Smart meters cut bills 30%, says British Gas | This is Money December 3, 2009
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Smart meters can cut energy bills by about a third – an average of about £400 a year – according to British Gas.
Saver: Bethany Lewis with her family’s meter
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Preliminary findings of the trial of 50,000 smart meters that have been operating for a year show a dramatic reduction in bills, coupled with a 40% drop in billing enquiries.
The vast majority of households are said to find smart meters easy to use and effective in cutting energy use.
Home displays show instant cost information on a screen, encouraging families to turn off appliances when they do not need them.
Phil Bentley, managing director of British Gas, said: ‘Smart meters will lead to the single greatest revolution in energy use since British Gas converted all the nation’s homes to natural gas in the Seventies.
‘These figures show only a snapshot, but they provide early evidence of the benefit of smart meters.’
The Government wants to have smart meters in all homes by 2020. It believes the devices will save more than £4.6bn a year in energy as households become more aware of the cost of keeping on expensive appliances.
Over the next few years British Gas engineers will be sent to every home not only to install but also to explain to families how the meters work.
Ian Lewis and his wife Janine who live in Cookridge, Leeds, with their ten-year-old daughter Bethany believe their smart meter has helped them to save more than a third on their bills.
‘We keep our meter in the sitting room,’ said Ian. ‘When it flashes red we turn off appliances if we don’t need them.’
New Opportunity – Senior R&D Manager – Raleigh, NC December 2, 2009
Posted by hoodatwork in Uncategorized.Tags: AMI, Employment Opportunity, Job Description, Manager, Metering, Permanent, Senior, Smart Grid, SQA, Utilities
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Are you ready to make a difference?
Itron is the world’s leading provider of solid-state meters ($1.46 billion)—electricity, water, gas and heat—and data collection/communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology. We offer enterprise-wide software platforms, project management, installation and consulting services.
Itron is looking to hire a Manager of Research and Development to direct, design, and implement a comprehensive product management strategy. This individual will function as the central resource with design, manufacturing, quality and test, and marketing as the product(s) move to completion and distribution.
This challenging role will provide an opportunity to work with and lead an exceptionally talented group of technical professionals. The ability to manage a team comprised of experienced SQA Engineers and other key resources is vital.
Key Focus
- Ensure that products shipped meet specifications and quality goals
- Formulate and execute long-term plans for cost/profit control
- Promote use of new technologies and industry-leading trends to product management activities
- Select, develop, and evaluate personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function
- Direct those involved in the design, modification, and evaluation of all phases of a specific product or group of products from product definition through production and release (i.e. Product Lifecycle Management)
Duties & Responsibilities
- Deliver quality products in a timely fashion
- Review and approve proposed architectures, technologies, and implementations for risk and feasibility
- Support existing products through customer issue triage, planned maintenance releases and hot fixes
- Plan development activities
- Collaborate with quality assurance, product management, and marketing on product specifications, requirements, features, delivery dates and quality levels
- Create, maintain and manage departmental budget
- Implement policies, procedures and processes necessary for consistent development of quality products
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience.
- Travel Requirements: 10 – 30%
Join our Dynamic Team!
In today’s complex world, nothing is more important to utilities than delivering affordable, reliable energy and clean water. Steadily-growing populations are putting more and more strain on finite supplies, forcing utilities to be proactive with conservation and management programs. Itron is dedicated to helping these providers create a smarter future by developing technology that more effectively delivers and manages precious resources.
At Itron, “Knowledge to Shape Your Future” describes the value we provide to our energy and water customers. It also describes the value that we provide to our own employees. Itron management is committed to providing employees with opportunities and resources that they can utilize to shape their own future.
If you are interested in learning more about this fantastic opportunity to join a financially stable organization with tremendous opportunities for growth and development, please email Chris Hood directly at: networking@hoodatwork.com
The Wisdom of Mark Cuban December 2, 2009
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The Best Equity is Sweat Equity
This is such brilliant advice for anyone who finds themselves questioning their dedication or rationale for persevering through hard times. I have kept this one bookmarked for some time, and refer to it constantly
Originally Posted: Jan 2nd 2008 9:59AM
The Rules of Success
As MicroSolutions became more and more successful, and as I paid attention to the common traits of businesses that I saw succeed and those I saw fail, I came to realize that there are “Rules of Success” that I saw in companies that excelled. Where companies failed to follow those rules, inevitably, they failed. I found myself checking with “My Rules” before I made decisions. When I traded stocks or considered investments in companies, I applied The Rules to their business before I made a decision.
