CTO OF IOT HARDWARE AND AI
Innovo Technology
Total years of experience :28 years, 11 Months
CTO OF IOT HARDWARE AND AI, INNOVO TECHNOLOGY, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
4/2017 - present
• Drive innovation and technology leadership throughout the company with feature-rich AI driven products enabling the next generation of live connected products and services
• Spearhead the firmware, software, hardware, algorithm, IT, and mechanical teams to drive the production of all roadmap products
• Own the overall budget for the company and manage it across departments and product development projects
• Share all development and budget updates with the rest of the board and executive team
• Spearhead all digital transformation of the company to enable growth and elevate customer experience; direct IT to implement the required infrastructure as well as sub-networks needed as well as cloud deployment projects
• Responsible for all change management including staff, procedures, management processes, and operations processes
• Drive teams to streamline and maintain the most efficient hardware and software development processes and procedures around the PLCM and SDLC process
• Drive the operational team on all of its interactions and selections of the contract manufacturers (CM) ensuring the readiness of production on the required level
• Head the AI team on localized and remote AI algorithms to produce efficient and upgradable implementation for all upcoming products and services
• Work with Amazon on the AWS backend virtual servers for real-time AI processing of product data streaming
• Manage the implementation of SAP ERP for Innovo Technology and improve the data flow between all the business units
• Responsible for JIRA implementation for all software and hardware bug mitigation
• Responsible for creating and enabling all new and bleeding edge technologies across the company for future products and technology advancements
DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, AVID TECHNOLOGY, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA
6/2013 - 1/2017
• Provided technical management of the hardware, firmware, diagnostics, and device drivers teams worldwide; managed teams and teams of teams
• Managed teams across the United States (East Coast, Midwest, and West Coast), Germany, Taiwan, and the Ukraine (Kiev) as well as contractors and temporary employees worldwide
• Drove various complex projects with managed teams from inception (idea phase) throughout production and End-Of-Life phase
• Disrupted dormant departments in order to improve their performance and empower their team members
• Directed IT and all of its facets including company’s SAP ERP unit and its strategies; directed all cloud deployment implementations
• Strategized and developed business partnership around the world while managing the overall budget of $67M and owning the entire engineering annual revenue
• Drove all digital transformations for Avid while managing the IT department worldwide to assure enterprise level as well as customer level transformation
• Evaluated, planned, and executed complete offshoring strategies in order to lower operational cost by $37M
• Spearheaded technology innovation throughout the company with emphasis on adopting the latest and upcoming technologies to enable the success of Avid
• Drove multiple cost reduction programs in order to reduce production cost while working directly with Avid’s international Supply and Technology teams; overall savings of $38M
• Utilized Agile methodologies within the software and hardware team. Shaped the hardware PLCM and software SDCL process to fit Avid’s business model
• Directed system level and board level architecture to ensure standardization of design philosophy and methodology
• Was responsible for all change management including the contract manufacturing side
• Worked on SalesForce with sales and Customer support to ensure end-to-end tracking connectivity with JIRA
• Kept the technology unit up-to-speed on the latest innovations, technologies, methodologies, and how to future proof designs and strategies
LEAD SENIOR TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER, M-AUDIO, IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA
12/2006 - 6/2013
• Led and mentored multiple program managers and dedicated engineers to become a lean fast-paced execution team suited for high-end projects and programs
• Led multiple programs and projects in a fiscal year and drove them to completion without missing any deadlines
• Created, modified, and developed CM, ODM, and JDM relationship processes and procedures with contract manufacturers
• Led all digital transformations of the company while working with IT in order to streamline processes and create test networks for multiple project and products
• Directed IT division and was responsible for their current and future implementations as well as their equipment purchases for engineering
• Arranged and headed all kickoff, review, design, and all urgent meetings
• Was responsible for projects’ financials as well as transactions (accumulated financial statement)
• Worked directly with the software department to review all driver, software, and firmware related issues and track all related issues using bug tracking software (JIRA)
