CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER                       2003 – 2011

SIP Multi Media, Inc.

Key Accomplishments

●   Responsible for the direction & key objectives for the company, the technology & product development

●   Lead the design & engineering of SIP-based voice & video HW & SW products from ideation to production 

●   Member of the IETF Standards Track to craft & establish the industry specification RFC 3261 SIP (Session

      Initiation Protocol).  Involved through the entire SIP RFC process to its ratification as an international industry

     Standard.  The SIP protocol created the biggest sea change in Telecommunications history & is now the

     signaling standard for Real Time Communications for VoIP, Messaging, Video-over-IP, Mobile Communications,

      Unified Communications, Location-Based Services & the Emerging WebRTC standard.

●   Developed the industry’s first SIP Protocol Stack with Presence Extensions (written in C).  The SIP stack was

      Implemented in all products developed by the company & also licensed to semiconductor vendors, VoIP device

      Manufacturers & software development companies

●   Developed & commercialized the industry’s first VoIP Soft phone for Windows

●   Developed the industry’s first SIP-based PC Video Conferencing & Collaboration System for Windows

●   Architected & deployed the industry’s first all SIP Communications Network including all hardware, software,

     SIP signaling & network infrastructure components (Gateways, Servers, SIP Firewalls, SBCs, etc.)

●   Developed & launched the industry’s first Cloud-based HDTV “Video Conferencing-as-a-Service” Application

●   Developed Video Conferencing Applications for E-Learning, Telemedicine, On-line Meetings, Presentations,

      Enterprise Collaboration, Virtual Trade Shows & Remote Product Demonstrations

●   Conceptualized & developed an Innovative ecosystem of real time apps that extended the Video Conferencing

     Cloud Service to include an integrated E-commerce Platform, Database, Social Media, Video Streaming,

      Instant Messaging & Cloud-based Advertising System.  This Ecosystem of Integrated Apps was another first in

      the industry.  The content for each app was combined & delivered seamlessly to the user’s screen, monetizing

      data, voice & video streams from the cloud directly into the application.

●   Managed engineering teams & product roadmaps for all SIP hardware & software development including

      Gateways & CPE devices, Device Drivers, SIP Server Proxies, SIP Application software, SDKs & APIs

●   Architected Service-Oriented Network Infrastructures for internal use as well as for Enterprise customers,

      Managed Service Providers, VoIP Telecoms, SIP Trunking & Carrier Network Deployments

●   Recruited & managed globally distributed hardware /software design & engineering & support teams

●   Established & managed a Consulting Services organization providing VoIP, Video, Unified Communications &

     SIP protocol expertise to Enterprises, CLECs, ISPs, IPTV providers & Cable MSO customers

●   Prepared & conducted on-site seminars for CIOs & Telecom administrators.  Topics included the SIP protocol,

      Migration from the PSTN & legacy PBXs to VoIP, SIP-based Routing, Switching, Software PBXs, Unified

     Communications & Cloud-based Virtual Call Centers

●   Established an interoperability testing lab where SIP device manufacturers & software vendors could have

      products tested for standards compliance & interoperability with other vendors’ products including SIP

      Network gateways & firewalls, Session Border Controllers, SIP Servers, Software PBXs, VoIP desktop phones,

      Soft phones, Unified Communications, Presence & Messaging Applications & other CPE devices

●   Prepared & filed numerous technology patent applications on the innovations

DIRECTOR, ENGINEERING & PRODUCT MANAGEMENT 1998 -- 2003

Infomedia Network, Inc

Key Accomplishments

●   Responsible for the design & engineering of Digital TV Set-top boxes, satellite receivers & media gateways to

      enable the TV industry signal conversion from analog to digital. 

●   Managed globally distributed engineering & development teams with members in the US, UK & India

●   Led the development of all embedded software including RTOS, firmware, middleware, device drivers, APIs &

      Embedded apps including electronic program guides, video-on-demand applications & multi-player games. 

●   Significant innovations included being first in the industry to develop digital TV & IPTV set-tops that contained

     802.11 Wi-Fi technologies & full TCP/IP protocol stack for connectivity to LANs, WANs & the Internet; first to

     integrate embedded Java & browser technologies into TV set-tops

●   Developed the first TV set-tops, PC interface cards, gateways & media server systems that supported H.264

     Video encoding technologies & Content Delivery systems to STBs over IP-based Networks.

●   Pioneered the use of a two-way IR protocol between the STB & the remote control.  This innovation improved

      Program guide navigation, significantly enhanced system responsiveness & elevated the overall UX.  Today

    the protocol is utilized in all TV set-tops & gaming devices world-wide, replacing older one-way IR protocols.

●   Developed Linux & Java-based server apps for Video Content Storage & Management, OTT Streaming Video

      Apps, CDN Content Streaming & Multi-player games

●   Principal technical liaison interfacing with vendors, business partners, OEMs, electronics manufacturers, Cable

     MSOs & Satellite TV providers in the US, Europe & Japan

●   Subject Matter Expert providing consulting & technical assistance to licensees of the company’s set-top box

      Hardware designs, embedded software applications & other intellectual property. 

