Joseph E.

Professional highlights * PMP certified Project, Business Unit and Team Leader - Manager, responsible for up to 60 persons. * Well established, full project cycle track record in small, medium and large scale projects. * Financial P&L responsibility; regularly increased yearly profits by 20%. * Key player in the conception, design, engineering and release of new systems and equipment. * Created formally tested & certified software for systems, instruments and embedded devices. * Broad knowledge in engineering disciplines; electronics, mechanics, optics, fluidics, chemistry. * Global, cross-organizational work experience, from start-up to multinational companies. * Widely travelled on assignments in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia and the United States. * Experienced in IT/ICT, industrial applications, web design, biotechnology, secure transactions, energy and industrial processing control and research equipment, ID management, QC & QA systems. * Customer oriented; at ease in communications, negotiations, representation, training & support. Competencies Management * Human resources: Leadership, directing, establishing ground rules and team building. * Budget establishment, control and management; financial accountability. * Cross-organizational and virtual team management. * Day-to-day business management, resolution of issues and hot topics. Project Management * Full life cycle management: Initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling and closing. * Scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communications, risk and procurement management. * Project life cycle Integration with product oriented processes. Iterations, programs, sub-projects. * Methodologies: PMI, HERMES, RUP, APF, ITIL, CMMI, SDLC, Prince2. Software design, analysis and development * Architectures: Monolithic, n-tier, Services Oriented (SOA), Event-Driven - State Machines. * Object oriented: C# -.NET, C++, JEE, data modelling including UML, XML, relational databases, SQL. * Full cycle software development: Design, development, testing, review, deployment, support. * Embedded and real-time systems, instruments and mobile devices: C, C++, Java, J2ME, Labview. * Methodologies: AGILE, Extreme Programming (XP), Rapid Application Development (RAD). Information Technology, Information Systems and Information Communication Technologies * Actively involved in IT and its evolution from 1978 to present (networks since 1985). * Systems installations, maintenance, administration and office applications support. * Operating Systems: Windows (from 2.0 to Vista), UNIX, Linux, Chorus, proprietary OS’s. * Networks and communications: LAN/WAN/PAN, Internet, mobile 3G, near and mid-range wireless. * In depth knowledge of secure financial transaction systems and standards implementation. Life sciences, biotechnology, medical and scientific research * Sound understanding of analytical, biomedical and research processes and instrumentation. * Laboratory detection and analysis systems, biomedical measurement systems and analyzers. Industrial production, process control, QC/QA and research * Factory floor integrated process control and networked quality control and assurance systems. * Metrology systems, Statistical Process Control (SPC), JIT, TQM and ISO 9000 implementation. * Nuclear and direct current plasma emission detection and analysis systems. Access Control, Security, and ID Management * Physical and logical security systems, ID management and presence control systems.