Poirier Art41960

Innovative and market-focused engineering manager with consulting and leadership expertise. Proven ability to champion new processes and direct complex technical software development and integration projects. Optimize resource utilization, reduce technology costs, aggressively leverage automation, and drive quality assurance enhancements. Collaborate with market and engineering teams in presenting customer needs and market demands to encourage cutting-edge concepts; direct product design, development, production, testing, and quality assurance processes. Lead project teams of direct and indirect, culturally-diverse technology professionals to develop efficient goal-focused units. Liaise with senior and operational leaders of entrenched processes to accept change, including team training in Scrum Leader, Product Owner and other Agile roles. Consult with clients in diverse industry sectors to define product and operational needs and develop technology strategies focused on reducing costs and simultaneously increasing revenue streams. Conduct research of open source and original equipment manufacturer offerings to develop innovative yet pragmatic product recommendations. Leverage exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to deliver proposals to both technical and non-technical audiences, liaise with international clients, and facilitate team development and training sessions. Identify and address changing priorities in dynamic environments. And a healthy dose of 'bla bla bla', meaning "organise the chaos and make it work." I credit myself with the ability to know what needs to be done and when, but not necessarily the skill to do it myself. Dual Australian and United States citizenship. Vietnam residency. Lived & worked in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, UK, France, Malaysia, Japan, and Vietnam.