Vice President, Engineering @ Leading engineering for Playmation at Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media. Playmation is the next step in the evolution of play, where digital gets physical and imagination becomes real. The groundbreaking system of toys and wearables uses smart technology to inspire kids to run around and use their imaginations, as they become the hero or heroine of stories from across The Walt Disney Company. From January 2015 to Present (1 year) Greater Los Angeles AreaDirector, Engineering @ Led engineering project teams to deliver wireless solutions that enhanced mission capability for government partners. From 2010 to January 2015 (5 years) Director, Engineering @ Led engineering effort across 8 geographically diverse teams to launch child tracker device and service. Led Global Smart Services San Diego engineering team to create horizontal M2M service platforms while supporting existing MVNO customers. From 2008 to 2009 (1 year) Senior Director, Engineering @ Led QES software department, consisting of mobile teams, network management center software, client software (mainframe, PC, and web hosted), business systems, and the Qualcomm Development Center platform for rapid M2M solutions deployment. From 2006 to 2008 (2 years) Director, Engineering @ OmniTRACS Project Engineer - Managed sustaining efforts and drove new features and functionality on OmniTRACS system. Vehicle Management Unit Project Engineer - Led development of J1939 telematics platform to meet EU vehicle data recorder requirements. From 2004 to 2006 (2 years) Director, Engineering @ Applications software lead for (UMTS/GSM) MSM6250 chipset - Audio, Video, MMS, Camera, Camcorder, GPS, UI, Videophone, MIDI, AAC, Voice Recognition, BREW, JVM, Bluetooth, 2D/3D Graphics, USB. Led initial GSM effort through transition from R&D to commercial project. Chipset software lead for (CDMA) MSM3100 - on time sampling, alpha, commercial releases. From 1998 to 2004 (6 years) Director, Engineering @ Software development for CDMA2000 call processing on Qualcomm Thin Phone. Contributed to IS-95B standards group. Worked to transition Palm OS Smartphone R&D project to commercial product. From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Engineer - Sr Eng/Mgr - Staff Eng/Mgr - Director,Engineering @ Mobile Communication Terminal (MCT) Firmware Engineer - Wrote Intel 80186 and 8051 assembly language and C software for Ku-band satellite communication terminal black box. Analog and digital signal processing functions, RTOS, factory test mode, diagnostic interface, satellite air interface protocols, device drivers for external interfaces including GPS, RS-232, J1708/J1587, flash memory, and proprietary telematics applications. Led MCT development group. Project Engineer for hardware/software/systems efforts to consolidate and modernize multiple system elements (GPS, satellite antenna, main processor). Led telematics feature developments across OmniTRACS system (MCT, network management center, remote host software). From April 1992 to 1997 (5 years)

B.S., Aerospace and Ocean Engineering @ Virginia Tech Kathy Paolo is skilled in: CDMA, LTE, Wireless, Mobile Devices, Cellular Communications, 4G, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems, Mobile Communications, UMTS, Mobile Technology, Engineering Management, M2M, GSM, Debugging