to remain ahead of ever-changing

competition

. Superior communication skills, able to negotiate with and motivate

stakeholders in critical business situations and establish proactive

teamwork environments to ensure the job gets done

. Operations (factory and manufacturing) logistics & management

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Technology, Design & Architecture Expertise: Large scale SW

(application) development, Agile/Scrum, Six Sigma, OOA/OOD & C/C++,

UI/UX, Java, Database (RDBMS/SQL) & Client/Server Systems, HTML, XML,

Software/Hardware integration, Wireless (WiFi, WiMAX, CDMA,

GSM/UMTS/LTE), Switching and Routing technologies (IP/MPLS), fiber

optics, Network Management (MIB, SNMP), Service Oriented Architecture

and Web Services, Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), high-availability

and fault-tolerance, OS (VxWorks, Unix/Linux, Mac & Windows)

. Wireless Standards and Certification: 3GPP/3GPP2, experience managing

GCF/PTCRB device certification activities, Cisco CCX/WiFi certification

. Configuration Management, Bug & Feature Set Tracking: CVS, SVN, JIRA,

Executive/Execution JIRA-based Dashboards

. Analytics: Statistical & data analysis of very large data sets

(filtering and signal processing), simulation & algorithm, network

optimization, and trend analysis, gaming data-generation and validation

. Presentation Skills: technical & business at various levels of

complexity

. MS Office: MS Project, Visio, Word, Excel, Power point

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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

NOVATEL WIRELESS, INC.( 2012 - Current

Experienced Senior Product Engineering Manager

Senior Product Engineering leader responsible for managing multiple product

development teams to ensure overall quality, content and delivery schedules

for a number of Mobile Connectivity (Embedded LTE, MiFi/Hotspots & Gobi)

and M2M Devices across multiple technologies: WiFi, CDMA & UMTS/LTE.

Overall responsibility for software delivery (using Agile methodologies)

while working very closely with the H/W and Mechanical teams on the overall

product development to ensure alignment with product requirements. The role

also mandates cross-functional team leadership responsibilities across a

number of groups such as Software Testing (SQA) and System Test and

Certification group, while working in tandem with Product Management and

Sales/Marketing to fulfill company's technology and business objectives.

Actively involved in Senior Executives weekly review meetings geared

towards progress reporting of individual programs.

Working-knowledge of carrier engagements (Verizon, AT&T and Sprint) and

carrier certification activities (GCF, CPE-Lab, PTCRB, AVL) in order to

deliver quality product on time. Responsible for various process

enhancements activities across these groups, successfully rolling out

executive (JIRA-based) dashboards to ensure the required high quality

product with the desired TTM. Our product delivery cycle utilizes and

deploys Agile Methodologies and the software release cycle is controlled by

our Change Control Board (CCB) dedicated to the cross-functional control

over the requirements and SW and HW issues for any given release, chaired

by me, using the associated control dashboards. Other associated activities

such as 3rd party engagements (such as QCOM), and escalation also fall

within my jurisdiction as part of the routine activities of the CCB.

. Process Implementation: Setup and deployment of an executive dashboard

to control and monitor all MiFi products delivery; this has now become

the de facto approach for all CCB and quality and certification

activities.

. TTM Success Stories: Successfully delivered high quality SW for MiFi 500

LTE Launch for Sprint, with a substantial pull-in of the initial

schedule, to meet company's business/financial objectives, followed by a

quick succession, the delivery of the SW for Verizon Voice 4G LTE

router, a new disruptive product in the market place.

SMITH MICRO SOFTWARE, INC. ( 2008- 2012

Experienced Senior Technical Program Manager

Managed programs for connectivity application software products for PC-OEM

customers including DELL and HP, and carriers such as Verizon. Help define

SoW for customized integration projects for Tier 1 OEMs (such as Qualcomm,

Broadcom, Intel, Novatel, Sierra) and Tier 1 carriers (Verizon);

Collaborated with sales and marketing for product launch and legal

department for software licensing and contract negotiations as necessary.

Directed and managed all customer and vendor relationships including

defining requirements

and product planning, scheduling of milestones, deliverables, logistics and

risk assessment and mitigation. Build strong relationships with internal

and external teams including OEMs and ODMs and 3rd party companies. Worked

with marketing and product management to drive requirements of software

releases

and products. Responsible for annual revenue of $2M (embedded Gobi & LTE),

as well as quarterly licensing revenue of up to $5M.

. Achieved $4M in savings, by driving unprecedented 1-day error correction

turnaround from vendors Intel and Ericsson after recognizing major

software errors impacting significant quarterly revenue.

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4-D-Neuroimaging, San Diego, California ( 2006-2008

Software Diagnostic Application Consultant/Internal Auditor - Medical

Diagnostic/Devices Company

Application Development and O/S Port and Conversion, Software Optimization,

and GUI Development

for medical imaging - specifically MSI/MEG-related neuro-imaging

information for epilepsy analysis and neurosurgery. Ensured software

product compliance with imaging/telecom standards (DICOM) for information

exchange in medical and healthcare industries. Created software

architecture and planned process to ensure industry regulations were met.

