Sr. Program Manager at Juniper Networks
San Francisco Bay Area
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- Sr. Program Manager - Transformation Office at Juniper Networks
- Sr. Program Manager - NPI at Juniper Networks
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- Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Bluetooth Wireless System Component at Palm, Inc.
- Engineering Program Manager, Wi-Fi Wireless System Component at Palm, Inc.
- Project Manager, TrimTrac GPS locator at Trimble Navigation
- Project Manager, GPS Precision Clock Modules at Trimble Navigation
- Project Manager – Product Quality Assurance, Project Manager – Customer Product Qualifications at Maxtor Corporation
- Senior Applications Engineer at Phase Metrics Corp
- Corporate Account Customer Engineer, Failure Analysis Engineer at Quantum Corp
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- Stanford University
- University of California, Santa Barbara
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Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Summary
Program Manager with over 10 years of experience leading both software and hardware product development, plus 5 additional years of marketing and sales support. Extensive background driving small and large cross-functional teams, effectively interfacing with individuals at all levels, and working directly with internal and external vendors and customers. Manages all product life cycle phases using excellent organizational, leadership, and communication skills.
* Rehabilitated two critical system components into dependable high quality features that are delivered on time with high quality.
* Transformed a complex $8M program that was issue laden and behind schedule, into a high quality consumer product currently producing revenue.
* Managed complex high profile programs from conception through production & launch.
* Saved $600K by optimizing schedule and utilization of materials.
* Managed domestic and international customers, contract manufacturers, vendors, remote colleagues, and out sourced resources.
Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Specialties:
New Product Development of software and hardware. Experienced with consumer electronic, wireless, computer networking & security, and computer software launches and subsequent releases.
Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Experience
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Sr. Program Manager - Transformation Office
Juniper Networks
(Public Company; JNPR; Computer Networking industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Leading 2 of the 4 cornerstone efforts as part of the strategic company-wide JUNOS software transformation. JUNOS is Juniper’s single network operating system, supporting integrated routing, switching, security, and other network services and is used globally in all products for all customers. The initiative is a significant one for the company and its strategy for growth to the next level.
Acting as a cultural change agent for 1) Architecture and 2) Planning and Portfolio Management -
Sr. Program Manager - NPI
Juniper Networks
(Public Company; JNPR; Computer Networking industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
• Managed several concurrent NPI programs which utilized hardware and software Development, QA/Systest, and manufacturing resources in the US, China, and India.
• Coordinated all aspects of product execution based on marketing requirements, including organization and management of a cross-functional team composed of hardware and software (platform) engineering, quality assurance, marketing, product management, finance, and customer service, throughout the development phase. Proactively managed all lifecycle processes to meet program goals. Oversaw Beta and field trials before final product launch. Directed program schedule, budget, technical review and analysis, and final project implementation. Performed in depth analysis of allocation and leveling of resources from the functional groups to ensure consistent and timely application of the resources and met the project's schedule. Monitored all critical paths, anticipated and identifid bottlenecks. Escalated major problems or issues to management. -
Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Bluetooth Wireless System Component
Palm, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PALM; Consumer Electronics industry)
October 2006 — August 2007 (11 months)
Responsible for development & integration of Bluetooth software on the Treo smartphones, and on the Foleo companion product, using Palm, Windows Mobile, & Linux operating systems.
• Turned around troubled management of this key product feature which was traditionally completed late & with questionable quality.
• Successfully delivered projects on schedule, while managing of up to 9 simultaneous development & maintenance release programs.
• Performed double duty by also covering the previous role for 3 months before a replacement was available.
• Managed a team of 17 software development and quality assurance engineers. Also out sourced resources for development, QA, & headset & car kit interoperability testing.
• Coordinated with 4 external vendors (Broadcom, CSR, Microsoft, & ESI/iAnywhere) who provided different chipsets, firmware, drivers, & stacks.
• Coordinated industry certification for Bluetooth logo use on products, as well as acceptance testing for cell phone carriers. -
Engineering Program Manager, Wi-Fi Wireless System Component
Palm, Inc.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; PALM; Consumer Electronics industry)
May 2005 — January 2007 (1 year 9 months)
Responsible for development & integration of software on two Palm PDAs, & the Foleo phone companion product. Initiated the development of Wi-Fi on all future Treo smartphone.
• Produced “Best in Class” user experience for PDA Wi-Fi usability on the Palm T|X.
• Launched a software update to provide Enterprise Security for Wi-Fi on the T|X. This included internal development which leveraged the use of a vendor supplicant.
