Mick Conley
**** ***** ***** **., ******** Oaks, CA. • (805) 405 – 7882 • g1sjj4@r.postjobfree.com
Product Development Management
Extensive SDLC experience / Hardware-Mechanical-ASIC development / QA leadership
Start Ups / Fortune 500 Management Roles / Lead international development
Product Development Leadership: I have led product development teams for market leaders such as Intel, Xircom, Cardkey and Motorola. Responsibilities included strategic/tactical planning, budget, development roadmap, personnel, industry certifications, patent creation, key customer interface and on-time products. At Xircom I moved from Director of Software to Sr. Director of Product Development responsible for all Engineering and QA when Xircom was acquired by Intel for $750M. Career Track: Progressed from technical management to senior leadership roles overseeing up 110 engineers.
Entrepreneurial Experience / Start Ups: I have built and scaled engineering and QA for established companies such as Xirrus, Nomadix and ICG. In each company I was responsible for product development, testing, and patent creation and industry certifications. I have a track record of increasing productivity, quality and on-time products. Career Track: I built teams at Xirrus, ICG, Resumenext, 4Peaks Technology and reshaped teams for better execution at Nomadix and Cardkey.
International Experience: I have managed product development with teams in Belgium, India, Taiwan, UK, Norway, Germany, Japan, Malaysia and Portugal.
BA – University of Phoenix Extended Education – Cal Tech, Stanford
Patents – one awarded, eleven pending
Select Achievements and Skills
While at Xircom introduced product development processes that increased OEM revenue from $0.5M to $200M+. While at Nomadix I recovered major customer responsible for over 50% of the revenue.
Introduced award winning, first to market, products at ICG (totally wireless Digital Signage), Xircom (multi-function network adapters), Xirrus (multi radio WiFi array). This was accomplished with efficiency and creativity.
Released over 25 new products over the past 10+ years – many award winning market leaders.
Skills: Extensive product development experience inclusive of; SDLC, software, hardware, manufacturing introduction, supply chain management, industry certifications: UL, CA, 3G certs, ISO, PCI DSS. Software experience with embedded, web development – C, C++, VB, Fortran, Java, HTML, assembly
Career Overview:
Consultant – 2010 – Present
ICG – VP Product Development 2008 – 2009
Via logy – Sr. Product Specialist 2007
Xirrus – Director Software and QA 2004 – 2006
Nomadix – VP Product Development 2002 - 2004
Intel (Xircom) – Sr. Director Product Development 1996 – 2002
Technical lead and software engineer – prior to 1996