Manager Management

TERRY KERSTETTER

* ******* ****

Coto de Caza, California 92679

(949) - 766-1161 ***********@***.***

A competent leader and team builder with proven expertise in leading edge

technology development, small to large organization management and general

program development. Areas of high proficiency experience include

networking, all levels of software, real time embedded products and general

management. A highly effective person who is excellent at motivating

individuals and producing results.

The Boeing Company, FCS-BCTM, C4ISR

Director / Deputy Director, Network Systems

2003-Present

Future Combat Systems (FCS) and Brigade Command Team Modernization (BCTM)

programs are U.S. government initiatives to revamp the Army into a mobile,

network-centric strike force. Network Systems IPT has a central role in

this metamorphosis with the responsibilities of the wireless network radio

integration; the development of a family of battlefield multiprocessor,

multiple security enclave computers; and the design and development of a

network management application which dynamically controls changes in the

topology and characteristics of the ad hoc wireless network.

Perform technical and program management interface for three subcontract

suppliers; Northrop-Grumman, BAE and General Dynamics. Conduct program

business and technical reviews. Managed with partnering organizations the

contractual, process and budget issues.

Perform the role of Cost Account Manager(CAM), trained in Earned Value

Method (EVMS) on all budgetary areas.

Subject matter expertise in communications, network technologies, computer

architecture, software development and network/ topology management.

Evaluated and mitigated risks to the program level in various areas of

expertise.

Multi-Path Technical Director

1999-2003

Led a group of software engineers in a start-up organization that designed

and implemented a network based remote access software product. Designed a

product targeting large and geographically distributed businesses. The

product was developed under the rapid development model with UML

documentation.

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Director of Engineering, Systems /Access Business Unit

Director of Engineering, Telephony Internet Service Unit

1995-1999

Led engineering development and test activities for client software

products, PC based routers and the Cisco Secure network security products.

Performed the technical review and analysis of patent applications for the

corporation. Program Managed the premier initial development of Voice over

IP (VoIP).

Recruited into a division that had been recently acquired by Cisco.

Revitalized the management team, recruiting new managers from outside

companies and promoted one internal candidate into management. Team molded

into an integrated, highly functional unit within the first year.

Designed from conception, the engineering methodology geared for rapid

development. Task was completed in five months without effecting project

schedules. Subsequently passed BABT and ISO 9000 initial audits with no

exceptions.

Partnered with Compaq to create the Compaq 8500 router. Software and

technology was developed at the Cisco division under the name IOS+, with

hardware platform from Compaq. Features included general IGP personalities

such as RIP, OSPF, BGP, IGRP, EIGRP and NLSP. Router allowed Frame Relay,

IEEE 802.3, 802.5, translation bridging, transparent bridging with filters.

Project developed, tested and delivered to Compaq on schedule.

With the coming emergence of Internet commerce, top Cisco management became

aware of a major deficiency in the planned product offerings regarding

enterprise access security. They personally requested the division to

morph itself to resolve the problem. Transitioned the department's

technological expertise from embedded, assembly language, to C++/OOP/ Java

programming on multiple server platforms. Added expertise to perform ODBC

interfacing to the Oracle and Sybase databases. Infused knowledge on HTML,

Java and web server programming. Doubled department size in three months.

Created the Cisco Secure family within six months to match the release of

new family of routers. All products provide network authentication,

authorization via distributed databases. Personally designed the patented

logic for distributed messaging logic that is used to synchronize group

level dynamic attributes globally.

Performed the task of technical review of patent applications for the

Access BU, the largest Business Unit in Cisco with over half of the

company's revenue. Reviewed application material, met with submitting

engineers to discuss technical merits of the idea, possible merging of

concepts and applicability completeness. Met with patent attorneys

regarding ongoing patent applications and legal matters. Performed the

final decision whether the concept would be accepted, combined or rejected.

Personally reviewed over 170 applications in this role, submitting 84

applications into the patent office.

Transferred to corporate office in San Jose as Director of Engineering to

develop the initial product offering of Voice over IP (VoIP). This

responsibility included program management and control of development

trains for all VoIP related developments.

Phoenix Technologies

Director of Engineering / Site Director

Director of Engineering with responsibility for all customer products

firmware development. Also performed the duties of Irvine Site Director

addressing issues, including process improvements, personnel issues and

facility functions.

Joined the company at the time when a major customer, who was upset by

missed deadlines, was penalizing the company over $230k per month. Turned

the group around and implemented a Windows based product in four months.

Customer was so impressed by the change and the product that they refunded

all penalties. Both Toshiba and IBM continued to ship this product for the

remainder of time at Phoenix.

Management of BIOS firmware development for all desktop and server

products. Forte' of the group was the rapid inclusion and deployment of new

technology at the hardware/ board level. Worked directly in the chip

manufacturers labs to complete new chip firmware development. Satisfied

customers included Packard Bell, HP, Fujitsu, NEC, AST Research, IBM and

Compaq. Revenue from the group increased by 48% without increases in

personnel resources.

