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Damian Bucovsky

Hoboken,USA

Summary

Dynamic and results-oriented professional, combining expertise in IoT architecture, software engineering, and IT management. Proven success in architecting innovative and scalable IoT/IIoT solutions, including cloud-based platforms, sensor integration, and device lifecycle management. Adept at leading global engineering teams, driving technology projects, improving operational performance, and defining technology strategy. Bilingual in English and Spanish, with a working knowledge of Portuguese.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

IoT Architect (Consultant)

Town of Cary
Cary, USA
01.2022 - Current
  • Drove and actively participated in the design and implementation of the town’s IoT backend, particularly instrumented to align with the adoption of LoRaWAN and other IoT sensors.
  • The design was centered on an Azure Server-less architecture taking advantage of cloud services, Azure functions, Microsoft SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • It also integrated providers via APIs and MQTT, and to multiple frontends including TagoIO, ThingsBoard, and OpenData Portal.
  • Drove the adoption of IoT projects based primarily on LoRaWAN sensors; townwide and more particularly as part of the new multi-million-dollar Downtown Park in Cary, NC.
  • Architected the Town of Cary IoT Backend and lead the team responsible for its implementation.
  • Implemented the integration with the town's water quality collection systems.
  • Mentored the team in the in depth understanding and adoption of IoT, and LoRaWAN technology.
  • Steered the adoption of Azure DevOps Services within the technical team.
  • Designed and implemented Salesforce (AssetOptics), Oracle CCS and third-party integrations to Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP system using Boomi Low-Code Integration solutions.

Executive VP Software Engineering

Riot Wireless LLC
Las Vegas, USA
01.2016 - 01.2022
  • Responsible for Firmware and IT development, specializing in IoT development related to remote low-power sensor solutions for Oil and Gas, Chemical and Transportation Industries.
  • Lead design, development and production of devices deployed in North and South America using communication platforms as varied as LoRaWAN, Sigfox, CAT-M1, NB-IoT and Satellite.
  • Managed a globally distributed engineering team encompassing USA, South America and Australia.
  • Instrumented rapid design development teams that allowed design and development of sensors utilizing multiple communication platforms from inception to production in less than 3 years.
  • Achieved distance range readings for detection of cargo in the transportation that exceed the industry standards while maintaining lower device cost.
  • Architected a versatile platform for accurately measuring of chemicals for the Oil and Gas industry under strict product cost constraints.
  • Lead the re-engineering of satellite platforms for two leading customers allowing an extension of the product life for those platforms while achieving lower hardware cost.
  • Drove strict models for data collection through fabrication enabling identification of defects early on the cycle and improving yields by over a 25% margin.

Director of Product Development (Consultant)

WAM Technologies LLC
Skillman, USA
01.2015 - 01.2016
  • Responsible for all Hardware, Firmware and IT development for all Cold Chain product lines of WAM (later acquired by ORBCOMM).
  • Managed an offshore IT development and support team in Hyderabad, India, and the outsourcing of hardware and firmware.
  • In charge of the support of the company's products for all major OEMs in the refrigerated transportation industry.
  • Product owner for WAM's refrigerated logistics solutions for Generators and Refrigerated Containers.
  • Lead the architectural redesign of the solution for MAERSK Group, the company's largest client with 250K+ devices deployed worldwide resulting in a 45% improvement in the messaging processing throughput.
  • Directed the hardware and firmware off-sourcing effort leading to WAM's 2nd Generation of logistics solution for remote monitoring and control of Refrigerated Containers.
  • Designed and implemented an upgraded zone-based Reverse Geocoder algorithm optimized to provide precise and rapid worldwide location results of GPS coordinates adaptable for custom databases; a 15% average improvement in search speed.
  • Drove the reorganization of the development team in self-contained PODs improving project and task focus, work distribution and shared responsibilities.
  • Re-trained Solution Architects and Business Analysts to increase customer focus and create an organization set for organic growth.
  • Head the rollout of WAM's new product line for remote monitoring of Generator Sets.
  • Work with Sales to identify and proactively address the covert customer needs as part of the introduction of products to new markets.

Solutions Architect

WAM Technologies LLC
Skillman, USA
01.2014 - 01.2015
  • Brought in to expand WAM's product line into a comprehensive solution to encompass the full spectrum of needs of the Transportation Industry.
  • Responsible for envisioning new products, defining their requirements and managing the off sourcing of hardware and firmware.
  • Lead the hardware and firmware off-sourcing effort from idea definition to design and implementation of a logistics solution for remote monitoring and control of Refrigerated Containers and one for Generator Sets.
  • Designed a non-linear current monitoring solution for monitoring the critical state transitions of Generator Sets.
  • Reengineer the testing strategy for new product introduction to reduce time-to-market from months to weeks from engineering release to customer field trials.
  • Managed the design and implementation of a simulator and emulator to ease the off-sourcing implementation of new products, allowing simulation of real-life interactions with fuel sensors, 3rd party Refrigeration microcontrollers and Engine Generators.

