Project Manager Development

Stephen V. Montalto 310-***-****

*** ******** ******, ******* *****, CA 90254

***************@*****.***

Professional Profile

Experienced design, product development and business development professional

with a wide range of experience and a knack for creative problem solving and

team building.

Technical sales/solutions lead for Program/project management

both aerospace and consumer products Budget/financial responsibility

new business development teams Client/licensor relationship management

Team building spanning functional, Extensive consumer product and

geographic and corporate boundaries promotional (QSR) design, costing,

Creative, solution focused manufacturing, safety - knowledge and

engineering & project management experience

perspective Experienced with both injection molded

Aircraft and control system design plastic hard goods, soft goods and

and development stainless steel products

Asian & domestic manufacturing and 2D & 3D design realization capabilities

development with Rhino 3D, Adobe CS Suite & CorelDraw

Vendor management and negotiation graphics suite

Presentation development and Microsoft & Apple productivity suites

execution (PowerPoint & Keynote) Microsoft Project & OmniPlan

Professional Experience

Kid Basix, LLC, West Lake, CA

May 2008 - April 2009

Vice President, Product Design & Development

Responsibilities/Achievements:

Conducted on-going competitive product reviews and assessments to help identify

market place trends and perceived consumer needs and desires.

Concepted, designed and developed all product offerings for a new childrens'

drink ware start-up company.

Successfully determined root causes of poor product quality and durability then

implemented complete redesign of existing The Safe Sippy( product. Re-launched

product was a critical and financial success.

Designed and developed line extension for the The Safe Sippy(, the The Safe

Sippy 2( as well as two new product lines, The Safe Starter( and The Safe

Sporter(. The Safe Starter( is the world's first line of production stainless

steel baby bottles.

Produced 2D artwork and 3D models (Rhino 3D) of new product concepts to aid in

design visualization and facilitate design finalization.

Managed off-shore vendor resources in detail design implementation & project

execution including prototype fabrication, tooling development and production.

Coordinated with all domestic and China-based resources to ensure product

design and implementation complies with all appropriate/applicable domestic and

international product safety requirements.

Launched and nurtured new China manufacturing partner relationship(s)

Developed & produced production artwork for all packaging and inserts.

Structured and formalized process and documentation for generation for purchase

orders and order forecasting.

Implemented processes for product review, assessment, testing & documentation

to meet the requirements of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act

(CPSIA).

EMAK Worldwide Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Oct. 1995 - Oct. 2007

Senior Director, Product Development

Responsibilities/Achievements:

General

Technical sales/solutions lead on New Business Development team in the pursuit

of new accounts - resulting new clients included Starbucks and RealD (currently

at ~$6MM per year revenue). Key focus of efforts required a multi-disciplinary

approach to presenting underlying capabilities of client solution focused

problem solving. Opened new dialogs & relationships with clients/partners such

as Kraft, Nestle', Lucas Film, RealD.

Lead division's efforts to establish effective internal processes for new idea

generation and the transition of ideas to potential viable products.

Developed standardized suite of tools for project tracking (Master Program

Schedule) and design cost risk/margin assessment (parametric tool)

Established process & reports for tracking & analyzing raw material costs.

Promotional Programs

Led team in the qualification of all new designs for Burger King pitch and

development addressing areas of functionality, cost estimation, safety, and

production timeline. In excess of 4,000 designs evaluated & 500 individual SKUs

put into production.

With Hong Kong team, managed all functional model and tooling development with

China based vendors

Oversaw manufacturing vendor selection, production pilot and quality

assurance/safety testing efforts.

Performed Account & Creative Director roles on key promotional programs -

Pok mon, Yugi-oh, Dragon Ball Z properties. Pok mon was client's most

successful promotion ever with 100 millions toys delivered to consumers over

course of 6 week promotion.

Managed product development efforts for various promotional clients including:

Burger King, Kellogg's, KFC, Long John Silvers

Retail Programs

Led development & creative effort for launch of Kim Possible line.

Developed company's first TV advertised product - interactive Real Live Babe.

Managed product development efforts for various retail product lines including:

Babe, Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Wishbone, Kratt's Creatures, JoJo's Circus,

Crayola, Headliners, Go To Bed Fred, Pinocchio

Lear Astronics Corp., Santa Monica, CA

Jan. 1991 - Oct. 1995

Program Manager

Responsibilities/Achievements:

Led winning proposal technical team for the Air Force's KC-135 Fuel Savings

Advisory System (FSAS) update program (program value of $13 million) and the

QF-4 aerial target drone flight control system, (program value of $5 million).

Established new product lines for the company.

Managed the design, implementation and testing of the flight control system

hardware & software for the US Army's RAH-66 Comanche Helicopter development

program (initial program value of $26 million, team size of 24+ full time

personnel)

Coordinated engineering and operations teams to meet customer schedules &

technical performance requirements while achieving internal budgetary

objectives; system comprised of 8 hardware and 3 major software elements.

Led joint Boeing/Astronics team in the design of the digital flight control

computer hardware. Resulted in a reduction of 45% in production costs.

Allied Signal Aerospace Corp./Bendix Flight Systems Division, Teterboro, NJ

Apr. 1987 - Jan. 1991

Project Manager, Advanced Program Development

Responsibilities/Achievements:

Conducted technical marketing activities for division's flight control systems

product line with annual revenue of $100 million. Key initiatives including

active engagement of Air Force labs and partnership development with sister

divisions

Led multi-divisional corporate team in joint Allied-Signal/General Dynamics

study & preliminary design for a light weight, short take and vertical landing

(STOVL) aircraft to fulfill the US Army's Advanced Counter Air Fighter (ACAF)

mission role.

Technical corporate lead in efforts to establish effective international

business partnerships:

Conducted negotiations with US Department of Defense agencies to establishment

a framework for execution of cooperative technology transfer programs with the

Governments of India and Japan.

Evaluated design configuration and international sourcing options for Indian

Government's Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). Convinced Indian Government to go

with U.S. development partners rather than Dassault Aviation.

Established teaming agreement with Japan's JAE Corporation for the development

of the FS-X fighter's digital flight control system: initial program value of

$6 million.

General Dynamics Corp., Fort Worth, TX

Sept. 1982 - April 1987

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities/Achievements:

Led joint US/Republic of China (ROC) team in the design and development of the

digital flight control system for ROC's Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF)

development program. Managed multi-vendor team to attain program technical &

schedule objectives.

Led engineering team in the design and development of the digital flight

control computer for the F-16 aircraft Digital Flight Control System Update (a

$30 million upgrade program). Managed internal and multi-partner vendor team

in satisfying, performance, cost and schedule objectives.

Education

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Bachelor of Science, Computer and Systems Engineering

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