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Saratoga, Ca, Us

Baltimore, Md, Us

Lead North America and Asia Pacific device operations

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Los Angeles, California, Us

Lead Puffco's Operations organization. Accountable for Supply Chain, Logistics, Quality, and Program Management.

Monrovia, California, Us

Further buildout of NZXT’s Supply Operations group; responsible for all of NZXT-branded direct spend. Accountable for supply base business relationship, contracts, cost negotiations, material management, ongoing cost reduction, production, quality, and integration into NZXT’s systems and tools.Entered new product categories with monitors, mice, keyboards, microphones, capture cards, mounting arms, BLD kits, and thermal paste while refreshing existing product categories: cases, fans, motherboards, power supplies, and liquid coolers.

Monrovia, California, Us

Stood up NZXT’s first formal Operations organization, hired senior leaders in Taiwan and the US, responsible for all of NZXT’s direct spend (> $400M in revenue), in-house PC system integration and manufacturing, inbound and outbound logistics, PC component supplier management, supplier quality, order management, warehousing, and Operations NPI.Prepared, set up, and launched the PC gaming industry’s first customized keyboard operations at scale; shipping custom keyboards within 48 hours.

San Francisco, California, Us

Accountable for Riverbed's end-to-end hardware supply chain and deliveries. Encompasses all aspects of the forward and reverse supply chain: strategic sourcing, contracts, demand planning, supply planning, material management, freight/logistics, factory execution, business operations, trade compliance, reverse freight/ logistics, and supplier relationships.Selected for and completed Riverbed's SteelMasters Executive Leadership Development program. Approximately 25 executives selected for this once-per-year program spanning six months to develop Riverbed's future leaders.

San Francisco, California, Us

Lead Riverbed's hardware strategic sourcing efforts. Accountable for strategic components: CPU, memory, solid state drives (SSD), hard disk drives (HDD), network interface cards (NIC), and level 6 enclosures (chassis/MLB). Business owner accountable for all contract manufacturers (CM) and original design manufacturers (ODM), negotiating business quotes, contracts, and partner management.

Secaucus, New Jersey, Us

Owner of Gymboree Play and Music, a child development store for active parent-child growth. Overall responsible for the profitability of the stores through marketing, advertising, accounting, and operations.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Head of Accessories Commodity Management for Amazon-branded accessories: Smart Plug (RFI, RFQ, development), Dash button, Kindle, e-readers, FireTV, Echo, Dot, and Tap. $115M spend in 2016. Led a 9-person organization located in the US and China. Spanned management of different textiles (leather, vegan leather, fabrics, wood, etc), plastic injection molding, power chargers, cables, and smart-home products. • Team successfully launched Amazon's first smart home plug with frustration-free setup using Alexa, and became the #4 top-selling item on Amazon during the 2018 Christmas holiday season.• Team successfully launched Internet-of-Things device (Amazon Dash Button) under cost target to widespread recognition.• Team successfully launched the first Blutetooth low-energy tablet keyboard case in the marketplace.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Manage a global team of seven commodity managers (US and China) creating accessories to support Amazon Kindle (tablets/e-readers covers) branded accessories, FireTV platform accessories (power adapters, dongles, cables), and creating devices to support various Amazon initiatives (Amazon Fresh Dash, Amazon Dash Button, Amazon card payment reader, etc) including IoT.

Cupertino, California, Us

Manage the mass storage commodity (ODD and 3.5" HDD) for Mac products in Apple's WW Procurement Operations with annual spend over $400M. Responsible for all aspects of the commodity to include: spend, cost negotiations, supply planning, supply chain analysis, executive business reviews, and supplier relationship.

Cupertino, California, Us

Managing the Hard Disk Drive, mechanical, and electro-mechanical commodities in Apple's WW Service Operations (AppleCare). Focused in the areas of supply, supply chain design optimization, contracts, and negotiations.•Led transformational service strategy change by designing, program managing, and launching a pre-loaded hard disk drive program, thus reducing service time and cost. Pre-load program has expanded use by AppleCare. •Transformed portable enclosure service strategy by creating, developing, and launching trackpad replacement kit for five different programs, and has become the de-facto portable field replacement module.

Fremont, Ca, Us

Supply chain lead for worldwide precision cleaning services; member of cross-functional team to develop cleaning strategy and support of critical components for semiconductor equipment manufacturing.•Responsible for partner relationship and contract negotiations with 3 domestic and 5 international precision cleaning suppliers in multiple areas to include CAPEX, intellectual property, service costs, capacity planning, and process development. o Supply chain lead for new cleanroom/equipment project, with capital expenditure over $1M o Renegotiated a cleaning service contract to achieve 5% (over $250K) annual savings o Identified increased capacity needs early, and doubled output to meet greater demand with no impact to business continuity

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Developed commodity strategy to align with business unit strategy; managed electromechanical custom components (thermals, enclosures, cables) with an annual spend of $110 million while partnering with international suppliers and Asian original design manufacturers (ODM) to ensure best-in-class cost, quality, and assurance of supply.•Responsible for partner relationship and negotiations with senior managers and executives from 11 vendors and 3 ODMs.•Custom parts procurement lead for multiple emerging products: small form factor PC (HP Slimline), Touchsmart PC (HP Mediasmart), and pocket media drive.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Business unit lead for the Absolute Best Cost (ABC+) strategic program, collaborated cross-functionally and cross-divisionally to drive cost reduction, lead teardown analyses, and the point of contact for supply chain competitive intelligence; reported to VP of manufacturing and supply chain.•Initiated and led a product redesign which saved over $3M across the Compaq Presario product line.•Exceeded FY04 strategic cost reduction goal of $40M in savings.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Manufacturing lead for improving product manufacturability while balancing complexity, cost, and serviceability; also lead for new chassis introductions and quality; reported to Director of product engineering.•Received the highest rating on performance evaluation.•Developed a multi-use lightpipe (US patent #7,209,627).

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Responsible for all engineering and manufacturing aspects across three programs (retail, CTO, aftermarket) at the contract manufacturing site: new product introductions (NPI), bill of materials validation, manufacturing readiness, and factory quality.•Manufacturing lead for selecting and developing an Asian ODM partner to transfer the configure-to-order manufacturing program from North America to Mexico saving over $2M annually.

Arlington, Virginia, Us

Held various positions such as platoon leader, battery executive officer, and assistant training officer•Accountable for the daily operations of a 1500-person air defense artillery brigade to include training management systems, ammunition, personnel tasking, and professional schooling.•Second in command of an 80-man airborne air defense artillery battery with equipment valued in excess of $20M; supervised logistics, operations, personnel, and mentored three junior officers.•While a platoon leader in charge of 18 soldiers and over $4M of equipment, achieved the highest platoon leader rating and “Best Platoon” title in the Missile Crew Competition, ranked #1 of 12.•Earned multiple top ratings on performance evaluations, comments included: “…absolutely possesses the most potential of any officer with whom I have served”.•Completed the 82nd Airborne Jumpmaster Course and earned the Senior Parachutist Badge

Bs, Mechanical (Aerospace) Engineering

Steelmasters 2019

Mba, General Management, Entrepreneurship