●   Presenter & Public Speaker at Broadband Trade Shows, Broadcast & Cable Industry Events

●   Interfaced with Broadcasters, Telecoms, Cable Labs & Digital Agencies in the US, Europe & Japan

●   Prepared & filed patent applications on the company’s innovations

SR. PROJECT MANAGER / CONSULTING ENGINEER    1984 -- 1997

Project Software & Development, Inc. (acquired by IBM)

●   Traveled extensively providing Project Management & Cost expertise on large, complex projects in excess of

      $250 Million for US Gov. agencies, DoD, DoE contractors & Fortune 500 corporations in a variety of vertical

      markets.  Clients included:

     Shell Oil, Chevron, Enron, Houston Lighting & Power, Florida Power, Mississippi Power, Arkansas Power, LCRA

     Williams Engineering, Bechtel, Fluor Daniel, Halliburton, Kellogg Brown & Root, McDermott Int’l, Aker Kvaerner

     Lockheed Martin, Northrup Grumman, NASA, JPL, Boeing, Hughes, LTV, General Dynamics, Rockwell, Hughes,

      CH2M Hill, Booz Allen Hamilton, CSC, Los Alamos Nat’l Lab, Oak Ridge Nat’l Lab, Raytheon/E-Systems, Harris

      Corp., AT&T, Sprint, Johnson & Johnson, Abbott Labs, Merck & Co., Eli Lilly, HP, IBM, Motorola, Symbol

      Technologies, JC Penney, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Hewlett-Packard, Walt Disney, Unisys, Honeywell, Texas

      Instruments, Oracle, Bell Labs, Fairchild, Coors, Anheuser Busch, IBM Federal Systems, Thiokol, Bombardier

●   Managed all phases of project planning & scheduling including MRD, PRD, SOW definition, Progress Reporting,

      Milestone Tracking, Data Analytics & Performance Measurement

●   Managed all phases of Project Data & Analytics including Work Breakdown Structures, Cost Breakdown

      Structures, Cost/Schedule Integration, Earned Value & Performance Measurement Techniques

●   Technology Sales Consultant / Formulated Solutions, responded to RFIs, RFPs & Proposal Development

●   Exceeded sales quotas for Project Consulting Services, Systems Engineering & Software Implementations

●   Taught Project Management courses for the Project Management Institute (PMI)

●   Lectured at the University of Houston, conducting classes & workshops on PM Methodologies, Industrial

     Automation & Technology Apps for the Business School, Computer Science & Industrial Engineering Depts. 

●   Guest Speaker & Presenter at Project Management events, trade shows, conferences & PMI Chapter meetings

●   Member of the International Standards Committee for RFID, Automatic ID & M2M Technologies

●   Developed PC software for Bar Code, RFID, Automatic ID & Sensor Applications

OTEROOLADDITIONAL RELEVANT SKILLS

Hands-on experience with a variety of operating systems for desktop, servers & embedded RTOS, board-level subsystems, Windows Server, Linux & LAMP, Mobile Development, Firmware programming, Simulators, Visual Basic, C/C++,Visual Studio, GNU Compilers, JAVA, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, Java Beans, Containers, JPA, Synchronous & Asynchronous Message Queues, Enterprise Service Bus, MVC, WebSphere, JavaScript, HTML5, HLS, Network protocols, SDN, VoIP, MPLS, TCP/IP, SDP, RTP, SRTP, HTTP, SIP, UDP, XMPP, RTMP, RTSP, SMTP, WebRTC, STUN, TURN, ICE, MPEG-2 TS, MPEG-4, H.264/H.265, VP8/VP9 Video Codecs, IPTV, CDN & OTT Video Streaming, Unicast & Multicast, Oracle, MySQL, NoSQL, Neo4j, CMSs, ERP, JIT, Salesforce, Sugar CRM, Retail POS & EDI, RFID, IoT, M2M, Sensors, Bar Code Symbols, Inventory Control, Logistics, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Distribution, VMs, Hypervisors, Cloud Stacks; MS Office, E-commerce Systems, PCI & Payment Processing, 802.11 Wi-Fi, Wireless & Mobile Technologies; Switches, Routers, Firewalls, SBCs; Rapid Prototyping, Critical Path, Waterfall, Stage Gate, Agile/Scrum Project Management; Open Source Software, Apps & Dev Tools, VoIP, Video Conferencing, Collaboration & Unified Communications, Mobile Apps; Simulators, API & SDK Development; have utilized a variety of semiconductors, embedded processors, controllers, DSPs, ASICs & SoCs in various hardware designs .

EDUCATION

POINT PARK UNIVERSITY (B.A., GPA 4.0)  

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION (PMI) – Planning, Scheduling, PMP, Cost Analysis, Risk Analysis

COST/SCHEDULE CONTROL SYSTEMS CRITERIA (C/SCSC) CERTIFICATION – Cost/Schedule Integration

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT & EARNED VALUE TECHNIQUES