Francois Cardinal Career profile, experience summary and forward looking objectives

1. François Cardinal
Summary
› Telecom product design and development leader with more than 21 years of
experience in innovating, designing and managing development teams. Tested
expertise includes:
– Innovating new products and providing technical leadership.
– Customer engagement, business acumen
– Forming, ramping up and managing development teams to support all phases from idea,
concept, development to product deployment in live networks. About me
› Born in Montreal March 1964, fluent in French and
Expertise & Strength English. Worked in Montreal, Ottawa & Paris (France)
› Electrical engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal,
› Systems & architecture / wireless access network (fixed & mobile) BSc 1983-1987
› Software development (multi-site development, ramping up teams in Asia & India) › Passionate about technology innovation and learning
› Hardware development analog & digital (DC to 38GHz)
› Sr Line management, project management › Strategic thinking, strong analytical and forward looking
› Depth and breadth of wireless technology (512QAM microwave radio, fix wireless, › Strong interpersonal skills, self motivated, flexible
LMDS, BWA, GSM, wCDMA, Wimax, LTE, multiple access, request grant scheduling, › Generalist with a broad range of interest
MAC protocol, RAC, link budget, link adaptation, coding, Radio, Modem, PA design,
adaptive pre-distortion design, dynamic power control) › Outside work, interest includes (renovation, green
› Semiconductor development, 38GHz energy, iPhone app development and Formula 1 racing)
Experience
Jan2009-Present Senior Project Advisor / Leader, BTS Systems Hittachi / KDDI first multi vendor CPRI radio integration. Partnership development, transition planning
May2008-Dec2008 4G BTS LTE Senior leader project management focus
Dec2007-May2008 Wimax BTS System Senior leader Sr line mgmt, maintained trials commitment while ramping down effort and resource transition to LTE
Dec2006-Dec2007 Wimax Radio Software Sr line mgmt Line mgmt with project accountability, growing & training team in Ottawa and China
Dec2005-Dec2006 RNC platform & evolution, senior leader drive team of architect for next gen ATCA platform convergence, processor evolution (GSM, HSPA, LTE evolution)
Oct2004-Nov2005 GSM IN/TCU BSCe3 Software Sr line mgmt Line mgmt with project accountability for 25 senior designers, team leaders and managers
Jun2004-Oct2004 Sr System Architect GSM turbo task force analyze, review and propose strategic direction for North American GSM investment
Feb2003-Jun2004 R&D Customer Leader (RCL) ATT Wireless wCDMA 1900 North American development prime - custom R&D with tight deadline heavy penalty
Feb2002-Jun2003 RNC Senior Project Manager SS7 Stack migration SW re-architecture, UE integration for 1900 PCS demo, MII RNC project management
Jan2000-Feb2002 GSM / UMTS Sr Product / Project Management Based in Paris, France. iBTS (wCDMA) project management, customer engagement, NPI, R&D prioritization
Jan1998-Jan2000 Broadband Wireless Access Development Sr Leader Line & project accountability: budget, deliverables for 7 managers & architect and 45 designers
Pre Jan 1998 joined march 1988 test engineer moved to BNR in 1990, MSS with incremental design and management responsibility - Radio & System transceiver
November 2009