Resume - Leslie Martinich

Professional Experience

2012 IEEE-USA Congressional Fellow. Serve in U.S. Congress as a technology and science policy advisor to Representative Steve Israel (NY2).

Evaluate and make recommendations regarding energy and environment policies. Brief the Congressman on innovation, energy, environment, manufacturing, and science issues.

2006—Present. Engineering Leadership Institute, University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering, Center for Lifelong Engineering Education. Lead Faculty

Collaborated with a cross section of leaders from government, academia and industry (small, medium and large enterprises) to create an Engineering Leadership Certification Program. Teach Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Strategy, Execution and Innovation Management, Risk Management, Negotiation Skills, Engineering Ethics, using an experiential approach. Prepare executives for briefings and board presentations.

Teach Communication Skills Presentation Skills,, Innovation Management, Delegation, Managing Up, Leading an Effective Engineering Team, Risk Management, Negotiation using an experiential approach
Teach Engineering Ethics

2001—Present. Competitive Focus – Austin, Texas. Principal.

Provide training and management consulting to professionals in technology and innovation management, and software project management. (Accomplishments include earlier independent consulting.)

Improved the effectiveness and efficiency of dozens of organizations by coaching and training participants in Innovation Management, Software Quality, Software Process Improvement, Negotiation Skills, Project Management Skills.
Helped define and establish an Innovation Council for major semiconductor firm.
Facilitate online Technology Project Management course (MBA level). Consistently receive highest ratings.

2000—2001. Stellcom – San Diego, California and Austin, Texas Director of Engineering

Built wireless sales and engineering team in Austin. Delivered market analysis for regional embedded systems opportunities. Developed customer proposals. Managed wireless and embedded systems engineering engagements and client services. Customer evangelist.

Built sales and engineering organization during regional expansion (was first Austin employee).
Created business plan, identified business opportunities, formed relationships with business leaders.
Improved organizational focus by defining clear market and technology strategy.
Developed regional recognition for west coast consulting company through Wireless Briefing events.

1999—2000. Vignette –Austin, Texas Sr. Manager of Software Development

Managed product design and development of eCommerce toolkits. Built two technology teams. Managed a portfolio of projects.

Managed all phases of software development effort for a portfolio of projects: requirements, analysis, design, development, QA and deployment.
Delivered Vignette Marketplace, a Web-based application, on schedule and on budget.
Built productive, high performing software development teams through extensive recruiting and coaching.
Built and maintained extensive Microsoft Project plans to manage the project schedule.
Developed product roadmap.

1998—1999. pcOrder – Austin, Texas Sr. Consultant

Managed four simultaneous eCommerce projects in the Americas, Europe and Asia for client (Hewlett-Packard). Handled client relationships, staffing, scheduling.

Managed all phases of software development efforts for Web-based hardware configuration tools.
Increased sales by $5M/year by identifying new opportunities for existing customers.

1997—1998. Compaq – Austin, Texas Director of Engineering

Managed Network Interface Controller engineering team. Defined NIC strategy and roadmap for both Token Ring and Ethernet product lines. Representative to IEEE Gigabit Ethernet standards meetings.

Provided technology leadership in alliances with Intel, 3COM, Xircom, Madge Networks.
Improved efficiency through partnerships.
Improved operational performance by clarifying strategy and roadmap
Delivered 10/100MB Ethernet NICs and device drivers (in partnership with Intel).

1994—1997. Sterling Information Group –Austin, Texas Vice-President, Professional Services

Developed strategy for growth and acquisition. Identified business opportunities. Recruited team of 80 software developers. Built tools, instituted processes and built infrastructure to manage operations and support growth.

Assessed risks and made recommendations for Texas state health department WIC project to implement new technology and deploy statewide programs.
Trained staff in Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (SEI-CMM) and ISO 9000.
Doubled size of company within two years while maintaining profitability, resulting in successful acquisition.

1994. TeraQuest –Austin, Texas Sr. Consultant

Defined a Software Process Improvement Methodology with company founders. Trained software organizations in SEI-CMM. Prepared organizations for SEI-CMM assessments.

1988—1993. Novell –Austin, Texas. Sr. Manager of Software Engineering

Managed development, QA, testing, configuration management and beta testing for software tools. Recruited technical team (entry-level to senior architects) during period of rapid growth. Extensive interaction with customers.

Delivered nine commercial products in a five-year period.
Improved organizational effectiveness by integrating geographically dispersed teams.
Built and strengthened customer base, evangelized customers through executive meetings, presentations.
Identified alliance opportunities; led alliances and joint development efforts with Sun, Remedy, Legato.
Delivered products on time, by instituting project management, defect tracking and reporting systems.
Increased customer satisfaction by using focus groups.

1987—1988. International Business Machines –Austin, Texas. Sr. Programmer

Developed C compiler for RISC systems. Wrote parts of code generator.

1983—1987. Execucom –Austin, Texas R&D, Programmer

Developed communications interfaces and utilities for financial planning system. Developed a natural language parser and response system.

1981—1983. Texas Education Agency –Austin, Texas; Sr. Programmer

Analysed data for legislation for Texas public school system. Provided reports for legislators.

1971—1973. Scripps Institution of Oceanography—La Jolla, California Engineering Assistant to Jerome Namias, former head of Long-Range Forecasting, US National Weather Service

Plotted weather data for North Pacific Experiment (NORPAX). Edited papers and manuscripts. Organized International Long-Range Weather Prediction Conference

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