Ed Illidge

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ABOUT ED ILLIDGE

VP of Engineering with 25+ years of software engineering leadership, heading Agile/Digital transformation for software & telecom leaders; driving efficiencies across global teams to execute product development, technology innovation, & product delivery for technology companies. Change leader guiding large-scale digital transformation with 10+ years of LEAN/Agile/Scrum transitions, driving strategic direction, growth strategy, multi-site team engagement, & revenue growth; nurturing cultures of trust, cross-collaboration, & empowerment to promote decision-making & innovative design-thinking. Influential leader providing driving adoption of Agile strategy and scaling processes to improve business operations; leading cross-functional team efforts to drive development of high quality products, executing vision & product innovation in alignment with business/product strategy to achieve goals of delivering customer/business value. Change Management: Translates objectives into tactical action plans & product roadmaps, ensuring operational excellence; driving change to deliver product advancements. Agile Transformation Leader: Establish structures, processes, & programs to transition from Waterfall to Agile; building agility, speed, & capacity across teams to achieve performance improvement via cross-functional team collaboration. Global Teams: Direct multinational teams from multi-site locations to communicate, aligning strategic planning to objectives; transforming behaviors, fostering collaboration to motivate teams & to create quality products. Process Improvement: Drive business operations by identifying opportunities, mitigating risks, & optimizing productivity; implementing policies & procedures, scaling operations to drive growth for ROI. Techno-functional Product Leader: Individual contributor/architect skilled in software development; design, documentation, & implementation of software products. Project Management: Oversee multiple projects, delivering large-scale projects over multi-site international operations; driving product development, ushering products via project lifecycle phases. Customer-centric Strategy: Provide quality customer service to clients and building productive customer relationships; acting as a communications liaison with presentation skills & board experience. Technology: Software engineering, real-time, embedded systems, & project management; using technical concepts to summarize & communicate roadmaps/action plans/ information to diverse audiences. • Wireless Systems and Protocols (CDMA, UMTS, WiMAX, LTE)