Daniel Vicario
Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer at Optiphase Drive Systems, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Gilbert Saguid
Dan is a true professional, which his leadership experience as a Navy Officer coupled with his expertise as a program manager was always very apparent when he led the numerous technology upgrades for the Program Management Office. As the after market representative for program management meetings, I was always pleased to see Dan lead the programs I was involved with because I knew that his meetings would be very intentional, informative, on time, and clear. He masterfully led and managed each department representative and tactfully held them to account allowing for the success of the majority of his programs.
Jim McNamara
Dan is a hard-working and diligent energy professional with a skill for cutting through chaos to reach goals. I worked closely with Dan recently to develop a turbine design project which was a positive experience all around. He was very upfront and reasonable during some challenging negotiations and always able to maintain project focus while managing input from multiple contributors. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.
Gilbert Saguid
Dan is a true professional, which his leadership experience as a Navy Officer coupled with his expertise as a program manager was always very apparent when he led the numerous technology upgrades for the Program Management Office. As the after market representative for program management meetings, I was always pleased to see Dan lead the programs I was involved with because I knew that his meetings would be very intentional, informative, on time, and clear. He masterfully led and managed each department representative and tactfully held them to account allowing for the success of the majority of his programs.
Jim McNamara
Dan is a hard-working and diligent energy professional with a skill for cutting through chaos to reach goals. I worked closely with Dan recently to develop a turbine design project which was a positive experience all around. He was very upfront and reasonable during some challenging negotiations and always able to maintain project focus while managing input from multiple contributors. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.
Gilbert Saguid
Dan is a true professional, which his leadership experience as a Navy Officer coupled with his expertise as a program manager was always very apparent when he led the numerous technology upgrades for the Program Management Office. As the after market representative for program management meetings, I was always pleased to see Dan lead the programs I was involved with because I knew that his meetings would be very intentional, informative, on time, and clear. He masterfully led and managed each department representative and tactfully held them to account allowing for the success of the majority of his programs.
Jim McNamara
Dan is a hard-working and diligent energy professional with a skill for cutting through chaos to reach goals. I worked closely with Dan recently to develop a turbine design project which was a positive experience all around. He was very upfront and reasonable during some challenging negotiations and always able to maintain project focus while managing input from multiple contributors. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.
Gilbert Saguid
Dan is a true professional, which his leadership experience as a Navy Officer coupled with his expertise as a program manager was always very apparent when he led the numerous technology upgrades for the Program Management Office. As the after market representative for program management meetings, I was always pleased to see Dan lead the programs I was involved with because I knew that his meetings would be very intentional, informative, on time, and clear. He masterfully led and managed each department representative and tactfully held them to account allowing for the success of the majority of his programs.
Jim McNamara
Dan is a hard-working and diligent energy professional with a skill for cutting through chaos to reach goals. I worked closely with Dan recently to develop a turbine design project which was a positive experience all around. He was very upfront and reasonable during some challenging negotiations and always able to maintain project focus while managing input from multiple contributors. I would welcome the opportunity to work with him again.
Credentials
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PMP, Certified Project Management Professional
PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
Experience
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Optiphase Aerospace & Drive Systems
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United States
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Electric Power Generation
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1 - 100 Employee
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Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer
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Sep 2022 - Present
● Founded Optiphase Drive Systems, Inc. (ODS) along with inventor Dr. Siavash Sadeghi. ● ODS is developing a multiphase drive system to supplant and obsolete the current electric motor drive industry. ● ODS will accelerate the adoption of electric motor drive systems in the industry. ● Founded Optiphase Drive Systems, Inc. (ODS) along with inventor Dr. Siavash Sadeghi. ● ODS is developing a multiphase drive system to supplant and obsolete the current electric motor drive industry. ● ODS will accelerate the adoption of electric motor drive systems in the industry.
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Eaton
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Ireland
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Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Program Management Office Lead - Industrial Sector
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Aug 2019 - Aug 2022
● Supported the PMO’s Sr. VP by managing the industrial sector’s new $4.5 billion portfolio of products in the Aerospace, Vehicle, and eMobility divisions. ● Responsible for Eaton’s proprietary Program Management System, PROLaunch, and the company’s proprietary Project Management Information System (PMIS) ProPM. ● Supported Eaton’s acquisition integration teams with training on Eaton’s Acquisition Integration Framework (AIF) for the following acquisitions: Soriau Sunbank, Cobham Mission Systems, Tripp Lite, and several more. Show less
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Parker Aerospace
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Portfolio Manager
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May 2016 - Aug 2019
Directly responsible for managing Parker’s aftermarket portfolio and programs with annualized sales of >$200M. • Internal/External Champion and Program Manager for “C-level” Strategic Directive (SD) to develop the processes, procedures, and culture to support exponential sales growth in (>$300M). • Authored Parker’s Aftermarket New Product Development Policy as well as manage the aftermarket portfolio of the company’s aerospace products. • Developed all of the dashboards, templates and processes to monitor and control the portfolio across 6 Divisions and 10 Locations saving 2 FTE’s annually. • Developed Parkers “Streamlined” Business Case Development procedures which reduced the number of deliverables from 30 to 3, potentially saving 20+ FTE. Show less
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Capstone Green Energy
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United States
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Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
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100 - 200 Employee
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Sr. Program Manager – Disruptive & Advanced Technology Development
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Mar 2012 - Oct 2015
• Technologist-In-Residence Program and Capture Leader for a program with the DOE to design advanced combustion systems and active controls. This highly competitive program allowed for a continued relationship with the DOE Advanced Manufacturing Office. Capstone won the award with 7 other advanced technology companies.• Responsible for program execution and budget while leading a 30-person cross-functional team within Operations, Customer Service, Product Management and Engineering to resolve a critical manufacturing and complex design issue. An annual spend of $15M, coordinated entire organization and three-tier supply chain vendors to implement fixes and reducing warranty exposure by $10M per year and improving performance by 400%. • Selected by the executive leadership team to lead a $20M cross-functional PhD level engineering program to develop the next generation of high efficiency micro-turbines in support of DOE Department of Industrial Technologies and other “Green” energy solutions. Was selected to “take over” this program after it had fallen two years behind schedule. Closed the project out with an overall “Green” Rating from the DOE with the release of a technical report meeting all requirements and the design of one of the most efficient turbine engines (42.2%). Responsible for Program Budget and Contract Negotiations.• Collaborated with the engineering resources of the NASA Glenn Laboratory and the DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and turned this micro-turbine program into an award-winning program recognized by multiple DOE industry peer review in Washington D.C.• Led a 20-person team to create the “C250” which is the worlds most powerful and efficient “oil-less” turbo-generator. This is a 3-year, $5M project with a potential market value of $4B.• Led PhD. level cross-functional team in collaboration with the University of California Irvine, to develop a flexible fuel turbine system resulting in a patentable hydrogen combustion technology. Show less
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Program Manager -- Standardization, Governance, & New Product Development.
