
President, Product and Process Development Consultants LLC (PPDC)
Greater Philadelphia Area

President, Product and Process Development Consultants LLC (PPDC)
Greater Philadelphia Area
I founded PPD Consultants, LLC, as an engineering and product development consulting and training firm to serve industrial clients and agencies of the federal government. While my principal office is in southern New Jersey, I work with customers at any location in the USA. Previously, I was a co-founder and Vice President of NetIDEAS, Inc, a product lifecycle management software hosting company. My 26 years of technology experience also includes design and systems engineering, and information technology program management roles with Lockheed Martin, General Electric, RCA, and the US Navy. Current and past clients include AIDA America, Best Buy Corporation, Ingersoll-Rand, Lockheed Martin Information and Technology Services, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA), Parametric Technology Corporation, Philadelphia Shipyard Development Corporation, Playtex Corporation, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Smith & Nephew Medical Technologies, Spectra Precision Instruments, U.S. Army, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Navy.
My company, PPDC, is an approved GSA supplier to the U.S. government through our contract vehicle GS-10F-0237T under Professional Engineering Services.
- Training, facilitation, and coaching for project management teams, primarily those leading product development and systems engineering projects
- Evaluation, selection, and implementation of information technology and software tools for collaborative product development and organizational integration
- Competitive proposal development and evaluation related to any of these topics
(Defense & Space industry)
January 2004 — Present (5 years 11 months)
Founded PPDC as a technology oriented consulting firm to serve commercial and industrial clients, and agencies of the U.S. government. My expertise and specialties are in consulting, training, facilitating, and maturing project-driven technical teams that develop new systems, hardware, and software products. Keywords: project management, systems engineering, product life cycle management, Integrated Data Environments.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
October 1999 — January 2004 (4 years 4 months)
Co-founded NetIDEAS as an software Application Service Provider (ASP) for engineering product lifecycle management (PLM), responsible for leading consulting engagements to product and project centric industrial and commercial manufacturers and agencies of the U.S. government.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Defense & Space industry)
May 1984 — October 1999 (15 years 6 months)
For 15+ years, served as a systems engineer, interface design engineer, systems engineering functional department manager, project technical director, integrated product development leader including Six Sigma, and Information Technology program manager.
Ph.D. Organizational Leadership , current student , 2008 — 2012 (expected)
Master of Science in Engineering , Management of Technology , 1997 — 1999
Joint program sponsored by the Moore School of Engineering and the Wharton School of Business
Master of Business Administration , 1991 — 1995
Bachelor of Science , Electrical Engineering , 1979 — 1983
Competition, collaboration, and negotiation related to teamwork for engineering and business processes