Richard Bellino is a results-driven project management professional with over 30 years of experience managing multimillion dollar budgets and teams in engineering, product development, and consulting. He has expertise in project management, vendor management, budgeting, strategic planning, and leading cross-functional teams. Bellino holds two US patents and seeks a new challenging position utilizing his leadership skills and broad engineering experience.
Who I am …
Global Engineering Project Manager; PMP certified, Registered Professional Engineer
Award-winning team leader, coach, and mentor with extensive experience in every phase of Project Management from proposal preparation to project execution to project close and resolution of warranty issues. Supervised engineering teams and installation contractors. Excellent track record in project schedule, budget, risk, and scope management. Strong scope, risk and schedule manager with the ability to work well with all levels of project teams across divisional lines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Awards and Recognition …
Awarded 4 ‘Golden Gobs’ for unsolicited customer praise with SmartSignal.
Closed projects under budget for 12 consecutive years with United Conveyor.
Achieved 95+ % customer satisfaction with United Conveyor.
Awarded patent #4,932,985 for new electro-mechanical device with Midwest Power.
What I do …
Manage electro-Mechanical project teams plus Controls, IT, and Software Project Managers from project conception through proposal preparation, management acceptance, design, fabrication and assembly, installation and commissioning including sub-contractor specification, selection, and work site supervision. Put my feet in the customer’s shoes and see things from their perspective. My management style is collaborative; letting team members exhibit strengths while helping them develop new abilities.
How I add value …
Perform Budgeting and CPM scheduling, controlling scope, schedule, and budget
Manage project teams
Establish Resource assignment & leveling methods
Develop and implement standard project status reporting tools
Manage product development projects
Negotiate and secure site permitting
Execute projects from $5 thousand to $32+ million
Successfully interface with Customers, contractors, and consultants in North America, Europe, and Asia
A bit about Project Management …
A wise man once said that Project Management was 80% Project Management skills developed over a long period of time and 20% engineering knowledge easily learned in a short while.
Who I am …
Global Engineering Project Manager; PMP certified, Registered Professional Engineer
Award-winning team leader, coach, and mentor with extensive experience in every phase of Project Management from proposal preparation to project execution to project close and resolution of warranty issues. Supervised engineering teams and installation contractors. Excellent track record in project schedule, budget, risk, and scope management. Strong scope, risk and schedule manager with the ability to work well with all levels of project teams across divisional lines. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Awards and Recognition …
Awarded 4 ‘Golden Gobs’ for unsolicited customer praise with SmartSignal.
Closed projects under budget for 12 consecutive years with United Conveyor.
Achieved 95+ % customer satisfaction with United Conveyor.
Awarded patent #4,932,985 for new electro-mechanical device with Midwest Power.
What I do …
Manage electro-Mechanical project teams plus Controls, IT, and Software Project Managers from project conception through proposal preparation, management acceptance, design, fabrication and assembly, installation and commissioning including sub-contractor specification, selection, and work site supervision. Put my feet in the customer’s shoes and see things from their perspective. My management style is collaborative; letting team members exhibit strengths while helping them develop new abilities.
How I add value …
Perform Budgeting and CPM scheduling, controlling scope, schedule, and budget
Manage project teams
Establish Resource assignment & leveling methods
Develop and implement standard project status reporting tools
Manage product development projects
Negotiate and secure site permitting
Execute projects from $5 thousand to $32+ million
Successfully interface with Customers, contractors, and consultants in North America, Europe, and Asia
A bit about Project Management …
A wise man once said that Project Management was 80% Project Management skills developed over a long period of time and 20% engineering knowledge easily learned in a short while.
1. R I C H A R D A . B E L L I N O
6 2 0 S O U T H K E N N I C O T T A V E N U E
A R L I N G T O N H E I G H T S , I L L I N O I S
PHONE: 847-946-5987 E-MAIL: RICHBELLINO@YAHOO.COM
PROFILE
Results-driven Project Management professional in the engineering industry with broad-based experience in
end to end project management, vendor management, product development, corporate strategy & business
development, conceptual design, and new business development. Collaborative leader with the ability to build,
train, motivate, and mentor highly successful, cross-functional teams to levels of outstanding performance.
Excellent communicator possessing experience in relationship-building, interpersonal negotiation, and
presentation skills. Computer proficient. Expertise includes:
End to End Project Mgmt Vendor Management Consulting Engineering
Product Development X Functional Team Leader Product Sourcing
Systems Engineering Engineering Analysis Two United States Patents
Budget Management
Software Dev Proj Mgmt
Product Specifications
Organizational Leadership
Strategic Planning
Test Engineering
GOAL
Seeking challenging Project Management or Engineering Management position to demonstrate my leadership
and broad engineering experience.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
VETERANS SOURCING GROUP
CONSULTING FOR: COMMONWEALTH EDISON Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
PROGRAM MANAGER – DISTRIBUTION RELIABILITY 2015 – Present
Program Managed annual budget of $100 M in the Distribution Reliability Organization. Managed the project selection
versus budget based on reliability analysis prioritization. Responsibilities include managing budget and driving project
design and tracking all projects through construction. Created new processes for managing the reliability projects.
