C O R E Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S

• Engineering Management: 25+ years of research and development engineering expertise with 20+ years in leadership roles with experience leading multi-million-dollar projects that have consistently led to innovations in new or existing products

• Product Lifecycle Management: Developed and launched 10+ new products and dozens of new components designed to solve real-world problems, overseeing the projects from market analysis and design through launch

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Capable of working across complex global networks in large organizations to determine product needs, design new products, improvements, or enhancements, and seamlessly integrate product development with business functions, such as sales and marketing

• Operational Efficiency: Highly skilled implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies to reduce costs and increase efficiency across teams, products, and lab operations

• Team Building and Development: Adept at building and motivating large, diverse teams comprised of scientists and engineers with a variety of specialties from across the world

• Patents and Publications: 26 patents and 6 publications; full list available upon request P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E

DIRECTOR, ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY GROUP Xerox Global Research 2013-Present

• Oversee device innovation focused on differentiated technology and cost advantages in document printing, package printing, and additive manufacturing

• Manage 50+ scientists and engineers responsible for concepting, designing, and maturing new products with specialized teams made up of physicists, chemists, material scientists, and electrical, mechanical, and software engineers

• Spearhead the development of new product concepts and identify technological needs of the design

• Create product budgets and schedules, including gaining executive buy-in Key Projects and Contributions

• Currently overseeing the design and launch of the company’s first 3D printer

• Currently developing printers for the packaging market, the target market with the largest growth potential

• Initiated and launched the company’s highest selling production inkjet printer, which has the #1 market share in its class PROJECT LEAD, INTELLIGENT SENSING FOR TRANSPORTATION Xerox Innovations Group 2010-2013

• Led an interdisciplinary team of 20 researchers from Xerox Research Centers across 3 locations responsible for maturing and delivering multiple technologies for the transportation department with a focus on fostering an innovation-centric culture

• Oversaw the product lifecycle from concept through delivery, including staffing, resource allocation, and value chain

• Managed the department’s $10M budget

• Developed close working relationships with Chief Technology Officers of various business units to facilitate collaboration on project proposals, customer requirements, and deliverables Key Projects and Contributions

• Spearheaded the growth of the company’s transportation services business through several innovative new products, including license plate recognition, vehicle occupancy detection, photo enforcement, vehicle classification, and parking occupancy detection

• Presented new technologies to key potential clients such as the New Jersey Turnpike Toll Authority, San Diego Association of Government, California Department of Transportation, and European Rail Authorities, among many others TECHNICAL AREA MANAGER, APPLIED SYSTEMS AREA Xerox Innovations Group 2009-2010

• Managed a group of 11 researchers with backgrounds in electronics, control systems, sensing, and imaging

• Supported department personnel through management and technical expertise to achieve their deliverables

• Mentored and developed team members, including creating promotion packages for high-performing contributors Key Projects and Contributions

• Developed and delivered the next generation automation and control system used across the company’s product lines

• Implemented a “systems thinking” mentality to imaging, sensing, controls, and analytics in the devices and services space

• Reduced lab operating costs by over $100K by optimizing facilities usages and reducing software licensing costs ABU ISLAM

585-***-**** adi4kz@r.postjobfree.com Rochester, NY

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND

ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT EXPERT

PROGRAM MANAGER, ADVANCED MARKING SYSTEMS Xerox Innovations Group 2008-2009

• Oversaw the Advanced Marking Systems program, which was responsible for reducing run costs by developing long-life marking technologies using a synergistic combination hardware, materials, and control systems solutions

• Managed a team of 15+ researchers in Xerox Research Center across 2 countries Key Projects and Contributions

• Reduced runs costs by 10% to 30% in a variety of products

• Implemented sensors that monitored machine wear and directed the control system to adjust process parameters to reduce the effects of wear and increase the life of various components like photoreceptors, BCR rolls, and fuser rolls, which had applications across the company’s photoreceptor technology and image-based controls methodologies

• Established collaborative relationships between Xerox and Fuji Xerox Researchers that resulted in cross-center visits by researchers to exchange technical developments

PROJECT LEAD Xerox Innovations Group 2005-2008

• Oversaw 2 major projects, including budget development, staffing and team leadership, scheduling, planning, resource allocation, and the development and monitoring of project success metrics

• Led a benchmarking project on printed images from 10+ printers to determine performance capability of printers in comparison with competitor products, identify deficiencies, and recommend design improvements

• Oversaw a project to demonstrate the applicability of tightly integrated parallel printing (TIPP) concepts in production monochrome architectures with a team of 10+ technical Research Center staff and the production printing business group Key Projects and Contributions

• Developed a Lean Six Sigma automatic registration methodology for the monochrome production printer architecture that resulted in quicker registration convergence with better accuracy, reducing registration errors from 600 microns to less than 200 microns; methodologies was subsequently deployed for testing the performance of printers in the entire production line

• Designed, built, and integrated a technology prototype fixture on-time, with required flexibility, data acquisition, and performance to enable the development of first of a kind printing system

• Demonstrated feasibility of 288ppm printing with redundancy and developed latitude boundaries and failure modes, which passed technology readiness, product development, and led to a successful launch of a new product, all within 18 months LEAD SUBSYSTEMS ENGINEER, SOLID INK PROGRAM Xerox Innovations Group 2001-2004

• Oversaw the development of subsystem technologies for the office-class solid ink printer platform

• Led a team of 5 researchers and business group engineers through the design and development lifecycle Key Projects and Contributions

• Developed a print head motion subsystem, pixel placement algorithms and methodologies, and drum maintenance sub- system technologies, maturing the technologies through technology readiness, which led to the successful launch of a new product

LEAD ENGINEER, ENTRY PRODUCTION Xerox Innovations Group 1999-2000

• Led a project to demonstrate the viability of extending the productivity of a family of 10 entry-level production printers

• Transferred knowledge and lessons learned from tandem projects created by the company’s Japanese team to a prototype Key Projects and Contributions

• Developed print process technologies for increased productivity within the existing footprint by reducing component size, increasing component efficiency, and enabling the control systems to run in unstable conditions

• Developed strong working relationships between U.S. and Fuji Xerox, Japan Researchers, leading to a new U.S.-based prototype and the successful development of DC8000 class of entry production printers in Japan E D U C A T I O N

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

• Specialization in Mechatronics Systems

MASTER OF SCIENCE, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Michigan Technological University BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology C E R T I F I C A T I O N S

Design for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning ABU ISLAM 585-***-**** adi4kz@r.postjobfree.com Rochester, NY

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