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CR I S J. ST A N T O N
355 Back Park Road
Pickens, SC 29671
864-878-4722 (H)
email: crisjstanton@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Twenty four years project and program management experience in development engineering in IBM and Lexmark
International, Inc. Product development in a dynamic, multi-facet environment including defining project objectives,
compiling product requirements, regulatory requirements, legal requirements, product design, specifications crea-
tion, scheduling, testing, project execution, marketing reviews, executive reviews, legal reviews, final product deliv-
ery and follow-up. Proven successful completions of numerous collaborative projects, involving teams from multiple
companies and countries, resulting in multi-million dollar revenues. Strong leadership managing cross functional
teams consisting of various levels of employees, from varying disciplines of the business and spanning multiple
countries, cultures, time-zones and companies. Coordinated internal development work along with teams from Dell
Computer, Source Technologies, Primera, Neuralog and others.
Prior to the above, I was a mainframe systems and application programmer at IBM in Information Systems
EXPERIENCE DETAIL
Owner Creekside Consultants: August, 2015 – Current:
Pickens, SC Area
• Short-term assignment working as a consultant on a Lawson / Infor ERP HR/Payroll Suite system imple-
mentation at Zaxby’s headquarters in Athens, GA. Responsible for:
• Consultant for project schedule creation and maintenance
• System functional test cases
October 2014 – August 2015 – Work sabbatical to help my wife care for her elderly, ailing father
Program Manager: 2008 – September 2014 (chose to retire early from Lexmark to move to South Carolina):
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY
• Responsible for the product development process of customer-specific OEM models of laser printers
• Integrated development engineering, manufacturing engineering, marketing, etc., both internal to Lexmark
and from the specific OEM customers, including teams across multiple geographies, cultures and time-
zones
• Conducted product reviews with executives from other potential customers to identify product applicabil-
ity to their needs
Program Manager: 2006 – 2008:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY
• Development and delivery of new technology, unique RFID-enabled laser printer models
• Responsible for the entire product development process including third-party hardware integration

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Project Manager: 2003 – 2006:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY
• Development and delivery of three generations of OEM-specific laser printer products to Dell computer
• Responsible for driving the entire product development process
• I was the primary engineering interface to Dell Computer Engineering Management, Project Engineering
and Marketing teams in Austin, Texas and Singapore
• Analyzed and blended Lexmark product development processes (business and technical) with Dell’s de-
velopment processes to ensure both companies requirements were met
Project Manager: 2001 – 2003:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY
• Managed OEM laser printer development and delivery projects for two large OEM customers
• Included special technology development
Project Manager: 1997 – 2001:
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY
• Engineering lead for determining what technology products should be sold into specific Asian countries
Lexmark had not previously sold into
• Drove all aspects of the development process to ensure the selected products met the requirements of the
Lexmark North Asia marketing team and the country-specific requirements for each target country
• Assisted the marketing team in training the new Lexmark Sales team, on-site, in Beijing, China
Project Manager / Engineering Product Planning Field Support: (1991 - 1997):
Lexmark International, Inc. / IBM, Lexington, KY
• Engineering current product support and field interface for engineering product changes, customer issues,
and new product requests across multiple generations of laser printer products
Marketing Planning: (1989 - 1991):
IBM - Lexington, KY
• Responsible for documenting and obtaining corporate-wide approvals for new product introduction
Programmer (1980 - 1989):
IBM – Charlotte, NC
• Lead development programmer and programming liaison on a technology product that was developed
jointly with Canon, Japan
• Development Engineering microcode programmer
• Created and led a Programming Development Center programming team to analyze various business
needs and create programming solutions for those areas of the IBM Charlotte manufacturing business
• Application programmer responsible for the manufacturing plant Management Headcount Planning sys-
tem
• Operating system programmer jointly responsible for supporting the system transition from multiple man-
ufacturing support systems to one system, the IBM COPICS product
• Operating system programmer responsible for the IBM 370 mainframe system that supported the printed
circuit and printer manufacturing areas