. Saved approximately $10K per unit shipped by managing successful

transition from Unix O/S to Linux O/S

. Served as an Internal Auditor, assessing overall product quality based

on ISO 13485, the FDA's QSR's as well as European and Canadian

regulations.

nortel Networks corporation ( 2000-2006

Product Manager/Architect - Network Infrastructure/Core Company

Managed and directed the prototyping of disruptive technologies within the

framework of wired, wireless and mobile technologies; designed and

developed proof of concept software presented to Nortel's customers.

Competitive Intelligence and market trend analysis for technology

assessment. Operated in a strategic advisory role to various product

development and technology divisions with regards. A member of the Software

advisory group at Nortel reporting to the office of CTO.

. Led various projects utilizing technologies including: wireless (802.11

(WiFi), 802.16 (WiMAX), CDMA, Service Oriented Architecture within the

Context of Converged Networks and Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS),

VoIP, Fiber Optics (10GE and Gigabit Ethernet), Switching and Routing

technologies, Generic Platform Architecture, High Availability and

Fault Tolerance.

Product Development/Architecture Highlights

. Wireless Technology Lab: Wireless Mesh (802.11 WiFi), UWB and NFC

(Zigbee), Wireless Broadband Initiative (802.16 WiMAX) and

CMDA/UMTS.

. 802.11 & 802.16 - 802.11: Development of WiFi wireless mesh-

networks; 802.16 - feasibility and prototyping initiative for

Broadband Wireless in terms of WiMAX for healthcare applications.

. Responsibilities: Responsible for arranging work schedules for a

large, global team of design engineers (located in Ottawa and

Calgary, Canada and London, England), determined critical feature

set as well as the delivery time for S/W components for 802.11

Access Point prototype aimed for Telecom 2003 in Geneva,

Switzerland. Led group that demoed this technology to C-suite

leadership of select group of customers.

Generic Platform Architecture: Managed, evaluated issues and recommended

harmonized and standard platforms across the company. Fundamental

concerns considered: S/W development cost reduction, OS, Inter-Process

Communication (IPC), High Availability (HA), Reliability, Fault-

Tolerance (FT), software quality, as well as network management

. Technical Subject Matter: Comparison of different OSs, with Linux

as a final choice, HA and FT in terms of COTS (Commercial-Off-The-

Shelf) and F/LOSS (Free/Libre Open-Source-Software), and its

isolation from IPC in terms of (distributed) CORBA technology.

Network management in terms of WBEM/CIM. Linux, C, C++, HA and FT

(Virtual Synchrony, Recovery Blocks, and Checkpointing Schemes),

XML. Liaison with external vendors and internal (to Nortel)

customers.

. Business and Technical Strategy, Competitive Intelligence/Market

Trends, and Standards-related activities: Strategic and business

impacts of technical issues (including Standards-

based as well as COTS and F/LOSS development techniques), Strategic

partnership development with vendors, Involvement in standards

organizations to ensure faster Time-To-Market (TTM) and cost-

reduction techniques.

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newbridge networks (Now Alcatel-Lucent) ( 1995-2000

Software Development Manager/Lead - Network Infrastructure/Core Company

Responsible for managing and developing application level Network

Management Software (with special focus on UI/UX) for ATM, and FR Switches.

Managed IP switch card product development and implementation, as well as

associated network optimization and assessments for XP/FR and ATM Networks.

Became subject matter expert in UI/UX, ATM, FR and X.25, network

management, switch configuration and provisioning.

grouptheory systems inc ( 1994-1995

Software Application Development/QA Manager - Gaming Industry

Responsible for managing the development and validation (Quality Assurance)

of Application Level Gaming Data. Provided day-to-day customer interface

with regards to requirements and product delivery.

. Saved $5M+, by discovering a serious flaw/breakdown in quality assurance

process.

RELEVANT EDUCATION

Exec MBA Development Courses

Rady School of Management, UCSD, San Diego, CA

. Business and Finance Development Course: From Balance Sheet to

Financial Decision Making.

. Project Management Development Course: Fundamental of Negotiation

Skills-how to negotiate successfully.

Doctor of Philosophy in Computational Physics

Carleton University

Master of Science in Engineering Physics

University of British Columbia

Bachelor of Science in Mathematical Physics

Nottingham University

EXPERTISE & CORE COMPETENCIES

Product Development, Delivery & Launch ( Quality Control Management (

Product Management (

Process Enhancement Implementation ( Cross-Functional Leadership ( Global

Team Development (

Agile/Scrum ( H/W&S/W Integration ( Software Architecture ( Local &

Distributed Resource Management (

Disruptive Technology Development ( Vendor & Customer Relationship

Management ( Negotiations (

New Product Introduction ( Risk Assessment & Mitigation ( Strategic

Business Planning ( Budget Control (

Simulation, Statistical & Data Analysis ( Algorithm and Signal Processing (

Agile / Scrum ( Six Sigma (

FDA Regulated Industry expertise: ISO13485, 21 CFR 820 (

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