10468 NE 113^th Place | Kirkland, WA 98033

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AlanOnline@peercontrols.com

ALAN H. BONER

Program Manager

Multiple Project Oversight & Management … Software Product Development … Manage Project Scope, Schedule, Resources, Quality, Costs and Change … Direct Clients, Vendors, Partners to Develop Clear Requirements, Boundaries and Manageable Inter-Dependencies … Ensure Effectiveness of Cross-Functional/Cross-Discipline Teams … Microsoft and Linux/Java Tools and Environments

Summary

ACCOMPLISHED MANAGER/PROJECT LEADER with 10+ years broad-based engineering and management experience coupled with a reputation for drilling down to basics, defining performance goals clearly, and consistently bringing complex projects to successful conclusion. Builds and manages 40-60 person teams of diverse skill levels, talents, and backgrounds.  Experienced line manager and cross-functional project manager.  Results driven, reliable, and trusted colleague with a passion for effective problem solving in collaborative, high-performing environments.  Drives contributors to build and meet aggressive but realistic schedules. Skilled manager of change, providing clear visibility to upper management through carefully established metrics and consistent reporting. Gets things done.

Achievements:

Ø Successfully delivered a carrier-network integrated content delivery product that is now actively serving 2 million customers with multiple mobile phone home screen updates daily

Ø Delivered new product category in the desktop consumer space through complete product cycle

Ø Took a wireless embedded device from concept to launch

Ø Managed product features, OEM relationships and on-shore/off-shore development

Ø Utilized a tight feedback loop to manage Beta program

Ø Delivered products in both startup and long-established environments

Ø Managed public and private sector project and product development teams

Experience

Technical Program Manager

2004 - 2007, Motorola, Seattle, WA

Managed all aspects of  SCREEN3 Server infrastructure and full software development project life cycle, from Launch through V2.1, with a $3M+ budget and 60+ contributors worldwide per release.

q Successfully delivered a server-side content delivery product, in conjunction with CMM Level 5 teams, to mobile phone operators with deployments in all significant global markets.

q Responsible for all aspects of project: scope, schedule, resources, quality, costs and change management.

q Translated Marketing Requirements Documents into project objectives and tasks, managing task assignments and project resources, reporting on and managing project scope throughout the lifecycle.

q Developed detailed project schedules, resource plans, status reports; ensuring effectiveness of a team that integrated multiple functions/disciplines.

q Provided presentations to upper management at project kickoff and key milestones.

q Conducted project meetings, setting and managing sponsor expectations and escalating issues when appropriate.

q Reviewed project deliverables for accuracy and provided continuous assessment of progress against goals, reporting to management and developing and implementing solutions to unforeseen problems and issues.

q Managed triage process.

q Acted as liaison across functional groups, ensuring clear ownership throughout project and at project completion, custody transfer and handoff.

q Defined and maintained standards, processes and procedures necessary to ensure complete and accurate deliverables.

q Established procedures for and ensured compliance with project documentation and archival of appropriate records.

q Maintained lessons learned documents for postmortem at project closure.

q Created and managed Change Control Board responsible to Sponsors.

q Provided weekly project status report to upper management.

q Used PMBOK principles to drive releases on time and with high quality.

Program Manager | Windows eHome/Embedded & Devices Group

2001 - 2004, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

Managed device feature, code base consolidation, and team building following team merger. Developed a localization plan for the eHome Connected Devices product release and provided sustained engineering support for Smart Display.

Managed OEMs, silicon vendors and ODMs to deliver 1.0 Smart Display release.

q Managed cross-functional teams to create and deliver a new category in the marketplace.

q Interfaced with all stakeholders in project: end-users, support and service organizations, hardware vendors and implementation partners.

q Help develop the initial product plan, partner recruitment and design reviews.

q Wrote functional specifications, including UI design, to ensure clear and unambiguous deliverables.

q Managed Beta program and facilitated the integration of support issues as product design elements.

q Designed the Smart Display Kit as an add-on to Windows CE to add customer value and product differentiation.

Group Manager | .Net Servers Integration UE/Exchange Server SDK

2000 - 2001, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

q Managed multi-disciplined teams designing, coding and documenting a cross-product education application integrating wireless devices among BizTalk Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server and the Application Center Server

q Managed 40 person staff delivering quarterly installments of the Exchange Server SDK. Planned and executed the conversion of the Server documentation from HTML to XML to improve quality and usability.

User Education Manager | BackOffice Developer’s Guide

1998 - 2000, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

Coordinated and directed a team of developers, testers, writers and editors in the creation and publication of the BackOffice Developer’s Guide in 4 installments. Content was used in TechEd, MTB and MSDN field applications. Published an 800page MS Press book, Microsoft Management Console Design & Development Kit, with a companion CD. As Programmer/Writer, wrote Exchange Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) SDK documentation that brought Internet-standard message transport protocols to the Exchange Server Developer.

Independent industrial controls consultant, Salem, Oregon

1990-1998, Real-time Hardware/Software Development

Provided a variety of consulting services in the wood products, food processing, and building automation industries.  Developed real-time control software to implement multi-axis synchronized motion control systems with programmable motion profiles.  Development tools and target system were 80x86.  Code was mostly written in C with some assembler routines.  Provided product design and development services for Z180 system used as a protocol translation device in real-time environment.  Developed devices using Echelon’s Neuron processor for LonWorks interoperable systems.

