Greg Abousleman

Engineering executive and business strategist

Technology and Business Leader · MBA · MSEE · Melbourne, Florida

Senior executive, technologist, and transformation leader with more than 20 years leading enterprise-scale digital modernization, advanced R&D, and mission-critical systems across defense, aerospace, industrial, and private-sector environments. Builds and leads high-performing global teams, manages complex programs and portfolios, and delivers operational, financial, and mission focused outcomes.

LinkedIn About: technology and business leader and investor. Develops business strategies, manages customer-based projects, and works across organizational levels with industry partners and vendors.

AI and technical management

Current work is engineering leadership on advanced defense technology, including AI and machine learning. Lab pages on this site show local models, AI assistants, and investment research.

Current

Project Engineering Leader

L3Harris Technologies · Melbourne, FL · Mar 2020-Present

Leads enterprise R&D on advanced technologies, including AI and machine learning, for mission-critical defense systems at a $17B company with 46,000 employees. Directs cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists, and program leaders. Aligns innovation with corporate strategy. Operational efficiency improvement of up to 66%. Presents and negotiates system concepts and roadmaps with senior leadership, customers, and partners on cost, schedule, performance, and risk.

Digital systems

Systems Engineering Leader

Ingersoll Rand · Davidson, NC · Jun 2019-Mar 2020

Led the global engineering organization for digital transformation of compressed air technology systems. Modular embedded control architectures replaced legacy controllers. Directed cloud infrastructure, IoT platforms, and edge-agent deployments for analytics, predictive maintenance, and digital services. 33% operational efficiency and 24% system performance and reliability improvement in this span.

AI credentials

  • Stanford AI Implementation for Leadership is listed under Education (Stanford Online, July 2026).
  • Skillsoft, Jan 2025: AI Neural Networks; Anomaly Detection; Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Technical Leadership; Data Science Methods; Generative AI; Machine Learning; Neural Networks.
  • Certifications: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Large Language Models (LLM).
  • Technical expertise: ML, AI, LLMs, Computer Vision, RAG Architectures, GenAI Ecosystems, Embedded Systems, IoT.
  • LinkedIn, Oct 2025: Final Exam: AI Architect certification post.
  • L3Harris: Program Management Professional (PgMP) equiv and Technical Program Management Professional (PgMP) equiv, Jan 2025.

Experience

LinkedIn bullets are included when they do not conflict.

  1. Project Engineering Leader

    Mar 2020-Present

    L3Harris Technologies · Melbourne, FL

    • Enterprise R&D including AI and machine learning for mission-critical defense systems.
    • Directed engineers, scientists, and program leaders with clear performance expectations across organizational boundaries.
    • Defended new system concepts and technical roadmaps with senior internal leadership, customers, and external partners.
  2. Systems Engineering Leader, Digital Solutions and Controls

    Jun 2019-Mar 2020

    Ingersoll Rand · Davidson, NC

    Employer span May 2017-Mar 2020

    • Global embedded controls team transforming compressed technology systems.
    • Singular modular embedded control design to replace multiple legacy controllers (LinkedIn).
    • Hardware engineering leadership on the modular controller. Cloud infrastructure, IoT platform, and edge agent. Simulation environment for control algorithms and analytic models for the IoT platform (LinkedIn).
  3. Systems Engineer / Hardware Leader

    May 2017-Jun 2019

    Ingersoll Rand · Davidson, NC

    • Enterprise technical leadership for system architecture, embedded microprocessor design, and firmware development across product lines.
    • Diagnostics and predictive failure analysis. Unit diagnostics, real-time analytics, condition monitoring, degraded-mode decision algorithms, high-speed data logging (LinkedIn).
    • Traceable system requirements and modular subsystem decomposition. Feature functionality, quality, reliability, integration, manufacturability, regulatory, compliance, and cost.
  4. Senior Scientist / Systems Engineer

    Jul 2012-Jul 2015

    Honeywell Aerospace · Albuquerque, NM

    • Mission-critical aerospace programs including F-15 ADCP II. Senior hardware and systems engineer for performance, reliability, and risk.
    • Fiber-optic technical requirements (38999 connectors, M29504 termini, custom SFF transceiver) and microprocessor SME oversight of software development (LinkedIn).
    • Cost accounting, schedule, risk. Built-In Test, real-time analytics, condition monitoring, predictive failure analysis (LinkedIn).
  5. President / Chief Technology Officer

    Jan 1995-Current

    Sandoval Properties Inc · Albuquerque, NM

    • Founded and led a seven-figure enterprise: property development and management, marketing, sales, and a home-improvement retail line.
    • Financial strategy and capital allocation. 22% profitability improvement and 47% revenue increase. LinkedIn: President, CTO, and Chair.
    • Just-in-time pull strategy as part of agile merchandising (LinkedIn). 33% operational efficiency improvement in retail and home-improvement operations.
  6. Senior Electrical Engineer

