Andrea Wilson Email & Phone Number

Lexington, Ky, Us

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Currently manage a team that is responsible for developing embedded solutions for both monochrome & color laser printer products. The team is focused on the development, implementation, & testing of firmware utilized to interface with custom ASICs that reside on Lexmark products.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Promoted from product to platform focus, designing PCBAs for Lexmark products. Report to Director of Embedded Systems Engineering.Manage an Electrical Engineering team of up to 20, as well as Interns and Technicians. Control a materials budget of $1.5MM and staff budget of $3MM.Led successful integration of the Philippines PCBA and the Lexington teams. Improved communications, knowledge-sharing, and process consistency across sites, overcoming significant differences in time zones and cultures. Boosted team cohesiveness and problem-solving across Signal Integrity, Card Engineering, Engine Electronics, Electrical Technicians and PCBA Layout.Reduced PCBA costs by 12% ($12M per year). Worked with Global Sourcing to drive RFQ processes and negotiate contracts for new, lower-cost manufacturers.Increased productivity by 200% within 3 years with fewer engineers by cross training, streamlining processes & design re-use for multiple products.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Promoted to lead a team in attainment of product quality, cost, delivery, customers and technical support for the company’s highest-volume laser product category representing 1MM+ units shipped annually and 40% of overall revenues. Reported to Product Manager (Director of Engineering).Reinvigorated, mentored, and managed a product engineering team of 12 (Electrical/Mechanical Engineers), successfully boosting team morale and individual accountability after a reorganization. Indirectly managed 2 additional Product Engineers at the Philippines development site.Supported Field Sales in resolving enterprise and channel customer issues with major pharmaceutical, banking, manufacturing, retail, government, and education accounts.Led a 6-month root cause investigation and resolution of a major field quality issue with rework impacts of $1.7MM, working closely with Technical Sales, Materials Analysis Lab, Operations, and offshore contract manufacturing in China.

Lexington, Kentucky, Us

Promoted to orchestrate efforts of engineering teams of up to 50 and annual budgets of up to $1.5MM. Reported to Manager, Hardware Development. Achieved all deliverables on full-lifecycle development of electrical, mechanical, firmware, NPI, quality, on 3 programs consecutively with revenue contributions of up to $600MM.Developed, documented, and instituted ‘lessons learned’ process improvements to enhance scheduling and resource planning, streamlining the product development lifecycle by 15%.Collaborated closely with contract manufacturers in Taiwan and China to attain product development specifications, quality and production goals.

Hanover, Maryland, Us

Contractor assigned to Lexmark International, Inc.Served as lead electrical engineer on a cross-functional engineering team of 15 in development of key components for multiple laser printer products representing revenues of $1.2BN per year. Reported to MFP Hardware Development Manager.Orchestrated complex full-lifecycle product development processes between corporate and offshore contract manufacturer in Korea and China.

Contract engineering firm serving startup technologies including innovative, life-saving medical devicesMet customers’ aggressive time-to-market requirements with the electronic design and development of a Lifeport Kidney Transporter. Included in Popular Science Top 100 Tech Innovations in 2003Team lead for the design of a DNA sequencer. Met customer driven time requirements utilizing an Embedded Controller to control system.Re-design of the digital and analog control boards for a plasma collection machine. This included identifying obsolescence issues, PCB size and overall cost reduction.

Mobile communications infrastructure / network analysis & testingProject leader for the design & development of the power supply system to be used in test vehicles for wireless data collection.