Management Consulting - Champaign, Illinois, United States
Robust Smart Control Solutions (R-Smart) LLC is an SDVOSB engineering and business consulting firm.Our business expertise -• Business development and marketing experience with off-road equipment, unmanned systems, government, security and government contractor customers from R&D through product delivery. • Expertise developing and implementing integrated business, technical and marketing strategies for successfully moving into new markets and/ or growing market share. • Ability to easily understand advanced technologies, derive their applications and translate into actionable business opportunities.Technical expertise -• Robotics, machine learning, basic and advanced control systems, systems engineering, human interfaces, virtual reality, spiral development V&V, large scale program management. • Leading, developing, managing and delivering high risk, highly complex technical product offerings from conception through customer delivery - including contracting, technical development, product development, manufacturing, and service and support. (Experience from R&D through large scale OEM level program management.)Some select projects• Executed project assisting a small high tech company gain product entry into a Fortune 100 company.• Devised the marketing strategy and plan creating a beachhead for a Northrop Grumman subsidiary in the security industry.• Established the decision analysis that enabled a sourcing decision saving over $3M.• Mentored 150 start-up companies in marketing, business and technology strategies for market entry• Launched a new product market entry strategy and plan for a new robotics product..• Developed a marketing strategy and plan for an oxygen generation unit that led to product acceptance in the department of defense within 9 months with revenue of $30-$45M in intial volume