CEO Role Description

Role Description of tasks currently taken on by Marcin, ED.

CEO Required Skills

• Critical Path Narrative - leading project on Critical Path - ability to express and direct daily tasks consistent with greater vision of project
• Technical Literacy - Ability to translate OSE Specifications into specific product design features of the 50 GVCS Tools
• Fabrication Experience - to understand and direct translation of OSE Specifications into design-for-fabrication of lifetime design products
• Systems design capacity to define and build a coherent product ecology of the 50 GVCS Tools.
• Process Development - Ability to create effective processes for Open Source Product Development, emphasizing strategic clarity, development efficiency, and performance management
• Strategic Planning - ability to execute cost-benefit analysis, risk analysis, review, and effective decision-making ragarding development priorities
• Economic Analysis - Ability to perform economic feasibility analysis and enterprise planning
• Leadership - Ability to generate effective Critical Path Narratives and to inspire the team towards excellence

CEO Duties - Until 2014

• Prototyping: Directs integrated development of machine prototyping, agricultural, construction, production, and organizational infrastructures. (25%)
• Production Development: Create and execute process for Collaborative Production and bootstrap funding (20%)
• Process Development: Continuously create, integrate, and refine Open Source Product Development process - particularly the integration of social and technical aspects of a volunteer/paid process, with on-site and remote collaboration. Develops Management Structure and Financial Controls as key processes to support core prototyping. (20%)
• Hiring: valuate and approve all hires, contracts, and bids from on-site and remote participants (10%)
• Development Budget: Create a development budget and development timeline (5%)
• Investor Outreach: Engage in speaking engagements and Investor relations as needed (5%)
• Nonprofit Dev: Oversee strategic effectiveness of nonprofit resource development (5%)
• Review: Review product designs for adherence to OSE Specifications and GVCS 50 Product Ecology (10%)

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Operations Manager Requirements

• Performance management and human relations experience
• Ability to make accurate assessments on strategic priorities and their execution
• Effective organizational skills to manage and follow a large number of moving parts
• Ability to Work Openly

Operations Manager Duties

• Process Management - Assures that prototyping, agriculture, production, construction, and organizational development staff and volunteers can carry out their duties effectively. This involves assuring that the elements of Flashy XM procedure are being fulfilled. Documentation is a special subset of this, and is listed as a separate item below.
• Production Run Management - Assists ED in sourcing, assembling documentation, and preparing for Collaborative Production Runs.
• Process Development - Assists ED in developing and testing Open Source Product Development Process
• Publishing - assures that documentation requrements are met on the OSE Wiki and via Booktype
• Human Resources - Recruits and onboards new candidates, and prepares candidates for final approval by ED.
• Purchasing and Financial Controls - Carries out purchasing and executes financial control standards
• Organization - executes organizational structuring tasks

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Product Director Requirements

Abstract: The Product Director focuses on the design and prototyping aspect of GVCS development towards Full Product Release, Collaborative Production, and Distributive Enterprise.

• Fluency in professional CAD design (AutoCAD, Solidworks, Rhino, etc)
• Fluency in entry level CAD (Sketchup)
• Familiarity with Wiki culture, Google Docs, Sketchup, and basic computer literacy to embed various media in a wiki.
• Firm grasp of OSE Specifications and translation into Design-for-Fabrication of lifetime-design product ecologies.

Product Director Duties

• Leads design of GVCS machines
• Coordinates production run with ED and COO
• Assembles full fabrication Instructionals, including Fabrication Diagram, in Booktype
• Manages remote designer contributions
• Reviews all design for adherence to OSE Specifications

Community Manager Duties

• Actively solicits CAD work contributions from technical schools