Oregon Department of Energy, Salem, Oregon

Commercial Building Control Systems Specialist

Provided consulting services to state agencies on building control systems.  Provided design assistance and programming services on proprietary systems.  Developed networking strategies for campus systems communications.  Provided policy and planning assistance for statewide programs.  Established for major prison construction projects a new design and construction management methodology to improve installation and startup as well as lowering first cost and long-term maintenance costs for building controls.  Developed programs for building commissioning.

Commercial Building Code Specialist

Developed energy code for non-residential buildings.  Coordinated a public process involving over 100 people to revise energy code provisions for commercial buildings.  Provided staff support, including: development of DOE2 building energy simulation models and parametric studies to evaluate cost effectiveness; statistical analysis of field compliance and as-built data.  Developed administrative rules to allow flexibility under alternative means of compliance.  Developed software tools for code compliance using FoxPro database programming tools.

Salem Equipment, Inc., Salem, Oregon

 Product Development Manager

Developed motion control and factory automation products.  Created a new controls product line based on the industrialized PC platform.  Designed and developed embedded control systems for sawmills.  Wrote all software for entire systems in C and assembler.  This included user interface, motion control algorithms, device drivers, and a complete hardware diagnostics and maintenance suite.  Integrated motion control systems with standard industrial control PLC's.  Wrote PLC programs for GE, TI, and Allen Bradley equipment.  Directed hardware development and service staff efforts.  Established installation and service systems to deliver and maintain a new product. 

INOVEC, Eugene, Oregon

Manager of Engineering

Directed the design, manufacture, and installation of process and motion control systems in the wood products industry.  Coordinated design engineering, field engineering, purchasing, and production.  Developed "customizable standards" to maintain efficient delivery of engineering, production, and service resources for a rapidly growing customer base.

Project Manager

Drove multi-disciplinary effort to produce the design, specification, and installation of custom, microprocessor based, hydraulic motion control systems primarily in the wood products industry.  Worked with customers to develop specifications.  Coordinated diverse specialists to collectively deliver a complex system on time, insuring a safe, smooth start-up, with minimum downtime.  Provided follow-up with customer to insure that the system is properly utilized and exceeds expectations.

Project Engineer

Designed microprocessor based control systems in industrial environments.  Wrote PLC programs.  Made design decisions involving software vs. hardware implementation of solutions. Wrote specifications for software and specialized electronic assemblies. Designed management information systems to analyze and report on system operation.  Occasional weekend start-ups required installation of electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic systems as well as operations and maintenance training of mill personnel.

Software Engineer/Documentation Designer

Wrote real time programs for Intel 8086, using assembly language and PL/M.  Used structured programming techniques to develop applications programs for sawmill and veneer mill process and motion control, including continuous path hydraulic motion control of 10,000 lb. lathe knife carriage following a high speed moving target within +/-.002 inches. Designed and wrote operations and maintenance manuals to be supplied with all custom systems.  Used graphics and mechanical systems analogies to communicate systems concepts to machine operators and mill electricians.

Office of Rob Thallon and David Edrington, Eugene, Oregon

Intern Architect

Produced design, working drawings, and specifications for East Blair Housing Co-operative, a rehabilitation project.  Provided designs, working drawings, and construction supervision for Mims houses; a historic restoration/rehabilitation project.

Moreland/Unruh/Smith, Eugene, Oregon

Intern Architect

Provided working drawings for Douglas County Courthouse remodel.  Provided drawings and specifications for Camas Court; a low-income housing project.

Cummins Engine Company, Columbus, Indiana

Senior Engineer in Applied Mechanics

Provided stress analysis of diesel engine components and structures.  Long-term analytical and experimental investigation of rolling contact fatigue on camshafts.

Corporate Responsibility Specialist

Provided consulting to management on issues involving competing claims of individuals and organizations having a stake in the operation of the company. These stakeholders include employees, shareholders, customers, distributors, communities where plants are located, and the general public.  Participated in plant site selections.

Engineer, Numerical Analysis

Designed and implemented a scientific hybrid computing system to serve simulation and data reduction needs of the research and engineering division.  Established working relationships between the computer lab personnel and design and development groups.  Developed off-line data reduction techniques for high-speed engine variables.  Developed simulations used in engine design and development programs.  Major simulations included valve train, high-pressure fuel injection system, and turbocharged engine.  Wrote real time assembly language programs to improve interactive design capabilities.

Engineer, Controls and Fuel Systems

Designed and developed diesel engine fuel injection systems.  Responsible for hardware development of a prototype automotive gas turbine control system, including a radically new pulse-width modulated single stage electro hydraulic control valve.  Developed instrumentation and testing techniques to evaluate the proposed system.

Additional Background

Education Master of Architecture, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

                        BS Mechanical Engineering, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN

Licensing         Professional Engineer, licensed by the State of Oregon (Mechanical & Control Systems)

Training           PMP courses, Six Sigma Green Belt training

Other Technologies   MS Office Tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio), AutoCAD

Patents:           Air-to-air heat exchanger for energy recovery in buildings and in commercial clothes dryers

Public service: Active in Public School reform.  Founding Board Chair of Howard Street School, an integrated curriculum, Charter Middle School in Salem Oregon.