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Dallas, Tx, Us

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Accountable for strategic quality improvement and building quality relationships for TI's largest overall customer, significantly improving customer satisfaction- Define charter and direction for teams responsible for the quality of products shipping to and of products in development and volume ramp for one of the world's largest tech companies- Collaborate with senior executives, sales teams, internal and external technology teams, and internal and external quality teams to define and drive quality improvement strategy and continuous improvement programs- 63% efficiency improvement through establishing processes and identifying/automating/eliminating non-value-added activities.

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Spearheaded a 250% increase in agility for the global deployment of new capabilities/test cells, moving from 6 to 21 within two years- Reduced 90% of core software releases through the consolidation of six independent code bases into one- Oversee a global team dedicated to quality throughout the creation and life of test solutions and produce measurable results with smart manufacturing in assembly and test areas; integrating 4500 test cells comprised of 69 tester configurations across eight countries- Partner with business units, quality, factory, and IT teams to identify, develop, and deploy quality and automation tools in the test equipment, test development, and test operations areas- Define strategy and prioritize investment areas through frequent executive-level discussions across business units- Integrate software and hardware quality checks during the test development and test operations life cycle; identify and develop automation solutions into new product development and manufacturing test flowsAutomate the manual aspects of test cells and create needed infrastructure to move data between test cells and TI databases- Re-engineer the software validation and deployment processes to reduce resource requirements, minimize impact on production, and optimize first-pass release successes

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Accountable for strategic quality improvement and building quality relationships for TI's largest automotive customer during a period of 40% growth, significantly improving customer satisfaction- Championed an 88% reduction of all reported quality incidents by addressing and closing all long-term quality and red alerts- Initiated and completed corporate-level negotiation for all quality-related contracts and sub-contracts

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Lowered overall lab costs and improved resource efficiency to show a 41% reduction in variable spend, a 61% reduction in external spend, and a 9% global lab throughput breakthrough while overseeing the operation and financials for 10 global failure analysis labs, including the expansion of two labs in Asia, the consolidation of two labs in the US, and the acquisition and harmonization of two additional labs - Established direction and built partnerships across labs to reduce overall costs and improve resource efficiencies; led a global initiative with an impact of >$5M in reduced lab workload- Reduced overall failure analysis costs while meeting cycle time and throughput requirements for internal and external customers- Charged with capital equipment decisions and approvals for the entire Quality organization; partnered with Directors and Vice Presidents to address critical customer concerns- Led the team designing the overall talent development pipeline strategy for the WW Quality Organization

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Generated and maintained global relationships to enable business growth with internal and external corporate contacts and drove high-level process innovations in engineering efficiency- Developed the strategies guiding engineers engaged in cost-reduction projects, quality-improvement projects, systems and process development/improvement, and manufacturing line support to guarantee shipments and stay within budget constraints- Accountable for lessening manufacturing costs, increasing average yields across the business, working directly with subcontractors/foundries and international fabrication and test sites to optimize processes- Raised outgoing quality and reduced cycle times, previewed QA new product releases, engineered new hardware and software design test solutions, and brought forward new technologies and test plans

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Promoted to Branch Manager in less than a year as a Section Manager with responsibility for building and maintaining worldwide relationships to enable business growth with internal and external corporate contacts- Curtailed manufacturing costs, expanded average yields with subcontractors/foundries, international fabrication and test sites, enhanced outgoing quality, and minimized cycle times- Generated QA review of new product releases before market launch, engineered new test solutions for hardware and software design, developed and presented new technologies and tests - Developed the strategies guiding engineers engaged in cost-reduction projects, quality-improvement projects, systems and process development/improvement, and manufacturing line support to guarantee shipments to customers and stay within monetary and resource budget constraints.- Business remained profitable during the 2009 semiconductor downturn

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Piloted cost-reduction and quality upgrade projects, systems, and processes, and delivered manufacturing line support to guarantee shipments - Lowered manufacturing costs, and bolstered average yields by working directly with subcontractors/foundries and international fabrication and test sites

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Promoted to Senior Product Engineer to cover cost-reduction and quality improvement projects, systems and process buildouts, and manufacturing line support - Scrutinized new product releases before market release, engineering new hardware and software test solutions and ensuring open communications with global fabrication and test sites while building relationships with stakeholders

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Initiated an automated bench test system to reduce time-to-market for new products while lowering resource requirements for characterizing products in advance of market release

- In charge of 1.2 MW generator providing electricity to the Lubbock, TX power grid.- Accountable for improving the power output of the generator versus time, lengthening the mean time between system failures, and repairing/maintaining the generator to function continuously with minimal human interaction.- Generator maintenance, operation, repair, hardware diagnosis and debug, data acquisition and analysis, record keeping, software debug, and reporting.

- Accountable for the company’s software development division. Developed the company’s key software product.- Developed a software interface to present complicated statistical data in an understandable way to oil-drilling customers. The software protected the statistical formulae and techniques used to prevent duplication by a customer.