David Kiefer Experienced engineering leader and innovator.

3-Com Router Technology Acquisition: Chartered with development of integrated high availability secure voice and data IP network. Creating key differentiated voice and data routing features for Motorola Solution’s core enterprise IP network. Team consists of 40 software engineers and 10 hardware engineers with $14M annual budget. • Enabled significant system-level sales by program managing 4 – 6 large complex system releases per year containing security, voice, and data features for North America and European markets. o Program managed business critical, cross-functional, multi-site features while also managing PMs responsible for concurrent programs. o Selected and integrated 3rd party security products (e.g. Fortinet, Juniper, NICE Systems). o Integrated new HW and SW through board bring-up, functional test, and factory introduction. o Improved program execution performance by establishing and leading program management office (PMO) team of 6 PMs located in Sunnyvale, CA and Schaumburg, IL. • Increased product design robustness and delivered quality by establishing system engineering team and process and staffing with 5 highly skilled technologists. o Established product level requirements and design deliverables to translate system requirements to product level requirements and design. Defined clear product integration plans with a Master Test Strategy. o Completed up front design for critical network routing features such as IPv6, IPSEC, and GGSN. • Improved network security by obtaining Federal Information Processing (FIPS) 140-2 and Common Criteria Certification for Motorola Network Routers, accomplishing 1st time certification for Motorola’s core network that protected $300M – $500M of annual federal market business. o Established project and program managed effort across all impacted functional teams (3rd party security certification authority, software, hardware, product test, business, manufacturing, sales, field engineers, and customer support engineers). • Achieved significant engineering efficiency improvements by researching opportunities, analyzing large data sets using advanced statistical methods, and collaborating with stakeholders for adoption of proposed changes. o Increased percent of total defects found prior to quality assurance turnover from 70% to 80%.

Engineering Manager, Agile Software Development Innovator 2001 – 2004 Built grass roots Motorola-wide adoption of Agile Software Development Methods to improve collaboration, quality, and productivity. • Piloted first project using eXtreme Programming and reported results at Motorola’s annual Software Symposium. Measured results showed improvement in collaboration, productivity and cycle time. • Coached and mentored peer engineering teams in adoption of Agile methods by hosting weekly community of practice sessions, establishing formal training, and offering one-on-one coaching. • Editor for Agile Methods Experience paper which won best paper at Motorola’s annual Software Engineering and System Symposium. Paper was subsequently published in IEEE. • Established and chaired the Agile Methods track at Motorola’s Software Engineering Symposium. Track was rated the best out of 25 symposium tracks.

I have extensive experience with modeling complex problems using a range of statistical methods from intermediate to advanced. The models help enable sound decisions making.

I have access to eastern European low cost design centers which can develop high quality software.