John Foos

Experience

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  Motorola Inc.

  Jan 1989 - Jan 2003

  Managed software development teams on multiple products. Managed two teams of research engineers to investigate the application of new technologies to new products. Oversaw the design and development of a common Operations and Maintenance platform used in multiple telecommunications products. • Created dedicated technical team to support internal and external customers. Reduced impact to development staff by 80%. • Led a technical team focused on applying cutting edge technologies to internal start-up projects. • Created, through hiring and coaching, a new engineering team instrumental in developing a highly successful common platform product. • Member of management team responsible for passing department’s first TL 9000 audit. Show less Software development and testing of new and legacy telecommunications products. Responsible for field installation and customer acceptance of new products. Developed new and optimized organizational processes. • Established new processes to optimize development and test cycle time, by reducing required effort and increasing communication. • Instituted new technical process and tools to modernize organizational Configuration Management capability, reducing effort and defect introduction. • Investigated common platform options to reduce development staffing by greater than 75 percent. • Presented technical papers at two Motorola Software Symposium based on active project research and data analysis, comparing and contrasting methods of process optimization. • Worked closely with customers in the field while introducing several new product releases on-site at international customer locations. Show less

  • Engineering Manager

    Jan 1998 - Jan 2003

  • Development Engineer

    Jan 1989 - Jan 1998
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  Motorola Solutions

  Jan 2003 - Apr 2011

  Principal Project Manager

  End-to-end responsibility for new product development projects. Provided high availability common telecommunications platform used in a dozen products. Interface to third party vendors and contracted for customized product development. • Initial commercial release of 6 new products in 8 years. • Established common platform management methods, which allowed support of an increased number of products when staff was reduced by 80% while increasing products 2x. • Introduced process optimizations and redesigns, primarily in the area of Configuration Management and Project Management, reducing PMO costs by 80%. • Formed cohesive international project teams across multiple organizations, which allowed 11x reuse of a common platform across 12 products. Show less

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  Nokia Siemens Networks

  Apr 2011 - Sept 2012

  Principal Project Manager

  Managed all projects across an international team of architects, developers, and testers. Designed and maintained a common platform on which was based more than a dozen telecommunications products, both internal to NSN and for external customers. Primary interface to consumers and external organizations. • United development teams across four locations and two continents to support an increased number of consumers, at a time when the staff was reduced by greater than 50 percent. • Managed key vendor relationship through multiple acquisitions, including re-contracting and reintegrating business tools. • Supported divestiture of two product teams from NSN, while continuing to support their products in both active development and field deployment. Show less

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  Gogo

  Jan 2013 - Dec 2020

  Senior Program Manager
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  Intelsat

  Dec 2020 - now

  Senior Program Manager