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From: fornara@convex.com (Frank Fornara)
Organization: Odyssey Ultraware, Inc
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 03:47:48 CDT
Subject: Engineering Manager position

Experienced Engineering Manager seeks position in startup company where his
20 years + experience in electronic hardware and software, project management,
development, manufacturing and support would help such company grow and prosper.

Would prefer position in Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas but will consider
re-locating to other South Western states if the opportunity is right.

All interested parties please respond by phone or letter to the address shown
below. Can also be contacted by e-mail on Compuserve at the following
address:

73110.3031@compuserve.com  


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FRANK FORNARA						    1014 Sumners Court	
							Carrollton Texas 75007
							      214/242-9056 (H) 	
					         Thru 12/31/92 214/497-4380(O)
						After  1/1/93: 214/702-6070 (O) 


			ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT

Program/Product Management...Concurrent Engineering...
Image Processing...Writable Optical Disk...Mass Storage...
Embedded Microprocessor Controllers...Supercomputers...
International Business Experience...French/Spanish...Team Leadership...

				EXPERIENCE

CONVEX COMPUTER CORP, Richardson, TX			       	1990-Present
Manager, Technical Operations Group
Responsible for the ongoing production and repair of three series of 
Supercomputers. Improved internal and external customer relations. Chaired and

participated in many cross-functional teams to facilitate concurrent 
engineering and accelerate product introductions. 

*	Reduced repair cycle time from 20 days to less than ten days which 
	netted a savings of over $1 million per year. 
*	Member of Early Vendor Involvement (EVI) Team which facilitated vendor
		selection and optimized use of vendor design experience in early stages 	of
product development. 
*	Managed two cost reduction projects which saved $280K/yr. 
*	Modified a Supercomputer to meet DOD and DOC license requirements to 		allow
shipment of ten systems lo China for $5M. 
*	Performed benchmarking of the repair organization and participated in 
	the overall company Malcolm Baldridge Award application and assessment
		process. 

TIDEL SYSTEMS, Carrollton, TX                                   1989-1990 
Program Manager. Petroleum Products 
Headed up a team of eleven hardware and software engineers with responsibility

for all aspects of the development of a highly accurate underground storage 
tank monitoring system. Interacted on daily basis with customers, marketing, 
manufacturing, and field service. 

*	Reorganized Hardware and Software Engineering group. Hired new talent.
		Instilled engineering discipline into all stages of product development,
	manufacturing, and maintenance.
* 	Implemented computerized documentation control system involving 3000
		drawings.
*	Selected microprocessor and software architecture and defined product 
	specs and cost targets. 
*	Managed all UL/CSA/FCC agency approvals. Established close working 
	relationship with these agencies to speed up approval cycle. 

BANCTEC INC., Dallas, TX                                       	1983-1989 
Manager. Advanced Products Development (1985-1989) 
Managed a team of 15 hardware and software engineers responsible for the 
development of a second generation high speed image capture system used for 
financial document processing. 

*	Wrote detailed technical proposal for Swiss PTT system. Conducted 
	several executive level technical presentations in French and English, 
	resulting in a 	$50M contract.
* 	Set up detailed plan and managed project next generation high speed 
	image processing system.Introduced CAD/CAE systems to engineering. 
	Conducted hardware and software design reviews and developed functional 	and
design specs. 
*	Served as prime engineering customer interface, as well as project 
	manager, on several customized image processing systems for large 
	utilities and credit card companies.
*	Managed to successful and timely conclusion several contractor-staffed
		projects. Wrote statement of work and set up paypoint and progress

	milestones.

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FRANK FORNARA							Page Two


Manager Continuation Engineering (1983-1985) 
Responsible for the continuation engineering of several image based products. 

*	Fixed multiple system bugs and engineered several enhancements on 
	existing product.
*	Managed workstation check encoder project. Defined operational,
		manufacturing, and testing specs; coordinated all mechanical, 
	electrical, and software activities.
* 	Evaluated, tested, and subsequently negotiated the use of a third-party
	ultra fast encoder. 
*	Designed an image terminal controller for use on high speed document 		processing system in initial BancTec capacity as Design Engineer.

MEAD OFFICE SYSTEMS, Plano, TX                 			1980-1983 
Manager, Advanced Image Processing 
Directed the design of image lift and printing in a high-speed "photocopying" 
product (125 page/minute). Coordinated the development of software simulations

and hardware implementation of four different image processing algorithms. 

Senior Engineer (1980-1981)
Designed video input controller, digital automatic gain control, electronic 
magnification, and reduction/image processing hardware. All projects delivered

on schedule and met or exceeded specifications. 


E-SYSTEMS, COMMERCIAL DIVISION, Arlington, TX          		1977-1980 
Senior Electronic Systems Engineer 
Designed hardware and firmware for various automated mail sorting systems. 
Responsible for site installation and customer acceptance testing. 


GEOPHYSICAL SERVICES INC, Dallas, TX           			1969-1977 
Navigation Operations Supervisor
Carried out various field services duties worldwide on marine navigation and 
data acquisition systems.


BRITISH TELECOMM, London, England                               1959-1969 
Held positions from Technical Officer through Assistant Executive Engineer 
involved with the installation, maintenance, and development of various 
international switching centers in the UK. 


EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Electrical Engineering (Telecommunication) Degree, Wandsworth Technical College,London 1964

Management/Technical Development courses include: Situation Leadership, EEO: 
Managing Diversity, Design of Experiments, 6-Sigma Quality Programs, Japanese I & II; Introduction to the Malcolm Baldridge Quality Award Program, Cl/C2

Maintenance, Advanced Unix, Quality Improvement-Phil Crosby, High Performance 
Team Leadership, etc. 

Languages: fluent in French and Spanish. Familiarity with Japanese. 
Knowledgeable regarding European business practices and safety regulations. 




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