Daimler Truck North AmericaLead Systems Integration Engineer - Telematics/Connectivity
Apr. 2021Portland, Oregon Metropolitan AreaServed as regional Technical Product Owner (TPO) for a global vehicle-to-cloud data platform powering 160+ customer products and business solutions, founding regional System Owner (SO) for a system containing varied data acquisition technologies, and regional Component Owner (CO) of data acquisition hardware & software – roles that required balancing product strategy, technical leadership, and stakeholder management. Product Leadership & Strategic Initiative Development
• Facilitated deployment of 30+ products to 500,000+ embedded devices across North America by leading a cross-functional team that aligned data requirements and provided crucial technical support
• Identified three critical challenges in data platform integration affecting product velocity, built executive business case that established dedicated TPM role through global collaboration Technical Architecture & Requirements Management
• Established foundation as inaugural System Owner for vehicle data acquisition, leading cross-regional initiatives to define system boundaries, functions, and components
• Created procedural standards adopted in organization's broader Systems Engineering framework
• Enabled 10+ vehicle features by evaluating requirements, coordinating cross-system alignment, and strategically matching implementation to appropriate components Technical Problem-Solving & Process Innovation
• Transformed data integration by analyzing processes, removing bottlenecks, redesigning workflows, and automating key segments—reducing processing from 40 days to 1 minute
• Decreased data anomalies by 30% through co-development of automated validation framework with data scientists, enhancing product reliability
• Designed comprehensive issue management strategy for multi-stack platform with structured investigation workflows, projecting 70% faster resolution times