Manager Management

A dynamic and innovative professional with extensive experience in systems

development and leadership. Plan, execute, and ensure the overall success

of projects. Supply strong technical leadership in development of products

and systems. Enlist and retain top talent: motivate, mentor, and coach team

members. Lead teams to success. Evaluate new technologies and tools. Proven

track record of delivering solutions that exceed expectations.

Leadership ( Engineering ( Management ( Project Management ( Software

Development ( GUI

Scheduling ( Process/Procedures ( Negotiations ( Team Management (

Communication

Program Management ( Budgeting ( Firmware Development ( Relationship

Management

LAMP ( PHP ( Javascript ( C/C++ ( RTOS Systems ( Client/Server ( Complete

SDLC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Community Involvement, Morgan Hill, California ( 2001-present

Chamber of Commerce: BBQ Event Committee Chair - 2010 - 2011

Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors Treasurer - 2011

Chamber of Commerce: Board Past Chair - 2009

Chamber of Commerce: Interim President/CEO - January 2008 - April 2008

Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors Chair - 2008

Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors Vice Chair - 2007

Chamber of Commerce: Board of Directors Secretary - 2006

Chamber of Commerce: Economic Development Committee Chair - 2007 - 2009

Chamber of Commerce: Board Member - 2004 to present

Chamber of Commerce: Economic Development Committee Member - 2001 - 2009

Morgan Hill Times: Editorial Board Member - 2008 - present

Leadership Morgan Hill: Alumni - Class of 2005

Took time off from career for volunteerism and local community involvement.

Served on, or led, committees responsible for economic development and

tourism events. Negotiated and oversaw the fulfillment of contractual

obligations with City of Morgan Hill in economic development and tourism.

Wrote articles and provided editorial oversight to monthly Chamber of

Commerce newsletter. Participated in political interviews and editorial

discussions as well as contributing articles for the Morgan Hill Times.

Major Accomplishments:

* Resolved significant Chamber of Commerce budgetary shortfall and

initiated building of reserve funds.

* Negotiated renewal of Economic Development and tourism contracts

between Chamber of Commerce and City of Morgan Hill in the amount of

$130K.

* Implemented revised Chamber of Commerce member billing mechanisms,

eliminating 61 to 180 days of Accounts Receivables, assuring

elimination of backlog reoccurrence.

* Led Board of Directors in updating mission, core values, as well as

long and short-term goals.

* Successfully hired replacement President/CEO for Chamber of Commerce.

* Led Economic Development team in working with City of Morgan Hill to

reduce or eliminate inhibitors to business development.

* Produced very successful nationally sanctioned BBQ event to promote

Morgan Hill. This is now an annual event.

* Assisted in new facility search and negotiations for Chamber of

Commerce.

EDO RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE, Morgan Hill, California ( 2005-2006

A world leader in the design and manufacturing of Signal Intelligence and

Electronic Warfare systems.

Contractor

Independent provider of engineering and software expertise.

Major Accomplishments:

* Revised legacy RF Signal Intelligence system to support new

instrument configuration and platform. Modifications included support

for newly developed hardware and GUI replacement.

* Updated Network and API manuals to reflect current operations and

improving readability.

* Provided software modifications, migrating bug fixes and integrating

support for new hardware into baseline.

* Investigated and resolved long standing TCP/IP communications issue

that degraded startup reliability.

RADIX TECHNOLOGIES, Mountain View, California ( 1999-2001

Producer of custom Signal Intelligence Systems under military contract.

Software Manager

Responsible for cross matrix management of project performance,

coordination of resources, teams, reporting, and software delivery. Managed

Project involving 15 full time software engineers, 15 contract employees,

and outside contractors on Department of Defense government contract for

development of signal intelligence subsystem.

Major Accomplishments:

* Stepped in to take over management of team working on completing

development of large-scale next generation SIGNIT subsystem involving

2000 processors and up to a dozen code images. This project was only

50% complete but 80%+ through schedule. Through negotiation of phased

delivery, revision of priorities and addition of resources the

subsystem successfully passed acceptance tests while meeting

contractual timelines.

NOVELLUS SYSYEMS, San Jose, California ( 1995-1999

Leading supplier of chemical vapor deposition, physical vapor deposition,

electrochemical deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, ultraviolet

thermal processing, and surface preparation equipment used in the

manufacturing of semiconductors.

Software Section Manager

Managed two geographically separated software development groups

responsible for initial development and continued support of software for

2nd and 3rd generation Barrier Chemical Vapor Deposition and 1st generation

Copper Electroplating tool. Conducted staff hiring, review, and mentoring

as well as budget management, direct customer interaction, and project

management for multiple concurrent development projects.

Major Accomplishments:

* Assumed management of software team for ground breaking Copper

Electroplating tool, facilitating project completion to primary

customer and technology development partner's complete satisfaction.

Resulted in beating competitors to market with this new semiconductor

production capability.

* Assisted in design and implementation of Windows based GUI developed

specifically to support operator work flows while providing dynamic

connection and monitoring of multiple systems from local or remote

locations in a client/server configuration.

* Conducted end of life software defect and enhancement enhancements

for first generation CVD system. Applied creative design solutions

that resulted in significant extension of product life with minimal

engineering cost.

* Led TQM teams in creating and updating departmental procedures for

ISO and CCM level 2 certifications. Certification and audits passed

with no issues.

* Implemented mechanism and procedures to allow remote team to operate

from common code repository shared with local teams. This eliminated

need for period code merges thus saving significant development time

while supporting daily builds and weekly internal releases.

RADIONICS, Morgan Hill, California ( 1990-1995

Software Engineer Manager ( 1990-1995

Supervised developmental group responsible for remote configuration and log

management for security, fire and access control systems. Acted as project

manager for software projects for all programming projects.

Major Accomplishments:

* Implemented phone line communications mechanisms to support legacy as

well as new products using updated hardware. This allowed

replacement of obsolete equipment while continuing to support large

installed base.

* Architected system to manage multi-user networked database and

eliminated redundancy and errors in implementing and updating data

records and reports that involved thousands of fields. Automated

tools and procedures resulted in shortening development cycle from 3

months to 2 weeks.

* Led design and development for 2nd generation telecommunications

package for remotely programming microprocessor controlled security

and access control systems. Included multiuser data base, GUI,

communications, transaction logging and report generation facilities.

Successfully delivered product that more than met customer needs on

time and under budget.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Engineering - 1998

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science Engineering - 1984

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California

ADDITIONAL TRAINING

The Technical Manager in a Changing Engineering Environment, Atrium

Associates

Purposeful Leadership, Dag Forssell ( Specialized Supervisory Training,

Radionics

Strategic Management, Bernard D. Marino CMC ( Leadership Morgan Hill

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

IEEE

SDForum

Morgan Hill Times Editorial Board

Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

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