Consulting Professional
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Founder at Sakino Consulting
- Strategic Partner at Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants
- Past
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- Director, Engineering Operations at Palm
- Director, Hardware Engineering at Palm
- Director, Product Programs at Clairvoyante, Inc
- Education
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- Tokyo Daigaku
- University of California, San Diego
- Harvey Mudd College
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Matt Schlegel’s Summary
A seasoned high tech leader with over 20 years of leadership and technology experience, Matt Schlegel provides consulting services in the areas of team leadership, product development, working with Japanese joint development partners, and telecommunications. Matt founded Sakino Consulting to help companies, in joint product development ventures with Japanese partners, bring new products to market (www.sakinoconsulting.com). Also, Matt is a proud member of Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consulting, focusing on finding clients the best solutions for their communications needs (www.schooleymitchell.com/mschlegel).
After graduating from Harvey Mudd College with a BS in Engineering and UC San Diego with an MS in Electrical Engineering/Applied Physics, Matt was granted a Mombusho Scholarship to perform research at the University of Tokyo. The following 3 years were spent living, studying and working in Japan. Leaving Japan, Matt returned to his native San Francisco Bay Area where he has spent the last 15 years working in a number of management and consulting roles.
Matt Schlegel’s Specialties:
Leadership: Project Management, Team Communication, Product Development, Quality and Warranty Cost Management.
Technologies: Mobile, Wireless, Audio/Video, Telecommunications.
International: Extensive experience leading joint development programs with Asian companies. Fluent in Japanese.
Matt Schlegel’s Experience
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Founder
Sakino Consulting
(Privately Held; Management Consulting industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)
Sakino Consulting provides guidance, insight and advice to smooth the differences in culture and language, enabling American companies to do business successfully with Japanese companies.
• Develop and negotiate joint venture business agreements and product development agreements
• Develop business, intellectual property (IP), technical and product development strategies
• Provide execution oversight and guidance
• Provide both verbal and written Japanese-English translation of technical content, patent applications, educational material and business communications
• Provide back channel communications or ‘nemawashi’
• Provide intercultural , bilingual program management services
• Provide bug (issue) tracking, translation and communications
• Provide cross-cultural insight and perspective
• Build strong and trusting relationships and partnerships
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Strategic Partner
Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants
(Privately Held; Telecommunications industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants is the largest independent telecom consulting company in North America, with offices from coast to coast. Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultants deliver unique telecommunications expertise to companies large and small and from all industries. We offer a broad range of services that include analysis of existing and future telecommunications needs, assessment of best alternatives and implementation of cost-effective telecommunications solutions. The company is fully independent of all telecommunications providers.
• Provide independent, objective expert recommendations for all telecommunications needs - Local, Mobile, Long Distance, Phone Systems, Video, Teleconferencing, Data and Internet.
• Optimization - Analyze existing services and systems in order to reduce cost and improve quality of service.
• Professional Services - Needs analysis, proposal review and creation, vendor recommendations, implementation services and project management. -
Director, Engineering Operations
Palm
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PALM; Computer Hardware industry)
August 2006 — August 2007 (1 year 1 month)
- Lead cross-functional recruiting, hiring and training efforts to support Board-level corporate initiative to create Engineering Centers of Excellence in Asia - Taiwan and Shanghi.
- ODM Engineering Management: Design and implement business processes to effectively manage ODM Partners. Conduct quarterly engineering review of activities with all ODM partners. Monitor partners to keep development projects on track, on schedule and on budget. Provide strategic direction for new technology development. Manage all product development agreements with ODM partners -
Director, Hardware Engineering
Palm
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PALM; Computer Hardware industry)
August 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 1 month)
- Led team of 30+ engineers and managers with HW engineering development, maintenance and quality responsibilities for all Palm products: Treo Smart Phones, Palm Foleo and PDAs.
- Shipped the following Treo Smartphones: T650, T680, T700w, T700p, T750, and T755p with increasing quality and shorter time to market.
- Received Palm Excellence Award for leadership in bringing Palm products and processes into compliance with international environmental directives (RoHS, WEEE). -
Director, Product Programs
Clairvoyante, Inc
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
December 2002 — August 2004 (1 year 9 months)
- Managed R&D programs with several top-tier Japanese display manufacturers. Extensive travel to Japan for on-site customer visits.
- Defined goals and deliverables with display partners. Allocated internal resources and scheduled engineering activities. Defined and implemented engineering workflow processes.
- Developed and presented technology training material to partners, focused on both the theory and implementation of innovative display technology.
- Direct contributor to the IP portfolio - 5 patent applications, 1 of which has issued. -
Director of Engineering
Quindi
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
December 2000 — November 2002 (2 years)
- Member of executive staff - developed business strategy and funding plan.
- Full responsibility for aligning product development objectives with company strategy – formulated engineer plans and executed programs to schedule and budget.
- Hired and led cross-functional engineering team responsible for product delivery.
- Raised operating capital through angel and VC investors.
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Director, Hardware Engineering
ReplayTV
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)
August 1998 — December 2000 (2 years 5 months)
- Hired and led the Hardware team that delivered the world’s first Digital Video Recorder, March 1999. Built HW engineering team from 1 engineer to staff of 13.
- Initiated relationship with Matsushita Electrical Corporation, which later became ReplayTV’s consumer electronics partner in retail. Served as lead liaison to Matsushita engineering and QC.
- Drove ReplayTV product quality to meet Matsushita’s stringent quality and reliability standards. First Made-in-USA product to launch into US retail under the Panasonic brand. -
Director of Hardware Engineering
MagiNet
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1998 (4 years)
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Senior Engineer
General Intstrument
(Telecommunications industry)
1987 — 1991 (4 years)
Matt Schlegel’s Education
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Tokyo Daigaku
Electrical Engineering & Japanese 1991 — 1993
- Activities and Societies:
- Awarded a Mombusho Scholarship. Published "Utilization of GaAs-MESFET for CATV Reception Via Optical Fiber," Conference Proceedings, Spring 1993, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers. (Written in Japanese.)
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University of California, San Diego
MSEE , Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics , 1989 — 1991
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Harvey Mudd College
BS , Engineering , 1983 — 1987
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Matt Schlegel’s Interests:
Cycling, sailing, language study, investing.
Matt Schlegel’s Honors:
US Patent Awards:
7,187,353: Dot Inversion on Novel Display Panel Layouts with Extra Drivers.
7,268,758: Transistor Backplanes for Liquid Crystal Displays Comprising Different Sized Subpixels
Palm Excellence Award: led cross-functional team to implement company-wide environmental compliance program.
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