Michael Antin

SUMMARY

Adaptive project management skills key to successful delivery using a team-oriented and decisive leadership style

Experience managing geographically distributed teams

A change agent and collaborative, cross-functional team leader implementing creative, new ideas and novel approaches to energize teams of all sizes in technology R&D organizations with significant domain expertise in highly regulated industries, notably medical devices, and healthcare management software specifically EMR/EHRs. EXPERIENCES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Full Spectrum Software, Southborough, MA 2020 to 2024 ISO 13485 certified software engineering consulting and development Project Manager (2020 to 2023)

Project Management Contractor (2023 to 2024)

Recent accomplishments include leading development teams in several collaborative initiatives directing resources from Full Spectrum and its client’s engineering teams.

One company that offers Electronic Health Record technology was focused on achieving standards compliance.

A second project for a medical device company engaged Full Spectrum to develop firmware and software for their novel infusion pump technology. The management of this project relied on my experience with R&D initiatives in a regulated industry – accountable for schedule and budget along with risk management assessment and mitigation.

Exceptional delivery track record including blood analysis and plasma collection projects both released on time

Led Full Spectrum’s team to re-factor the embedded software for a major medical device manufacturer for a next generation surgical robotic system.

Managed Full Spectrum’s engineers designing and developing wound care treatment systems with two different clients.

Most of my projects have entailed standards compliant documentation in preparation for 510k submissions to the FDA.

Altran IPD (Formerly Foliage Systems), Burlington, MA 2014 to 2020 Innovative Product Development and technology R&D consulting Technical Project Manager (2014 to 2020)

Key Accomplishments: I led a large cross-functional team to enhance and re-launch several class 3 cardiac defibrillator products for a globally recognized medical device manufacturer. In this most rewarding role, I managed the re-design work of host and embedded software, hardware, and systems quality engineers. I was recognized for effective decision-making and responsible for keeping several high intensity programs on track.

Worked with clients to manage project scope, frequently define system requirements, and coordinate the team’s execution of deliverables. On all projects, I communicated with Altran’s clients and collaborated with Altran technical staff to develop project plans and track cost, resources and delivery estimates. As the project manager, I have consistently Michael Antin 2

dealt with technical challenges, kept budget and schedule progress in balance and mitigated risks. On numerous projects, I have authored and/or reviewed key design control process documents.

Led a software centric cross-functional team supporting complex medical diagnostic CT imaging systems.

Worked with client’s team to certify a custom designed test fixture to automate what was previously a set of manual test scripts to verify the performance of the manufacturer’s next generation insulin pump.

Checkerboard Ltd, West Boylston, MA 2009 to 2014

Internet technology-focused event communications products and services Director, Technology (2009 to 2014)

Champion of agile employing scrum methodologies. Transformed Checkerboard’s software development practices instituted for continual process improvement of existing services and the adoption of agile techniques with positive productivity impact across the enterprise.

As the manager of Checkerboard’s IT department, I led both the applications development team and the IT operations staff responsible for the design and development of the company’s ecommerce web sites. Oversaw hosting of an onsite data center with a mix of Microsoft and Linux servers.

Accountable as project manager for all major technology initiatives including re-build of the B2C site, eInvite.com, using Java and open-source technologies. Fostered teamwork across IT operations & software development teams employing DevOps techniques.

Successfully executed major overhaul of Checkerboard’s infrastructure to achieve never- before-realized system stability and up times for 7/24 ecommerce web sites. Oversaw virtualization of 80 servers and achieved dramatic savings through gains in business efficiency with outsourced system stabilization projects

Introduced ITIL framework to redefine and improve company’s continual service improvement effectiveness. Instituted adoption of service management processes focused on incident, change and request management.

EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MS in Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, MA Thesis: Performance Tuning of Databases MS in Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (Teaching Assistant at Amherst College) BA in Physics, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL Executive Development Program, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH RECENT PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS and TOOLS

Waterfall Project Management, Agile Project Management, Risk Management, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio), Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Project, Jira, Microsoft Dev Ops

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I demonstrate leadership by setting a good example for the technical staff to follow, with enthusiasm for my work, professionalism at all times, and constantly striving for technical excellence. I establish respect through the development of trust in my co- workers and achieve collective success by assigning appropriate levels of responsibility to each person on our team. Finally, and foremost, I cultivate a spirit of accomplishment through effective communications and proven project management processes. I have led complex and highly visible projects for several globally recognized medical device companies. I directed a cross functional team of 30+ technical staff to hit an aggressive re-launch date on time, addressing mission critical quality improvements. I have a strong mix of software engineering, project management, and operations experience that gives me a balanced technical project management perspective. I have a reputation for developing effective and measurable plans to deliver - with a passion for innovative product design, customer satisfaction and desired business results. The energy, passion, and creativity I bring to every task punctuate my commitment to excellence as a leader of people, process, and technology, instituting best practices, adopting new technologies and introducing agile techniques with positive impact across the enterprise. Where necessary, I have employed hybrid agile methods respectful of regulated medical processes.

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