The Rules are not infallible. They have their limits. I’m an entrepreneur. My businesses have had hundreds and now more than a thousand employees. My world has been limited to starting, building, growing and running businesses that are never going to make the Fortune 500. My dreams were never to build the biggest corporation in the world. So, if you are a middle level manager in a Fortune 500 company, these rules may not help you manage your department. If you are the CEO of a Fortune 500 company with tens of thousands of employees, some rules will apply, some won’t, but where they will help you is to know how little guys coming out of nowhere are going to disrupt your business.
Where The Rules will help you is if you are considering starting, or currently run your own business. There are always exceptions to any rules, but I can assure you that those exceptions will be rare. Entrepreneurs that don’t follow the rules are far more likely to fail. There is no doubt about it.
So let’s start at the beginning.
Rule #1: Sweat Equity is the best start up capital.
The best businesses in recent entrepreneurial history are those that have been started with little or no money. Dell Computer, MicroSoft, Apple, HP and tens of thousands of others started in dorm rooms, tiny offices or garages. There weren’t 100 page long business plans. In all of my businesses, I started by putting together spreadsheets of my expenses, which allowed me to calculate how much revenue I needed to break even and keep the lights on in my office and my apartment. I wrote overviews of what I was selling, why I thought the business made sense, an overview of my competition and why my product and/or service would be important to my customers, and why they should buy or use it. All of it on a piece of yellow paper or in a word processing file, and none of it cost me more than the diet soda I was drinking while I was writing it up.
I remember the foundation for each of my businesses. MicroSolutions was very simple. To use microcomputers and software to help our customers become more productive, profitable and gain a competitive advantage. AudioNet, which became broadcast.com was simple as well: use the internet to enable real-time, worldwide communications of entertainment and business applications. HDNet is to create great entertainment, originated in High Definition format to allow our distributors to compete for the highest margin customers.
Once I could put the idea on paper, I gave the company a name. From there, I took the most important steps: I tried to find people to shoot holes in it. When we started AudioNet, I remember getting an appointment with Drew Marcus of Alex Brown (it could have been Larry, but I think it was drew , an investment banking company. Drew followed the radio industry and I wanted to see if there was anything he saw from his experience that would blow up the concept. He loved the idea. We took it to Dan Halliburton of Susquehanna Radio. He was an executive in charge of several Dallas area radio stations. We discussed how he could broadcast his stations over the Internet using AudioNet and reach the in office market where there weren’t many radios on desks, and few of those could pick up the AM signal of his stations. He loved it. I took it to Tim and Eric Crown, who ran a newly public company called Insight Enterprises. I asked them if it made sense to broadcast their quarterly earning conference calls over the internet so their investors and the research analysts who followed them could easily listen to the calls and get up to date information, or listen to an archive of the call if they missed it. They thought it would help them reach their Investor Relation goals less expensively.
Each step cost me next to nothing to get great feedback. Each enabled me to check the foundation of my business idea to see if it was easy to shoot holes in it, and most importantly, they all served as sales calls. Each company eventually became a customer of ours.
I went through this in each of my businesses. The step gave me confidence that my business idea was valid. That there was a chance of success. At this point, many entrepreneurs think the next step is to take all this feedback, update their 100 page business plans and go out and raise money. It’s as if the missing link for success in a business is cash to get started. It’s not. Far more often than not, raising cash is the biggest mistake you can make.
Most entrepreneurs tend to think in terms of what raising money means to them. How it can get them started? How many people they can hire? How much they can spend on office space? How much they can pay themselves? They forget to put themselves in the position of the person or company they are asking for money from. They think they are considering that person’s position by making up numbers and calling them expected returns for the investor. If you only give me X dollars, you will get X pct back in X years. You will double or triple your money in X years. Any investor worth anything knows you are just making these numbers up. They are meaningless. Worse, if you tell a savvy investor that the market is X billions of dollars and you just need one or some low percent to make zillions, you are immediately kicked to the curb.
These investors, including myself, know what you don’t, and they are not telling you. The minute you ask for money, you are playing in their game, they aren’t playing in yours. You are at a huge disadvantage, and it’s only going to get worse if you take their money. The minute you take money, the leverage completely flips to the investor. They control the destiny of your dreams, not you.
