Powerpoint presentation highlighting my Program Management experience.

1. William R. A. Ziegler, PMP
Experience Portfolio
wraz@verizon.net

2. EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
ZIEGLER TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 2008-Present
Founder and President of entrepreneurial consulting business catering to optical instrumentation in aerospace,
optical communications, sensing and control, optical instrumentation in microbiology, defense and private industry.
Focus is on program management, risk assessment, business development, strategic alliances, bid/proposal services
and opto-mechanical design engineering services.
OPTELECOM-NKF, INC. 2001 to 2008
Program Manager hired to revitalize the government contract services department of the Electro-Optics Group
through innovative business tactics and strategies. Contributions include creation of a 7 company Fly-by-Light
(FBL) Consortium to pursue major BAA contracts, authoring of a marketing business plan for product
development investment and management of the annual DCAA Rates Review audit. Solely responsible for profit
and loss of contracts and task orders. Assisted in ISO9000:2001 audits.
PINN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION 1994 to 2000
Director of Engineering hired to manage novel communications development effort including contracts and
internal projects. Responsible for P&L, personnel, customer satisfaction and reports for full project/contract
lifecycle.
OPTEX CORPORATION 1988 TO 1996
Project Manager and startup engineer responsible for organizing the optical memory product development effort
and obtaining $8M startup capital. Wrote and maintained all hardware specifications and documentation. Specified
personnel requirements and hired initial management and technical team.

3. CAPABILITIES
 Program/Project Management
 PMI Certified
 Concept through closure
 DOD, DOE, NASA, Commercial Projects
 Familiar with SBIR, CPFF, IDIQ, FFP
 Familiar with ISO 9000-2001 Standards
 Business Development
 Proposal authoring
 Excellent presentation and oral skills
 Large contacts database
 Opto-Mechanical Engineering
 Free space and waveguide based systems
 4 issued patents
 AutoCAD expert

4. Software Experience
 MS Office Software  Graphics Software
 MS Project  Adobe Photoshop
 MS Word  Corel Ulead Video Studio
 MS Excel  Roxio Easy Creator
 MS PowerPoint  Pinnacle Studio
 MS Visio  Publishing Software
 MS Outlook  Adobe Acrobat
 Accounting Software  Quark Express
 Intuit QuickBooks  MS Publisher
 Engineering Software  Web Software
 AutoCAD  Macromedia Dreamweaver
 SolidWorks  Macromedia Generator
 Adobe Premier

5. MANAGED PROGRAMS
Fly-by-Light
 AVE3I - AFRL Air Vehicle Electromagnetic Environmental Effects
Immunity IDIQ contract with GE and Parker Aerospace (ITAR
restricted). 2006 – 2007
 VITS/EOC - Vehicle Integrated Test System Electro-Optics
Control Interface fixed price development program with Boeing
Phantom Works. 2004 – 2005
 CMUS - Control of Multi-Mission UAV Systems fiber optic cable
plant development effort for the X-45A and X-45C UCAV
platforms. CPFF contract with Boeing Phantom Works and AFRL.
2002 – 2006
 SBIR Phase II Air Force Research Labs (AFRL) development
program for EMI immune fiber optic controls on aerospace UAV pressure
IVHM Network
corrosion
systems. 2001 – 2003 strain
ECS
VMSC Motor Control
 AVMT - Advanced Vehicle Management Technology program with temperature
Interfaces actuators
Boeing Phantom Works developing EMI immune flight control IMU
systems for the X-45A. 2000 – 2003 Sensor Network
fuel doors
temperature
cockpit pressure

6. MANAGED PROGRAMS
Fiber Optic Applications
 Smiths Aerospace fiber optic cabling
contract for 787 fiber communications
test bed. 2007
 IXSEA - Managed international
engineering development effort for a
precision fiber optic gyro coil winding
machine for French undersea exploration
technology company. 2002 – 2004
 NATO - Managed full lifecycle
development of Mil-Spec four channel,
fiber optic, E-1, secure communications
link from concept through delivery (pilot
line production) for German Patriot
Missile Program. 1997

7. MANAGED PROGRAMS
IR&D product development efforts. 2001 - 2007
 Co-developed fiber optic switch technology (patent applied for).
2007
 Designed Refueler Optical Alignment Guidance System
(ROAGS) for UAV aerial refueler program. 2007
 Designed photovoltaic powered remote fiber optic sensor array
with RF communications node for SBI-NET application. 2005
 Designed and built EMI immune passive fiber optic, absolute
position sensing encoder for UAV actuation control system
(patent applied for). 2004
 Managed development of digital set-top box for interactive TV
viewing. 1996

8. MANAGED PROGRAMS
Other Programs
 RAID5 - Online data warehousing server
and eCommerce site. Implemented onsite
and offsite servers for data integrity and zero
downtime.
 MBT – Co-developed Managed Bandwidth
Technology for eCommerce e-Distribution
solutions.
 Class 10 Cleanroom – Managed full
lifecycle design, proposal, contract award,
build, and operations of the OPTEX Class
10 optical disk media fabrication cleanroom.
 Microlab Diagnostics - Program Manager
and principal opto-mechanical design
engineer for the forensic DNA analyzer-on-
a-chip program. Built prototype all inclusive
DNA separation, amplification and analysis
system with swab-to-output through time of
less than 30 minutes.

9. PUBLICATIONS
 High Temperature Optically Gated Switch White Paper – 2006
 Fly-by-Light White Paper – 2004
 Cleanroom operations and maintenance – 1993
 GSFC Contamination Control Plan Boilerplate – 1986
 Space Telescope Axial Replacement Contamination Control Plan – 1986
 Optical disk overcoat applications operations and training manual – 1984
 Optical disk defect analysis training for manufacturing personnel – 1983
 Optical fabrication alignment techniques for manufacturing personnel – 1983

10. PATENTS
 “Hermetically Sealed Disk Cartridge with Adjustable Optical
Window” ,U.S. Patent # 4,542,495 Sept. 17,1985
 “Three Laser Disk Drive for ETOM Media” , U.S. Patent #
5,113,387 May 12, 1992
 “Optical Disk Structures for Electron Trapping Optical Memory
Media” ,U.S. Patent # 5,128,849 July 7,1992
 “Light Tight Cartridge Design for ETOM Media” U.S. Patent #
5,319,630 June 7,1994
 “Fiber Optic Remote Reading Encoder” U.S. Patent Application
#10/959,041 CIP
 “Reconfigurable Optical Switch” U.S. Patent Application

11. MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
 Member of X3B11 Optical Data Storage Standards Committee
1989-1993
 Optical Society of America
 Member of Project Management Institute (PMI)
AWARDS
 Pride@Boeing Award