James T. Karam

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Weeki Wachee, FL 34613

352-***-****

abqd5c@r.postjobfree.com

Cubic Transportation Systems, San Diego, CA, 2002-2006

Sr. Vice President, Engineering & Program Management

Extending the dominant supplier of large customized automated fare collection systems to a totally refreshed

product line supporting several large tailored systems simultaneous with configurable offerings for small and

mid-markets.

Cybersensor, Inc, Madison, TN, 2000-2002

Vice President, Operations

Startup providing remote monitoring and control using multiple satellite and terrestrial wireless networks

Patented system architecture allows users to view sensor readings, set alarms, report by exception,

reconfigure parameters, etc by just using their internet web browser.

Product applications include metering, pipeline compressor monitoring, tank farm management

Trex Medical Corp, Danbury, CT, 2000

General Management & Systems Engineering Consultant

Restructured and managed primary new product development of full field digital mammography system

Revised all R&D procedures & managed technical and documentation clean-up for FDA audit

Lunar Corporation, Madison, WI, 1997-1999

Vice President, Operations (R&D, Production, Customer Support; 180 staff, approx $48M annually)

Cradle to grave responsibility for all product related activities for the premier bone densitometry manufacturer

Refreshed product line with substantially improved R&D schedule and budget compliance

Also re-designed cash-cow product for 20% cost reduction while improving reliability

Established metric-based programs for continuous quality improvement in all departments

Reduced installation defects by a factor of four in less than four months

New processes/practices enabled ERP usage to pro-actively manage rather than reactively document

Improved responsiveness and substantially reduced inventories by eliminating myriad full in-boxes

Service inventories cut by 55%; median critical software bug age reduced from years to weeks

Migrated Customer support from reactive folklore to systematic, documented training and diagnostics

Sony Corporation of America, Business & Professional Products Group, San Jose, CA, 1992-1997

Vice President, Systems Engineering Center (approx $15M annually)

Development of software-intensive products mainly integrating sophisticated Sony hardware into systems

CineNET provides format-independent digital acquisition, archive, and viewing for cardiologists

DIRECTV's Broadcast Control Subsystem controls Hughes's $50M 150 channel ground station

New generation of non-linear Video Servers flexibly automates multi-channel transmission

Extremely distributed, scalable, fault tolerant application based on PC s, C++, NT, and SQL

Hughes Missile Systems Co. (nee General Dynamics Convair Division), San Diego, CA, 1992

Vice President, Program Development

Development and production of Unmanned Strike Systems, e.g., Tomahawk & Advanced Cruise Missiles

Functionally responsible for Marketing, Strategic Planning, & related services (Photo, TV, Art & Ed, Repro)

Programmatically responsible for all pre-EMD efforts ($35M Contract R&D, $13M discretionary funds)

Major refocus from "technology for performance" to "processes and practices for lowest cost"

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J. T. Karam

United Technologies Corporation Advanced Systems Division, San Diego, CA, 1987-1991

Vice President, San Diego Operations (1990-1991)

Entrepreneurial 1983 start-up focusing this $20B corporation's technologies on tactical smart weapons

Responsible for all line functions (Program Mgt., Business Ops, Production Readiness, Engineering)

Full P&L for San Diego's approx. $20M annual sales and $5M discretionary investment in IR&D et al

Vice President, Research and Engineering (1987-89)

Extensively redefined technical approach to salvage division's major submunition dispenser program

Reduced departmental overhead expenses by 30% while providing more effective computing resources

Philips Medical Systems, Inc., Shelton, CT, 1984-1987

Director of Engineering (approx. $10M annually)

Transitioned from sustaining analog product to locally developed, advanced digital image processing

Video-rate digital disk and high-resolution viewing add-on to Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA)

Multi-processor Computed Radiography system enabling migration to all-digital radiology dept's

Technically structured and oversaw new strategic alliances with innovative specialists

Advanced radiology viewing stations (Pixar, Cemax, Island Graphics) and PACS (AT&T, Raytel)

General Dynamics Convair Division, San Diego, CA, 1978-1983

Director -- All-Up-Round Systems Engineering & Integration Agent (1983)

Structured and led new entity to fill management void in Tomahawk Cruise Missile program

Solely responsible and technical direction for design baselines of 44 contractors for all Tomahawk variants

Director -- Medium Range Air-to-Surface Missile (1980-1982)

Joint Service, reduced cost, non-nuclear submunition version of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile

Grew from 8 people in a trailer to 600+ executing $100M Full Scale Development (FSD) late '81 contract

Director -- Systems Engineering (1979) (400+ staff in 14 departments)

Systems development dept's developed functional, design, and verification requirements

Analytic dept's conducted analyses & trade studies (dynamics/flight sciences)

Functionally supported all cruise missile, DC-10, and Atlas/Centaur space programs

Manager -- Systems Development (1978-1979) (180+ in 4 departments)

United States Air Force, R&D Officer, 1964-1978

Program Manager, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Rosslyn, VA (1975-1978)

Conceived & executed 3 major advanced cruise missile technology thrusts (approx. $15M annually)

"Zero-CEP" guidance incorporated active & passive sensors with sophisticated image processing

Compound rotary and reciprocating concepts for reduced fuel consumption, small propulsion

More survivable airframes used shaping and new materials, i.e., the beginnings of "stealth"

Associate Professor, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (1972-1974)

Developed & taught graduate courses in instrumentation, numerical methods, fluid mechanics, and aero

Development Engineer, AFPRO, Lockheed Missiles & Space Co., Sunnyvale, CA (1966-1970)

In-plant technical representative on several military (Secretary of the AF Special Programs) satellites

In-depth involvement with finance, accounting, legal, contracts, and other business considerations

Ph.D. (specialty in Automatic Control), Purdue Univ., 1972

EDUCATION:

M.S.Aero.Eng. (with Distinction), AF Inst. of Tech., 1966

B.S.Mech.Eng. (with High Honors), Univ. of Arkansas, 1964

Tau Beta Pi, Pi Tau Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon honorary societies; Registered Prof Engineer

HONORS:

Five USAF Meritorious Achievement/Commendation Medals

Ten refereed Journal articles; Reviewer for Applied Mechanics Review and ASME

Elected to honorary Arkansas Academy of Mechanical Engineering

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