American Reliance, IncSenior Robotics Program Architect
Jan. 2008 - Oct. 2011In the role of robotics program architect I have been involved in the design, development and growth of a program that began with a simple mission statement, “Dominate the unmanned systems OCU market” I work closely with ownership, senior management, Engineering, and Marketing to create sales goals, opportunity targets, project timelines, and targeted marketing campaigns/events. Since its inception in November 2008, the robotics program has grown from the support of a single UGV platform to over 30 UGV, UAS, and UUV platforms today. In addition, we have continued to perfect and expand our Mobile Handheld OCU offerings. During my tenure with American Reliance we have experienced unprecedented success within the Department of Defense, civilian first response, and other non-DoD federal agency markets. We are now closely aligned with key OEM’s, SI’s, government PM’S and other critical organizations within the UVS world. My persistent follow-up and attention to detail have had a dramatic positive effect, and have resulted in critical additions to our active client base, new project teaming agreements, government contracts, exciting new revenue streams, and increased cash flow. Other skills that have contributed to my success include: My knowledge of government acquisition processes and end-user requirements
My ability to attract and maintain close personal relationships with key OEM contacts
My ability to cultivate and grow new accounts
My ability to align company needs with client requests
My ability to organize and articulate detailed strategic and tactical plans of action. My ability to execute at the operational tempo and expectation level of a diverse and demanding customer base
My understanding of our competitor’s product/service offerings
My ability to demonstrate our value added proposition and competitive advantages