Resume

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

KS TechPros, LLC – Califon, NJ 2002 - Present

President

Established consulting business offering R&D management, strategy, staffing and PR. Provided consulting services to university and industrial clients. Clients include:

Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ 2006 - Present

Research Business Development Consultant

· Advised Sarnoff scientists on new research funding opportunities in the Department of Defense. Set up meetings with Program Managers in DARPA, AFRL, ONR and other agencies. Suggested best approach to develop relationship and present technical ideas.

Yahoo! Research Operations, New York, NY 2006 - Present

Research Operations Senior Consultant

· Provided strategic advice to Operations VP on intellectual property, information sharing initiative and university relations. Established and ran processes for these initiatives.

· Leveraged research assets: handled external interactions with universities, companies, Patent Trademark office and others, freeing up researchers to concentrate on project work. Provided East Coast focus for research operations.

DARPA – Arlington, VA 2002 - 2006

Technical Operations Consultant – Information Processing Technology Office

· Provided technical operations advice and support for DARPA’s Information Processing Technology Office Director and management team

· Set up process to manage incoming proposals and provide timely responses

· Managed internal software/technology trials of new concepts within the IPTO office

· Facilitated DARPA’s initiative to test the possible standardization of IBM’s UIMA architecture

· Provided strategic technical advice and project management for the ASSIST Program

· Advised the management team in creating and hosting the first two Cognitive Systems Conferences, attracting over 300 scientists and practitioners from the scientific community

Bell Labs and AT&T Labs, Florham Park , NJ 1997 - 2002

Business Development Director, New Business Development 1999-2001

Accountable for discovering and implementing new business opportunities from research projects.

· Launched and ran the E-Garage, a new business incubator for AT&T Labs. Screened over 40 new ideas from the Research Lab, and nurtured a subset through prototype and market trial. In first year, seven products were endorsed by AT&T business units for further business development

· Initiated a quarterly Research Portfolio Review, ranking projects based on business potential.

· Developed account plan and relationships for first and only external account for AT&T Labs.

Business Manager, Research Operations 1997-1999

Created new communications vehicles for Research VP. Highlighted the unique advantages of AT&T’s Research Lab to external and internal audiences, to employees, customers and media.

· Designed, developed and launched monthly publication of Research News, a web-based publication devoted to the accomplishments, awards and achievements of research staff. The original layout and style was later adopted as the standard.

· Conceived and implemented a formal customer visits program for AT&T’s Research Lab. Designed/built a unique, state-of-the-art facility, the Shannon Showcase, to host customer visits and conduct business discussions. Wrote PR copy for success stories and accomplishments for press releases. Demonstrated new technologies to visitors, customers, and media reporters

· Championed a concept product, the Broadband Phone, developed by AT&T Labs in Cambridge, England. Developed US marketplace awareness, identified trial candidates.

AT&T Consumer Services, Basking Ridge, New Jersey 1995 – 1996

Technology Project Manager, HomePlace Services

Responsible for user experience projects in both voice and PC applications. Staffed and led software development team responsible for creating new voicemail interfaces for AT&T local service offering.

AT&T Network Systems (Lucent), Liberty Corner, New Jersey 1985 – 1995

Manager, Customer Systems Group, Operations Systems 1991 – 1995

Led transformation of a software development group from manager-led to self-directed team. Resulted in greater productivity and customer satisfaction with a reduced staff.

· Maintained 50% margin while managing declining sales of a $7M mature software product.

· Implemented a continuous quality improvement culture. Managed a $10M budget.

· Created and implemented a software consulting services business with zero financing. Resulted in $700,000 incremental revenue

Manager, Loop Systems Customer Support, Operations Systems 1985 – 1991

Led a customer service and engineering support team responsible for hotline support of software systems used by telephone company repair bureaus.

· Led a staff of 60 software engineers supporting 5 mission critical customer systems. Responsible for $6M budget and service revenues of $500,000. Created and led Consulting Services offer team.

· Led an emergency quality improvement team for a new field terminal device. Reduced defect rate by 90% and improved communications between development, manufacturing and repair teams

OTHER EXPERIENCE

· Expert in applying MS Office tools and other devices to improve personal/office productivity

· Completed sales accreditation from AT&T Network Systems

· Two patents granted, six patents filed and awaiting approval

· Active volunteer in community school district, leader of church fund-raising programs

EDUCATION

New York University MBA

Carnegie-Mellon University MS Mechanical Engineering

Carnegie-Mellon University BS Mechanical Engineering