Objective
International Marketing and Project/Product Manager with offshore submarine construction, commercial diving, life support electronics and mechanical device/systems design, business and technical leadership, strong communications skills and 15 years of progressive promotions and International experience.
Experience
Product Marketing Manager, Cellular Systems, Skyworks Solutions Inc, Irvine CA; 1999 to 2007
Provide Customer and Product Marketing Management for multi-million dollar International systems and semiconductor device development, production and sales.
• Defined, tracked and insured planning completion of revenue commitments resulting in up to $15 million quarterly sales.
• Complete cellular semiconductor systems & device development proposals and contracts, resulting in an International customer base supporting $100 million in annual sales.
• Complete semiconductor design acceptance and provide design & production technical issue leadership, resulting in over 1 million annual international chipsets shipments.
• Direct engineering and manufacturing teams for cellular handset semiconductor production schedules, issue resolution and supplier guidance, resulting in achieving quarterly revenue plans.
• Perform cellular electronics market & data analysis and complete semiconductor device cost and pricing reviews.
• Provide cellular semiconductor product presentations and customer electronic design project reviews.
Life Support Project Manager, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space; Sunnyvale, CA; 1996 to 1999
Lead Project Engineer and Manager responsible for space flight life support systems development.
• Defined and designed astronaut spaceflight life support systems, emergency breathing systems and operational procedures, developed supplier relationships and hardware & software delivery schedules resulting in project definition.
• Managed electronics and mechanical engineering teams for the development, manufacture and test of analog and digital data collection systems, resulting in completion and spaceflight of NOAA and USAF weather satellites.
• Completed electronic circuit and avionics systems test, integration, analysis, report generation, and personnel and repair coordination resulting in the spaceflight of multiple NOAA and USAF weather satellite avionics packages.
• Provided technical leadership and qualification reporting for multiple avionics packages resulting in NOAA, NASA and USAF spacecraft certification.
Spaceflight Life Support Systems Project Lead, KRUG Life Sciences; Houston, Texas; 1992 to 1996
Completed project leadership, engineering, electronic & mechanical hardware design, test and integration of astronaut life support systems for spaceflight aboard NASA Space Shuttle and Space Station.
• Designed and tested electronic and mechanical life support equipment resulting in integration within NASA's Space Station and Space Shuttle.
• Designed biomedical & voice data command and telemetry architectures resulting in NASA medical electronics subsystem approval.
• Directed and performed spaceflight electronic and mechanical life support systems design testing in NASA aircraft, high pressure and zero-gravity environments and water test facilities, resulting in NASA hardware certification.
• Developed and managed harsh environment life support hardware & systems development contracts and agreements with International and domestic partners resulting in systems integration within Russian spacecraft.
Spaceflight Hardware Project Lead, Lockheed Missiles & Space; Houston, TX; 1989 to 1992
Managed electronic and mechanical engineering teams for development, manufacture and test of astronaut hyperbaric and human life support systems designed for NASA's International Space Station.
• Provided technical life support and diving systems leadership on multiple astronaut life support development projects.
• Specified, designed and tested mechanical & electronic circuits, communications and data hardware for space station spacesuits, biomedical data monitoring, astronaut airlocks and respiratory life support breathing systems.
• Completed integration, analysis, electronic test, report generation, personnel coordination and repair coordination.
• Defined & completed electronics design requirements, proposals, and contracts including technical and financial terms.
Commercial Deep Sea Diving Subcontractor, Worldwide Corporations; Worldwide Locations; 1979 to 1986
General Offshore Oilfield Project Management and Construction
• Completed worldwide offshore construction management functions including dive team supervisor, commercial diving deck operations lead and seismic survey shift supervisor, using all forms of offshore vessels and sub sea construction and survey equipment resulting in platform and subsea project completions.
• Performed seismic survey electronics field engineering using analog and digital data acquisition systems including magnetometers, side-scan sonar and 1-mile streamer cables, resulting in oil deposit mapping sales.
• Performed offshore platform and pipeline tie-in construction and repair using all forms of offshore marine vessels.
Submarine Construction
• Performed Professional Deep Sea Diving with international corporations for the construction and inspection of worldwide offshore oil platforms and submarine systems and installations, including telecommunications installations.
• Performed professional diving beyond 500 feet of seawater using all advanced forms of professional deep sea diving equipment and technology including surface supplied mixed gas, bell bounce and saturation diving.
Submarine Life Support & ROV Systems Design
• Performed electronic and mechanical installation, calibration, systems test, service and operation of all forms of subsea intervention systems including: commercial deep sea mixed gas saturation diving life support systems, heliox mixers, gas reclaim systems, communications, hyperbarics and medical life support systems; remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and One-Atmosphere diving systems such as ARMS-Bell, JIM, WASP and Delta submersibles.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electronics Engineering
DeVry Institute of Technology, Phoenix, Arizona
Honors: GPA 3.4, Majored in Telecommunications and Electronic Systems Design, National Deans List, DeVry Institute Dean's List, Elected Official of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Professional Mixed Gas Deep Sea Diving Theory and Operations Technical Diploma
Coastal School of Deep Sea Diving; Oakland, California
•Honors: Top 5 percentile honor student.
•Major Courses: Medical Hyperbarics and Diving Physics, and Professional Mixed Gas Diving Theory.
•Completed deep sea breathing systems and hyperbaric equipment operations theory and repair courses.
•Completed in-water deep sea diving courses using mixed gas and air breathing systems.
•Completed hyperbaric life support operations courses for standard/ emergency decompression operations.
Certification
•Executive Marketing Development Diploma, University of California, Irvine, California
•Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Training, Skyworks Solutions, Irvine, California
•Project Management Training; Lockheed Missiles & Space
•Command and Telemetry Systems Training; NASA, Houston, Texas
•Electronics Training; United States Navy, New Orleans
•Medical Human Factors And Physiology Training; University of Houston, Houston, Texas
•Emergency Medical Life Support Training (AM-EMT); NASA, Houston, Texas
Skils
Highly competent with all standard Product and Project Management tools and processes