Steve Cerquone

About Steve Cerquone

I am a highly motivated, personable, performance-driven engineering management professional. Combining my engineering and business education, I partner closely with product management, engineering, finance, and operations to ensure project task alignment. Through planning, coordination, and collaborative communication, I drive to the ultimate goal - delivering a new product to the market on time and within budget. I have coordinated and implemented projects throughout my career, led engineering personnel and business teams, established and executed cost-saving measures, and focused on the customer\'s needs. My objective is to provide the same dedication and hard work to any organization in which I work. All below Product Manager experience share the following qualities.• Business responsibility consisted of annual budgets, forecasting, sales and operation planning, new product development, sales personnel training, trade shows, customer visits, and business plans.• Steered the organization by prioritizing activities based on market demands and the goals of the organization.• Coordinate product offerings, assess competencies and plan future product developments.

Experience

1. Pmo - Senior Manager of Project Management & Business Analytics

   TE Connectivity

   Apr 2016 — Present · US

   Lead a global team of Project Managers to oversee the project portfolio and provide performance metrics to the Project Approval Committee (PAC).• Support and participate in strategic portfolio roadmaps, sales and operation reviews, phase-gate project performance, growth-engineering development budgets, and capacity plans.• Provide thought leadership to the creation of project plans - facilitate workout sessions and critical meetings.• Work with Finance and Product Managers to derive project financial justification and select success metrics for proof of concepts, pilots, and rollouts.• Work with my team to determine and document project issues/risks and tracks timely mitigation/resolution.• Regularly interact with and influence key stakeholders, including senior executives, customers, and engineering management.• Assist with cross-functional, cross-company project team; provide input leadership and direction when project scope or timing changes.• Review lessons learned and assure they are applied in subsequent projects.• Proactively engage with business stakeholders to identify pain points and inefficiency processes - propose and implement improvements, including data analytics and software development.• Lead the business analytics team to provide business analytics for the organization. Help design and implement specialized databases and processes for continuous improvement throughout the organization.

Education

• Rochester Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Manufacturing

  1985 — 1988

• Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

  MBA, Business

  1990 — 1995

• Mohawk Valley Community College

  Associates, Manufacturing Technology

  1983 — 1985

Skills

• Product Lifecycle Management
• Product Management
• Product Development
• Manufacturing Operations
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Pricing
• Six Sigma
• Product Launch
• Sales Operations
• Pricing Strategy
• Process Improvement
• Sales Management
• Product Marketing
• Engineering
• Connectors
• Manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Sales
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Machine Tools
• Competitive Analysis