Executive Director

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

Executive Director Required Skills

Abstract: The ED sets the Critical Path, defines process for supporting the Critical Path, and dog-foods initial versions of processes.

• Leadership - Ability to generate effective Critical Path Narratives and to inspire the team towards excellence. Ability to reframe daily tasks within the framework of the greater project vision.
• 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
• Ability to Work Openly

ED Duties - Until 2014

• Prototyping: Directs integrated development of machine prototyping, agricultural, construction, production, and organizational infrastructures. Reviews strategic priorities and critical path with staff. Functions as Product Director until one is recruited. (35%)
• 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. Oversees strategic effectiveness of nonprofit resource development (25%)
• Production Development: Create, execute, direct, and delegate process for Collaborative Production Runs for the purpose of prototyping and bootstrap funding. (20%)
• Review: Review product designs for adherence to OSE Specifications and GVCS 50 Product Ecology (10%)
• Hiring: valuate and approve all hires, contracts, bids, and other offers 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%)

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Critical Issues

The critical milestone for effective leadership of the project is clarifying the requirements of a basic hardware development methodology, as well as producing the supporting documentation for this this method. Presently, we are considering a lean technique with the key point of using simple, widely-available development tools for hardware - wikis, Google Docs, and Sketchup. The next major milestone include:

• Refining the Flashy XM platform based on recent CAD, Remote Collaboration, Replication, and Collaborative Production Learnings - in the form of a seminal white paper on a distributed, scalable, open source product development platform.
• Detailing a budget required to execute on each product, with implications for budgets required for scalability