SIMON
KOROWITZ
33 Howard Farm Road . Sharon, MA 02067
781.784.8029
Simon_Says_Solutions@yahoo.com
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
Results
oriented senior executive with extensive experience in state-of-the
art high technology product development. An innovative problem-solver
with a reputation for inventive cost-effective solutions that
assure successful commercialization.
Innovator
- Inventor of new and unique concepts and approaches for electronics
products with thirteen U.S. patents granted.
Problem-Solver
- Evaluator of complex problems dissecting them into manageable
pieces for resolution and implementation.
Leader
- Manager of multi-discipline and multi-national development
team developing a state-of-the-art complex electronic instrument
for the process control market.
Communicator
- Skilled in listening to all levels of an organization, capturing
customer needs and defining benefits.
Technologist
- Strong technical credentials and ability to understand all
types of technologies from many market segments and apply
them to solve problems in an unrelated market.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
INVENSYS-SIEBE
PLC-THE FOXBORO COMPANY, Foxboro, MA 1982-2002
INVENSYS, 1998-2002
A merger of Siebe Plc and British Tire and Rubber in 1997
resulting in an $8 billion dollar engineering organization
specializing in the manufacture and distribution of instruments
and control systems for the industrial/commercial market.
SIEBE
PLC, 1990-1997
UK based engineering and manufacturing company producing instruments
and controls.
THE
FOXBORO COMPANY, 1982-1990
A leading manufacturer of instruments and control systems
for process automation purchased by Siebe Plc in 1990.
Director
of Technology (Invensys-Siebe)
Provided technical leadership on multiple decentralized "Due
Diligence" and technology transfer teams for newly acquired
acquisitions. Identified core technologies and successfully
transferred them to other member organizations.
Responsible
for assessing new technologies within the electronics industry:
including semiconductors, communication, manufacturing, and
software that led to new products, cost savings and significant
reduction in the product development cycle.
Internal
technical consultant responsible for evaluating technical
content of development programs. Reviewed product concepts,
technologies, suppliers and staff. Credited with dramatically
reducing development costs, shorting development cycles, and
reducing total product costs.
Provided
program management and technical leadership for an offshore
acquisition to bring new products to commercialization. Resulted
in a highly profitable product and sales of $3 million dollars
in the first year of production.
Established
technical direction to modernize the I/O electronics platform
of Foxboro's Process Control system with new technology. The
concept utilized custom integrated circuits and automated
manufacturing techniques. The successful implementation reduced
the cost to manufacture the components by 65% and provided
additional features to the customer.
Provided
program and technical leadership for the development of the
Foxboro's targeted hybrid market industrial process control
system. A critical attribute was the maximization of Foxboro's
intellectual property, and time to market. The program provided
Foxboro with a successful offering in the target market and
providing yearly sales of $25-$50 million dollars.
Project
Manager (Foxboro Company)
Responsible for the conceptualization, design and implementation
of the hardware for Foxboro's state-of-the-art real time process
control system, Intelligent Automation. The system received
multiple industrial awards for innovation and has become the
industrial standard for distributed control, and has realized
multi-billion of dollars of revenues over the life of the
product line.
Conceptualized,
and managed the design and implementation of intelligent pressure
transmitter product. The product launched Foxboro into the
solid-state intelligent product market as well as has become
the basis for all future transmitter products. The project
was completed in 25% less time than any other development
program and has resulted in successful positioning in the
marketplace and growth in market share.
LEEDS
& NORTHRUP, North Wales, PA, 1978-1982
Project Manager
Responsible for establishing technical direction and supervision
of digital hardware, software and analog hardware personnel
on development of a new distributed process control system.
FISCHER
& PORTER, Warminster, PA, 1974-1978
Senior Design Engineer
Responsible for the development of concepts and implementation
using hardware and software of components for Fischer & Porter's
series 300 computer system.
SPERRY
REMINGTON/SPERRY UNIVAC DIVISIONS, Blue Bell, PA, 1972-1974
Senior Design Engineer
Developed and implemented hardware and software structures
for new features to the word processing system.
TEXAS
INSTRUMENTS, Austin, TX, 1969-1972
Design Engineer
Responsible for the hardware and software design of various
peripheral interfaces for TI's Advanced Scientific Computer
system.
EDUCATION
M.S.
in Engineering Sciences, Penn State Graduate School B.S. in
Computer Sciences, N.Y. Institute of Technology
PATENTS
US6324607:
Distributed control system including a compact easily extensible
and serviceable field controller
US6183289: I/O connector module for a field controller in
a distributed control system
US6033257: I/O connector module for a field controller in
a distributed control system
US6008985: Industrial field controlling device with controller
and expansion module
US6076124: Distributed control system including a compact
easily-extensible and serviceable field controller
US5917840: Protection against communication crosstalk in a
factory process control system
USD394842: Field controller housing
US5656782: Pressure sealed housing apparatus and methods
US4528675: FSK modem for bi-directional loop communication
system
US4509117: Communication network access rights arbitration
US4482980: Hybrid optical/electrical data highway
US4417303: Multi-processor data communication bus structure
US3971014: Bi-directional translator
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