Investors don’t care about your dreams and goals. They love that you have them. They love that they motivate you. Investors care about how they are going to get their money back and then some. Family cares about your dreams. Investors care about money. There is a reason why venture capitalists are often referred to as Vulture Capitalists. The minute you slide off course from the promises you made to get the money, your dreams fall in jeopardy. You will find yourself making promises to keep investors at bay. You will find yourself avoiding your investors. Then you will find yourself on the outside looking in. The reality of taking money from non family members is that they are doing it for only one reason, to make more money. If you can’t deliver on that promise, you are out. You will be removed from the company you started. You will find someone else running your dream company. If this sounds like a scene out of the Sopranos or an episode you would watch on TV about a loan shark, you are right. The only difference is that it’s all legal.
There are only two reasonable sources of capital for startup entrepreneurs, your own pocket and your customers pockets. I personally would never even take money from a family member. Could you imagine the eternal grief and guilt from your mom, dad, uncle or aunt because you blew your nephews college money or the money for grandmas last vacation… I cant.
You shouldn’t have to take money from anyone. Businesses don’t have to start big. The best ones start small enough to suit the circumstances of their founders. I started MicroSolutions by getting an advance from my first customer of $500. The business didn’t grow quickly in the first couple years. We didn’t grow past 4 people in the first couple years, and we all worked dirt cheap.
So what’s wrong with that? It’s OK to start slow. It’s ok to grow slow. As much as you want to think that all things would change if you only had more cash available, they probably won’t.
The reality is that for most businesses, they don’t need more cash, they need more brains.
NY Times – To Build a Smart Grid, Start With Smart Meters December 1, 2009
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FOR nearly 30 years, Itron has dominated the American market in what had been a profitable but unglamorous field, automating power, gas and water meters. But with $8 billion in government and private money devoted to modernizing the power grid, meter automation is suddenly a growth industry. Without millions of new smart meters, no smart grid is possible.
Like many established technology companies, Itron has wrestled with how to adapt. It faces well-financed and well-connected start-ups offering the prospect of managing energy use from a desktop computer.
Even as it has lost big contracts to agile new competitors, Itron has maintained a cautious pace. Now that strategy may be paying off, with the most prominent start-up stumbling over the introduction of its new system.
Itron, of Liberty Lake, Wash., was started in 1977 on the first wave of modern meter reading. Utility bills were assessed by workers who went house to house using pencil and pad to record readings from mechanical meters.
Itron replaced the pad and pencil with a hand-held computer so that meter readings could be loaded into a computerized billing system.
In time, the meters could send signals to trucks driving though a neighborhood. The trucks could read as many as 16,000 meters a day, compared with 500 meters with its most advanced hand-held reader. Itron quickly grabbed and has held 50 percent of the automated meter market in the United States.
Itron maintained its lead by carefully — some would say slowly — engineering solid technology.
But the smart grid requires a major shift. For it to work, meters must collect information not once a month for billing, but every few minutes, a huge amount of data, so a utility can save energy by channeling only as much electricity as an area needs at a time. An industrial area might need large amounts of power in the day, but less at night.
New smart meters also need two-way communication. Before they just sent billing information to the power company. Now a power company needs to send instructions back through the meter to home appliances, like a thermostat, that can be adjusted by a few degrees on a hot day to avoid a brownout.
The idea is that if electricity is used more efficiently, fewer plants will have to be built, pollution will be reduced and people will save money.
While everyone seems to know what they want the smart grid to do, few agree on how to do it. Each meter company wants to establish its design for the grid as part of the standard. The first recommendation will come from the National Institute of Standards and Technology next month. The standard will continue to evolve by a consensus of state and federal regulators.
Of the start-ups in the smart grid business, none have a higher profile than Silver Spring Networks. The company is backed by the renowned venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, counts Google as an investor and has Al Gore, a Kleiner Perkins partner, on its advisory board.
Silver Spring, of Redwood City, Calif., conceived a strong marketing message — creating the Internet for electricity.
“You can call it marketing, but they did drive the right message home,” said John Quealy, an industry analyst. Silver Spring’s innovation was to look past meters to market the system that connects them. It proposes to build a network based on Internet protocol that would connect meters from a variety of companies to its version of the grid.
That message has been a success for Silver Spring. In 2009, when Itron announced winning few contracts, Silver Spring announced four major contracts and called itself the “most widely adopted smart grid platform in America.” In response, Itron designed its meter and systems to adapt with software to the Internet protocol, or other standards.
“We have lost some deals and have not been as competitive as we might have been, but I don’t think if we went more quickly we would have had the right system,” said Deloris Duquette, Itron’s vice president for investor relations and corporate communications.