Developed the internal quality assurance group from an informal group of

part-time personnel to a completely full time staffed process with

documented test plan, test suites, on-line problem reporting system and

certification/ release criteria, resulting in the first time certified

product for customers.

Symbol Technologies

Senior Director, Software Engineering.

Managed all standard products for the Portable Systems Division, including

operating systems, BIOS, tools, testing, scanning, languages,

transactional/ batch data communication, along with controller, base

station and terminal related areas of RF communications. Promoted to

Senior Director of Engineering within the first year, as a direct result of

achievements.

Within three months of coming into the division, removed the mainframe

based development and replaced it with a LAN and PC based tools for

increased productivity. Created an engineering test organization and

introduced automated testing to the company to improve efficiency and

accuracy of the testing. Created the online problem reporting system and

monthly program review content for better corporate visibility.

Created a family of hand-held, industrial strength (5 foot drop) computers.

Ported standard operating system and relational data base clients onto

these devices and extended BIOS services with extensive power management.

This family of products has directly led to a 233% growth in revenue in two

years.

Developed Spectrum One -TM, the industry's first RF Spread Spectrum radio

network. Included in this system are radio terminals, base stations and

communications controllers. The network model consisted of three distinct

protocol levels; the remote hand-held terminals communicated via a

frequency hopping spread spectrum protocol; the base stations were

connected coaxial and had a modified TDMA protocol, and the network server

gateway the data stream into standard host connectivity protocols of the

customer's choosing. The system was built fault tolerant in all levels,

with hot rollovers to redundancy backups. This system was the basis for

Symbol's leadership in the creation of the original IEEE 802.11 standard.

AST Research Inc.

Senior Manager, Engineering

Began as manager of one of the software groups and within one year took

over the four software groups in the Data Communications and Systems

Divisions. Two groups developed gateway, cluster controller and terminal

emulators along with RJE, multi-port and Ethernet boards. The other two

groups integrated cache, memory management and operating systems software

onto the AST system product lines.

Developed shrink-wrapped software applications that preformed as data

communications emulators of 3270 CUT and DFT along with 5251/11 and

5251/12. The 5250 family of products had the largest market share in the

industry, followed distantly by the protocols creator, IBM.

Spearheaded the introduction of structured programming into the product

line. Upgraded all the data communications products to a new user friendly

look that provided the pull down, pop up, scroll bar of CUA-SAA. All

products were upgraded in parallel, with completion of the program in seven

months.

Pertec Computer Corporation -(Triumph-Adler -Volkswagen AG)

Software Department Manager / Program Manager

Recruited to manage one of the software development groups. Promoted,

within one year, to head up the software department, with responsibility

for the development and support of all products for the company. In

addition, given Program Manager responsibility to define the direction of

the company regarding the next generation of products and marketplaces.

Successfully directed the company from proprietary bit-slice environment to

the Motorola 68000 by developing and releasing a general-purpose

multitasking, multi-user computer product line. The product family included

an extremely flexible proprietary operating system, along with UNIX option.

Development included general system utilities, programming language

compilers, system security and file group/ section security as well as

standard RJE and query data communications protocols.

Developed coax connected multi-drop intelligent workstations, which allowed

for the downloading of business applications into local workstation memory

and the redirecting of print streams to the directly connected aux port.

Created a feature rich word processor package that included a built in

spell checker, thesaurus, cut and paste and many of the features later

developed by outside commercial industry programs.

McDonnell-Douglas Aircraft - Flight Test Department

Project Leader, Real Time Systems, Advance Flight Development

Application software programmer, creating various programs in several

languages. Served as the analyst and specification writer for DC-9, DC10

and YC-15 aircraft performance programs. Program managed the

implementation, test and delivery of aircraft performance programs.

Lead Operating Systems Programmer on a development team that created a

custom Real Time dual mainframe computer complex. This complex acquired

real-time radio data from aircraft in flight, translated the information

and front-ended the results out to real time graphic display workstations.

The complex was used for instantaneous analysis of aircraft characteristics

for FAA certification, allowing for the immediate acquisition, analysis of

data with report quality copies within seconds. The mainframe was custom

designed, with eight ported memory and dual concurrent operating systems

linked by thirty-nine directly connected interrupts. System/ real time

programming experience gained during this time included design/

implementation of monitors/ schedulers, I/O handlers, front-end acquisition

and data conditioning, interrupt/ trap handlers, dynamic program

generators, computer-to-computer direct channel communications and

peripheral multiplexed drivers.

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University of California, Los Angeles, Mathematics, B.S.

U.S. Patent #6,412,007 : Algorithms regarding the synchronization of

global network

#7,028,073 : databases. These technologies were incorporated into Cisco

products.

Security Clearance: DoD Top Secret / SSBI (Active, renewed 2010),SCI

(deactivated ) .

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