San Francisco Bay Area

Brian Gawick
VP Engineering

Mobile: (214) 499-7856 brian.gawick@gmail.com

Performance Profile Hands-on telecom system supplier engineering executive with 30 years of experience. Specifically selected to transform a number of poor performing engineering organizations and successfully achieved high performance teams. Successfully lead engineering teams of all sizes designing and developing new technology from start-up phase to profit generating mature businesses. Core Competencies
Building Engineering Teams Leading Engineering Teams P&L Management System Architecture Systems Engineering Hardware Lifecycle Low Cost Country Engineering Wireless Networking Optical Networking Network Management Products Start-ups Hiring Excellent Engineers Executive Team Collaborator Achieving ISO&TL Quality Product Planning Software Lifecycle Agile Methodology Systems Engineering IP Networking Telecom Access Product Telecom Voice Products DWDM Customer Satisfaction Customer Technology Partner Sales Collaborator Customer Network Architecture Ethernet Certified Scrum Master Distributed Engineering SDN LTE Network Planning Products Fiber Optics

Engineering Team Leadership: from Start-up to Profit Generating Business Lead engineering teams from 15 members that ultimately grew to 1100 full-time employees plus 500 contractors (Fujitsu Network Communications). Most recent experience involved beings selected by Tellabs CEO and Tellabs EVP to takeover team leadership (400 team members) from founder of start-up firm Vivace developing multi-service router product in 2006. Grew revenues from $53 Million (net loss $40M) in 2006 with many dissatisfied customers to $305M (net profit $160M) in 2010 while meeting customer expectations of network availability of 99.999% or better Multi-discipline, Geographically Distributed Engineering Teams Lead teams consisting of multiple engineering disciplines including product planning, systems engineering, hardware development, ASIC and FPGA development, mechanical design, embedded software development, network management software development, system and validation test, and field support. Members of engineering team have been based in United States, India, China, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, Australia. Professional Experience

Tellabs (Advanced Data Products), Santa Clara, CA

2006-2013

VP and General Manager Selected by Tellabs CEO and EVP of Development to turn-around troubled Vivace acquisition into profitable business. Senior executive in charge of product development, marketing, product line management, technical and sales support of Tellabs 8800 Layer 2/Layer 3 multiservice router and Tellabs 8890 Element Management System. Responsible for Profit and Loss of Tellabs 8800 product line. Led team of approximately 325 full-time and 75 contract employees based in 6 different locations in United States, India, and China. Brian Gawick 1

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Transformed Tellabs 8800 product line from significant money loser (2006 $53M revenue; $40M net loss) to Tellabs high revenue and profit achieving product line (2010 - $305M; $160M net profit) Achieved TL 9000 Quality certification for the Tellabs 8800 program. Upgraded certification to TL 9000 v5.0 standard in 2012. Established strong relationships with Layer 2/Layer 3 Network Architecture, Planning and Operations organizations of large telecom carrier customers based in North America, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Italy, Indonesia, Europe, and elsewhere.

Tellabs (FTTP Products), Petaluma, CA

2005-2006

SVP Engineering Hired by Tellabs CEO and EVP of Development to turn-around troubled FTTP program (deployed as Verizon FIOS service) as part of AFC acquisition Senior executive in charge of product development, technical support, and sales support of Tellabs 1000 and 1600 product lines focused on Fiber To The Premises product offering. Led team of approximately 305 full-time employees based in 4 different locations in North America KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Resolved major technical issues in FTTP product that ultimately achieved Verizon target for high quality Network Report Rate. Major product contributor to Verizon FIOS placing 1st in PC World Best ISP Survey for 2007. Won GPON FTTP business at Verizon based on next gen product

Fujitsu Network Communications, Richardson, Texas

2000-2005

SVP Engineering Senior executive in charge of all North American product development of Fujitsu telecommunications equipment including SONET, DWDM, packet transport and Access products Functional areas of responsibility included embedded software, hardware, ASIC, mechanical, systems engineering, network management software, validation test, and quality. Led team that at its peak was approximately 1100 full-time and 500 contract employees located in 6 different locations in United States, Northern Ireland, and India. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Achieved #1 market share of SONET Add/Drop Multiplexers in North America Established strong relationships with all large North America telecom carrier Network Planning and Operations organizations

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Fujitsu Network Communications, Richardson, Texas

1992-2000

VP Software Engineering Executive in charge of Richardson and San Jose based software development of Fujitsu telecommunications equipment including embedded software and network management software. Products being developed included SONET ADMs, DWDM, packet transport, NGDLC, all controlled by single Network Management system. KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Built effective software development team from approximately 15 members to over 500 full-time and 250 contract employees Key contributor to SONET Interoperability Forum

Raynet, Menlo Park, CA

1990-1992

Director Software Engineering Management of software development of RIDES OSS used for service management of Fiber To The Home and NGDLC network elements Led team of approximately 35 members involved with architecture, project/feature feasibility, software development, validation test, and customer technical support KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Successfully launched RIDES OSS as a multi-vendor platform for FTTH and NGDLC systems Established RIDES in Bell Atlantic as sole service management system for FTTH and NGDLC deployments

Siemens Transmission Systems, Hauppauge, NY;Phoenix, AZ 1986-1990

Software Engineering Manager Management of 18 member software team developing common operating system, data communications, database, user interface, and command processing for SONET and Digital Loop Carrier products Successfully maintained project schedules and code size within 5% of initial estimates

Mitel, Kanata, Ontario, Canada

Software Engineering Manager (Operating Systems Group)

1982-1986

W.L. Wardrop and Associates, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 1981-1982

Consulting Engineer Numerical analysis of nuclear reactor thermohydraulic stability

Bell Northern Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Member of Scientific Staff Professional Education Brian Gawick

1979-1981

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) - cPrime 2013 Scrum Master Certification course that teaches how to navigate the cultural changes necessary to implement Scrum as part of the Agile software development methodology. Executive Training Program Fujitsu, Limited

2004

Intensive training program spread over 12 month period of time for a group of 24 executives selected as future leaders of Fujitsu, Limited. Program designed and executed by Dr. Ikujiro Nonaka (Professor Emeritus Hitotsubashi University; Xerox Distinguished Fellow University of California, Berkeley) who the Wall Street Journal has listed as one of the most influential persons on business thinking. Electrical Engineering Graduate Studies, University of Manitoba 1977-1979 Full time graduate student in Department of Electrical Engineering from June 1977 June 1979. Thesis work in computer-aided solutions in biomedical electromagnetic problems (thesis not completed for degree). Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering), University of Manitoba 1973-1977 Full time student from September 1973 April 1977, completed degree in December 1977.

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