Manager Engineer

SUMMARY

Accomplished Engineering Development Manager with a demonstrated track

record for delivering technology-based solutions that meet all customer

requirements and business goals, including cost and schedule. Strong

emphasis on delivering the best customer experience and value. Strengths

include:

. 20+ years in Integrated Product Development (SW apps, PC peripherals,

laser printers, game devices, sound products, systems solutions)

. 10+ years as Senior Manager/Director of Engineering (budget/resource

planning, project management, staff management, strategic planning)

. Process creation/troubleshooting/correction

. Vendor development/management, business reviews/scorecard grading

. Partnering with customers to define exact

requirements

. Developing specifications that meet customer requirements

. Managing in-house design and cross-functional teams

. Sustaining products/managing change

. Managing issues/driving for quick resolution

. Managing focus groups & beta testing

. Developing user and support documentation

. Excellent oral and written skills

. Comfortable in a team environment or alone

. Comfortable in a Start-up or a Fortune 50 company

TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Strong engineering and analytical skills

. Validation test planning/acceptance testing

. HTML/XML and CHM Help File development

. Microsoft Office including Visio and Project

. Some Visual Basic, C++, C#, and Python experience

. Strong audio design experience in signal processing and power

amplification

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Dell Inc., Round Rock, Texas 2000 - 2010

Development Manager

Delivered technology-based solutions that met all Marketing requirements.

Managed development to all program goals and objectives including cost,

schedule, reliability, and regulatory requirements. Responsible for

sustaining the Precision Workstation desktop line of business. Delivered a

line of value, mainstream, and performance PC multimedia speaker systems,

business class color and monochrome laser printers, and a business-client

backup and recovery tool. Managed technology partners including Intel,

Samsung, Fuji-Xerox, Lexmark, Harman Kardon, NMB, and Altec Lansing

Consumer.

. Managed in-house development of the Dell Backup and Recovery Manager

(DBRM), a highly effective tool that simplifies the recovery process for

customers and levels the competitive playing field. The application is

now factory-installed on all business-client systems (Optiplex, Latitude,

Precision and Vostro lines).

. Upgraded DBRM to produce backup OS and application media in lieu of

shipping physical media in the box. This is expected to save Dell

approximately $11M annually.

. Delivered Dell's first color and monochrome business class laser printers

to establish Dell as a viable competitor in the marketplace (#2

worldwide).

. Significantly elevated performance and credibility of Dell's desktop

speaker systems to world class by delivering their first THX certified

5.1 surround sound PC speaker system.

. Implemented proactive-based continual improvement plan on platforms to

monitor and drive down their field incident rate (FIR). FIR quickly

dropped by more than 50% to settle below goal thus improving customer

satisfaction.

. Established E*Star process for peripheral teams to ensure business-client

platforms remained compliant with the latest standard.

. Developed and executed plan to transfer business class laser printer

development and Precision Workstation desktop sustaining to offshore

sustaining teams. All quality goals were green at transfer.

Consultant to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington 1997 - 2000

Audio Systems Engineer/Design Verification Test Engineer, Hardware Group,

Game Device Division

. Developed strategy game device controllers for PC game applications.

. Managed Philips in the development of the Microsoft Digital Sound System

80, a PC multimedia and gaming speaker system. Strong sales of the Digital

Sound System 80 helped establish the Microsoft brand as a strong contender

in a highly competitive field.

. Wrote technical backgrounder (white paper) on the speaker system for the

Press to explain its design and benefits.

. Developed specification for speech recognition test tool that was built

and used to evaluate the effectiveness of 3rd party speech recognition

systems. This allowed Microsoft to select the most effective system for

deployment in their game devices.

. Developed a unique off-the-ear gaming headset with microphone so verbal

commands could be speech-recognized and translated into game commands.

Rane Corporation, Mukilteo, Washington 1994 - 1997

Director of R&D Engineering

. Managed the electronic design group consisting of 10 engineers and

support personnel.

. Implemented process to improve development time to market and ensure a

voice for the customer.

. 20% increase in profits by influencing marketing directions towards more

profitable niche products and systems-oriented solutions. This gave us an

advantage over other companies that limited themselves to common products

instead of unique solutions.

. Launched new products at the average rate of one every six weeks.

Altec Lansing Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1986 - 1994

Senior Project Engineer

. Managed the electronic design group consisting of 10 engineers and

support personnel.

. Established new processes that reduced most product development cycle

times from 12-18 months to 7 months.

. Technical liaison to Walt Disney Imagineering. Delivered custom solution

for Euro-Disneyland to automate the Main Street parade, a first for any

Disney park. Product sales exceeded $5M.

. Patent granted for power amplifier design that led to a very low cost

(minimal parts count) design for mass production.

. Managed the off-shore development of a line of low cost commercial sound

products for emerging and small markets.

EDUCATION

B. S. in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics, The University of Texas at

Arlington, Arlington, Texas

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Integrated Product Development, University of Washington,

College of Engineering and Graduate School of Business, Seattle, Washington

Coaching and Counseling Skills for Managers,

American Management Association, Seattle, Washington

PATENTS AND DISCLOSURES

U. S. Patent No. 5,029,299, Short-circuit protection means for power

amplifiers

U. S. Patent No. 4,609,878, Single-ended noise reduction technology

U. S. Patent No. 4,398,158, Dynamic range expander technology

17 disclosures submitted at Dell during tenure

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