CRAIG ROLANDELLI

Livermore, California 94550

Residence: 925.371.1105 Cellular: 925.321.8011

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RESEARCH led onsite and virtual teams in North America and Asia to
achieve aggressive goals, on time and within budget. Astute analyst
and strategic thinker and creative problem solver with solid business
acumen. Personable and articulate; inspires confidence and bridges
communication gaps between business and technical organizations.

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS

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ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP: Created product roadmaps and strategic
plans. Developed vital infrastructure for orchestrating large
projects from concept through completion. Managed large teams of 65+
indivduals.

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CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION: Communicated common goals and won
buy-in from employees, organizations, vendors, suppliers and
customers. Motivated high-performing, multidisciplinary teams.

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COST REDUCTION: Saved time by introducing process innovations.
Brokered services and supply contracts that lowered expense and
translated to a competitive edge in challenging markets.
 CAREER TRACK
SENIOR MANAGER OF ENGINEERING 2004 - 2010
LSI Corporation Milpitas, California
Delivered energy, insight, expertise and leadership crucial for
meeting targets in marketing, sales, quality, customer satisfaction
and profitability for a MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR DESIGNER of ASICS, host
bus and RAID adapters, STORAGE SYSTEMS and computer networking
products. Worked with original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to
define technical requirements. Identified resources; engaged
contractors; assigned work to engineering groups. Monitored program
and project benchmarks and costs. Managed key business relationships.
Troubleshot complex issues on-site and at international locations.

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Trained original design manufacturers (ODM) in Taiwan, which
DRAMATICALLY CUT DEVELOPMENT COSTS for non-IP (Intellectual Property)
platform software and REDUCED TIME TO MARKET.

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TRIMMED 2-3 MONTHS from the new platform implementation process by
introducing the new practice of developing software ahead of hardware
arrival.

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Defined and OUTSOURCED non-critical design work; negotiated contract
terms with developers that CUT COSTS; managed vendor teams that
produced deliverables on time and to specification.

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BOOSTED CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; established vital client
requirements; led co-development and co-test efforts with OEMs that
fostered trust, confidence and lasting relationships.

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Made key contributions to the executive team that created roadmaps
and marketing strategy; REDEFINED THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS and drove
continuous improvement initiatives.

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 RECRUITED engineering talent; MENTORED key front line and program
managers; cultivated teamwork ethic and commitment to business goals.
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MANAGED the development of EMBEDDED CONTROLLER products, UI Teams,
STORAGE MANAGEMENT Software and RAID Storage.

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ENGINEERING SENIOR MANAGER: NETWORK STORAGE / ENTERPRISE SERVERS
1988 - 2004
Sun Microsystems (Now Oracle America) Newark, California
Established productive working relationships with Marketing,
Operations, Test and Engineering organizations. Hired, assigned and
supervised engineers. Established realistic budgets and program
schedules; instituted metrics, reports and quality controls.
Formulated and presented business cases and won executive approvals
for strategic changes, infrastructure and process improvements. Led
software architects in design and development activities.

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REORGANIZED, REFOCUSED and REVITALIZED a failing RAID design group;
RAISED QUALITY STANDARDS from general purpose storage and produced
ENTERPRISE CLASS PRODUCTS. (2002-2004)

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Managed the Software Porting and Development Group for enterprise
servers and built embedded controllers to internally manage the
servers for uptime and availability. (1996-2002)
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Enabled dynamic reconfiguration and increased server availability;
leveraged simulators to produce software ahead of hardware
deliveries.

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Developed Solaris OS internal code, test tools, and system-level
software packages as Group Manager of Software Engineering.
(1988-1996)
 EDUCATION

MASTER OF SCIENCE: COMPUTER ENGINEERING

University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: INFORMATION & COMPUTER SCIENCE

University of California, Irvine, California

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX a Sun Solaris a Linux a VxWorks

DEVELOPMENT: C / C++ a Java a Waterfall a Agile a Functional

a Matrix

APPLICATION: Microsoft Project / Excel

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