VP of Product Management and System Engineering at Hitachi Telecom
Greater Atlanta Area
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- VP - Product Mgt. and Systems Eng. at Hitachi Telecom
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- Executive Dir. Systems Engineering and Product Management at Parama Networks
- Director Kestrel Atlanta / Product Management at Kestrel Solutions
- Sr. Manager, Applications Engineering at Kestrel Solutions
- Manager - Product Planning (SONET) at Fujitsu Network Communications
- Manager of Technical Marketing at Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc.
- Education
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- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- W. G. Enloe High School
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Scott Wilkinson’s Summary
Telecommunications executive with experience in marketing, product management, and systems engineering of optical transport and access equipment. Significant interaction with major carriers in the United States as well as experience with rural telcos, utilities, and municipalities.
Goals include fame, fortune, and general well-being.
Scott Wilkinson’s Specialties:
Public speaking, technical specification, technical writing, employee management, goal setting, organization, prioritization, technical instruction, humorous repartee
Scott Wilkinson’s Experience
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VP - Product Mgt. and Systems Eng.
Hitachi Telecom
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; HIT; Telecommunications industry)
2003 — Present (6 years)
System specification and product management for Fiber to the Home (FTTH) products, optical products (40G/100G), and other product transitions from Hitachi's Japanese development organizations. Significant public speaking and writing obligations.
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Executive Dir. Systems Engineering and Product Management
Parama Networks
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years)
- Led all Product Management, System Engineering, and Marketing efforts for Parama Networks
- Responsible for defining and prioritizing product features for a next-generation SONET element based on System-on-a-Chip technology (480GMX)
- Led system engineering team responsible for system requirements authorship, standards interpretation, and technical response to customer RFXs (including RBOC network design wins)
- Led OSMINE efforts with Telcordia for Parama’s 480GMX
- Led marketing efforts, including Marcom materials, documentation, customer and partner presentations, and tradeshow demonstrations
- Primary technical customer and partner contact for Parama’s 480GMX element
- Author of technical presentation at NFOEC 2003, co-authored by Verizon
- Reported directly to CEO, responsible for Board of Directors interaction on system-level issues -
Director Kestrel Atlanta / Product Management
Kestrel Solutions
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Telecommunications industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
- Responsible for defining next generation transport and switching product, including customer interactions, development requirements, and standards implementation
- Interaction with customers on network evolution trends and needs, independent of Kestrel's technology
- Integration of SONET, Optical FDM, DWDM, ATM, IP, MPLS, NEBS, OSMINE, and other requirements into a coherent "Market Requirements Document" for development
- Various conference presentations and press interviews
- Responsible for opening and managing Kestrel's Atlanta office -
Sr. Manager, Applications Engineering
Kestrel Solutions
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1998 — 2000 (2 years)
- Key member of marketing team introducing flagship product to RBOC and other customers
- Responsible for planning the next generation of products, including customer interviews and competitive analysis
- Authored exhaustive product requirements documents for new features and new products
- Initial and ongoing customer introduction to new technology and its application to their networks
- Customer network studies based on product capabilities, network requirements, and competitive assessment
- Authored white papers for internal use, marketing briefs, and published magazine articles
- Various conference presentations and press interviews
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Manager - Product Planning (SONET)
Fujitsu Network Communications
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
From an early resume:
- Responsible for all aspects of product management for low-speed SONET Network Element (NE) as well as next generation mid/high speed NE
- Wrote specifications for next generation releases and features, requiring knowledge of customer demands, emerging standards, and development resources
- Consulted on emerging technologies including OC-192 and WDM due to academic background in optics, fiber nonlinearities, and semiconductor technology
- Interfaced with manufacturing and development to establish schedules and deadlines for new products and features
- Responsible for sales force and customer education about new features and functionalities
- Interfaced with Bellcore for integration of new NE features into Bellcore OSs -
Manager of Technical Marketing
Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
From an old resume:
- Responsible for all technical aspects of the marketing department including customer education, sales force education, product feature specification and prioritization based on market demands, market and competitive analysis
- Develop “Future Vision” based on market analysis, published research, customer demands, and personal expertise to provide direction to development
- Develop network applications for customers based on customer needs and product capabilities
- Direct interface between Product Management and Sales/Marketing department
- Write white papers, publish articles, and present at conferences on current technologies, economic analysis, and future advances
- Serve as press contact for technical issues - quoted often in trade magazines and newsletters
- Primary customer contact for technical issues
- Shared responsibility for account management
Scott Wilkinson’s Education
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Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD , Electrical Engineering , 1990 — 1996
My research focused on semiconductor integration with silicon circuitry and micromachines (MEMS). My thesis title was "Photonic Devices for Optical Interconnects Using Epitaxial Liftoff".
Research activities included:
- Integration of GaAs photonic devices onto silicon circuits, micromachines, and other substrates using epitaxial liftoff
- Characterization and modeling of semiconductor resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) light emitting diodes (LEDs)
- Communications systems analysis at SONET rates
- Research and modeling of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs)
- LPE manufacture of InP-based photonic devices (emitters and detectors)
- Bulk micromachining of silicon and polyimides
- Lithium niobate waveguides and gallium arsenide on LiNbO3
- Publishing and presenting research results in international journals and at international conferences -
Georgia Institute of Technology
BEE , Electrical Engineering , 1986 — 1990
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W. G. Enloe High School
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Optical Networking Group -
FTTx - Fiber to the x -
Hitachi Alumni Group -
Governor's School of NC Alumni -
DunwoodyUMC Network -
US Broadband Coalition
Scott Wilkinson’s Honors:
Recent front-page publication in OSP magazine: http://www.ospmag.com/issue/article/012009-PON
Recent appearance on LightReading TV:
http://www.lightreading.com/tv/tv_popup.asp?doc_id=156956
Recent appearance on TMCNet:
http://www.tmcnet.com/tmc/videos/default.aspx?vid=517
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