Ampy Buchholz
Technical Leadership, Project Manager, Sales Engineer, Wireless Specialist
Offering over 20 years of technology experience, I am presently a Technology Consultant for JakenMax Productions.
I very much enjoy building technical teams and the processes needed to support them. PacStar was my 4th start-up venture and afforded me with the opportunity to sharpen my leadership skills and expand my technical knowledge base.
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3 contactsAs Director of Integration, Test & Evaluation, I am responsible for supervising daily QA activities, coordination of in-house / outsource product testing, project management and the integration of new technologies into PACSTAR products. Under my direction, the IT&E department successfully supported certification testing of the PACSTAR 3500 & 5500 deployable communications products by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) which allowed their sale into the US military.
* Establish Integration, Test & Evaluation department in support of PACSTAR product offering
* Develop and manage QA/QC processes and procedures
* Manage projects and sub-contractor contributions
* Obtain Federal certifications for PACSTAR products
* Develop and maintain vendor/partner relationships
* Research and develop deployable communications products
* Establish configuration and testing lab
* Write executive briefs, technology papers and use case scenarios
* Support Marketing and Trademark efforts
* Develop technical training, investor and sales presentations
2000 - 2005During my tenure as Director of Engineering, the Engineering department established and expanded the client services offering, absorbed the Information Technologies department and developed the PACSTAR 5500 & 3500 deployable communications products. My efforts contributed to PACSTAR being chosen as the “#1 Fastest Growing Company in Oregon” by Oregon Business Magazine (September 2005), into VAR Business Magazines “Top 500 VARs” (June 2004) and the #3 “Fastest Growing VAR in the US” by CRN Magazine (September 2003). In addition to supporting company growth from ~$4M (2000) to ~$50M (2005), I conceived and assisted in the development of a product that allowed PACSTAR to receive an additional $6M to fund the new Products division.
Director of Engineering (2003)
Engineering / Star Support Services Manager (2002)
Sr. Systems Engineer (2001)
Sales Engineer (2000)
* Establish Engineering / Services offering in support of PacStar VAR offering
* Supervise Engineering staff
* Support services sales efforts
* Manage projects and sub-contractor contributions
* Develop and maintain vendor/partner relationships
* Research and develop deployable communications products
* Establish configuration and testing lab
* Write executive briefs, technology papers and use case scenarios
* Develop technical training, investor and sales presentations
