Afsar Khan Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

Washington, D.C., Us

On Sabbatical

Milpitas, California, Us

Responsible for sourcing more than $25 Million custom and commodity parts from strategic supplier. Managing supplier relationships to continue collaboration for new development and managing (EOL) end of life of key parts.Raw part cost (RPC) owner and responsible for cost negotiation. Achived multimillion dollars ($2-$5 Mil. per year) cost reductions and cost avoidance on computer, electrical, optic & mechnical parts.Negotiated Supplier Purchase Agreements (PA) with major supplier. Supported new NDAs and T&C with existing suppliers for new parts and assemblies.Supported more than a billion dollar annual revenue business. Developed sourcing strategy and supply chain readiness for new parts and assemblies.Worked with cross-functional teams (PLC) to ensure timely achievement of milestones, on-time delivery at lowest possible costs. Managed lead time and supply continuity (capacity & ramp).Risk assessment, mitigation plans for ramp, lead time, capacity, quality and make vs buy analysis.

Austin, Texas, Us

★ Started as an Engineering Manager with Sun Microsystems, then promoted and retained following the $7.4B acquisition of the company by Oracle Corporation in 2010.★ Oversaw relationships with suppliers of OEM devices and system-level products that included hard disk drives, Solid state drives and optical drives; administered approximately $200MM in annual spend.★ Facilitated business reviews, supplier forums, and the management of technical issues as a member of the Storage Commodity Team.★ Developed a procurement strategy for storage devices in accordance with targets for Cost, Quality, Availability and Time to Market.★ Recognized for negotiating millions of dollars in savings with suppliers while avoiding interruptions in the supply chain; traveled to suppliers in Asia to led site audits to measure quality and productivity, identifying risks.★ Negotiated Confidential Disclosure Agreements (CDA), Master Supplier Agreements (MSA) and Product Award Letters (PAL) with suppliers.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲Oracle Corporation is a multinational computer technology corporation, headquartered in Redwood Shores, California. The company specializes primarily in developing and marketing database software and technology, cloud engineered systems and enterprise software products.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

★ Assembled and managed a team of 11 hardware engineers supporting over 20 products through the development and troubleshooting of storage systems, boards, and other new products; met goals for product enhancements, cost reduction, and speed across high-volume and low-volume storage devices.★ Launched a new business unit for storage systems that has produced an annual run rate of over $2B in revenue to date; defined the group’s vision, mission, and charter.★ Led a Root Cause and Corrective Action campaign that identified a key design issue impacting the performance of a Fibre Channel storage array.★ Executed a Six Sigma project, creating tools and techniques to test and debug a high volume storage product during the production phase, yielding over $2M in savings.☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲☲Sun Microsystems, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oracle Corporation. Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software company, engages in the development, manufacture, distribution, servicing, and marketing of database, middleware, and application software worldwide. With the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Oracle also owns Solaris, Java, MySQL and the Sun line of storage, server and network hardware.

Houston, Texas, Us

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Ee

B.Sc (Hons), Physics