Karl Janowski

493 Stratford, Elmhurst IL 60126

312-231-0110

Janowski@hotmail.com

WORK SUMMARY

I have 12 years of product development experience in the audio electronics industry, working for Shure. During that time I had four different roles, and currently I’m a Senior Project Manager for a wireless group that focuses on professional audio applications. The current projects I oversee have multi-million dollar budgets which are a significant portion of Shure’s revenue plan. Within my ventures, I have a strong history of international co-­development, working with both design and manufacturing teams from around the world.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

·         Launched Shure’s PSM1000 wireless system in 2011, as well as products: UR5 and P9RA

·         Worked with outsourcing partner to launch Shure first rechargeable battery system including LI batteries and chargers

·         Manage suppliers in Asia and engineers in Shure’s Suzhou (China) plant. Currently spend several weeks a year in China, and several nights a week on calls

·         Represent the development team and product, both through internal showings and at trade shows

 

·         Launched Shure’s PSM900 wireless system in January 2010, which was used by “The Who” at Superbowl XLIV.

·         Responsible for: Project development plan, budgets, product cost, launch date, global compliance, corporate compliance, team communications, and decisions. Work closely with Marketing and Operations divisions. 

·         History of doing things a new way; My team has a large “First-time-this-was-done-at-Shure” list

·         Launched Shure’s I2CM earphone in AT&T stores for the launch of the iPhone in the Summer of 2007

 

·         Engineering Leadership position, designed to help organize the engineering work at the beginning of a project and as a technical lead to Project Managers

·         Responsible for managing the product requirements, and working with marketing on product tradeoffs

·         Communicated product requirements with outside design partners

·         Involved with the startup of 12 new products within 3 years

 

·         Lead embedded software engineer on Shure’s UHFR project, a three-year product development effort.

·         Designed and implemented an object-oriented, multi-tasking application and network protocol.

·         Designed Shure’s first Ethernet and USB enabled product.

·         Product won design awards and was used by the Rolling Stones at Superbowl XL

 

·         Analog and Digital Circuitry development engineer on several Shure product development teams

·         Worked as a junior engineer on Shure’s P4800, a DSP based audio processor

·         Worked with German engineering development team to develop Conference One system

 

EDUCATION

MBA, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2010   

·         Focus: International Business, Finance, and Marketing

 

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1999

·         Focus: Audio, Digital Circuitry

 

OTHER

·         Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers member

·         Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University-Software Architecture and Capability Maturity Model Integrated Certified

·         Hobbies include guitar and bass, stocks and options; softball

·         Learning Mandarin, have some proficiency in Spanish