Bob Becker

Current

Vice President of Engineering and Quality at DRS Signal Solutions

Past

Owner & Managing Director at Product Development Advantage Group
Sr. Vice President, Engineering and Operations at Mercury Computer Systems
VP of Engineering at MicroTouch Systems

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Education

The University of Connecticut
Fairfield University

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Bob Becker’s Summary

Product Development, Operations and Quality Executive and Expert Consultant with extensive, practical, executive experience creating high-velocity performance in high-change, tech environments.

Owner of the Product Development Advantage Group which is a resource to help create competitive advantage with improved speed, quality and costs of product development. Twenty-five years experience developing market-leading products has led to the creation of effective tools and methods to figure out what gates effectiveness. Fifteen years as a successful executive brings proven change management experience. While typical improvement efforts often focus only on process, the reality is that the gating challenges live at the intersection of people and process. www.pd-advantage.com

Bob Becker’s Specialties:

Improving corporate speed, Driving change, Developing world class products, Building strong teams, Improve development processes, Integrate acquisitions, Manage joint development activities, Leadership development, Innovation acceleration, Strategic planning, Quality system improvement, Consulting, Coaching

Bob Becker’s Experience

Vice President of Engineering and Quality

DRS Signal Solutions

(Defense & Space industry)

April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

In this role, Bob is responsible for all the performance of Engineering and the improvement of Quality systems to enable customer satisfaction and busienss growth at DRS Signal Solutions in Gaithersburg, MD and Columbia, MD.