Engineer Manager

Bradley P. Ryba, PMP

Temporary Address: Current

Address:

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Davie, FL 33328 Irwin, PA 15642

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Highly accomplished MBA and PMP certified Business Professional with

specialized expertise in software quality, information technology, system

automation, and business management. Experienced at handling customer and

vendor facing roles with excellent presentation and communication skills.

Highly adept in providing quality business solutions, managing projects,

enhancing operational efficiency, streamlining workflow processes, and

implementing process improvements. Superior leadership talents relating to

team initiatives and staff supervision.

Areas of Expertise

Technical Leadership Project Management Software Development

Strategic Planning Process Re-Design Lifecycle

P&L Management Budget Management Training & Professional

Team Leadership Performance Management Development

Operations Management

Sales & Marketing

Professional Background

PHILIPS RESPIRONICS - Murrysville, PA (2008 - Present)

Senior Manager, Quality Engineering & Compliance Labs

Manager, QA Lab Operations

. Created procedures and directed daily operations for the QA/RA Lab

team.

. Supervised and coached 20+ team members in performing at optimal

levels.

. Established and executed plans to strategically grow lab operations

within $1.1M budget.

. Developed the interactive SharePoint site for reporting of test

scheduling/process.

. Directed the project for implementation of digital signatures into

Mercury Quality Center.

RENAL SOLUTIONS - Warrendale, PA (2007 - 2008) - *company acquired &

product development de-emphasized

Manager, Product Assurance

. Established new procedures and policies for QA department in a startup

environment.

. Transferred all test activities to Parent company following the

acquisition.

. Spearheaded the development of an inventory tracking database for

product testing consumables.

DIRECT SITES, INC. - Greentree, PA (2006 - 2007) - *startup underfunded &

founder restructured resources

Director, MyCoupons.com

. Customer-facing and Vendor-facing role directing day-to-day

operations, reporting to the CEO

. Formulated and implemented the MyCoupons Business Plan utilizing sound

business acumen.

. Managed limited resources, solely accountable for P&L performance,

operations, and budget management.

. Increased SEO Ranking on Google, Alexa, and Compete by 42% in less

than 9 months.

. Supervised sales functions and negotiated relationships with key

accounts.

. Championed efforts to plan and execute eCommerce Portal Development,

which was deployed through a key partnership with Yahoo! Stores.

. Planned content releases, analyzed Landing Pages, and promoted site

through Social Media.

RESPIRONICS, INC. - Murrysville, PA (2001 - 2006)

Manufacturing Quality Assurance Manager

. Managed decision-making processes for 5 major product launches.

. Realigned resources and processes to reduce auditing costs by 30%.

. Supervised 7 direct reports and managed a budget of $380,000.

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RESPIRONICS, INC. (cont.)

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

. Organized project team and established production process changes,

improving yields by 36%.

. Directed cross-functional teams in the NICU, Sleep Therapy, and

Diagnostic Business Segments.

Software Engineer

. Spearheaded efforts to develop embedded software for new Sleep market

products within key project milestones.

. Executed project management functions from inception through

completion as well as completed projects within allotted time frames.

Additional Experience

TOLLGRADE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Cheswick, PA (2000 - 2001) - Software

Engineer

UNION SWITCH & SIGNAL, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (1999 - 2000) - Software

Engineer

Education & Training

Master of Business Administration, Business Strategy & Marketing -2005

University of Pittsburgh

Dean's List

Bachelor of Science, Computer Engineering, Humanities Concentration in

Economics -1999

University of Pittsburgh

Dean's List

Training & Certification:

Project Management Professional - Certified through the Project Management

Institute (PMI)

Essentials of Leadership & Leading to Win

Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer

ISO 17025 Compliance

Uncertainty Management

Quality Systems, Process Validation, and Risk Management

Situational Leadership

Rational Problem Solving and Root Cause Analysis

Affiliations

Member of the IEEE, AAMI, RAPS, PMI, and ASQ Organizations

Adjunct Faculty - Kaplan University (School of Business and Technology)

Courses Taught: Fundamentals of VB.NET, Introductory & Intermediate

Java, Software Engineering,

Web Design with XHTML/CSS

Volunteer Youth Instructor - Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church

Technical Skills

Software: MS Project, SAP, Google Analytics/AdWords, SugarCRM, PHPList

(Email Campaigns), Elgg (Social Media), MS Office, StatGraphics,

CodeWright, MS Visual Studio

Programming: C, C++ (w/ MFC), Visual Basic .NET, Java, PHP, MySQL, HTML/CSS

* Excellent references gladly furnished upon request

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