Harrison Beasley, Professional Engineer

730 Bent Creek Dr                                                       972-390-7771 (h)

Allen, TX 75002                                                          972-489-0248 (c) harrisonbeasley@yahoo.com

 

CAREER SUMMARY

·  Managed several multi-national product development teams.

·  Extensive experience in customer-focused roles.

·  Managed large teams of managers, individual contributors.

·  Managed large budget and long development cycle programs.

·  Negotiated several joint development contracts.

·  Extensive experience in analog and mixed signal product development cycle.

·  Generated and presented technical tutorials, product portfolio documentation, and product development flow training.

·  Elected Chair of standards development organizations (IEEE and trade association).

·  Proficient in MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Excel, MS FrontPage.

 

OBJECTIVE

Management position that fully utilizes vast experiences in product, customer, and program management roles. 

 

Professional Experience

Xtera Communications Allen, TX     2001 – 2003

Program Manager

·  Managed full life cycle product development for long-haul DWDM telecom systems.

·  Successfully met project milestones for three simultaneous product releases.

·  Streamlined project milestone reporting process.  Trained operations team in milestone reporting process.

·  Generated and maintained equipment tracking and development trending tools.

·  Generated and maintained project plans, financial data, schedules, and risk management matrices.

 

Texas Instruments Semiconductor   1990 - 2001

Program Manager, IEEE 1394 New Product Development            6/1999 – 4/2001

·  Managed full life cycle development for multiple IEEE 1394 mixed signal, interface ASICs, expanding product portfolio and revenue in several markets.

·  Led multiple new product development cross-functional teams, 10-14 engineers each. 

·  Developed MS Project templates that encompassed all aspects of chip development process, resulting in significantly reduced product development cycle time.

·  Generated and delivered product development flow training for digital design teams.

·  Generated checklists that facilitated product development flow, by avoiding potential project delay elements, and significantly reduced cycle times.

·  Trained project leaders in use of on-line database tools.

 

Program Manager, Hard Disk Drive ASIC Development     11/1997 – 6/1999

·   Managed full life cycle development of multiple jointly designed (TI and customer) ASIC HDD devices.

·   Managed inter-divisional efforts to add IEEE 1394 Mixed Signal IP to ASIC library. 

·  Coordinated Tactical Input/Output (I/O) cell needs and priorities for HDD customers.

 

Program Manager, Defense Systems                                              8/1995 – 10/1997

·  Lead engineer, high speed networks for Joint Strike Fighter Integrated Core Processor.

·  Conducted acceptance testing for equipment locator system (integrated GPS, Cell Phone, DSP, embedded SW).

·  Managed Research and Development lab and engineering staff. 

·  Represented TI in industry standards committees (IEEE and ANSI X3-T10).

 

Marketing Manager, Mixed Signal Digital Solutions (MSDS)   4/1990 – 7/1995

·  Managed full life cycle development for computer bus interface controller products. 

·  Managed market development team.  Responsible for hiring, periodic reviews, and career progress for Systems, Applications, and Software Engineers, and Marketing team.

·  Generated device design to cost (DTC) and return on investment (ROI) models.

·  Managed all aspects of industry trade show efforts for bus interface controllers.

·  Led multi-company definition of bus bridge ASIC for high reliability telecom switchgear systems, a 10 man-year engineering effort.

·  Led IEEE standards activity, serving as inaugural chair of the Bus Architecture Standards Committee (1991 - 1994), and Vice-Chair of the 1394 Trade Association.

 

US Navy         1970 - 1990

·  Led joint Industry / Navy team (100+ engineers) that evaluated and selected bus standards for defense systems.  Represented Department of Defense in IEEE standards arena.

·  Managed 1.25-micron silicon Technology Insertion efforts, with a $14M yearly budget.  Technical director for 0.5-micron silicon development; managed Navy contracts with TRW, Motorola, Honeywell, and IBM.

·  Managed aircraft carrier overhaul, an 8,000 men per day, two and one-half year, $500M project.  Directed efforts of 35 general foremen, representing a variety of trades.  Managed critical path projects, resulting in returning carrier to fleet ahead of schedule and under budget, overcoming significant growth in scope of effort.

·  Twenty year career also included tours as an electronic technician - radar systems, submarine nuclear power plant reactor operator, and patrol plane navigator / communicator.  Selected from fleet to receive undergraduate and graduate education.

 

Education

Naval Postgraduate School, MSEE                                                        

Vanderbilt University, BSEE, cum laude                                    

 

CONTINUING Education

The Art of Project Management                                    

Managing Integrated Projects

TI Program Management Workshops                

Situational Leadership

Six Thinking Hats                                                         

7 Habits & First Things First

 

Professional memberships

Licensed Professional Engineer (PE)                  1990

Bus Architecture Standards Committee Chair     1991 - 1994

IEEE Standards Activity Board                          1991 - 1994

IEEE                                                                1989