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ContentIQ
Founder & Principal Consultant · 2026
- Built a content analytics pipeline from scratch, with defensive parsing that automatically handles multiple export formats after the source platform changed without warning.
- Shipped a working dashboard, not a mockup: KPI cards, engagement by category, an account-wide timeline, and per-post growth pages with date-range filtering.
- Took it from private tool to public product: landing page, About/roadmap, working signup flow, and a deliberate real-vs-relative metrics tradeoff for public data.
Skills Cloudflare Workers, Data Parsing/ETL, Dashboard Design, Product Launch, Technical Architecture Decisions
Particleblack / Ascension DFD
Founder & Principal Consultant · 2026
- Founded Straventis Advisory Group and took on program leadership for a 4-vendor Digital Front Door initiative serving 140K associates.
- Restored an at-risk program to a 6-week delivery cadence, hitting 95% on-time content delivery.
- Built a 4-layer governance operating model that extended the engagement into a $3M contract.
Skills Program Governance, Multi-Vendor Delivery, Agile Delivery, Executive Stakeholder Management
2022 — 2025 · Xperi
Enterprise Data Platform (OnePipeline)
Senior Technical Program/Product Manager · 2022–2025
- Owned OnePipeline, replacing a monolithic metadata pipeline with an ML-driven platform processing 240M records/month for TiVo's search, recommendations, and ad products.
- Delivered ~$7.9M modeled net benefit and ~$11M legacy cost avoidance, cutting processing time from 25+ hours to ~30 minutes.
- Rescued a stalled VOD migration and decoupled the Ad Platform launch, protecting a projected $500K in at-risk revenue.
Skills ML Metadata Pipelines, AWS/Snowflake/Databricks, Entity Resolution, Data Platform Architecture
Enterprise Business Application (Salesforce Q2C & AWS Control Tower)
Senior Technical Product Manager · 2024–2025
- Owned the Salesforce Global Certification Hub, recovering ~$1M/year in revenue leakage and hitting 92% first-time-right SDK delivery.
- Led the AWS Control Tower implementation, governing ~90 AWS accounts with automated, Terraform-based provisioning.
- Cut Q2C workflow errors 70% and processing time 50% through CPQ/Billing automation and an anonymized lab routing engine.
Skills Salesforce CPQ/Revenue Cloud, AWS Control Tower, Terraform, Q2C, Revenue Assurance
2019 — 2022 · Harman — ADAS / Edge-AI
Project Argus
Customer TPM → Platform Product Manager · 2019–2020
- Closed out the Ford infotainment program cleanly while launching early lidar/computer vision proof-of-concept work for Harman's new ADAS effort.
- Defined a scalable L2+ to L4 autonomous driving architecture on TI Jacinto processors, targeting 70%+ software reuse across autonomy tiers.
- Architected object-level sensor fusion and HD map localization to unlock highway-pilot-class features.
Skills ADAS Architecture, Sensor Fusion, AUTOSAR Adaptive, Computer Vision, HD Mapping
AI Perception on Edge Compute
Platform Product Manager · 2021–2022
- Pivoted Harman's ADAS roadmap away from a $1,000+ lidar investment to a camera-first Edge-AI platform, securing $3.2M in internal funding.
- Proved a camera-only fallback variant, securing $700–900/vehicle BOM savings and hedging lidar supply chain risk.
- Launched the first committed L2+ production line, driving 2–2.5x revenue uplift through multi-line vehicle reuse.
Skills Edge-AI, TI Jacinto SoC, ISO 26262/ASIL, BOM Cost Optimization, Production Launch (SOP)
2016 — 2019 · Harman — Ford Infotainment
Ford Global Infotainment Program
Customer Technical Program Manager · 2016–2019
- Led Ford's $36M global infotainment program across three international factories, delivering 100% on-time launch and $224M+ in lifetime sales.
- Managed a major mid-program scope realignment (US/Mexico to EU/APAC) and a USB-A to USB-C spec change without missing launch commitments.
- Cut BOM cost 22% through VA/VE while holding compliance and OEM warranty commitments.
Skills Global Program Management, OEM Relationship Management, Manufacturing Readiness, VA/VE, PPAP
2005 — 2016 · Caterpillar (incl. Eagle RTEC)
Honda-Yazaki Instrument Cluster Integration
Application Engineer, Eagle RTEC LLC · 2005–2007
- Built systems integration and HIL testing foundation for automotive instrument cluster electronics, cutting integration failures through early validation.
- Developed embedded firmware and control logic, establishing deterministic execution patterns for safety-critical functions.
- Migrated legacy control software onto a standardized platform, cutting development cycle times for later product lines.
Skills HIL Testing, Embedded Firmware, C, Systems Integration, Automotive Electronics
Engine Platform Controls System Optimization
Senior Engineer, Caterpillar Inc · 2008–2010
- Shifted into Technical Program Management, synchronizing hardware, software, and test teams on a major engine controls launch.
- Built telemetry and data logging infrastructure for field-deployed fleets, cutting root-cause analysis time ~40%.
- Built automated simulation environments to validate control algorithms ahead of hardware availability.
Skills Technical Program Management, Telemetry, Simulation, Agile, Cyber-Physical Systems
CAT 785C DGB – Large Mining Truck Program
Senior Engineer → Engineering Program Manager, Caterpillar Inc · 2011–2016
- Built automated HIL validation frameworks for embedded engine controls, cutting manual testing effort ~40%.
- Led a 5-person embedded validation team and served as Scrum Master, bringing Agile cadence to engine control software delivery.
- Drove cross-functional integration and root-cause investigation across systems, controls, and calibration engineering.
Skills HIL Automation, Scrum Master, Technical Leadership, Regression Testing, CAN/J1939