Michael Weinhoffer

230 New Street, Quakertown, PA  18951   Home: 215-536-0885 Mobile: 215-534-7118

E-Mail: mpweinhoffer@hotmail.com

professional profile

Experienced project manager, managing a portfolio of projects and programs with cross functional teams from project initiation through completion, and automotive semiconductor sales and marketing experience.

Personal Qualities

A highly professional, confident administrator, driven to continuously improve.  Excellent communications, presentation and problem solving skills. Achieved success through my technical knowledge and dedication as an individual contributor as well as by leading and supporting focused teams.

Achievement Summary

* Managed multiple projects in a $15M personal portfolio.

* Managed company and contractor resources to complete projects on time and on budget.

* Product/Project manager for semiconductor new product developments, leading cross-functional teams.

* Managed multiple projects from inception through design, prototypes, acceptance and production.

* Provided regular communications through meeting notes, status reports and portfolio reviews.

* Developed project plans for and managed to completion, a portfolio of projects and ASIC products.

EDUCATION & Training

MBA, Temple University, 3.6 GPA

B.S., Computer Science, Allentown College, 3.56 GPA

A.S., Electronics Technology, Williamsport Area Community College, 3.86 GPA

CERTIFICATION

Project Management Institute

PMP 09/2010Member ID: 1041872

 

Lean Sigma Technician Certificate

PPL 12/20/2014

Career PROGRESSION

PPL Electric Utility, Allentown, PA11/2009 to the present

Project Leader, Distribution Project & Contract Management

Project manager for a portfolio of electric distribution construction projects totaling $15M. Managed all aspects of projects from initiation through construction and acceptance into service including project team and stakeholder communications, project schedules, budgets, forecasts, and contractor invoicing and accruals.

 

Project Leader, PPL EU Regulatory Strategy Group

Led small cross-functional teams from business unit, information systems development and customer service in resolution of emerging regulatory compliance issues related to customer service and retail electricity competition for a regulated electric utility company including net-metering, the Retail Markets Investigation, and rate case filings. Performed related research and generated project charters, plans, schedules and led project teams. Developed reports on emerging technologies including electric vehicles, virtual net metering, and alternative rate making.

Project Control Specialist, PPL EU Project Management Group

Provided PCS support for multiple project managers and over 30 electric utility distribution, transmission, and substation projects across all six regions of the PPL service territory. Developed and maintained schedules, forecasts and budgets using corporate systems, Primavera P6, MS Project and MS Office products including Sharepoint, Access, and Visio.

 

McCarl’s Inc., a PPL Company, Washingtonville and York Haven, PA 3/2007 to 11/2009

Project Controls Manager/Scheduler

Provided analysis of costs, progress, and productivity versus plan for construction of major construction projects at Montour and Brunner Island coal fired power generation facilities including desulphurization scrubbers and cooling tower additions, and maintenance outage schedules. Scheduler using Primavera P3, P3E and Microsoft Project software for new construction and scheduled facility maintenance outages.

 

Raritan Computers, Inc., Somerset, NJ

Product Marketing Manager

Provided product launch management for a variety of new and existing enterprise network management hardware and security software systems including KVM over IP switches, and secure console servers. This activity included generation of marketing collateral such as feature and benefits summary and ROI models for PowerPoint presentations, web casts, and product training for engineering, internal sales, reseller and end-user communities. Also provided competitive analysis, and technical information on IT management and network hardware and software in support of sales discussions. Developed sales management tools for reporting and analysis. Achieved Raritan Command Center Configuration Certification.

 

Agere Systems, Allentown, PA         1985-2001

Product Manager   (1998-2001) Formerly Lucent Technologies, AT&T, and Bell Laboratories

Managed new automotive business development and revenue generation through project management of key automotive accounts and product introductions. Identified product requirements through discussions with customer program managers and engineers, relayed technical requirements to engineering team, then developed proposals and new product roadmaps, delivering new communications electronic products on schedule and within budget.

* Led cross-functional teams to develop new speech processing product hardware and software features.

* Negotiated development contracts, and licensing agreements resulting in $5.4M annual revenue.

* Negotiated contracts and managed third party software vendors and distribution channel relationships.

* Developed presentations, MRD’s, PRD’s and marketing collateral to launch new products.

* Supported product evaluations, testing and training for sales and customers.

 

Tactical Marketing Manager 

Project manager for over ten new ASIC product development projects per year, including new product definition, development, customer introduction and acceptance, and transfer into full production of custom and standard integrated circuits for telecommunications customers. Managed sales forecasts and results for $22M Siemens account. Supported and trained manufacturer’s reps, distributors and sales force. Coordinated third party contract electronics and technical support providers

 

Strategic Marketing Manager 

Project manager for custom product development projects across multiple organizations. Managed development process and staff for over 15 new customer specific products per year.  Developed proposals for custom telecommunications integrated circuit product development for international and domestic customers based on their systems requirements. A negotiated design wins with OEM customer’s worth over $10M annually.

 

Strategic Marketing Analyst

Provided long term planning for semiconductor cleanroom utilization and technology transfer. Analyzed sales results versus plans for communications integrated circuits.

 

Process Development Engineer (Bell Laboratories)

Developed Gate Oxide processes for semiconductor manufacturing. Supported semiconductor metallization, oxidation, anneal, and Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) processes