Steve Atherton

Experience

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  NASA Langley Research Center

  Sept 1996 - May 1998

  Full time Co-Op

  • Built data acquisition software for flow testing• Designed a smoke distribution system• Designed & Drafted flight-hardening equipment • Debugged orbital trajectory software • Performed thermal & structural finite element analysis

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  Naval Reactors

  Jun 1998 - May 2007

  Senior Engineer / Project Officer

  In roles of increasing responsibility, was the Federal Government’s representative for procurement of custom-designed equipment to service nuclear reactors in Naval vessels and associated oversight of servicing operations.• Product development: Oversaw the development of equipment designed to reduce operational labor costs to the Government. This included a reactor vessel refurbishment machine, a remotely operated reactor inspection device, and a large support structure for transporting high-level nuclear waste. • Product requirements: Wrote and approved requirements for naval reactor servicing equipment. Worked with a prime contractor and shipyard team to identify ways to simplify requirements and specifications to improve equipment operations.• Reviewed and approved detailed operating procedures for new equipment with major safety significance. • Accelerated Product launch: Expedited the development of new equipment to be available in time for a major overhaul with fixed operational schedule. • Leadership: Trained six engineers and interviewed approximately 100 college graduates for positions as operators of Naval nuclear reactors.• Collaboration: Oversaw the implementation of program-wide standardization initiatives for requirements, design, procedures, and processes. Played a key role in resolving disagreements between various program contractors and organizations in the process of selecting standards. Show less

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  GE Power

  May 2007 - Feb 2016

  Product Manager for new nuclear power plants and advanced fuel cycle technologies• Marketing: Set marketing strategy to raise investment funding for product development.• Strategy: Working collaboratively with Marketing, Sales, and Technology, devised global product strategies for capital products in anticipation of changing business environment in the energy sector. • Sales support: Applied knowledge of market dynamics to distill technical product information into factual insights and messaging aligned with strategy for use by global sales and lobbying teams.• Generated and approved marketing communication including advertisements, brochures, web-based content, trade magazine articles, and professional papers.• Product growth: Developed and owned strategies to obtain development funding to meet investor needs, fill development gaps, and increase capabilities in key areas for growth. • Product Development: Oversight of development effort to transform technical concepts into actionable requirements.• Competitive assessment: Gathered competitive intelligence to produce cost effective differentiated product enhancements.• Leadership: Leader of product development team and project management mentor. Show less Project Manager/Project Engineer supporting power producing utilities with projects to build new power plants in the nuclear power industry.• Customer engagement: Improved customer relations with a key strategic investor for product development.• Product delivery: Managed timelines and schedules to ensure timely delivery. Implemented new metrics and processes to reduce late deliverables. • Manage budget: Developed tools and metrics for better visibility and control of product development costs. • Leadership: Managed contractors.• Risk management: Established risk mitigation strategies that successfully predicted problems for smoother operational support of customers. Show less

  • Senior Product Manager

    May 2009 - Feb 2016

  • Project Manager

    May 2007 - May 2009
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  Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE)

  Feb 2016 - Feb 2018

  Senior Project Leadership Manager

  Voice of the customer. Delivering engineered valve products manufactured to stringent nuclear quality standards and customer-specific requirements for domestic and international power plant utilities. Helped to establish an ASME certified nuclear quality program at a new U.S. manufacturing plant. Managed project delivery for code and safety related control and safety relief valves for reactors. Supported new nuclear plant startup in East Asia with a specialized valve design.

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  FUJIFILM Dimatix, Inc.

  Mar 2018 - Sept 2024

  Responsible for product planning and execution for inkjet printing. Throughout the product life-cycle, gather and prioritize product and customer requirements, define the product vision, and work cross-functionally to ensure profitability. Responsible for product management strategy and protocols for growth including communication protocols between internal and external groups. Create new business models and partnerships for products. Provide Market Requirement Documents and Product Requirement Documents with prioritized features. Develop competitive analysis and reporting protocol. Develop market and product strategy. Partner and interface with senior management in developing, implementing and driving business growth priorities and objectives. Show less

  • Senior Product Manager

    Mar 2018 - Sept 2024

  • Senior Product Manager

    Mar 2018 - Sept 2024
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  FUJIFILM Integrated Inkjet Solutions

  Jan 2021 - now

  Leads the functions supporting Sales and Business Development, which includes Marketing (analysis and marketing communications), Sales Proposals, Product Management, and Print Sampling in a Fujifilm business that develops and manufactures printing equipment, namely: FUJIFILM Integrated Inkjet Solutions and some affiliated Fujifilm businesses and groups.

  • Director of Marketing & Commercial Operations

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Director of Marketing and Program Management

    Jul 2023 - Sept 2024

  • Sr. Manager of Product Management and Marketing

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2023