• Responsible for scheduling all GMP manufacturing events for over 40 clients to meet on-time delivery of clinical drugs required for clinical trial timelines. Communicates created timelines to clients and internal manufacturing operations teams.• Leads daily meetings to ensure manufacturing events are ready to start on-time by confirming materials, documents, specifications, and manufacturing instructions are ready. Developed a new optimized readiness process used by supply chain, operations, project management, and quality teams to track the status of all manufacturing related tasks. • Escalates risks for upcoming manufacturing events to senior management and discusses mitigation plans.• Leads monthly S&OP meetings with senior management and tracks manufacturing billable milestones against the site budget to ensure quarterly site revenue is on-target.

https://zolaelectric.comCreated and drove the product development schedules from early prototyping to production launch for the ‘Infinity’ AC Solar Battery System and ‘Flex’ DC Home Solar Products; designed to provide off-grid customers in Africa with reliable solar electricity. • Developed a detailed 1+ year engineering program schedule across mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, firmware, software, compliance, product management, and supply chain disciplines and drove engineering teams to successfully launch two new products on time.• Managed software team’s scrum boards in JIRA to ensure software features were available on time for key product development milestones.• Traveled to the Contract Manufacturer in Asia to support build planning and materials procurement during EVT and DVT builds. Collaborated with the Contract Manufacturer to define approved build schedules. • Defined EVT, DVT, PVT phase milestones and led milestone reviews with the engineering team.• Provided updates on timelines, gaps to performance, action plans and design constraints during weekly company cross-functional meetings with the leadership team. • Worked with mechanical and electrical engineering teams to create the bill of materials (BOM) in Arena PLM. • Maintained the cost bill of materials (C-BOM) and highlighted opportunities for significant product cost savings. Drove product cost down and second sourcing efforts. Communicated cost bill of materials to product teams to ensure costs did not exceed product targets.

Led the development and implementation of data systems projects designed to improve the performance of Fitbit manufacturing operations.• Collaborated with Contract Manufacturers in China to architect big data pipelines designed to allow Fitbit access to real-time manufacturing process data during the ramp of new products. • Created real-time dashboards using Looker data analysis software for monitoring critical process parameters, production trends, and manufacturing KPIs used to optimize production lines. • Led a project team in creating a centralized data warehouse with product serial number life cycle information including shipments, sales, customer activations, customer returns, refurbishments, and customer support cases.• Designed a data model using Looker software allowing all operations teams to query product life cycle data and generate reports based on their function’s business needs.

Sustaining Production: Model S Drive UnitFacilitated manufacturing trials of design/process changes for the Model S Drive Unit production line. Led cross-functional teams involving manufacturing, design engineering, and inventory control for the successful introduction of new material and processes to sustaining production lines. Collected and analyzed trial manufacturing data to validate tested material and processes for impacts to cycle times and product quality.• Improved the organization of the existing trial process by leading daily stand-up meetings on the production floor to effectively communicate manufacturing instructions and define pass/fail criteria.• Successfully led the implementation of 20+ trial materials and processes into production without unplanned factory downtime or negative impact to product quality.Prototype Builds: Model X Body Assembly Center Responsible for organizing and tracking the implementation of design changes during the Model X prototype build phases, involving the assembly of 200+ vehicle bodies. Facilitated urgent design changes by identifying rework suppliers, issuing purchase orders, and organizing material logistics. Ensured proper engineering documentation was submitted for aligning supply chain, logistics, and manufacturing with required changes for production launch.• Developed a new system using JIRA software to effectively communicate and track design changes for prototype builds through production launch.• Maintained the build schedule by sourcing rework for 100+ Model X body parts to local machining shops with short lead times and by effectively communicating deadlines for rework completion.