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May 2011 - Mar 2012
Responsible for project management leadership for strategic programs providing standardization, governance, and project management training across the entire enterprise. • Authored the Capstone’s Risk Management Process empowering the executive leadership team to make effective decisions when authorizing product development programs.• Chartered Capstone’s first Project Management Professional (PMP) training cohort comprised of directors and managers, to develop a culture of Project Management Institute’s best practices and methodologies and to ensure successful project completion throughout the organization. Show less
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PMI - Orange County Chapter
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United States
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Non-profit Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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PMP Prep Workshop Program Manager and Instructor (Risk Management)
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Jan 2010 - Aug 2012
Managed the Project Management Professional (PMP) training program to train future project managers of Fortune 500 companies and local organizations. Trained prospective PMPs in the necessary Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) to become certified PMPs. • Managed the Project Management Professional Certification Course for the Project Management Institute including the training of 120 prospective PMP’s (95% pass rate) resulting in $300K of training revenue and selected as the 2010 Volunteer of the Year for the PMI, Orange County Chapter. Show less
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Rockwell Collins
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United States
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Project/Product Manager
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Nov 2006 - May 2011
Responsible for leading and supporting cross-functional development teams as well as engineering trouble-shooting for Rockwell’s high-tech in-flight entertainment systems products installed in over 500 aircraft world-wide. Managed and developed software and hardware development projects, risk management plans and analyzed statistical data to improve system performance and reliability. Managed third-party vendor relationships to support product lines. Key point person to directly engaged customers, including: British Airways, Lufthansa, American Airlines, Qantas, and Air New Zealand. Worked with these customers to manage strategic and time-critical issues. • Built and led a cross-functional engineering team that developed new hardware and software products which improved content loading on board performance by over 50%. This included New Release Movies, New Release TV Programs and New Release Audio on over 500 wide body jet aircraft, generating $10M in revenue. • Managed a cross-functional team of over 40 hardware, software, test and manufacturing engineers to improve reliability of on board In-Flight Entertainment system, resulting in manufacturing and operational improvements which increased system reliability to 95%. • Developed strong working relationship with strategic customer, British Airways, by initiating project charter and leading cross-functional engineering team to resolve customer’s in-service issues. This resulted in improved customer relations while saving $1M in software development costs. Show less
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US Navy
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United States
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Armed Forces
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700 & Above Employee
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Naval Aviator | Naval Officer | Lieutenant Commander
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1997 - 2006
Performed multitude of leadership roles including, Executive Officer, Operations officer, Aviation Maintenance Officer, Classified Material Custodian, and Assistant Officer-in-Charge (AOIC) for several operational commands and helicopter detachments. As a Helicopter Aircraft Commander led two helicopter squadrons, maritime expeditionary squadron and accumulated over 1500 hours of mishap-free flight time as well as 1000+ underway flight deck landings (UFDL) during two operational deployments. Led operations with more than 85 staff and an operating budgets in excess of $100M. • Developed a unique and streamlined progressive training schedule to meet aggressive training timeline (less than 1/2 the normal training schedule) to deploy and support combat operations that met 97% operational readiness and 1,200 mishap free flight hours – as part of the USS CARL VINSON Carrier Task Force supporting contingency operations for Operation Iraqi Freedom. • Led operations of a 27-person helicopter detachment that flew over 1,000 mishap free flight hours with 99.5% mission availability, resulting in confiscation of four metric tons of narcotics and 1,000 illegal foreign nationals. Recognized and awarded: the Navy Achievement Medal, Coast Guard Special Operations Medal and the National Defense Ribbon. • Supported Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts leading a three helicopter detachment responsible for delivering 150-tons of relief supplies and rescuing over 1000 civilians during a 6-week period after the disaster. Was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal for participation in this initiative. Show less
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Education
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2017 - 2018
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Executive Masters in Global Management, International Business -
1993 - 1997
Boston University
BA, Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) -
2004 - 2006
University of West Florida - College of Business
MBA, General Business -
2019 - 2020
The University of Dallas
Masters of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity
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