Itron focused on delivering on its old contracts. It did not bid on new work for nearly a year. It spent 15 months with Southern California Edison designing how the system would be used, then spent a year testing its metering before introducing it to the public.
It also changed its marketing. “We are being painted by the competition as a stodgy meter company,” Ms. Duquette said. “We aren’t. We are, and have always been, a technology company.”
Itron changed its advertising slogan to “Smart grid reality” from “Smart metering for the smart grid.” That may seem minor, but it is beginning to resonate. Silver Spring gained ground selling its system’s potential, but the deployment has not been entirely smooth.
A lawsuit in California claims that the metering system for Pacific Gas and Electric overcharges customers. California State Senator Dean Florez has called for a halt to the smart meter deployment, and the California Utilities Commission is investigating. The utility said the higher bills resulted from a rate increase and a hot summer. Eric Dresselhuys, executive vice president of Silver Springs, declined to comment.
Since making the changes, Itron said, it is a finalist for contracts it would have not been considered for previously. “It’s the credibility that we really understand the requirements, that we have things in the field that are in operation, and that we have thought this through for the long term,” said Richard Creegan, an Itron vice president.
Mr. Quealy, the analyst, said, “Utilities are buying technology to avoid risk.”
Open Position – International Tax Manager November 30, 2009
Posted by hoodatwork in Current Job Opportunities.Tags: AMI, Chris Hood, Smart Grid, Metering, Job Description, Permanent, International Tax, FIN48, FAS109, Itron, Relocation Provided, Spokane, WA, HoodAtWork
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Open Position: International Tax Manager – Liberty Lake, WA
Itron is the world’s leading provider of solid-state meters ($1.46 billion)—electricity, water, gas and heat—and data collection/communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology. We offer enterprise-wide software platforms, project management, installation and consulting services.
The International Tax Manager will provide support and assistance to the International Tax Director to ensure that Itron, Inc. and affiliates’ foreign tax liability and the US tax liability on foreign income is managed at the lowest sustainable rate.
Primary functions will include:
•Assist in managing the quarterly and annual accrual of income taxes on foreign operations in support of FAS 109, including APB 23 assertions, FAS 52 functional currency issues, reviewing and managing foreign data in support of FIN 48 positions, and reviewing the worldwide effective tax rate
•Assist International Tax Director in managing global intellectual property as well as preparing policies and procedures with respect to global ownership of intellectual property
•Utilize technical tax expertise to assist the International Tax Director in strategic tax planning and corporate restructuring projects as well as managing the day to day activities of international business in a tax efficient manner, and making recommendations regarding their implementation,
•Assist with M&A activities of the global operations,
•Support the Treasury department in managing cash in a tax efficient manner as well as the tax efficient repatriation of offshore earnings,
•Assist in coordinating and preparing data in support of the filing of US informational returns (e.g. Forms 5471, 8858, 8865, 5713)
•Assist in the preparation of Earnings & Profits calculations, foreign tax credit pools, Subpart F, tax basis, OFL/ODL and other relevant analysis of foreign subsidiaries in support of the US tax positions
•Assist as necessary in the managing of tax audits regarding the foreign aspects of US income,
•Support the International Tax Director in managing external completion of transfer pricing studies and review of business activities to ensure compliance,
•Ensure international tax functions are compliant with internal SOX policies, including reviewing and monitoring necessary revisions to existing documents and procedures
Qualifications
•Candidate requirements:
•BS Degree in Accounting
•Masters in Accounting or Tax or JD is preferred
•CPA or equivalent required
•Minimum 4 years experience working in US international taxation
•Comprehensive knowledge of US GAAP and tax provision accounting
•Prefer Big 4 or large multinational experience
•Highly motivated with excellent technical and analytical skills
•Analytical ability and detail orientation
•People and project management skills
•Strong organizational skills
•Excellent communication skills (oral and written)
•Willing to travel internationally as required (10%)
Join our Dynamic Team!
In today’s complex world, nothing is more important to utilities than delivering affordable, reliable energy and clean water. Steadily-growing populations are putting more and more strain on finite supplies, forcing utilities to be proactive with conservation and management programs. Itron is dedicated to helping these providers create a smarter future by developing technology that more effectively delivers and manages precious resources.
At Itron, “Knowledge to Shape Your Future” describes the value we provide to our energy and water customers. It also describes the value that we provide to our own employees. Itron management is committed to providing employees with opportunities and resources that they can utilize to shape their own future.
