• Design and optimize supply chains for rapid, accurate meal delivery in a high-growth startup

• Responsible for entire supply chain management (SCM) of PlanetBox product suite: +50,000 orders annual volume• Ensure fulfillment accuracy through designing and standardizing data collection processes; Achieved repeatable accuracy above 98.9% by leveraging data with Lean methodologies to optimize fulfillment process• Led the initiative to outsource fulfillment to a Domestic partner leading to a cost reduction of 53.6%; Designed fulfillment processes, including materials acquisition, quality inspection, inventory management, and delivery of finished products; Conducted extensive research and led the selection process of key partner organizations• Conceive and execute comprehensive outsourcing transition plan; Achieve fully live transition in under 4 weeks while maintaining quality customer experience with fulfillment accuracy above 98.5%• Author and release 2 procedural manuals: Fulfillment Operations Manual and AQL Inspection Procedure, both integral to partner training and system adaptation

• Develop supply chain system for socioeconomic NPO involved in managing pocket markets and food truck operations; compared operational effectiveness of each service to their industries to ultimately identify best practices• Identified product enhancement opportunity by connecting supplier base of +20 California farms with institutions (schools and health clinics) to promote the benefits of local and organic food supplies• Lead and drive decision making of 7-person team to increase organization’s market presence (+50% new territory)• Managed projects to develop supplier review processes for seasonal production scheduling, logistics, and payment

• Managed vendor selection and market intelligence on potential suppliers for specific components and common materials to achieve +35.0% cost savings. Monitored vendor deliverables and schedules• Launched successful Summer 2012 pilot season; sold out suite of 12 unique pieces yielding 14.0% gross margin

• Member of lean manufacturing team; Responsible for entire supply chain management of 4 highly customized products: $300K - $1.1M systems• Served as product development PM applying Agile values (Iterative, TDD, CI, Scrum) towards hardware development; managed lifecycle of multiple products from pre-concept commit to first customer shipment• Applied Scrum to prioritize user-stories (R&D, Marketing) and led cross-functional teams (EE, ME, CE, Systems) to execute iterative sprints to develop manufacturing capacity, capability, design stability, and product costs• Company’s sole materials planner and procurement buyer; report directly to the CEO. Responsible for all procurement negotiations for 51 unique vendors to achieve gross margin, quality and on-time delivery• Direct P&L responsibility with proven track record for 100% on-time delivery, 100% budget control• Created action plan and fulfillment/manufacturing strategy to evaluate and develop supply chains to meet product and market requirements; Achieved 75.0% reduction in critical parts’ lead-times (LT) for manufacturing, safety stock, and spare & consigned parts by effective demand planning• Successfully reduced overall manufacturing LT by 33.3% (original LT of 12 weeks reduced to 8 weeks)• Achieved key cost-savings; reduced COG for base products by 7.7%, high-performance products by 7.2%• Hired and managed team of technicians for assembly and quality assurance; exhibited superb track record of QA with occurrences of rework, warranty & repair at only 0.025%• Extensive domestic and international (Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East) field support experience, 25.0% annual travel; performed equipment installation, system & process qualification, and customer training

• Served as process development PM to analyze, design, control, and optimize product features for patented nanofilm deposition technology• Applied SPC to refine multiple process parameters to yield a 98.0% accurate and repeatable uniformity specification for self-assembled organic monolayer deposition from the vapor phase• Led extensive product application research across a portfolio of 5 unique substrates

• Established core supply chain skillset while producing high-mix, low-volume turnkey solutions for semiconductor sub-assemblies specializing in integrated circuits, PCBs, cable harnesses, sheet metal fabrication, and other machined parts• Assisted senior buyers in vendor selection, managing supplier relationships, contract negotiations, pricing, forecasting and supply commits• Practiced Lean Manufacturing & Six-Sigma methodologies for statistical quality control (QC)