Nashville Metropolitan Area
Customer driven engineering professional offering solid experience in the product management, marketing, and application of industrial automation and network infrastructure solutions. Strategic and analytic problem solver adept at assessing risk and focusing on the big picture. Outstanding ability to lead and coordinate teams. Exceptional presentation, written and oral communication skills.
Pre-sales and post-sales support for industrial network applications with emphasis on Layer 2, Layer 3, Wireless, Remote Connectivity, Redundancy, and Security. • Designing and configuring wired networks using Layer 2 and Layer 3 technologies. • Modeling and site surveying indoor and outdoor complex WiFi networks. • Diagnosing/troubleshooting industrial wired and wireless networks using both proprietary and industry standard tools. • Collaborating with product management and marketing to deliver customer feedback and product improvement suggestions supported by volume impact analysis. • Implementing secure and simple remote connectivity solutions. • Developing material and delivering lunch and learns/hands-on-workshops/multi-day trainings.
US Product Marketing Manager for RUGGEDCOM brand of utility grade switches, routers, WiMAX wireless devices, and software solutions. Drove demand for RUGGEDCOM products and services for the utility, rail, traffic, and defense markets by proactively leading all product marketing initiatives. • Designed and executed marketing campaigns to support key business unit initiatives • Directed regional marketing activities and messaging for all new product launches • Formulated pricing strategies that directly support our G2M model • Oversee the development of sales tools and collateral • Authored framework agreements and offers for distribution and solution partners • Presented my product portfolio and G2M strategy to our industrial sales force and partners
Principal Manager and subject matter expert of charging station hardware and SAAS solutions in a Siemens startup business for the North American Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (EVI) market. • Wrote complete voice of customer product specification and requirements documents • Interfaced with R&D to ensure features, cost targets, and schedule met market requirements • Calculated consistent and profitable pricing strategies for channels and direct customers • Created effective value propositions, fighting guides, and collateral for the sales team • Managed warehouse inventory mix to align with sales forecasts • Maintained a current competitive landscape •.Presented solutions and product roadmap to customers • Composed primary technical and commercial language for RFP and RFI responses • Reported on standards developments, legal and policy proceedings, and market developments • Promoted and represented our solution offering at industry trade show and task force events • Authored and presented papers for trade and media publications
Managed technical, financial, and commercial aspects of paint shop robot automation projects in the automotive market. Coordinated all related tasks and resources including contractors from inception through final installation and customer buy-off. Tracked all costs and collected revenue per contractual milestones. Ensured on-site certification to system specification.
Project Manager for warehouse automation projects. Led multi-functional teams to execute software development and on-site commissioning of warehouse automation projects per customers specification.
Lead proposal development for systems integration projects in process automation.
Software programming in C and dBase4 to support the engineering department for conveying applications.