Leo William Little, 

5104 Evergreen Court,

Austin, Texas 78731  

(512) 454-7409  

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PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

Micropath Consulting, Austin, Texas

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Symtx, Inc., Austin, Texas,  3/01 - 3/02

Program Manager:  Responsible for planning, budgeting, scheduling and directing of software and hardware teams for the design and development of custom multi-million dollar test systems for the communications and aerospace industries

Rochelle Communications, Austin, TX, 4/00 - 11/00

Director of Marketing: Responsible for defining market strategies and tactics for a start-up test equipment company providing stand-alone and computer-based telephony and caller ID instruments.  Duties included project management  of an engineering team for new product development.

National Instruments, Austin, Texas, 2/98 – 4/00

Telecom Business Development Manager: Responsible for 30% sales growth in the telecom segment through strategic planning, tactical marketing, identification of new opportunities, and strong sales and customer support.  Duties included software design and management as a cross-functional member of an engineering team. 

3M Corporation, Austin, Texas,  5/91 - 2/98

Cross-functional Team Manager:  Responsible for the leadership of a cross-functional team comprising R&D, sales, marketing, manufacturing, tech service, purchasing, and accounting. Activities led to the commercialization of a telecom product with sales of over $20 million within two years of release.

R&D Project Manager:  Responsible for the planning, budgeting, scheduling and directing of engineering teams of up to fifteen people for software and hardware design and development of telecommunications field test instruments.   

International Product Development Engineer:  Responsible for determining technical requirements, formulating project plans, and completing software and hardware designs of products for the international telecom market.  

Design Engineer: Responsible for analog and digital circuit design, assembly-level coding and high-level software programming for telecom products.  

Technical Writing, Austin, Texas, 9/88 – 5/91  

Technical Writer: Wrote technical articles, manuals, and marketing material part-time while completing an electrical engineering degree at the University of Texas.

Cellular One, Austin, Texas, 6/86 - 9/88  

System Administrator: Responsible for cellphone system administration and expansion.  Duties included supervision of cell site and switching office operations, data base analysis, site planning, equipment specification, and vendor liaison.  

Omni Communications, Austin, Texas, 3/84 - 6/86 

Service Manager: Started up service facility for two-way radio company and developed it into largest radio repair center in Austin. Responsibilities included technical and business supervision of service shop and technical support for new and existing trunked radio networks and equipment.  

TRX Communications, Cuzco, Peru,  9/77 - 1/84  

Owner: Designed, marketed, sold, installed, and maintained radio systems for private companies and governmental entities in South America.  Developed fluency in Spanish.  

Siemens, A.G., Munich, Germany, 8/76 - 8/77  

Test Technician: Responsible for the design, fabrication, and troubleshooting of test fixtures and systems in an industrial control division.  Developed near-fluency in German.  

Windjammer Cruises, Miami, Florida,  6/74 - 6/76   

Radio Operator: Maintained radio, radar and navigational equipment on ocean-going ships sailing around the world.  

EDUCATION

Last updated by Leo W. Little  on Nov. 1, 2007