Cio, Chief Information Officer
Neophotonics Corp.
Oversee a worldwide corporate IT team of 60+ people including 8 direct reports for photonic integrated circuit designer and manufacturer with $350M+ in annual revenue and has more than 1,500+ employees supporting manufacturing and business operations in the United States, Canada, Japan, China and CM Sites. Established successful strategy, planning, development, datacenter, and ERP/CRM implementations. Directed business systems development and IT support for sites in the United States, Canada, Japan, China and CM Sites. Collaborated with additional teams to enhance business processes including cost management, automation, export compliance, and cyber security.● Fostered an atmosphere of collaboration within the organization, emphasizing teamwork and professional development.● Transitioned organization for public company ready including staffing, established uniform global policies, controls, to meet SOX regulations.● Led and managed cybersecurity efforts and drove digital capabilities. Established processes and systems to mitigate cyber-attacks, risk management, incident management, continual monitoring, and vulnerability assessments.● Eliminated redundant and competing applications, standardized common set of solutions across the company contributing to reduction of more than 10% operations cost.● Ensured that IT system operations adhere to applicable laws and regulations, particularly SOX, GDPR and CCPA requirements. Led GDPR compliance effort as corporate DPO.● Helped perform due diligence and integration of new business acquisitions in the US, Japan, and China.● Setup IT systems to support data collection, process, and quality control for 4 fabs around the world producing thousands of wafers every month.● Worked with FP&A team for the quarterly/annual budgeting and planning process, as well as long-range financial planning. Helped develop monthly management reports and quarterly reports for the board of directors
