Contact

www.linkedin.com/in/mikemouser-364ab81 (LinkedIn)

Top Skills

Product Management

Embedded Software

Location Based Services

Honors-Awards

Eagle Scout

Patents

Vehicle Navigation System with User

Interface

Portable Vehicle Navigation System

Mike Mouser

VP of World Wide Engineering at Wilson Electronics

Richardson

Summary

Executive Summary:

• Over 11+ years Executive Engineering and global management

experience with a strong mix

of business and technology acumen, technology development,

system architectures, product development and structured

execution processes supporting high quality product and business

standards. 

• Over 23+ years of experience in development of Consumer,

Commercial and Automotive products residing in both benign and

harsh environments. 

• Large and small company experience: Rockwell International,

Thales International, MITAC International, Orbital Sciences,

Magellan Inc. and Navigation Solutions LLC a Hertz Global

company. Responsible for sites in United States, Europe, Asia

and Russia inclusive of relationship development of top technical

contracting organizations in Asia and India.

• Developed and executed key engineering strategies with highly

talented teams for products entering new market segments,

technologies, product line expansion, engineering development

processes (Agile and Waterfall), validation processes (meeting

Automotive OEM, IPx, ISO, SAE, FCC, EC, UL, VDE, CISPR and

IEC standards), Annual Operational Planning (AOP), Strategic

Business Planning (SBP) and execution to the plans

• Responsible for initial development and growth of Automotive

Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) products. 

• Pioneer in Vehicle Navigation & Telematic Technologies, lead team

innovation responsible for development of over 100+ US Patents in

Vehicle Navigation, 50+ patents in GNSS technologies.

• Deep System knowledge and expertise in product development

within high frequency and multi radio environments, Global

Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)/Global Positioning

Systems(GPS) technologies, Vehicle Navigation technologies

and Telematics / Location Based Services (LBS) in Consumer,

Automotive and Commercial markets

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• Executive Team member leading engineering development for

businesses growing from $100M to revenues approaching $1B

Experience

Wilson Electronics

VP of World Wide Engineering

January 2015 - Present (5 years 8 months)

Richardson, TX

Development of 3G, 4G, LTE, VoLTE Signal Boosters for Consumer and

Professional markets

Navigation Solutions

VP of Product Devlopment &Technology

September 2009 - Present (11 years)

Plano, Tx

• Supported Navigation Solutions CEO in Technical and Business Strategy for

the company inclusive of Key Partnership development. 

• Connected Car - Chief Architect Strategist developing and expanding the

company’s Product lines and Ecosystems to increase revenue and net profit

• Responsible for all Product Line Management Teams, Research and

Development Teams, Product packaging, HMI / GUI man-machine interfaces,

manufacturing partnerships, processes, design and test, System and Product

Validation and Test Teams, Technology Road Mapping and IP Development. 

• Reconstructed and build high talent teams, Product Management and

Engineering Development processes within AGILE environment

• Responsible for the product development of the 6th Generation “ Connected

Car”, NeverLost In –Vehicle Navigation System and Eco Systems supporting

dynamic content, NeverLost.com and mobile phone applications. The invehicle system utilized “State of the Art” Quad core 1GHz Microprocessors for

low power mobile applications and radio communication systems (3G, GPS,

BT 4.0 BLE, WiFI MIMO and NFC technologies)

Magellan Navigation

Senior Director Technical Business Development, IP Technology &

Engineering

January 2009 - September 2009 (9 months)

Magellan, San Dimas, CA (Aquired by MITAC International)

• Responsible for Global Product System Engineering Team. Leading a team

of engineers worldwide responsible for overall requirements analysis and use

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case definitions, specification developments for hardware and software teams,

product integration and test methodology. The team supports between 10-20

products annually with development cycles in 5-7 months. 

• Responsible for Global Product Qualification Test Team. Leading a team

of 60+ engineers and technicians worldwide who are responsible for overall

system test qualification. 

• Support Corporate Legal group in Patent portfolio management and litigation

cases. Key member of the Magellan Patent committee. Review patent

applications, recommendations to extend patents, and various litigation

matters with council. Assist in promotion and innovation development with

engineering and marketing, which has resulted in several hundred applications

and patents. Provide quarterly updates and presentations to the product

marketing committee on key technologies and patents for integration into new

product plans. 

• Support CEO and COO in Technical and Business Strategy for the company

and Key Partnership development.

Magellan GPS

Sr. Dir Technical Business Development and IP Technology

August 2006 - January 2009 (2 years 6 months)

Magellan SanDimas, CA (Aquired By Silver Lake Sumeru PE)

• Granted Career change opportunity upon request, Silverlake required a

specialist in IP and Business Development to lead the company forward for

future valuation

• Developed business strategy and plan for Product introduction into

Connected Personal Navigation Devices, CPND. Guided the Marketing and

Product Management teams through the initial stages of product definitions,

features, use cases and content partner development. Worked closely with

CEO, CFO, financial teams and marketing teams to refine business models

and profitability.

