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ENGINEERING DIRECTOR | R&D MANAGER I am an Engineering Manager with 17 years of experience leading the research and development of technical products. My background includes engineering manager roles integrating my expertise in GPS, mobile navigation, LBS, and automotive infotainment system with application software, wireless communications, and services. I am particularly strong in multiple site team management and leadership, leading the full product life cycle from conception through to successful commercialization, and identifying market opportunities. For example, 1. I lead my team to design and develop navigation products for major automotive OEMs, which were launched throughout North America, South America, China, and Europe, and produced multi-millions in company revenues. 2. I was expatriated to manage Telenav R&D center in Beijing China in order to maintain local team cohesion and technology alignment with corporate roadmap. Holding multiple patents and a PH.D. in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science. I am fluent in English and also Chinese Mandarin. MY AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE: - ADAS Technologies - Connected Car - Vehicle Systems and Components & CAN bus - Simulation & Validation Systems - OEM Client Relationship Management - Statements of Work (SOW) - RFQ (Request for Quote) - NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) Estimates - Global Automotive Management - New & Emerging Technologies - Team Collaboration - Systems Design - Business Acumen - Agile Scrum Process - Aggressive Deadlines - Research & Development - Data Management Certification - Certification in Effective Product Marketing - Certification in Practical Product Marketing - Certification in Leadership Training - Certification in Agile/Scrum ProcessDirector, Engineering R&D (Automotive) @ Lead Research & Development initiatives for this wireless location-based services company providing global positioning system navigation, local search, automotive navigation solutions, mobile advertising, enterprise mobility and test automation. Provide strategic guidance for R&D initiatives for company and customers. Responsibility entails system architect, prototyping and developing next generation product features for Connected Car, Advanced Driving Assistance System(ADAS). Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), Head Up Display (HUD), and Mobile Companion Application for the connected car. Manage a team of approximately 30 employees both globally and cross-functionally including development, quality assurance, and project management teams * Spearheaded the development of ADAS Electronic Horizon (EH) according to ADASISv2 for US, EU, and China markets. * Realized the SW positioning technology as a key component of Navigation SDK, including GNSS, Map Matching, and Dead-Reckoning(DR). * Launched MyFord Touch SYNC system for NA, EU, SA, and China with multi-million annual revenue. * Manage to work in partnership with Tier 1 system integrators Microsoft, Panasonic, voice engine provider Nuance, Map data provider TeleAtlas/TomTom, Navteq/Nokia, and component providers Trimble, SirF, CSR, Skytraq, and uBlox. From June 2007 to Present (8 years 5 months) Sunnyvale CATechnical Marketing Manager / Staff System Engineer @ Led R&D and the development of go-to-market strategies to advanced location-based solutions that maximize productivity and enhance profitability integrating expertise in GPS, laser, optical and inertial technologies with application software, wireless communications, and services. * Performed exhaustive market diagnosis to identify new product needs and the steps necessary to bring products to fruition. * Generated leads and created marketing plans for GPS SoC, Host-based GPS, SoftGPS and GPS+DR technologies. Managed high sensitivity-based products. * Sample Initiatives include designing a high sensitivity low power GPS ASIC from definition to final product and engineering a FPGA prototype board with PowerPC using OrCAD, for GPS Baseband IC development. From 2000 to 2007 (7 years) Sunnyvale CAEmbdedded Software Engineer @ Navigation algorithm design for aviation GPS receiver, marine navigator/sounder, and PND, using embedded C. Test and certification. From 1998 to 2000 (2 years) System Engineer @ System design on a GPS fast acquisition and tracking architecture for space vehicle landing purpose. From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Adjunct Professor in EECS @ From 1997 to 1998 (1 year) Fremont, CAIC Testing Engineer @ From 1991 to 1992 (1 year) Kaohsiung City, TaiwanPh.D., EECS @ Ohio University From 1994 to 1997 MS, EECS @ Ohio University From 1992 to 1994 BS, EECS @ National Cheng Kung University From 1985 to 1989 MBA, General Management @ Northwestern Polytechnic University Shane Ph.D is skilled in: Embedded Systems, Location Based Services, Product Management, GPS navigation, Software Development, Program Management, Product Development, Kalman filtering, Mobile Applications, Navigation Systems, FPGA, Wireless, C++, Sensor Fusion, Outsourcing Management, Offshore Resource..., R&D experience, Site Management, Global R&D, Automotive Infotainment, Inertial Navigation, Partner Management, Map Matching and Dead..., Simulation and..., ADAS, Connected Car, Agile Scrum Process, RFQ/RFI, Requirements Management