Experience

Patrick

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr. Project Manager

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Senior Consultant/Project Manager with Patrick Engineering, Inc. with over 25 years of experience working in the Telcom, Datacom and the Electric Utility space. 12 years of experience providing direct large scale, multi-phase project consulting and project management services to IOU, Municipal and Cooperative utility customers across the U.S. and internationally. Distribution Technologies deployed have included AMI, Load Control/DR, VVO, DACR , mid-span DA IEDs, Smart Streetlights and Distribution Smart Sensors. Communication systems deployed have included RF Mesh, RF Point to Multipoint, Fiber Optic as well as PowerLine Carrier and Broadband over Powerline systems. Back office systems deployed have included AMI head ends, MDMS, CIS, OMS, Workflow and Grid Analytic software. Show less



Paulhus Consulting Group, LLC

• Raleigh, NC

• Principal Consultant

  • Aug 2017 - Feb 2019

  I enable Utility IT teams to capture detailed data from existing standard interfaces into their own database and teach them to develop reports and notifications for managing distribution networks utilizing my knowledge of utility data standards and deep understanding of smart grid architectures. Specialties: Twenty five (25) years product development experience in the power utility, data communications and telecommunications industries with ten (10) years senior level project and development management experience and seven (7) years product management experience. Proven leader with the following accomplishments: • Smart Grid product development • Team leadership and development • Customer relationship management • Project management • Process improvement • Market research and analysis Show less



NRTC

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Consultant - AMI Project Manager

  • Nov 2011 - Aug 2017

  Consulted with NRTC member companies concerning project plans for AMI deployments for Sensus AMI Projects. Provided expertise in evaluation of potential vendor/partner resources required for deployment of AMI and Smart Grid solutions. Prepared analysis, memorandums, reports, and project plans regarding the implementation of AMI projects to NRTC management and NRTC member companies. Coordinated, planned and tracked deployment of AMI project plans with Sensus, NRTC member companies and NRTC staff. Show less



Sensus

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Manager, Application Solutions

  • Mar 2011 - Oct 2011

  Responsible for restructuring Sensus’ HAN strategy. Defined migration strategy from proprietary HAN solution to a standard ZigBee-based HAN solution while still retaining the competitive advantage of using Sensus’ private spectrum point-to-multipoint solution as the HAN/DR WAN communication. • Worked on implementation of a ZigBee interoperability testing capability • Negotiated vendor reseller and co-marketing agreements for HAN equipment and software • Reviewed, selected and negotiated a co-marketing agreement for integration of Prepay software into the Sensus AMI solution Show less



Current TV

• United States
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 1 - 100 Employee

• V.P. Application Services

  • Oct 2004 - Dec 2010

  V.P. Application Services (2007-Present) Lead CURRENT’s Smart Grid software development teams in the implementation of software products for Volt/VAR/DVO, electrical distribution grid monitoring, meter AMI, smart grid sensors and element management. • Key technical contact for the definition and delivery of CURRENT’s Smart Grid software products to Xcel Energy’s Smart Grid City initiative in Boulder, CO. • Drove architectural direction for both SOA-architecture application software and embedded sensor software • Company representative for National Institute of Standards and Technology Smart Grid standards initiative • Led culturally and geographically diverse teams located in Germantown, MD, Rochester, NY, Dallas, TX and Zurich, Switzerland • Implemented software process and methodology improvements to maximize productivity and meet customer demand for product delivery Product Management Director (2004-2007) Defined market requirements and feature priorities for development of Broadband over PowerLine software products. • Evaluated and selected SOA application technology and negotiated vendor contract • Coordinated product release schedule and roadmap • Provided technical expertise during sales calls, developed sales tools and provided pre-sales technical and product training • Managed and performed training for customer’s product acceptance testing • Determined product pricing based upon market demand Show less



Hatteras Networks

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Product Managment

  • 2001 - 2004

  Defined market requirements and feature priorities for development of Ethernet switching products. Determined product viability through competitive analysis and market assessments. • Developed a proprietary economic market model to predict and identified likely end customers for product and estimated total market size. Market model was instrumental in securing $40 Million series C funding • Formulated a customer business model to calculate the payback period and internal rate of return (IRR) of product deployment considering various network parameters • Coordinated product release schedule, roadmap and pricing based upon market demand and technical delivery capabilities • Provided technical expertise during sales calls, developed sales tools and provided pre-sales technical and product training • Supervised and authored significant portions of the company responses to requests for information (RFI) and requests for proposal (RFP) from carriers and vendor partners Show less



Nokia

• Finland
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• SW Development Manager/Product Line Manager

  • 1994 - 2001

  Product Line Manager, ADSL Products (1999-2001) Managed customer migration from existing to new Element Management System in support of introduction of next-generation ADSL product. • Represented company in customer technical forums to resolve technical issues driving product rollout • Managed all third party partnership with OSS and NML vendors for integration with the ADSL product including inventory, provisioning and billing systems • Coordinated all OSMINE and NG-OSS activities for ADSL products with Telcordia • Participated in the standards definition of the JPC V1.9 CORBA EM-NM IDL, adopted by the ATMForum and the ADSLForum for management of ADSL networks Manager, Software Development (1994-1999) Built and managed a team of software developers programming various object-oriented application for element and service layer management applications in C++ and Java. • Defined and staffed a culturally diverse, international development team including twenty-two (22) engineers plus four (4) French and Belgium ex-patriots and three (3) student co-ops • Created software development process to comply with ISO 9000, TL9000 and CMM Show less



Fujitsu

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager, SW Development

  • 1992 - 1994

  Manager, Software Development (1993-1994) Managed and led a team of Software Developers programming object-oriented applications in C++ providing operations, administration, maintenance, and provisioning (OAM&P) of an ATM switch. • Interacted regularly with customers to resolve development issues • Provided on-site support for customer qualification trials • Defined design requirements and solicited vendor bids for a next generation of the computer platform to support the product Member Technical Staff (1991-1993) Designed, implemented and tested object modules in C++ to perform administration, maintenance and provisioning of a UNIX processor. • Developed SNMP functions to manage peripheral equipment • Utilized object oriented design methodologies and tools Show less



DuPont

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Developer

  • 1990 - 1991

  Member Technical Staff (1991-1993) Designed, implemented and tested object modules in C to create an SNMP Element Manager to manage 10BaseFL/10BaseT Ethernet Hub. • Utilized structured analysis/structured design methodologies and tools Member Technical Staff (1991-1993) Designed, implemented and tested object modules in C to create an SNMP Element Manager to manage 10BaseFL/10BaseT Ethernet Hub. • Utilized structured analysis/structured design methodologies and tools



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Staff Member

  • 1985 - 1990

  Member Technical Staff (1985-1990) Designed, developed and tested hardware, embedded software (firmware) and C application software for telco loop test and digital facilities management products. Member Technical Staff (1985-1990) Designed, developed and tested hardware, embedded software (firmware) and C application software for telco loop test and digital facilities management products.