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SR. ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LEADER
Executive Summary

Accomplished senior engineering leader, successful in building and motivating dynamic teams. Cultivates a company culture in which staff members feel comfortable voicing questions and concerns, as well as contributing new ideas that drive company growth. Extensive experience in driving innovation, change and delivering successful products and technologies in global multinational companies within various industries including energy, medical instrumentation, life safety and security.

Core Qualifications
  • Cross-functional team management
  • Staff development
  • Strategy planning
  • Effective communication
  • Skilled negotiator
  • Complex problem solving
  • Risk management
  • Change management
Professional Experience
Fire Safety Solutions - UTC Building & Industrial Systems Niskayuna, NY Sr. Engineering & Technology Leader 01/2014 to Current
  • Managed a team of forty five professionals responsible for a portfolio of over 100 life safety products and accessories globally.
  • Setup an innovation process for the Fire Safety Solutions business (FSS). Organized and facilitated a successful FSS technology strategy development session.
  • Directed strategic initiatives to develop a focused technology road-map and secured $2.8M in corporate R&D funding for key FSS projects.
  • Successfully executed a $9M engineering program portfolio and delivered key products and technologies to customers on time and within budget.
Fire Protection Systems - Building and Industrial Systems Colorado Springs, CO Global Engineering & Technology Manager 03/2013 to 01/2014
  • Managed an engineering organization of 35 professionals.
  • Directed all R&D and engineering disciplines responsible for the design and quality of a global product portfolio of more than 95 life safety detection and notification products for commercial and residential applications sold on four continents.
  • Directed company initiatives to modernize engineering and business processes as well as all R&D labs, in order to bring all R&D centers for detection products from ACE Silver level to ACE Gold level with schedule efficiency higher than 95%, budget efficiency higher than 95%, product cost efficiency higher than 98%, 0 health and safety incidents record and no significant error escapes to the field.
  • Executed several complex programs to develop fire safety detection platforms for key customers generating upwards of $55M in incremental revenues in the first 3 years after launch.
Kidde Residential & Commercial Niskayuna, NY Global Engineering Manager & Site Leader 07/2008 to 03/2013
  • Managed an engineering team of 29 professionals responsible for the design, development, maintenance, value engineering and quality on more than 50 residential life safety products sold globally.
  • Directed strategic initiatives to bring the Kidde detection engineering centers from ACE Bronze performance level to ACE Silver performance level with program schedule efficiency higher than 90%, budget efficiency higher than 95%, product cost efficiency higher than 96%, 0 health and safety incidents record and no engineering escapes to the field.
  • Developed an innovation process to develop technologies that feed into the product development pipeline. Captured new business opportunities worth more than $25M as a result in 2012.
  • Drove business initiatives to integrate new Product Life Management software and new quality and CRM software across engineering, manufacturing and marketing sites globally.
  • Surpassed new revenue and cost reduction goals in four consecutive years.
Global Research Center - General Electric Niskayuna, NY Program Manager 04/2003 to 06/2008

  • Initiated, funded and led several key R&D programs with a total budget of $2-4M.
  • Developed new technologies which enabled: airport security products (MEMS Raman spectrometer, nano-particle carbon monoxide sensor), health monitoring products (non-invasive blood glucose meter, photo-acoustic medical imager), industrial and commercial sensing solutions (gas and humidity sensing, boiler bio-fouling detector, holographic data storage), defense and military sensing solutions (micro gas chromatograph).
  • Directed a cross-functional team to define and execute a coordinated research vision across multiple organizations and labs in chemical and biological detection. Created and maintained technology roadmaps in this area.
  • Participated in several due diligence efforts to validate business acquisitions for GE Sensing, Security and Healthcare.
Global Research Center - General Electric Niskayuna, NY Senior Scientist 02/2002 to 04/2003
  • Developed new technologies for several GE businesses.
  • Developed a strong IP portfolio (40 filed and pending, 22 granted) in key technology areas (MEMS, Sensing, Photonics, Nanotechnology).
  • Published scientific and engineering articles in reputable journals (20 articles in peer reviewed journals).
Education
Ph.D: Materials Physics 2002 SUNY , Binghamton, NY, USA

Electronic Materials Physics (Applied Physics & ME)
M.Sc: Materials Physics 1998 Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Electronics nano-composite materials physics (Materials Science and Engineering).
M.Sc: Physical Chemistry 1996 Polytechnic School of Engineering, Grenoble, France

Electrochemical sensors for photographic applications.

Affiliations

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association), IEEE , MRS (Materials Research Society), APS (American Physical Society)

Languages
English, French, Arabic, Swedish
Skills

Product Development: Design for Six Sigma & Lean (6 Black Belt). VOC. Work breakdown structure. Project Management. Risk mitigation. Root cause analysis. Product Life Cycle Management. Regulatory certification. Operations: Team building and motivation. Change management. Product planning. Cost reduction. Risk mitigation. Manufacturing. Customer Service.

Products/Technology: Detection & controls devices & systems. Electronics. MEMS. Nanotechnology. Semiconductors. Energy metering, management & harvesting.

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Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

  • Fire Safety Solutions - UTC Building & Industrial Systems
  • Fire Protection Systems - Building and Industrial Systems
  • Kidde Residential & Commercial
  • Global Research Center - General Electric

School Attended

  • SUNY
  • Chalmers University of Technology
  • Polytechnic School of Engineering

Job Titles Held:

  • Sr. Engineering & Technology Leader
  • Global Engineering & Technology Manager
  • Global Engineering Manager & Site Leader
  • Program Manager
  • Senior Scientist

Degrees

  • Ph.D : Materials Physics 2002
    M.Sc : Materials Physics 1998
    M.Sc : Physical Chemistry 1996

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