Senior Principal Consultant

Execution Analytics LLC
Morristown, USA
01.2013 - 01.2014
  • Involved in projects concept definition and technology selection.
  • Envisioning and assessing requirements and defining strategy, architecture, implementation plan and delivery of solutions and complex M2M projects involving GPS tracking, sensor technology, and integration to 3rd party devices and systems.
  • Pre-Sales and Idea Conception
  • Solutions and Software Architecture
  • Lead Design and Development
  • Project Management & SDLC

Director of Software Engineering

ORBCOMM
Rochelle Park, USA
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Managed the software engineering teams responsible for all refrigerated transportation products.
  • Led an In-House infrastructure and database management team and an Off-shore development team.
  • Became the principal technical interface between the IT development team and sales, business development and financial departments.
  • Part of the integration team leading the process of integrating StarTrak into ORBCOMM.
  • Managed the IT and Firmware Engineering teams through the adjustments needed while becoming part of a publicly traded company.
  • Architected and executed design/implementation of technical changes required to comply with SOX practices.
  • Strengthened security, increased transparency, and tightened controls. Implemented in less than six months and with minimal disruption.
  • Designed and led the automation of the logistic product lines databases automated reporting into ORBCOMMs financial and billing systems, reducing the effort associated with the monthly billing cycle from one week to ZERO (fully automated).
  • Automated installations and new features processing for legacy products, reducing the average time to complete the standard configuration of a customer's unit from installation by more than three hours, representing an 87% improvement.

Director of Software Engineering

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
Morris Plains, USA
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Promoted to this role to collaborate with senior leadership and clients in defining organizational technology strategy.
  • Established goals and led three high-performance teams in execution of firmware design, development, and implementation, web services software development, and customer integration projects.
  • Successfully managed advanced analytics/high-ROI fuel and asset utilization projects.
  • Oversaw 80% of the firm's engineering resources, including a development team in Chennai, India.
  • Converged strategic planning and tactical execution to restructure vendor's scope of work, transitioning from coding to design/development, resulting in improved performance and greater communication.
  • Planned and executed a major redesign of the database enterprise architecture.
  • Completed the complex project in less than two years with zero downtime, and enabled traceability of changes, real-time access to changes, and live history of entities.
  • Employed a hands-on management approach. Interacted with staff daily to eliminate barriers, provide project updates, and demonstrate the value of each employee and the importance of collaboration.
  • Established practical product design methods and guidelines, which eliminated frequent and predictable exceptions.
  • Strengthened the design and conformed to client requirements. Reduced firmware MTBF from two to three releases to almost nil.
  • Controlled costs by utilizing a solid design and altering emphasis from immediate to fix to recurring cost.
  • Instituted peer review teams to identify and resolve errors.
  • Removed OS from the embedded product line and saved $4 to $8 per unit in licensing fees, over a 1% increase in gross margins.
  • Conceptualized and led the advanced integration of systems with customers' legacy dispatch systems, enhanced delivery of information and analytics, and improved value proposition of products across the marketplace.
  • Integrated IBM AS/400, Oracle, Sybase systems, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server.
  • Designed and delivered a GSM messaging protocol.
  • Migrated from 2G to 3G; implemented fail-over of critical messages to SMS.
  • Realized the smallest overhead per byte of information within the industry.

Software Engineer Manager

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
Morris Plains, USA
01.2009 - 01.2010

Lead Embedded Software Engineer

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
Morris Plains, USA
01.2004 - 01.2010

Design Engineer/Senior Design Engineer

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
Morris Plains, USA
01.1998 - 01.2004

Education

Master of Business Administration -

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
01.2010

Executive Master in Technology Management -

Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
01.2007

Bachelor of Computer Engineering - Systems and Architectures

Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
01.1997

Skills

  • Technology Strategy & Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Tech Off-Sourcing & Vendor Management
  • Performance Measurement & Reporting
  • Process & Performance Optimization
  • Team Leadership and Mentoring
  • Managing Onsite, Remote & Hybrid Engineering Teams
  • Client Project Integration
  • SDLC Management (Agile, Traditional)
  • Application & Web Services Development
  • API Design, Development (REST, SOAP)
  • CRM/ERP Integration (Salesforce, Oracle, CCS)
  • Customer Relationship Management
  • Project Inception, Scope and Requirement Definition
  • Risk Assessment and Mitigation
  • IoT Architecture & Design
  • Embedded Development (C, Assembly, VHDL)
  • Hardware & Firmware Implementation
  • Low-Power Design and Sensor integration
  • Cloud Technologies (Azure)
  • Database Management (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
  • Programming Languages (C, C, Python, JavaScript, PL/SQL, VBA)
  • IoT/IIoT (JSON and Json Schema, XML) and Transport (HTTPS, MQTT)
  • Connectivity (LoRaWAN, NB-IoT, Sigfox, BLE, NFC, Cell, WiFi)
  • Version Control (Git, SVN)
  • Project Management (Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, Basecamp)
  • API Testing & Development Tools

Affiliations

  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), Member
  • Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, Master/President, Lieutenant Master/VP, Leadership Roles, Member
  • Tau Beta Pi Honor Society, Exchequer, Member
  • Project Management Institute (PMI) Student Paper Award, NJ Chapter, 2007

Timeline

IoT Architect (Consultant)

Town of Cary
01.2022 - Current

Executive VP Software Engineering

Riot Wireless LLC
01.2016 - 01.2022

Director of Product Development (Consultant)

WAM Technologies LLC
01.2015 - 01.2016

Solutions Architect

WAM Technologies LLC
01.2014 - 01.2015

Senior Principal Consultant

Execution Analytics LLC
01.2013 - 01.2014

Director of Software Engineering

ORBCOMM
01.2011 - 01.2013

Director of Software Engineering

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
01.2010 - 01.2011

Software Engineer Manager

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
01.2009 - 01.2010

Lead Embedded Software Engineer

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
01.2004 - 01.2010

Design Engineer/Senior Design Engineer

StarTrak Information Technologies LLC
01.1998 - 01.2004

Master of Business Administration -

Stevens Institute of Technology

Executive Master in Technology Management -

Stevens Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Computer Engineering - Systems and Architectures

Georgia Institute of Technology

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