Managed projects within allowed budget by prioritizing field reliability analysis.
Prepared tracking reports for company executives.
Developed process improvements increasing organization efficiency.
BEREAN GROUP/MANAGED STAFFING
CONSULTING FOR: ALCATEL-LUCENT Naperville, Illinois
PROJECT MANAGER – MOBILITY NETWORK SERVICES 2012 – 2015
Managed annual budget of $23 M and managed a team of 165 technical professionals in the Mobility Network Services
organization, deploying new software to the field. Led administrative efforts for billing, invoicing, on-boarding, and
training of deployment team. Responsibilities include managing team member performance and efficiency. Created new
processes for managing the deployment team. This includes obtaining budget, recruiting and hiring staff, developing
resources and work processes.
Managed a team of engineers to deploy the latest Mobility Switching software loads for on time delivery.
Managed budget, billing, and tracked actual budget against targets for team of 165 engineers.
Coordinated on-boarding and training for team of field deployment engineers.
2. PLEXUS CORPORATION Neenah, Wisconsin
PROJECT MANAGER 2010 – 2012
Project Manager responsible for end to end development of electronic and electromechanical assemblies for the medical,
industrial and telecom industries. Lead matrix design teams including Software application, Hardware, Mechanical,
and Industrial design teams to develop various products. Activities include interfacing with the customer and internal
development groups as necessary to coordinate engineering and transition to manufacture. Specifically responsible for
the technical coordination of design activities, preparation, and delivery of work scopes, manufacturing documentation,
engineering budgets and schedules.
Coordinated development team for $5M development of medical blood glucose monitor.
Provide estimates for budget, schedule, and product cost.
Negotiate product deliverables with the customer and internal engineering organizations.
Manage project day to day operations to maintain schedule and cost targets.
AMBITECH ENGINEERING Downers Grove, Illinois
PROJECT ENGINEER 2007 – 2010
Project Engineer responsible to ensure projects were executed in conformance with the customer’s expectations in terms
of quality, cost, and schedule. Responsible for the technical coordination of end to end design activities, preparation,
and delivery of scopes and construction documentation packages, engineering budgets and schedules, and coordination
of procurement and construction activities as they relate to engineering.
Coordinated development team for $140M benzene reduction project for ExxonMobil Refinery.
Managed a team of engineers to produce the construction design of customer production plants.
Planned and coordinated $110M asphalt storage project for BP refinery.
ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC
BELL TELEPHONE LABORATORIES Naperville, Illinois
TECHNICAL MANAGER – MOBILITY NETWORK HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT 1984 – 2007
Managed annual budget of $5.2 M and led a team of 30 technical professionals in the electrical and mechanical design of
Central Office Network Switching Elements. Led matrixed global teams across US, Europe, and Asia to maximize
efficiencies and reduce time to market. Responsibilities included end to end architecture and conceptual design, budget
planning, schedule planning, internal customer negotiations, vendor management, and managing project execution for
simultaneous multiple projects from architecture through design, production and deployment. Created new development
team to provide products to fill market niche. This included obtaining budget, recruiting and hiring staff, developing
resources for labs and work processes.
Managed a team of engineers to produce the latest Mobility Switching equipment for on time delivery
to customers.
Managed vendor deliveries to ensure on time and high quality deliveries from suppliers.
Collaborated with network architects and systems engineers on product concepts.
Developed the product concepts into marketable networking products.
Provided estimates for budget, schedule, and product cost.
Negotiated product deliverables with manufacturing and installation organizations.
Managed project day to day operations to maintain schedule and cost targets.
Developed plans for, and execution of product regulatory and environmental testing to government and
industry Telecom standards for FCC, UL, NEBS, CE, ETSI EMC, thermal, shock, vibration, seismic tests,
and country specific tests.
3. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DESIGN ENGINEER – 4ESS HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT
Lead engineer in quality improvement team to develop and document work processes to provide
consistent high quality products using common development methodologies.
Coordinated all regulatory and environmental testing for the 4ESS products, including FCC, UL, NEBS,
CE, ETSI EMC, thermal, shock, vibration and seismic tests and country specific tests.
Provided estimates for cost and schedule for product development.
Planned, scheduled, and tracked product development and delivery from external vendors.
Negotiated cost and budget with vendors.
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER – MATRIX PRINTER GROUP
Developed design changes and manufacturing process changes representing over $500K in annual cost
reduction.
Developed new bonding process for printer motor pinion.
Redesigned paper sensing mechanism for greater reliability and manufacturing process cost reduction.
Redesigned printer carriage mechanism for increased manufacturability, reliability, production yield,
and reduced manufacturing cost.
BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION Wichita, Kansas
DESIGN ENGINEER – MECHANICAL SYSTEMS GROUP 1981 – 1984
Developed products for the heavy twin turbo-prop business aircraft market.
Design of landing gear and flight controls, including stress analysis, detail design, and cost analysis.
Design of metal parts utilizing casting, machining, and various sheet metal fabrication technologies.
Design analysis for component weight reduction.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana, Illinois
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (BSME)
PATENTS
Two patents awarded by the United States Patent Office to date; full list of patents available upon request.