David Giacopelli
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Bethpage, NY 11714 Cell:
USA Email:
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Professional Summary
I am an experienced leader with skills in managing Field Service / Field
Engineering teams, Project Management, leading cross-functional teams, and
managing Global Technical Support. I have excellent communication skills
with expertise in presenting to senior management, representing senior
management in discussions with others in the company and managing customer
relationships. I have the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced
environment and manage competing priorities while achieving organizational
and customer objectives.
Experience
Calloway Laboratories Inc., Woburn, MA 10/10 - Present
Field Service Manager - NYC & Long Island, NY
. Responsible for the account implementation process and ongoing account
management.
. Shares accountability with the sales representative for territory
growth and revenue objective achievement.
. Schedules and performs staff training at physician's office.
. Manage Field Service Representatives at physician practices and
oversees their performance, professionalism and representation of the
company.
. Conduct ongoing training of direct reports
. Maintain and increase sales volumes in established account.
. Work with the Billing Department to resolve all missing patient/PCC
information.
. Physically visits all assigned accounts on a regular rotation to
ensure customer satisfaction.
. Will be aligned and work with Sales and Customer Service to partner
with the client to ensure all client specifications are met and open
dialogue/communication is established with Sales, Customer Service and
the client.
. Maintain a daily/weekly communications with Sales and C/S to convey
any issues, concerns or feedback the client may have.
Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA 8/08 - 6/10
District Service Manager - NYC & Long Island, NY
. Responsible for managing Field Service Engineers that support 50
Hospitals and private Radiation Oncology facilities in the NYC and
Long Island area.
. Direct the coordination of technical and administrative support
activities including responding to critical situations, repair,
preventative maintenance and engineering change upgrades
. Establish service budgets and monitor financial performance, to ensure
service revenue objectives are achieved within agreed budgets and with
maximum cost effectiveness
. Liaise with other departments (local Sales, Installation,
Applications, Order Processing, Product Support, Manufacturing, etc.)
. Develop and negotiate/sell service contracts to customers
. Document and manage customer complaints, corrective actions, and non-
conformance's related to FDA filings
. Manage the regular reporting of all service information (records of
service visits, technical problems, actions taken and parts employed),
to ensure accurate updated customer maintenance information is
available to other departments
. Direct the analysis of customer data and the ordering of stock and
spare parts, to ensure all materials are available for scheduled and
emergency service
. Review and approve employee expense reports
. Interview and hire new employees
Cardinal Health Inc., San Diego, CA 10/07 - 8/08
Field Service/Customer Support Manager
. Responsible for managing Field Service Technicians that service 470
Hospitals and medical facilities in the NY Metropolitan area (Long
Island, NYC, NJ, CT) for the Pyxis product line
. Fiscally responsible for all business expenses including: 3rd party
vendor cost, OT Cost, Parts cost, Travel and Entertainment expense,
Service technician overtime, and Fleet cost
. Monitor, compile and analyze key performance metrics
. Present service contracts to customers
. Set schedules for preventive maintenance and on-call schedules
Telular Corporation, Hauppauge, NY 2/97 - 10/07 (Division Relocated to
Georgia)
Director - Product Support
. Responsible for Managing International Field engineering staff,
Product Validation Testers, Product Support Engineers, and Technical
Support team
. Develop project plans, budgets and schedules to meet product release
target dates
. Managed projects such as Fixed Wireless (Cellular) Terminals and
Telguard Wireless Alarm backup systems from design phase through
production and customer support
. Utilized MS Project (local client and Enterprise) for project
planning, resource assignments, progress tracking, etc.
. Perform statistical analysis of test and field data
. One of the lead managers in obtaining and sustaining ISO 9001
certification
. Review product Test Procedures to ensure that they adhere to the
Product Specification and Marketing Requirement documents
. Engineering representative on the Product Management team which
oversees all product development programs
. Manage customer product installations from design phase through after
sales support
. Manage product functional testing and analyze test data
. Review and track to closure all product bugs submitted by the test
group
. Locate, interview, and negotiate with 3rd party testing partners
(contractors) worldwide
. Manage outsourced contractor on a daily basis, develop their testing
schedules, ensure testing quality, and monitor testing progress
. Develop product training material for in-house personnel and FTS's
. Research customer required government and regulatory approvals
. Interview, hire and manage Contract Manufacturers
Olympus America Inc., Melville, NY 7/87 - 2/97
Product / Field Engineer - Clinical Instrument Division
. Support Beta tests of new instrumentation, software, and test methods
. Responsible for installing and servicing clinical chemistry analyzers
throughout the Northeast and other parts of the United States and
Canada
. Compose Quality Assurance (QA) testing procedures and technical update
bulletins for all instrumentation
. Senior engineer for all blood banking and pre-transfusion
instrumentation
. Extensive troubleshooting experience on electronic, mechanical,
optical, chemical, hydraulic, and biological assemblies.
. Perform Software upgrades and hardware retrofits to all
instrumentation
. Extensive travel throughout North America assisting field engineers on
difficult problems
. Develop technical troubleshooting manuals for customers and field
engineers
. Evaluate software upgrades, as per FDA regulations, before releasing
them to the field
. Act as liaison between Olympus America Inc., and Olympus Tokyo Inc.
. Track and develop inventory parts based on component failures in the
field
Awards
1994 Olympus Engineer of the Year
Education
Completed 3+ years of Bio-Medical / Electrical Engineering Curriculum
Steven's Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey / New York Institute
of Technology, Old Westbury, New York
Skills
Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Live Meeting,
Project, etc.)
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software
SAP