These are just few projects and product development
efforts in my portfolio.
Gooch and Housego - Orlando
(formerly Optronic Laboratories, Inc. and ChromoDynamics, Inc.): As Senior Vice-President, Life
Sciences and Instrumentation, Business Development (Vice-President,
Marketing and Sales), I have been responsible not only for
day to day management of our world-wide
sales organization, marketing strategy and driving revenue growth year
over year, but
also for shaping the product development strategy and road map. In order to
grow beyond our core scientific and academic constituency, I targeted
and drove innovations for new market sectors in OEM, product test,
imaging and life sciences. This has included exhaustive market and technical
research involving expert surveys and competitive analysis and
formulated detailed revenue models and business plans.
The OL 490 Agile Light Source and HSi-300
Hyperspectral Imaging System are two examples of our successful entry into
these new markets with completely new to world products. The
OL 490 Agile Light Source
utilizes Texas Instruments’ innovative Digital Light Processor
technology (DLP®)
to offer a programmable and variable high intensity and high resolution
spectral output. Capable of producing emissions at a single wavelength
or broad spectrum, steady state or varying with time it delivers an
unprecedented level of flexibility and speed to a wide range of
scientific and technical applications including: chemometrics
and hazardous materials detection, forensics and biosciences imaging and
instrument/detector spectral response calibration (see video below).
Also, check out what the University of Texas, Arlington is doing with
the OL 490 here!
The HSi-300 Hyperspectral
Imaging System featured a patented acousto-optic tunable filter (AOTF)
imaging module. This technology fulfills the promise of multispectral
and hyperspectral imaging through unmatched spectral flexibility and
switching speed. The HSi-300
incoporated an integrated EMCCD scientific camera, AOTF-based spectral
filter system, instrument driver and control module and a powerful,
intuitive image capture and hyperspectral analysis software suite. A
number of fluorescence microscopy research techniques benefit from the
speed and resolution of ChromoDynamics hyperspectral imaging technology:immunohistochemistry, quantum dots
(Q-Dots), fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) , fluorescence
resonance energy transfer (FRET) spectral karyotyping (SKY)and
remote sensing.
The second
generation HSi-440 introduced an innovative real-time spectral unmixing
capability in its application software making it possible for the first
time for spectral imaging analysis (i.e. identification of species
present) at near video rates!
ITT Industries (Cannon), Various Motorola Programs:
As World-Wide Product Manager for Metal Dome Arrays, I worked with leaders
in the wireless telecommunication industry to define our product roadmap for
electronic user interface technologies to match their vision for their
future products. Amongst them was Motorola whose innovative designs redefine
fashion in consumer electronics while breaking technical barriers in the
process. In RAZR handset program we worked extensively with Motorola and our
suppliers to integrate various electronic component technologies into the
industry's most dramatically compact user interface ever: 50% thinner than
conventional solutions with more consistent performance and lower assembly
costs.
Newport Corporation Advanced Manufacturing System
AutoAlign (AMS-AA): The AMS-AA was the next generation alignment
platform design for passive wave-guide devices. The AMS-AA utilized a
completely new alignment engine and added advanced machine vision and
materials handling capabilities in a production-ready platform for the
optical telecommunications device manufacturer market. As the Product
Manager and Program Manager, I authored new product
development, business, marketing and sales plans for this landmark product.
This included the prototype system integration schedule, marketing
requirements document, go-to-market plan and market analysis. At
Newport I also lead the effort on several custom integrated solutions for
key strategic accounts including alignment and laser welding platforms for
Lucent Technologies / Agere. I worked with a multi-disciplinary team
involving production, engineering, marketing and sales resources. The
product was rolled out on time and on
budget.
Honeywell International, Boeing 737 Next Generation
Electrical Power Distribution System (EPDS): The EPDS was a
milestone for Boeing and Honeywell, as it was the first time the airframe
manufacturer had outsourced this component. Moreover, the Next
Generation 737 represented a key revenue stream for Boeing as it was a
staple of the growing domestic carrier market (Southwest and Americas
West). As Senior Project Engineer I was the design authority
for this key aircraft subsystem, responsible for
the design of products including: performance verification and reliability
assessment, definition of technical requirement, proposal development and
ensuring conformance to those requirements from concept to the end product.
I also led the technical interface with customers and regulatory agencies (FAA,
Transport Canada) and field support efforts. I managed multi-disciplinary technical
project design and production teams to meet a $20M p.a. target (Boeing 737 Next
Generation). One of my key objectives as Senior Project Engineer was
to lead a value engineering initiative for this product. The result
was a reduction in cost of over 30% and increased reliability that addressed
a critical failure mode. This success was accomplished through the use
of innovative materials and design and incredible teamwork. My team
would later present this achievement at the Honeywell "Quest for
Excellence" Event. I was also involved in various other product
development efforts at Honeywell including: emergency locator
transmitters (ELTs) and aircraft window heating systems. Honeywell is a ISO
9000/Total Quality environment.
Optech Inc., Airborne Laser Terrain Mapper (ALTM)
1025: The 1025 represented an incredible feat of engineering and
commitment and was state-of-the-art for the industry in its time.
Laser digital terrain mappers are on the vanguard of the survey technology
market, reducing the time required to map an area from months to
hours. With a dual mirror scanning system and data acquisition rates
twice as fast anything else that had come before it, the ALTM 1025 broke new
records. The project was also a success for our young team, which
although recruited 3 months late into the contract was able to pull the
entire project back on track and deliver on time and under budget to a very
critical Japanese client involved in power line mapping in Asia. The
project was an undisputed success. As the Project Lead and Manager, I
was responsible for scheduling, budgeting, and
management of this multi-disciplinary technical project team for this and a variety of
other mapping projects, each at the $1M level. My work included opto-mechanical and system engineering,
design, testing, documentation, field installation and operator training
(see me below in the chopper).
As a Project Scientist at Optech, I was also responsible for the optical design of
atmospheric lidar systems and led proposal development and negotiation
phases for those programs and was responsible for development,
testing and documentation of laser-bathymeter systems for waterway depth
measurement. I was involved with sales and marketing, strategic business development and
subcontractor management.
