Bill Ott

About Bill Ott

Bill is an Innovative Product Development Executive with global experience in private…

Experience

1. Vice President of Global Engineering

   Q\'straint

   Jul 2017 — Present · Miami, TX, US

   Global market leader of transportation safety equipment for mobility devices with significant market share in over 70 countries. They have led the industry in innovation and distribute a mass customizable product lines offering manual through fully autonomous systems. Led global product development team including Product Management, Advanced Technology, Industrial Design, Product Management, Project Management and R&D & Sustaining Engineering, and Application Engineering functions.• Established the Product Management function and recruited, trained and integrated new resources for the role.• Worked closely with the sales team to develop 50+ new product variants to meet the needs of our channel partners, OEMs and transportation agencies.• Mapped vehicle Bid Specification process to identify opportunities for new product communication.• Implemented a market driven product development process that focused on quantitative, qualitative and Ethnography insights to identify unmet needs that drove new product USPs.• Developed and deployed a pricing tool that leveraged market-based assessments and validated elasticity through Van Westendorp and Conjoint analysis.• Deployed Agile product development methods focused on reducing risk through short development sprints and MVP driven customer validation improving concept development speed.• Developed a Market Launch plan process enabling marketing materials, demo systems and sales training to be delivered at least 2 months prior to market launch.• Developed an integrated QFD driven Product and Market Requirements document that included defining the unmet needs, critical sales points, competitor SWOT analysis and line structure.• Leveraged the company 5-year strategy, technology trends, geographic trends, market trends, regulatory trends, market insights and competitive analysis to develop a Product and Technology Roadmaps by category.

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree

• Binghamton University

  Master's degree

• Syracuse University

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Skills

• Product Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Management
• Engineering Management
• Engineering
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Systems Engineering
• Management
• Leadership
• Six Sigma
• Lean Manufacturing
• Mechanical Engineering
• Product Design
• R&D
• Business Development
• Program Management
• Sensors
• Team Building
• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement
• Design for Manufacturing
• Finite Element Analysis
• Simulations
• Rf
• Integration
• Thermal Management
• Quality Assurance
• Led Lighting Systems
• Electronics Packaging
• Simulation Software
• International Project Management
• Supplier Development
• Priority Management
• New Product Validation
• New Product Development
• Intellectual Property
• Wireless Sensor Networks
• Portfolio Management
• Capacity Management