Director Engineering

PHILIP MA RKGRAF

818-***-**** *********@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Forward-thinking So0ware Leader with a proven history of delivering fast-paced, 8mely, on-budget, high quality products. Proven exper8se leading all aspects of product development cycle from defini8on to delivery and support across broad markets.

SKILLS

LANGUAGES

C++, LINUX, UNIX, PYTHON, JAVA, Assembly, Lua, Clojure, Python, Java, C# SOFTWARE TOOLS

AGILE – Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Con8nuous Delivery (CI/CD); unit tes8ng, acceptance tes8ng, Test-Driven Development

(TDD/BDD), test automa8on; func8onal programming, object-oriented programming, design pa[erns; requirements management, systems engineering, Domain-Driven Design (DDD)

WORK HISTORY

DIRECTOR 09/2019 to Current

Georg Fischer Signet – El Monte, CA

• Implemented a collabora8on centered team process, increasing team delivery pace six-fold.

• Took an organiza8on that failed to deliver a product for the previous two years and delivered seven product releases in fibeen months, crea8ng over 10 million USD in new annual revenue.

• Lead improvements of exis8ng products, cucng the reliability incidents in one product by more than 85%.

• Created ins8tu8onal trust in R&D and a happy, engaged team. DIRECTOR 02/2019 to 07/2019

Auspion – Pasadena, CA

• Delivered product firmware on-8me for cri8cal demonstra8on, providing leadership and hands-on code development.

• Introduced test-driven development, revealing significant memory and concurrency issues, while crea8ng hardware independence.

DIRECTOR 04/2018 to 12/2018

Neural AnalyJcs – Santa Monica, CA

• Revitalized the sobware process, drama8cally improving delivery speed and product quality.

• Improvements enabled a 5x sales increase.

• Up8me grew at least 10x and bug count shrank to near zero.

• Delivered first on-8me sobware releases in company history.

• Safety-Cri8cal Medical

• Online Commerce

• Robo8cs

• Machine Vision

• Aerospace

• Storage

• Electrical Engineering

• Storage Automa8on

DIRECTOR 12/2009 to 11/2017

Vyaire Medical – Yorba Linda, CA

• Leading developers crea8ng a new cri8cal-care ven8lator.

• Involved in all aspects of planning, scheduling, architec8ng, implemen8ng and tes8ng the design.

• Created a unique func8onal-programming-based GUI framework.

• Data-driven approach allows the GUI to support new ven8la8on features with zero GUI code-changes.

• Implemented a lightweight development process, maximizing value of regulatory suppor8ng byproducts, while minimizing costly overhead and interrup8on.

• Created con8nuous delivery environment, using highly automated tes8ng to deliver release-ready code each day.

• Integrated teams from mul8ple corporate heritages into a cohesive "new company" iden8ty.

• Built a posi8ve and encouraging “team-room” environment.

• Developed an engineering training program, and a highly successful intern program. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LEADER (CONTRACTOR) 02/2009 to 11/2009 CEO So0centers – Irvine, CA

• Performed hands-on project management and leading other project managers for a global team with developers in California, China and Malaysia and QA in India, China and Illinois. DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT 07/2007 to 11/2008

Passenger – Los Angeles, CA

• Shibed organiza8on to Agile Development, improving delivery 8melines and quality.

• Defined all prac8ces.

• Trained and coached team, refining processes and propaga8ng best prac8ces.

• Managed Quality Assurance, leading groups in the U.S.

• And Philippines.

• Created frameworks for tes8ng front and back-end.

• Formed strong 8es across geographically dispersed teams. MANAGER 11/2004 to 07/2007 8/1993 to 5/2001

Quantum – Irvine, CA

• Ini8ated use of Extreme Programing across three sobware organiza8ons.

• Coached teams during adop8on and provided ongoing mentoring; Led a team in two states.

• Created sobware for robo8c mo8on control.

MANAGER 09/2003 to 10/2004

EvoluJon RoboJcs – Pasadena, CA

• Led development of an SDK with industry-leading object recogni8on and naviga8on features.

• Supervised development team, implemented code, defined requirements and schedule. PRINCIPAL ENGINEER SCIENTIST 02/2002 to 09/2003

Boeing – Long Beach, CA

• Led development of Common Test Language avionics valida8on tool for the C-130 Avionics Moderniza8on Program, valida8ng tested code against a DOORS requirements database. ENGINEERING MANAGER 06/2001 to 01/2002

SimpleTech – Santa Ana, CA

• Assumed leadership of firmware and electrical engineering teams, trained and mo8vated engineers, and created a new project development plan to meet aggressive release schedule. EDUCATION

California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

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