Tobiah Halter
Wilsonville,OR
Summary
Veteran Program manager bringing 19 years of business operations experience. Adept at leading projects from development to delivery. Effective people manager and big-picture thinker.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Platform Product Strategy Manager – Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
Portland, Oregon
03.2020 - Current
- Create and communicate product roadmaps using inputs from market, customers, sales, engineering and the competition for Freightliner Cascadia and Western Star X-Series Class 8 Commercial Vehicles
- Establish Product Project scope, business case, and requirements and oversee executive approval of all project deliverables
- Human Machine Interface Product Management ie
- Instrument Clusters and Infotainment
- Electrical Architecture development and implementation (500k, 667k, CANFD)
- V2X Software Feature Development
- Compressed and Liquified Natural Gas fuel delivery and storage
- Develop and implement agile processes to bring latest technology to market faster than competition with unparalleled quality control
- Align with customers, sales, procurement and engineering to drive product change – including global alignments with technology partners, internal and external
- 7 Years successfully defending 40% Market Share for the most successful On-Highway Class 8 Truck ever; The Freightliner Cascadia
- Deliver all Go-to-Market activities including product release, dealer training, customer pre-series, technology marketing, public reveal
- Lead the Strategic transition from ICE to ZEV for Class 8 Truck, Vocational and Highway
- Profitable growth for Western Star X-Series to take market leadership from competition
- Define and implement overall Heavy Duty strategy to secure positive Greenhouse Gas Emissions credits for 2024 and 2027.
Platform Manager - On Highway Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
Portland, Oregon
01.2016 - 03.2020
- Program Lead for model year 2020 Level 2 Automated Freightliner Cascadia – winner of Engadget Best of CES Award 2019 for “Best Transportation Technology”
- Coached high performing teams focused on driving tech into products through organization, empowerment, and fostering a culture of overcoming adversity
- 15 years PM experience enables a certain level of “knowing what to do next”, especially in the fuzzy front-end of defining program specifics and reacting to unplanned happenings.
Program Manager - Natural Gas Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
Portland, Oregon
01.2013 - 01.2016
- Developed Natural Gas powered commercial vehicles from concept to production
- Grew Freightliner NG vehicle platform from 0 – 2000 trucks/yr through tech integration
- Executed product portfolio strategy to develop new technologies on existing vehicle platform to gain leadership in key customer market niche
- Created relationships w/ strategic customers, suppliers, agencies and funding consultants.
Project Leader - Medium Duty and Vocational Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
Portland, Oregon
01.2006 - 01.2013
- Developed & Executed project plans for Freightliner M2/114SD & Sterling vehicles
- Close collaboration w/ Engr, Sales and Manufacturing to support successful product launch.
Chassis Engineer
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
Portland, Oregon
11.2004 - 01.2006
- Chassis development and design for EPA07 vehicles
- Designed customer specific solutions for Sterling customers with quick-to-market focus.
Software Engineer
CERTEGY
Portland, Oregon
07.2004 - 11.2004
- Created html code for financial institutions supporting the transition to e-banking.
Education
Master of Science - Technology Management
Portland State University
Portland, OR06-2004
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Portland State University
Portland, OR06-2003
Skills
- Building Effective Teams
- Prioritizing Critical Activities
- Cross-Functional Alignment
- Establishing Reliable/Repeatable Process
- Building Relationships
- Delivering Profitable Results
- Strategic Planning
- Performance Management
- Staff Development
- Cross-Functional Team Management
- Innovation Management
- Performance Evaluations
- Team Leadership
- Business Planning
- Project Management
- Product Management
- Budget Control
- Negotiation
- Schedule Preparation
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Time Management
- Salesforce Management
Education Certifications Qualifications
- M.S. Technology Management / B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Portland State University)
- Project Management Professional (PMP) #1391526
- 19 Years Daimler Truck experience
- 17 Years Daimler Product project leadership
- 11 Years Daimler Leadership with direct reports
Personal Info
My wife, daughter(7) and I have enjoyed the Portland area for many years and take full advantage of available indoor and outdoor opportunities. Working at Daimler has been a very rewarding 19 year experience and I enjoy talking with others about what I do. My family and I are ready for our next chapter and have positioned our personal lives to be goal based, flexible and focus on leadership. I am committed to delivering results and have a keen focus on profitability.
Affiliations
- As a dedicated Father and Husband, Outdoorsman, and Musician i get the most out of life by exploring all the diversity outdoor sports offer me and my family. You might also find me at a Daddy/Daughter dance, my Wife's favorite white sand beach North of Kona, or tickling the ivory on the baby grand
Timeline
Platform Product Strategy Manager – Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
03.2020 - Current
Platform Manager - On Highway Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
01.2016 - 03.2020
Program Manager - Natural Gas Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
01.2013 - 01.2016
Project Leader - Medium Duty and Vocational Commercial Vehicles
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
01.2006 - 01.2013
Chassis Engineer
DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA
11.2004 - 01.2006
Software Engineer
CERTEGY
07.2004 - 11.2004
Master of Science - Technology Management
Portland State University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Portland State University