If you are interested in learning more about this fantastic opportunity to join a financially stable organization with tremendous opportunities for growth and development, please contact Chris Hood directly via email: networking@hoodatwork.com
Current Opportunities – All Listed Under Current Opportunities Tab November 25, 2009
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Please take a look at all of the opportunities that I am currently working on.
http://hoodatwork.wordpress.com/current-smart-grid-and-technical-opportunities/
Reach out directly if you have any questions!
Raleigh, NC – Application Engineer Opening in Smart Metering November 17, 2009
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Are you ready to make a difference?
Itron is the world’s leading provider of solid-state meters ($1.46 billion)—electricity, water, gas and heat—and data collection/communication systems, including automated meter reading (AMR) and advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) technology. We offer enterprise-wide software platforms, project management, installation and consulting services.
Itron is seeking a proactive Application Engineer with a proven record of delivering product support and customer service to internal and external customers. The right person for this position will not only tie engineering theories/concepts with practice but will be able to communicate technical and non-technical ideas to peers, managers and customers. Additional areas of responsibility include assisting the sales staff in assessing potential application of Itron products and solutions to meet customer needs and preparing detailed product specifications for the development and implementation of customer applications/solutions.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Provide technical support for designated product and systems
• Provide technical response for requests for quotations
• Conduct pre sales product presentations
• Provide product specific training
• Facilitate vendor integration efforts
• Provide competitive product and system analysis and Market Research
• Assist in product development and internal firmware testing
• Travel as needed to assist Sales force, domestically and internationally
Qualifications:
• Requires 3+ years of application engineering experience in a technology industry, providing product configuration and testing to internal and external customers
• Additional experience in wireless communications, networking and power engineering is a plus
• Bachelor’s degree is required. Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering Field is preferred
• Travel Requirements: 50%-75%
Join our Dynamic Team!
In today’s complex world, nothing is more important to utilities than delivering affordable, reliable energy and clean water. Steadily-growing populations are putting more and more strain on finite supplies, forcing utilities to be proactive with conservation and management programs. Itron is dedicated to helping these providers create a smarter future by developing technology that more effectively delivers and manages precious resources.
At Itron, “Knowledge to Shape Your Future” describes the value we provide to our energy and water customers. It also describes the value that we provide to our own employees. Itron management is committed to providing employees with opportunities and resources that they can utilize to shape their own future.
If you are interested in learning more about this fantastic opportunity to join a financially stable organization with tremendous opportunities for growth and development, please email Chris Hood at: linkedin@hoodatwork.com
New Position – Product Manager November 17, 2009
Posted by hoodatwork in Current Job Opportunities.Tags: AMI, Smart Grid, Utilities, Metering, Job Description, Permanent, Product Manager, Marketing, PreSales, Training, Pre sales, Sales Engineering
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Itron Inc., is looking to hire an experienced Product Manager who will be charged with developing specific marketing plans and activities for specific product lines with the goal of establishing, enhancing or distinguishing product placement within the competitive arena. Key areas for success in this role revolve around developing business plans and product positioning in the marketplace. The Product Manager will also oversee market research, monitor competitive activity, identify customer needs and establish pricing strategies. These deliverables are most effectively accomplished by working with engineering, manufacturing and sales to develop new products or enhance existing products or product lines.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
•Play a key role as the business process expert and customer advocate with the product they support.
•Work closely with customers, prospects and marketing to define product requirements for new software and enhancements to existing software products
•Write and update product requirements documents for new or enhanced software
•Work closely with engineers on detailed designs, functional specifications, project management, and testing
•Support global sales team by giving product presentations to potential customers
•Work with marketing, training, and installation to develop product-focused documents. This includes marketing collateral, help documentation, and instructional materials
•Provide support to our professional services team on customer implementations
•Present and promote Itron product offerings at trade shows and key industry events
•Monitor work flow and deadlines
•Provide leadership and coaching to staff
Qualifications
Requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
Travel Requirements: 30 – 50%
Join our Dynamic Team!
In today’s complex world, nothing is more important to utilities than delivering affordable, reliable energy and clean water. Steadily-growing populations are putting more and more strain on finite supplies, forcing utilities to be proactive with conservation and management programs. Itron is dedicated to helping these providers create a smarter future by developing technology that more effectively delivers and manages precious resources.
At Itron, “Knowledge to Shape Your Future” describes the value we provide to our energy and water customers. It also describes the value that we provide to our own employees. Itron management is committed to providing employees with opportunities and resources that they can utilize to shape their own future.
