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Timothy Ostromek, Ph.D. Tim.Ostromek@ITP-Technology.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/tostromek
ACCOMPLISHED DIRECTOR AND PRODUCT TECHNOLOGY LEADER
Deploy new technologies for defense and commercial companies seeking efficiency and revenue growth
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Lead and innovate with broad-based expertise and a demonstrated ability to deliver mission-critical results
Employ proven strengths to speed development, grow revenues, cut costs, and increase profits.
Extend the life of existing products and introduce lucrative new products and technologies.
Target weaknesses in the competition and bring clarity to customer desires.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
3 Lobbied, acquired, managed, and developed 6 industry first imaging and targeting systems.
3 Ensured > $350 Million of realized sales after USMC program rescue.
3 Created award winning R&D group from the ground up: integrated activity with key customers.
3 Generated over $100 Million in program wins with projected future sales of over $1 Billion.
3 Coordinated partners within European Union to build export compliant imaging systems.
3 Discovered contactless method of measuring electric fields in solids with a laser.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Technical Business and Product Consultant Oct 2010 to Present
ItP Technology, Richardson, TX
Business Leadership – Supply consultation services to client technical and business leadership for product
and business development in defense and other high-tech industries.
3 Strengthen focus of client’s business leadership through goal isolation and plan refinement.
3 Enhance client’s ability to execute strategic business plan: targeted development and manufacturing.
3 Direct successful development of client proposal positions and opportunity capture.
3 Guide product development through systems architecture and subsystem engineering.
Director of Technology, Warfighter Solutions EO Jun 2010 to Oct 2010
DRS – RSTA, Dallas, TX
Business Leadership – Successfully defined and executed business and technology strategies and
followed through with new program planning and implementation.
3 Achieved all planned division goals while meeting aggressive budget cut challenges.
3 Realized > $10 Million in added program awards after exceeding all customer requirements in 2010.
Programs – Directed the technical planning, program management, and execution of the following.
PRODUCT TRANSITION: U.S. Army 17 TWS (qualification) and ENVG-O (contract, transition to mfg).
TARGETING: U.S. SOCOM Mini See Spot and CLRF; and U.S. Army STORM and TLM (JETS) (all dev: bid, CRAD).
W EAPON SIGHTS: U.S. Army 17 TWS (qualification), U8000 (dev), and AWST (dev, contract).
GOGGLES: U.S. Army ENVG-O (contract, transition to mfg) and ENVG-D (ASMS contract, dev).
Electro-Optical Systems (EOS), Garland, TX Jan 1997 to May 2010
Chief Scientist for Advanced Systems (Apr 2008 to May 2010, EOS owned by L3 Communications)
Business Leadership – Coordinated Engineering, Marketing, and Business Development to help define the
division's strategic plan and technology roadmap.
3 Positioned L3 into > $2 Billion market by directing the JETS Technical Campaign: divisions and partners.
3 Grew the division's technology base by pursuing customer driven concepts: planning and oversight.
Programs – Directed the following.
TARGETING: Campaigned, managed, and developed full U.S. Army JETS.
W EAPON SIGHTS: Pursued and developed U.S. Army AWST.
GOGGLES: Acquired and developed U.S. Army ENVG-O (dev, transition to mfg).
OTHER: Pursued and developed DARPA, JIEDDO, U.S. SOCOM, and MARCORSYSCOM systems.
Department – R&D Engineering functions, ITAR control, and University interface.

2. 3 Solidified L3 position for > $5 Million per year in patent infringement pursuits; directed division IP.
3 Manage R&D Engineering budget: all departmental objectives met and under budget.
Senior Technology Officer (May 2001 to Apr 2008, EOS owned by Northrop Grumman)
Business Leadership – Tasked to advance the division’s focus on technologies and procedures critical to
business plan goals.
3 Increased plan effectiveness by integrating customer targets with expertise from Engineering, Manufacturing,
Purchasing, and Quality Assurance from the start of product planning and through manufacturing.
3 Expanded division’s core competency by aligning with new disruptive technologies.
Program Management – Planned CRAD and IRAD programs with Engineering, Business Development,
and the customer. Contributed to Congressional lobbying efforts, program planning, and execution.
3 Lead Engineering, Quality Assurance, and Purchasing teams to re-design and re-qualify the USMC PVS-17.
Successful in responding to MARCORSYSCOM, expanding future sales to > 50,000 systems delivered.
Programs – Directed the following.
TARGETING: Acquired and contributed to the development of the U.S. Army Digitally fused Fire Control Unit
(DFCU) and developed the multi-sensor neural network targeting gimbal (IRAD).
W EAPON SIGHTS: Lobbied, acquired, managed, and developed the first optically processed uncooled thermal
weapon sight and the U.S. Army Dual Night Vision System (DNVS).
GOGGLES: Developed the first digitally image fused goggle, ENVG-D, tested at U.S. Army ENVG trials, 2003.
Manager of Systems R&D (Jan 1997 to May 2001, EOS owned by Litton Industries)
Business Leadership – Spearheaded the formation of the Advanced Systems R&D Department.
3 Established new R&D technology roadmap with Engineering, Business Development, and customers.
3 Formed staff, partners, and can-do culture of R&D Department and successfully executed technology plan.
3 Introduced Manufacturing, Purchasing, and Quality Assurance representation within development teams.
Programs – Directed the following.
TARGETING: Acquired and developed the first weapon mounted optically augmented hybrid targeting system, U.S.
Army ETLOS and the first man portable digital image fusion targeting system, U.S. SOCOM ETS.
SURVEILLANCE: Developed the first man portable digital image fusion surveillance system, IRAD.
W EAPON SIGHTS: Lobbied, acquired, and managed the first digital image fusion weapon sight, U.S. Army FMWS.
Consulting Scientist Jun 1994 to Sep 1996
U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD
Invented an electro-optical method for the contactless determination of electric field parameters in bulk and
advanced semiconductor systems including quantum wells and other heterostructures.
BASE SKILL SET *
DEVELOPED AND INTEGRATED: Electronic and optical imagers, image processors, infrared cameras, low light level
imagers, targeting and lasers systems, navigation systems, wireless networks, and UWB imaging.
WORKING KNOWLEDGE: Image performance modeling, real-time image and signal processing, advanced optics, optical
coatings, custom theoretical modeling, applied mathematics, statistics, optimization, and cryptology.
PROGRAM M ANAGEMENT: Earned Value Management (EVM), DTC, CAIV, MPL, DOORS, and MS Projects.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, 1996
M.S. Physics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1990
B.S. Physics, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, 1988
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Two time winner of the Northrop Grumman, President’s Leadership Award: 2001, 2003
Two time winner of the Litton Industries, Corporate Advanced Engineering Symposium Award: 2000, 2001
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION *
Active Secret Clearance, Patents awarded & pending, refereed publications, and conference lectures
Affiliations: APS, Sigma Xi (full), SPIE, IEEE, Optical Society of America, and Institute of Navigation
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