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Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

Core team member of the Program Enablement Team (HR PMO). Tasked with defining and deploying the architecture and framework for a new PMO organization (Process, Systems, Portfolio Management). Key role in deploying the enterprise project management system using SmartSheets. PMO support for Americas. Leadership for the deployment model with a team of 15 deployment champions.

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Provo, Ut, Us

Responsible for leading Operational Excellence with a mission to drive continuous improvement, culture and mindset resulting in excellent quality, productivity and customer experience for Field Operations including 2,500 US and Canadian leaders and installation/service technicians.* Led the full deployment and maintenance of 100+ SOPs in alignment with training and mobile delivery realizing a 25% improvement in quality YOY with field adoption, software stability and performance management.* Strategically established feedback loops across Vivint to heighten awareness and address cross-functional needs throughout siloed verticals. Organized bi-weekly coordination across 10 functions to ensure alignment and best practice sharing to include design, supply chain, technology, training, safety, field leadership, etc.* Improved team efficiency 20% through improved employee engagement and deployment of Agile Scrum in back-office environment to manage projects and maintenance tasks. Deployed leadership material for High Performing Teams (HPT) within Operational Excellence. Employee NPS improved 76 pts during my leadership.* In collaboration with Program Management defined and deployed department lifecycle processes which standardized best practices for data collection, project identification, project management steps, deliverables, risk management and stakeholder interactions and enabled consideration for prioritization, trade-offs and capacity.

Boston, Ma, Us

Instituted the XTRAC enterprise quality vision, quality goals, recommends policies, procedures and approaches within the organization to achieve and set goals for quality, productivity and customer satisfaction. Established and promoted an environment for a healthy quality culture and continuous improvement. Ownership for the overall Quality Management System.* Continuous Improvement approaches yielded: 72% reduction in customer defects; 50% reduction in planning time while increasing the number of production products by 800% over 5 years.* Pioneered the first Agile Scrum Council in Fidelity to drive the evolution of software Delivery Systems from Waterfall to Scrum and preliminary DevOPs greenfield applications. Improved story point productivity by 25% in one year by leveraging best practices across 8 teams in one standardized process. * Deployed an Agile SAFe and scalable Product Model to align all functions and Delivery Teams for targeted, predictable, high-value product deliveries resulting in an 88% reduction in missed customer commitments.* Influenced the quality culture and mindset by chairing a cross-functional XTRAC Quality Council responsible for tactical and strategic approaches to assure Product Quality.* Managed the organization-wide migration of software product planning platforms from IBM RTC to Atlassian JIRA. Initiated a Planning Tools Council to identify optimized, custom workflows for Delivery Teams. Real-time implementation of JIRA and Confluence customizations.

Member of executive management team. Directed new channel development, administrative oversight and business process management of major projects and development of strategic partnerships. Provided strategic, tactical and operational support in major engagements. Provided governance and strategic direction for company.Franchise Project – American Dream International (1/2010 – 9/2010)Led activities associated with the conception and development of a real estate business model with integrated information system designed to service a national franchise. • Improved productivity 75% in property acquisition and back office support through flow and automation.• Provided business requirements for development of a SAAS system designed to service a national audience of real estate agencies. Generated a working prototype in 33% of the time for traditional development.• Analyzed and improved existing business processes; Directed the formation of new corporate structure, legal partnership/franchise agreements and HR models. Optimized revenue models to ensure operational profitability.

Corning, New York, Us

Directed operational quality, process improvement systems, training and enterprise-wide Lean Six Sigma deployment for Hardware Americas including five cross-functional, multinational locations. Focused on prevention, defect and waste elimination, customer value, cost impact, and integrated business strategies• Achieved $173M (112% of target) hard savings over 5 years through responsibility for overall cost management portfolio by deploying Lean Six Sigma. Instrumental in achieving the global Corning Quality Award in 2006 and the Leadership Award in 2008.• Achieved 84% reduction in product quality customer complaints as part of my custom Zero Defect Strategy to improve customer experience and loyalty, enabling business growth and profitability.• Advanced strategic direction of Performance Excellence (PEx) as active member of the global Corning Quality Council. Deployed Lean Six Sigma such that 20% of salaried workforce were trained with active projects. • Delivered highest company score for positive quality culture as measured by employee survey responses in 2004 and 2008.• Deployed and managed a global Product/Process Transfer System, enabling product and business process off-shoring of technology and best practices for over 200 projects.• Spearheaded strategic operational processes: New product development Stage Gates, product introduction and best practice transfers, product requalification, customer complaints and tripwires, training and development, Manufacturing Excellence audit, inventory reduction, standardized performance measures, Supplier Relationship Management and Cost of Quality improvement.• Business liaison to QuEST Forum (Telecom - TL9000 Standards Body).

Tokyo, Jp

Ownership for business-level ISO 9001/TL9000 quality management systems. Process improvement champion and Lead Auditor reporting to General Manager for NAFTA region leading cross-functional business operations.• Directed the division QMS (ISO 9001:2000 / TL 9000) update by organizing teams to define, train and implement systems on schedule.• Active QuEST Forum voting member for NEC. Co-authored TL 9000 books R2.5, establishing industry's first Telecom quality requirements and measurement standard within one registration.• Deployed an electronic engineering change system that improved accuracy 20% and reduced cycle time 50%, improving productivity and time to market.• Built and managed the first Supplier Quality Management system. New structure and partnering reduced manufacturing and incoming inspection defects 21% during the first year.• Provided quality leadership for: Performance scorecard measures, data analysis and improvement, internal and external audits, customer interface, supplier quality, configuration management, and technical publications.

Tokyo, Jp

Managed overall quality improvement for Engineering processes in North Texas. Primary customer interface for all customer quality issues for the digital phone portfolio in North America. Engineering interface responsibilities for Manufacturing in Mexico.• Deployed an SEI CMM-based Software Excellence Program laying the foundation for software process maturity, reaching Level 3 in two years. • Reduced cycle time 20% and defect reduction 28% at release through standardized product phase reviews and performance measures for engineering controls and release.• Managed a QA System Test Group providing product validation for all wireless handsets. Provided functional performance data with visibility to executive leadership for data-driven release coordination. Primary customer interface for handset interoperability testing and ship acceptance.• Established a division change management system enabling the tracking and accounting of all product changes, improving risk management prior to milestone/release reviews.• Established initial ISO 9001 Quality System. Management representative and process improvement champion coordinating with the following functional areas: Software, Hardware, Mechanical, Quality Assurance, Configuration Management, Document Control, Standards Engineering, Product Management and Purchasing.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Headed software process compliance and improvements across multiple cellular and paging product lines. • Directed best practices and generated a Level 2 software process for 60+ engineers in 1 year by coordinating SEI Process Maturity Assessments and deploying process improvements.• Deployment of software inspection/peer reviews improved software cycle time 25% and reduced system test failures by 45%. Created and deployed training for software and technical personnel across multiple campuses.• Standardized software metrics standardization program emphasizing "manage by data" concepts. Metrics were used to drive down software engineering defects and improve project planning accuracy. • Managed internal quality audit program in Development, Manufacturing and Information Systems. Maintained audit strategy, scheduling, execution, reporting and CARs.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Architected and executed software design, code implementation and system testing in mobile radios for Japan and US cellular infrastructure/terminal products using "C" and assembly code. Coordinated design, code and test reviews.

Bs Ee, Electrical Engineering

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