• Managed a team of 15 software development & quality assurance engineers Also managed out sourced resources for QA and interoperability testing.
• Coordinated with 5 external vendors (Murata / SyChip, Marvell, CSR, Devicescape, and Lower Crossings) who provided modules, chipsets, firmware, and supplicant.
• Monitored the investigation and implementation of Wi-Fi & Bluetooth coexistence using a single shared antenna & utilizing an overlapping radio frequency band.
• Investigated new technology & requirements for development of VoWi-Fi (VoIP over WiFi). -
Project Manager, TrimTrac GPS locator
Trimble Navigation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRMB; Wireless industry)
January 2004 — April 2005 (1 year 4 months)
Responsible for major product release of TrimTrac™ locator, a consumer asset tracker via GPS, for the Integrated Products vertical market which represented ⅓ to ½ of the division’s planned revenue.
• Managed a cross-functional team of more than 20 members from 9 different departments.
• Successfully managed the outsourced mechanical design of housings for the product family, from industrial design concept through plastic tooling to production.
• Orchestrated re-design of two printed circuit board assemblies, and revisions of firmware for three releases.
• Coordinated critical testing, certification, and Type Approvals required for cell phones.
• Introduced significant new production testing and assembly procedures required by new technology and processes. -
Project Manager, GPS Precision Clock Modules
Trimble Navigation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TRMB; Telecommunications industry)
September 2002 — December 2003 (1 year 4 months)
Managed several concurrent OEM precision clock projects, used in cell phone base stations, for the Timing & Synchronization vertical market, which represented ⅓ of the division’s 2003 revenue.
• Creatively negotiated limited resources to maintain schedules without impacting budgets.
• Adapted product development to frequent customer required specification changes.
• Resolved effort estimation conflicts with schedules driven by deadlines for samples.
• Learned new technology quickly to enable productive contribution and decision-making. -
Project Manager – Product Quality Assurance, Project Manager – Customer Product Qualifications
Maxtor Corporation
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MXO; Computer Hardware industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years )
1) Responsible for ensuring that product met customer specifications and passed qualification tests.
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Senior Applications Engineer
Phase Metrics Corp
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Computer Hardware industry)
1997 — 1998 (1 year )
Responsible for servo writer division’s fastest growing market: Japan, Korea, and rest of Asia.
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Corporate Account Customer Engineer, Failure Analysis Engineer
Quantum Corp
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; QNTM; Computer Hardware industry)
1991 — 1997 (6 years )
Responsible for all technical HP account activities, from pre-sales discussion to post-sales support. Product specialist for billion dollar Thunderbolt product line, from conception to end of life. Responsible for ATA and SCSI performance hard disk drives, sub-systems, and assemblies.
Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Education
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Stanford University
SCPM , Advanced Project Management , 2008 — 2008
Stanford Certified Project Manager
Courses completed to achieve Certification:
Converting Strategies into Action
Mastering the Project Portfolio
Leadership for Strategic Execution
Leading Effective Teams
Leading Change from the Middle
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University of California, Santa Barbara
BSEE , Solid State, Computer Architecture , 1982 — 1986
My degree was supposed to be Electrical and Computer Engineering (BSECE), but they changed the title to the more traditional BSEE before I received my diploma.
Additional Information
Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Websites:
Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Interests:
• Web site development and production, • Sports car road racing - building, driving, officiating, managing, crewing, watching, • I combine these hobbies on my web site in my very limited spare time. Sports Racer Network - http://sports.racer.net,
Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Groups:
Project Management Institute (PMI),
• PMP Certified
• Member of the Silicon Valley Chapter
WebGuild Silicon valley,
• Associate Member,
WGUMC, = Willow Glen United Methodist Church, San Jose, CA,
• 2008 President, Board of Trustees,
BSA, = Boy Scouts of America,
• 2007-2008+ Cubmaster Pack 318, San Jose, CA,
• Former Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 318, San Jose, CA,
SCCA, = Sports Car Club of America,
• Former President of the Racing Drivers Club, San Francisco Region, CA,
NASA, = National Auto Sport Association,
• Semi-retired Race Director, founding San Francisco region,
- 25 Hour Endurance races,
- 2006 National Championships in Mid-Ohio, Ohio,
- Several full seasons of races for all classes,
• Former Director High Performance Driving Experience,
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Tom Clayton, PMP, SCPM’s Honors:
• Eagle Scout (BSA), with 5 Palms.
• Significant Contributor Award from Hewlett Packard.
• Multi-time Regional & Divisional Champion, SCCA road racing.
• Several SCCA Track Records (established a new fasted lap in class at a given track)
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