STEVE TICE

**** ***** ***** ******, *** Diego, CA 92109 • 619-***-**** • ac9tgh@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Management Executive

ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY DESIGN • NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT P&L MANAGEMENT • OPERATIONS • CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS • INNOVATION P R O F I L E

Offer 20+ years’ experience in state-of-the-art technology, interactive entertainment, software development, project management, operations management, product development, and marketing.

Excel at leading creative, business, managerial, and technical teams to achieve and exceed goals.

Proficiency in technical design, engineering, and development of products and tools spanning aerospace, hybrid and electric vehicles, video game systems, digital animation, web apps, 3D graphics, and more.

Developed groundbreaking software, content, and tools for industry giants such as Nike, P&G, AT&T, Hasbro, Sci-Fi Channel, Northrop, Nintendo, IBM, and Rockwell International.

Astute, decisive, and able to translate executive leadership expertise to multiple business sectors.

Leverage advanced technical acumen to establish credibility with prospective new clients or partners.

Possess dynamic communication, negotiation and relationship management skills, with talent for defining and capitalizing on client needs.

Insightful, resourceful, and adept at leading development and execution of high-impact marketing and business development strategies to achieve specific company objectives.

Considerable expertise in strategic planning, resource optimization, and P&L management.

Able to inspire high-performance teams to achieve aggressive revenue and profit goals.

Highly skilled at connecting with, inspiring, and managing people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Excel at defining, developing, and collaboratively guiding business strategy and company direction.

Details of publications, presentations, and patents provided upon request. P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

QuantumWorks Corporation (QWC) San Diego, CA, 1993 to Present CTO, CDO, President

Spearhead full-scope business operations encompassing project management, business plan development, market research, new application/product design, client management, and new product prototyping.

Co-founded EVDrive Inc. (2011 to 2018) and served as COO for start-up which generated $4M in sales; helmed major projects to pioneer design and development of powersports industry AWD e-UTV tech demonstrator, and first AWD hybrid 6x6 AWD electric powertrain for Nikola Motor Co.

Served in numerous other C-level consulting leadership roles for innovative products such as electric vehicle components, drones, engines, electric aircraft, and more.

Mentored, advised, and guided more than a dozen start-ups for UCSD Connect as an ‘Entrepreneur in Residence’ to acquire funding, refine products, and fine-tune business strategy and execution plans.

Championed new advertising pre-visualization ‘ConceptMaster/SpotMaster’ system for Procter & Gamble, and presented business plan to senior executives at P&G in partnership with Saatchi & Saatchi.

Conceived, designed, and led development of character animation-based Olympic Sports game called

‘Cybercathlon’ contracted by Modem-Media for AT&T WorldNet.

Methodically and efficiently project-managed performance animation and motion capture-based character animation projects for TV, web, and special effects initiatives.

Awarded Top 100 "Top Media Producers" award from A/V Video Multimedia Producer Magazine for design and development work on Cybercathlon game and new authoring tool from QWC: ‘Geppetto’. Extreme MotorSports, San Diego, CA, 2004 to 2007

General Manager & Owner

Directed operations within company which serviced and modified exotic cars, and devised strategic plans to incorporate hybrid electric sports/super cars.

Introduced web-based WorldPac warehouse parts system, realizing profitability after second month. Simulis, LLC, Culver City, CA, 2003

Vice President, Production & Operations

Successfully streamlined, simplified, and improved production and technology processes after only four months to prepare company for Series B VC investment.

Nearly doubled production output, dramatically elevated staff morale, and nearly eliminated all non-revenue producing projects from production backlog.

Viewpoint Corporation, New York City, NY, 2000 to 2002 VP, Special Projects & External Production

Headed all facets of development operations for new vertical business applications of Viewpoint visualization technology, such as digital shoe sampling system for Nike.

Developed strategic plans and participated in contract negotiations with facilities worldwide to produce Viewpoint-based 3D digital content in vertical applications.

Delegated tasks to R&D teams, and functioned as creative director of computer/video game projects.

Analyzed product development lifecycles, conducted market research, and designed new visualization- based applications which reduced time to market, improved product designs, and slashed expenses.

Masterminded business plans for cutting-edge applications which would substantially reduce online apparel return costs through better-fit sizing technology. Virtual Celebrity Productions, Los Angeles, CA, 1997 to 1999 CTO, COO, CDO

Governed all aspects of company operations including technical operations, team leadership, research, budgeting, project coordination, staffing/hiring, goal setting, and competitive positioning.

Shepherded cohesive and highly qualified teams across functional areas such as R&D of new photo-real digital human creation system, animation production, interactive live performance animation production, and web-based 3D celebrity animation production.

Lauded by digital animation industry experts for design and implementation of digital cloning system prototype based on closed-loop animation processing, offering excellent potential to vastly improve quality and minimize costs for gaming, advertising, and TV/film content creation.

Designed, coordinated, and led development of first photo-realistic, 3D virtual celebrity, ‘WC Fields’. Additional Experience:

Executive Producer, Director, Project Manager

Hasbro Toys, Pawtucket, RI

Supervisor, Vehicle Designer

Rockwell International, Advanced Computer Graphics Design & Simulation Group, Downey, CA

*** Winner of ‘Engineer of the Year’ award, and multiple ‘Division Engineer of the Month’ awards E D U C A T I O N

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

ME, Aeronautical Engineering

BS, Aeronautical Engineering

Minors in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Graphics & Management

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