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Seattle, WA, US

San Francisco, CA, US

• Led teams performing design verification testing (HW, SW, FW, Reliability) and new product introduction (factory-facing as well as design-facing engineering work).
• Built teams that launched numerous successful products for product companies in the US and Europe.
• Improved development processes with lean & flexible approaches to reduce late design changes.
• Assessed electronics production facilities worldwide, matching client needs to the best factories.
• Transformed complex data into visually understandable information to inform engineering decisions.
• Sold a great deal of engineering services business for Synapse.

San Francisco, CA, US

* Led manufacturing test system development for multiple products and sub-assemblies by leveraging multiple resource types including contract manufacturer, third party, and contractor.* Led definition of factory processes required to bring up an electronics assembly factory, including quality control, statistical process control, data collection, and test.

San Francisco, CA, US

• Linked and optimized product development, new product introduction, and manufacturing teams
• Established and developed new teams in RF Engineering, Test Engineering, and System Engineering
• Increased the practice of reliability evaluation testing during product development
• Applied test automation practices in multiple phases of the product lifecycle, for multiple products

Redmond, Washington, US

* Led test strategy development for multiple electronic products.* Drove organization growth and optimization; tuned capabilities to complex new product test requirements.* Over 3000 manufacturing test systems deployed in a single year.

Redmond, Washington, US

• Established and drove the DfX initiative across Microsoft Hardware groups resulting in improved timeliness and quality of product design optimization tradeoffs.
• Closed a significant gap by developing functional test system solutions to support reliability engineering.
• Stepped out of the box to research and define a solution to a repeated shortfall in Customer Experience Design. A highly-regarded white paper drove new thinking within product groups.
• Developed additional improvement programs such as the Early Warning Process and the Key Learnings Process that improved product development practices and launched better products.

Bellevue, WA, US

• Established the Quality and Reliability Programs for T-Mobile products, resulting in faster launches of better products.
• Led teams driving reliability analysis, test, and improvement as well as network validation testing.
• Led product analysis and improvement from prototype stage through field deployment and returns.
• Provided data analysis and monthly report to drive product and process improvements.
• Drove strong partnership with suppliers – increasing their test responsibility.
• Achieved 50% improvement in handset reliability in 1 year while reducing test cycles and execution time.

Dallas, TX, US

• Drove multiple suppliers to continuous improvement in products and processes.
• Delivered monthly reports detailing handset return rates, dropped call rates, and other performance measures.
• Performed factory audits to enforce good manufacturing processes; gated product launch using first article inspection.
• Achieved Black Belt certification and worked detailed lean six sigma improvement projects.Prior to 2003: Engineering Director, Engineering Manager, R&D Test Engineer, Mfg. Test Engineer

Bs, Electrical Engineering

Ms, Electrical Engineering