Led global teams of engineers and vendors in hardware design and development for Lenovo Datacenter Group• Managed schedule, quality, and budget related aspects of a variety of technology projects including the development of integrated memory module, security, memory, and water-cooled products.• Spearheaded efforts that drove a $2.64M engineering cost reduction over two years, primarily through design optimizations and supply chain strategy, while improving quality during product lifecycle. • Entrusted with projects of medium to large complexity and project management of a global team consisting of junior through senior engineers, other project managers, contractors and third-party vendors

Led team of engineers and third-party vendors in development of storage-based hardware and software for System X servers before, during, and after Lenovo acquired IBM Server division.• Delivered new products that met time-to-market objectives by managing technical, schedule, and budget-related aspects of x86 storage and RAID solutions within IBM’s multi-billion server portfolio, including OEM, ODM, and proprietary designs. • Served as focal point to represent organization in daily executive level war rooms during the critical release phases of the PureFlex products; worked across functions to resolve numerous issues • Drove $2.5M in design-optimization cost reductions over four years.• Coordinated response to resolve critical technical-related field issues at key accounts such as Apple.

Responsible for managing and coordinating card assembly, test, and qualification from design conception to production. Worked closely with development team to address procurement related issues and affected hardware design. Served as interface between development and 3rd party vendors• Led team of engineers to build and qualify System X (Intel-based) prototype planars during New Products Introduction phase.• Interfaced with and managed contract manufacturers and other suppliers to build and deliver hardware to IBM on schedule while achieving cost targets and driving any problems to resolution.• Initiated and drove several technical cost reduction efforts to improve product profit margins.

Various roles as engineer in hardware design and development.