If you are interested in learning more about this fantastic opportunity to join a financially stable organization with tremendous opportunities for growth and development, please email me directly at: linkedin@hoodatwork.com
Smart Grid: Meter Maker Shakedown: The 5 That Will Survive November 16, 2009
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Excellent article discussing the prospects for Smart Meter manufacturers is here:
Smart Grid: Meter Maker Shakedown: The 5 That Will Survive.
Especially intriguing is the following passage:
Itron
Itron was the clear leader in first-generation AMR and the early leader in next-generation AMI contract wins, but a laggard in getting smart meters into the field in quantity. I’ve fretted that Itron’s Smart Grid metering prospects might be diminished unless it could prove its ability to a) scale up and b) move from proprietary systems to open standards. But credit where credit is due – the feisty Spokane, WA-based company seems to be leaping both hurdles. Itron now has enough units in operation to prove its scalability, especially since SCE – Itron’s largest smart metering customer – indicates it is likely to accelerate deployment. And Itron is starting to catch up – in some cases even take a lead – in supporting standards. Itron snagged some nice contracts with utilities that received stimulus money ($200 million awardee CenterPoint Energy and $83.8 million DTE Energy among them). What’s more, it recently announced a migration path that makes it easier for its AMR customers to upgrade. Given that nearly 8,000 utilities around the world already rely on Itron technology, the company has a large installed base to draw from.
For anyone looking for positions in this area – contact me directly. I am working on positions that are directly in this field.
C
Open Positions – Nationwide Locations – All Permanent November 6, 2009
Posted by hoodatwork in Open Requisitions.Tags: AMI, Chris Hood, Smart Grid, Oracle, SQL, .Net, Utilities, Metering, Job Description, Permanent, rf engineer, rf testing, field engineering, field operations, business consultant, principle consultant, project manager, pmi, pmp
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I would like to invite anyone who is looking for a new job opportunity to review the following information, and let me know if you or any of your contacts are interested in pursuing these outstanding positions.
We are working on a retained agreement with our client, and are directly interacting with the hiring managers. Based on individual qualifications, we can look for both current and future opportunities that will best fit individual skill sets and career goals. Additionally, the open positions we are working on are located throughout the US, with most of them not requiring relocation.
A sample of the positions I am currently looking to fill are:
Technical Consultant: Responsible for the implementation of a proprietary billing and data management application. Key skill requirements are revolve around testing, developing, tuning, importing and converting data from legacy systems in to Oracle or SQL databases. Experience with XML and SQL scripting are essential, and any exposure to programming languages is a plus.
Test Engineer: Responsible for designing, developing and implementing cost-effective methods of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment using a mixture of hardware and software testing. The ability to develop the testing software used to evaluate hardware, systems, equipment and applications is required – primarily using C++, C#, .Net and various scripting tools (SQL)
RF Test Engineer: Responsible for testing and performing a variety of tasks in relation to Printed Circuit Board Test Development/Support, manufacturing of electronic products. This includes maintenance testing of existing systems, to automated, PC-controlled testing. Experience using electronic test equipment, C++ (Visual or Borland), HTML/ JavaScript, SQL or Oracle database experience is required. Additionally, experience with automated test equipment such as PC or PLC controlled manufacturing equipment or in-circuit test equipment is essential.
Business Consultant: Key responsibilities include implementing and developing business process engineering techniques, developing technical solutions and management processes to achieve overall objectives by means of implementing systems or enterprise wide solutions, using the company’s or a third-party’s hardware/software products. Business Consultants also participate in sales and proposal presentations in addition to completing ongoing team account activities.
Project and Field Management: Management level positions tasked with technical and administrative support activities including network deployment (implementing network design, operating the network management system, network analysis, RF analysis and field diagnostics, managing equipment configuration, preventative maintenance, and engineering change upgrades.
Principle Consultant: Responsible for translating the client’s business requirements into specific systems, applications or process designs for very large complex IT solutions and integrating architecture. Acts as an advocate for the client, as the ultimate authority on the architecture designed to address client business problems. PMP or PMI affiliation is desirable.
We are working on a retained agreement for these positions, so you will not find them available through any 3rd parties. Anyone who is interested should contact me directly. I can be reached here: Email Chris Hood
Finally, I am always looking to network and establish relationships for opportunities that may lie down the road. Don’t hesistate to reach out for any reason at all!
Thanks,
Chris
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