• Worked with the SalesForce team to ensure all customer issues are visible to the engineering teams
• Directed all beta testing and created processes to ensure that result data is available to all engineers involved via digital transformation of the division
• Interfaced with product managers in order to create the appropriate Functional Specification Documents as well as drive new ideas
• Was responsible for SAP ERP administration and customization to fit the need of the company
• Led the hardware, software, firmware, testing, and mechanical teams to produce traffic control modules as well as car detection cameras
• Managed an engineering budget of $65M and owned the revenue of the company
• Worked directly with various automotive manufacturers on the implementation of the lane departure avoidance system (manufacturers like Mercedes, BMW, and Nissan)
• Worked hand in hand with the algorithm development team in order to enhance vehicle and pedestrian detection and differentiation
• Spearheaded the digital transformation of Iteris’s core structure, business model, and testing division; directed IT and all of its transactions and strategies
• Was responsible for introducing the company to ERP; pushed the company towards future proof technology standing
• Developed new methodologies to maintain and update all test fixtures remotely
• Was responsible for developing all thermal and ambient design verification testing (DVT), QEVT, HALT, and HASS testing for Iteris’s cameras and processing units
• Designed testing and test procedures for CMOS and CCD based cameras
• Was responsible for directing all compliance testing of several products to meet the strict US regulations
• Developed, designed, tested, and built several consumer products such as digital imaging solutions, GPS module, north and level sensors for consumer telescopes
• Developed software and firmware solutions to fit a variety of consumer product ideas
• Led several teams on several consumer product projects including laser range finders and night vision devices
• Communicate directly with Meade’s contract manufacturers in order to supervise and guide the manufacturing process in Mexico and China
• Was responsible for cost cutting and development on several existing consumer product projects
• Was responsible for product documentation and maintenance of its archival system using Microsoft’s Source Safe
• Was responsible for designing, building, and manufacturing of digital cameras for Meade’s digital binoculars
• Contributed to the design and development of industrial optics projects such as the “last mile” solutions for ultra-high-speed networking using stepper motors and light sensors (laser solution)
• Responsible for products documentation preparation for several approvals and standardizations
• Prepared manufacturing test fixtures, procedures, and algorithms for several consumer products
• Assisted in the digital transformation of several aspects of the company’s business and departments
Successfully developed CW (FM) Doppler radar gage digital signal processing algorithms to
enhance resolution and accuracy (enhanced accuracy from ±35 mm to better than ±1 mm
using phase recovery along with frequency recovery)
• Implemented algorithms for the radar gage in the “C” and assembly programming
languages for the Motorola MC68000 family
• Designed and developed testing techniques and procedures for the firmware, hardware,
and assembly of the radar gage to ensure desired accuracy and resolution at all times
• Developed and implemented PC software to interface with the radar gage line for the
purpose of debugging and updating while operational in field
• Was responsible for all related documentations, drawings, and manuals for general projects
• Designed and developed a complete line of Digital/Analog (PID) industrial web controllers
(hardware and firmware); the project included completion of all related support material
such as manuals, drawings, parts selection, board layout, user interface firmware, button
schemes, and documentation
• Prepared product related documentation for national and international approvals and
standardization (UL, BASEEFA, CE, FM, ISO9001)
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Assisted and graded graduate students’ homework, projects, and exams
• Assisted graduate students with questions after lectures
• Taught and instructed students taking electronics laboratory
• Demonstrated all lab sessions using lab equipment for graduate students
• Was responsible for laboratory equipment
• Completed a research project that dealt with emitted electrons from a photoelectric surface when it is exposed to light
• MATLAB and MathCAD were used to resolve numerical analysis for all simultaneous partial differential equations (Maxwell’s equations) that govern the behavior of light and then plotted for the IEEE magazine publication
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, Completed projects related to GPS implementation as well as network implementation using Aloha Networking Simulation on Sun Systems.
, Completed projects related to robotics as well as electric car implementation.
, I have completed the Tawjihi exam with 90/100.