    Oct 2000-Jan 2004

    Intel Corporation · Hillsboro, OR

    • Pre-silicon validation for Xeon processor designs and architectures.
    • Simulations for CPU cache controller and front-side bus. Tests targeting specific logic. Debug to the HDL line (LinkedIn).
    • Owned design and implementation support for the InfiniBand HCA product card (LinkedIn).
  7. Digital Design Engineer

    Jan 1997-Oct 2000

    Raytheon Corporation · Tucson, AZ

    • FPGA, ASIC, and circuit card assemblies for a parallel-architecture missile system.
    • Led a team designing a PCI host bridge for a proprietary processor interfacing multiple PPC 750 processors. Bare-die multi-chip module and micro test fixtures (LinkedIn).

Education, leadership, languages

Education

  • Stanford AI Implementation for Leadership, Stanford Online, completed July 2026.
  • MBA, UNM Anderson School of Management, Albuquerque, NM, 2010 (LinkedIn: eMBA 2010-2012).
  • MSEE, Electrical/Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1997. Parallel computer architecture. IEEE (LinkedIn).
  • BSEE, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 1995.
  • Albuquerque Academy, HS Degree, General Studies, 1984-1990. Football, chess, and physics (LinkedIn).

Leadership

  • Board Chair, El Pueblo Health Clinic, 2005-2012.
  • Secret Security Clearance, Department of Defense.
  • Alumni, National Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). LinkedIn: member at SHPE.
  • IEEE (LinkedIn). NSHMBA (LinkedIn).
  • Honeywell Lean and Six Sigma Green Belt, Jan 2020 (LinkedIn). Six Sigma certified.
  • Project Management Professional certification (PMP internal equivalent).

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish (bilingual Eng/Spanish; LinkedIn: conversational)

Technical management, AI, and LinkedIn skills

Lead chips are technical expertise. The full list is every skill shown on the public LinkedIn profile, in listed order.

ML AI LLMs Computer Vision RAG Architectures GenAI Ecosystems Embedded Systems IoT Engineering leadership Program & portfolio management
  • accounting
  • acoustic doppler current profiler
  • across
  • adept
  • agile
  • analysis
  • architect
  • architectural design
  • architecture
  • asic
  • board
  • bonds
  • business leader
  • business strategies
  • cache
  • checking
  • cloud computing
  • code
  • collaboration
  • commercial
  • compliance
  • connectors
  • construction
  • construction remodeling
  • control design
  • controller
  • controls
  • cost management
  • cpu architecture
  • cto
  • cts
  • customization
  • data
  • data logging
  • database
  • decision-making
  • decomposition
  • design
  • design engineer
  • design implementation
  • design transfer
  • designing
  • development
  • diagnostics
  • digital design
  • digital solutions
  • edge
  • electrical
  • electrical engineer
  • embedded
  • embedded control
  • embedded controls
  • engineer
  • engineering
  • engineering leader
  • engineering leadership
  • environment control
  • ese
  • fiber
  • fiber optic
  • financial management
  • firmware
  • firmware development
  • hardware
  • hardware engineering
  • hca
  • hdl
  • hosting
  • implementation
  • infiniband
  • innovative leadership
  • interconnect
  • interface
  • investor
  • iot (internet of things)
  • iot platform
  • just-in-time
  • large-scale scrum (less)
  • lc
  • leadership
  • leadership abilities
  • leading
  • led
  • logging
  • logic design
  • management
  • managing
  • market analysis
  • marketing
  • merchandising
  • microprocessor
  • microprocessor design
  • models
  • modular design
  • monitoring
  • optics
  • oversight
  • parallel architecture
  • parallel computing
  • pci compliance
  • permitting
  • plant operations
  • platform management
  • ppc
  • pre-silicon
  • pre-silicon validation
  • predictive analytics
  • program management
  • project management
  • project manager
  • real-time
  • remodeling
  • requirements management
  • requirements verification
  • residential construction
  • retail
  • retail business
  • risk management
  • roi
  • sales
  • simulation
  • simulations
  • startup
  • strategy
  • subject matter expert (sme)
  • subsystems
  • support
  • support engineering
  • system design
  • system requirements
  • systems diagnostics
  • systems engineer
  • systems engineering
  • systems management
  • team design
  • team leading
  • teams
  • technical oversight
  • technical requirements
  • technical skills
  • technology
  • technology systems
  • testing
  • tests
  • transceiver
  • validation
  • verification
  • well
  • zoning