• Developed business strategy and plan for Geo-expansion into China for

Magellan. Led the charge with a cross functional team to use “white label”

products with 3rd party software and services to enter China within a 6 month

period. Also guided the Marketing and Product Management teams through

the initial stages of new product definitions, features, use cases and content

partner development for use of our internal Intellectual Property and product

portfolio. Worked closely with CEO, CFO, financial and marketing teams to

refine business models and profitability.

• Developed long term business strategy and plan for entrance into OEM

segments. Presented market and competitive analysis, proposed product

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plans, P&L and phase engagement schedule to Executive committee.

Proposal is under consideration for development of a new business unit. 

• Responsible for licensing and divestiture of GPS technology to an industry

leader in mobile communications. Supported the Venture Capital staff

and Legal staff in identification of candidate companies, prepared and

presented future technology presentations, assisted in the narrowing of

candidate companies. Additionally assisted in technical negotiations, contract

development and supported the close of the acquisition. 

• Supported Corporate Legal group in Patent portfolio management and

litigation cases.

Magellan Systems

VP of Engineering

June 2001 - August 2006 (5 years 3 months)

Magellan San Dimas, CA (Aquired by Thales International, Thales Navigation )

• Promoted to Vice President of worldwide Engineering for Magellan Consumer

Products and Professional Products, with responsibility for locations in

California, Michigan, France and Moscow. Responsible for 225+ Engineers

worldwide with a $35M + budget driving revenue between $350M to $480M.

• Re–organized Engineering group into a technology and products matrix

organization to gain efficiencies and blending of technologies. Relocated

and reconstructed Michigan engineering team to California to blend vehicle

navigation technologies with outdoor and marine technologies. 

• Implemented Product Life Cycle Process (PLC) for engineering practices

improving product execution times from 12 months to 6-7 months. Improved

product release quality by 100% to return rates less than 2% for product

related defects in consumer markets. 

• Lead teams and established extensive Magellan patent portfolio of 150+

patents in GNSS technologies, vehicle navigation and outdoor technologies.

• Develop processes and plan to establish original design manufacturers

(ODMs) as core hardware suppliers to gain product velocity and cost

efficiencies.

Ashtech Inc./Magellan

VP & General Manger Driver Information Systems

July 1997 - June 2001 (4 years)

Magellan Detroit, MI (Aquired by Orbital Sciences, Magellan

• Promoted to Vice President and General Manager of Magellan’s Driver

Information Systems Group in 1999 upon establishment of the Hertz joint

venture for NeverLost with $50M capitalization and delivery of Magellan’s

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1st consumer products. Promoted and encouraged the engineering team to

innovate and establish a strong patent portfolio.

• Developed Hertz NeverLost system and 1st Portable Vehicle Navigation

system, “750 Nav”, utilizing internal developed software technology from a

clean environment as well as development of the industry’s first ARM 7 System

on Chip (SOC) for navigation systems. 

• Successfully launched follow-on vehicle navigation products, developing a

new $100M business segment.

• Led the transfer of technology and team reconstruction to Magellan Systems

within the Orbital Sciences Group. Reconstructed the engineering team of

System, Hardware, Software, Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)

and Validation test engineers.

Rockwell Intl

Dir. Vehicle Navigation Engineering

December 1990 - July 1997 (6 years 8 months)

Rockwell DIS Detroit, MI (Transfer)

Engineering Manager Driver Information Systems

1997, Rockwell International, Detroit, Michigan 

Sr. Principle/Principle System Engineer Driver Information Systems

1995 through 1996, Rockwell International, Detroit, Michigan 

System Engineer/Design Engineer Commercial GPS

1990 through 1994 Rockwell International, Richardson Texas & Newport

Beach, California

• Chief Architect of Vehicle Navigation System encompassing development of

new algorithms, software modules and ARM 7 advanced SOC. 

• Member of Rockwell International Entrepreneurial Business Unit (EBU),

tasked to transition GPS technology from a Military focus to a commercially

viable product. Developed GPS Chip sets, Antennas and low cost systems.

• Transferred to Rockwell Automotive EBU, Driver Information Systems

to begin and lead vehicle navigation research and development (R&D)

following the successful transfer, reconstruction and technical road mapping

of Consumer GPS team. (Systems Design, Semiconductor Design, Software

Design, Product Design and Packaging)

Andrew Corporation - Earth Station Group

System Engineer Level 2

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October 1984 - December 1990 (6 years 3 months)

Richardson, TX

System Engineer Earth Stations, Level 1 & 2

1987 through 1989

Andrew Corp., Richardson, Texas

Field Test Engineer Earth Stations

1985 to1987

Andrew Corp., Richardson, Texas

• Responsible for System Design and Program of NBC Burbank West coast

Feed

• Responsible for System Design and Program of ABC San Francisco West

coast Feed

• Responsible for Field Implementation of ABC New York, Network Feeds

• Part of Engineering Team for systems communications in Channel Tunnel

from UK to France

• Field Install and Test of 200 + ABC affiliates, Earth Stations

Education

Texas A&M University

BSEET, Electronics Engineering · (1978 - 1984)

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