Paul Alan Franzosa

178 Scituate Street

Arlington, Massachusetts 02476

paul at franzosa dot com
617.359.8259

Twenty-four years experience as a technologist in management and product development in diverse, international, cross-disciplinary, entrepreneurial environments covering a variety of industries: wireless, industrial, consumer products, toys, medical devices, and public transit.

Successes Include:

· Managed the development of products for global technology business leaders such as Ford, Tyco Safety Products, Samsung, Motorola, Baxter International, Mattel, Stryker Instruments, Bausch & Lomb, Salton, Zebra Technologies, and Hasbro

· Built and led productive engineering teams at multiple startup companies

· Managed multidisciplinary teams of individuals with varying experience levels and in different locations, domestically and abroad

· Wrote, adapted, and implemented product development processes for a number of different organizations

Professional
2005– ThingMagic, Cambridge, MA                                                                            RFID/Wireless
Director of Systems Engineering / Director of Program Management

Director of program management at MIT Media Lab spin-off for UHF RFID software and hardware development. Holds full responsibility for all program and project planning. Reports to the Vice President of Engineering and leads a team of ten electronics designers, test engineers, and documentation specialists.

Key Achievements:

• Develop and maintain product life cycle process
• Balances resource allocation for all engineering staff across many different projects
• Manage customer and manufacturing relationships for projects representing greater than $2M in revenue
• Interface with third-party manufacturers and regulatory certification labs domestically and in Asia

2003–2005 Scheidt & Bachmann, Burlington, MA / Mönchengladbach, Germany Public Transit
Project Manager

Program Manager of the development and integration of farebox equipment for bus and light rail as a cornerstone of the $90M Automated Fare Collection system CharlieCard project for the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority. Reported to the President of US operations. Technologies included integrated electro-mechanical systems such as magnetic ticket handling, cash validation, smart card interfaces, secure transaction handling, and wireless LAN connectivity.

Key Achievements:

• Managed relationships between development team in Germany and the customer in the US
• Designed user interface elements for the operator control on the farebox
• Ran initial pilot installation and gathered key customer data for design customization
• Contributed to proposals for follow-on projects for potential customers in other cities

2000–2003 Voice Signal Technologies, Inc., Woburn, MA     Consumer Products/Toys/Wireless
Product Development Manager

Managed engineering team and all product development efforts. Reported to the Chief Operating Officer and built and led a team of twelve embedded software developers and audio hardware engineers.

Key Achievements:

• Managed the rollout of embedded speech recognition products for cell phones, PDAs, MP3 players, and interactive toy products for customers including the A600 phone for Samsung, Interactive R2D2 for Hasbro, Lamp Commander for Salton, and others representing greater than $2M in revenue
• Generated product definition for multiple language markets including English, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, German, and French
• Managed development and manufacturing resources locally and abroad including Korea, UK, China, and India

1995–2000 Arthur D. Little, Inc. Cambridge, MA                     Product Development Consulting
Senior Manager, Technology & Product Development

Project and client relationship management, as well as technical contribution on a variety of multi-disciplinary $100,000 to $2.5M engineering and product development projects.

Key Achievements:

• Clients and projects included Baxter Healthcare/Cerus Intercept, US Air Force Research Labs, Zellweger Analytics, Vitec/Vinten, Stryker Instruments, Storz, Unither/Zhaolin (China), Euclid Systems, Bionetics/NASA

1987–1995 Strichman Medical Equipment, Inc. Medfield, MA                              Medical Devices
Engineering Manager / Senior Engineer

Project management, product management, hardware, software, documentation, technical sales, physician support and marketing for various nuclear medicine imaging systems.

1986–1987 Summit Technology, Inc. Watertown, MA                                            Medical Devices
Staff Engineer

Electronics and systems design for first-to-market laser vision correction system.

1984–1986 Photon Diagnostics, Inc. Medfield, MA                                                 Medical Devices
Electronics Systems Engineer

Electronics and software design work for a single photon emission tomography brain imaging system.

Education

1988–1990 Boston University

Master’s degree coursework including Biomedical Instrumentation, Neurophysiology, Neural Networks and Cognitive Modeling

1984 Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Boston University

Publications, Patents and Presentations

· D. Roth, et al. 2004. Methods, Systems, and Programming for Performing Speech Recognition. Worldwide Patent WO/2004/023455, filed Sept 6, 2002, and issued Mar. 18, 2004.

· K. Hanley, et al. 2003. Apparatus, systems and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid with light. US Patent 6,565,802, filed Jun. 3, 1999, and issued May 20, 2003.

· 2003 Paul Franzosa, New Uses For Ultra Wideband: Facilitating communication and enhancing safety, wirelessinnovator.com

· 2001 "Multi-Modal User Interfaces", SpeechTek International Expo, November 2001, New York, New York

· 2001 "Embedded Speech Recognition Technology Tutorial", Power/2001, October 2001, Anaheim, California

· M. Reed, and P. Franzosa. 1998. Fluid pressure sensing unit incorporating diaphragm deflection sensing array. US 5,753,820, filed Oct 25, 1996, and issued May 19, 1998.

Other

2004– Youth Group Mentor

Adult mentor for a group of 14- to 18-year-old youth at First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington

Sample Activities Included:

· Planning for service trip to New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina

· Fundraising and awareness activities for meals programs in Haiti

· Recycling awareness program in Arlington, Massachusetts

1985–1988, 1991– 1993 Board of Directors, Arlington Youth Visit Exchange Program

Coordinated delegations of 15 to 25 year-old youth for month-long exchange trips to Japan as well as hosting visits to Boston, Massachusetts of delegations from Japan.

1985 Member of the Arlington Youth Visit Exchange Program Delegation to Japan