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Seattle, Washington, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

• I received two certifications in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at MIT for the purpose of introducing new technologies into the NPI qualifications product lifecycle to lower cost, scale existing headcount.
• Responsible for developing and implementing three New Product Introduction (NPI) qualification processes and tools to reduce lead-time, increase through-put and pull in TTM by 6 months.
• Expanded NPI commodity & product SKU qualification capacity15X by enabling a distributed lab model utilizing a highly automated set of proprietary testing tools across Microsoft’s global supply chain.
• Led a team of data scientists to identify and improve the use of artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine learning that measured SSD & memory qualification test effectiveness in Microsoft DCs to.
• Drove a scalable automated software solution that standardized metrics and data visualization across multiple disciplines such as NPI HW & FW qualification for near real time metric updates such as predictability.

Redmond, WA

• Responsible for the Microsoft Cloud NPI team that included program management, manufacturing test, manufacturing engineering, materials, qualification, manufacturing quality and global compliance (including SEA.)
• Provided $500M in cost savings and 95% on-time delivery across 150 product introductions.
• Drove Manufacturing & Supplier Quality for a $10B supply chain.
• Built a team from 3 employees to over 80 in 2 years across Asia and North America.
• Strategically setup 15 factories in Guangzhou, Zhongshan, Shanghai, Suzhou, Taipei, Beijing, Tianjin, Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Amsterdam, Brno, Budapest, Juarez, and Monterrey to facilitate the rapid delivery of racks to.

Redmond, Washington

• Responsible for Microsoft’s initial Cloud Sourcing strategy, contract negotiations, IP, and supplier relationships with over 75 vendors including Quanta, Foxconn, Wiwynn and Lenovo.
• Transformed Microsoft’s purchasing strategy from a 95% OEM to a 99% ODM model that grew to eventually deploy over 3 million custom Microsoft designed units.
• Built from scratch a global sourcing organization that managed $6B in annual spending contracts and saved $650M over three years.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Professor - Operations & Supply Chain Quality Management
• Trained tomorrow’s business leaders in how to make their supply chain operations and quality a competitive advantage in a highly competitive global market.
• Taught an understanding on the functions, costs, and methods of controlling inventories, quality management and implementing tools for measurements & continuous improvement.
• Educated university students on the core elements of logistics, forecasting, production planning, MRP, inventory management, purchasing, supplier management and just-in-time processes.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Responsible for launching two new storage hardware programs valued at $550M
• Deployed new processes for test, mfg engineering, logistics and materials that cut lead-time to 2 days
• Developed, built and trained a world-class operations organization of 20 in North America and Asia
• Managed a global quality, test, manufacturing engineering, factory management, materials, supply chain and logistics teams.
• Developed and implemented a division wide ISO 9001:2008 quality management system.
• Implements phase gate exit checklists, manufacturing readiness reviews and retrospectives that translated into 386% more product shipping at launch with 40% less headcount.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Managed a $15M integrated circuit supply base with a focus on cost, quality, on-time delivery and roadmap alignment.
• Deployed complex multi-board silicon validation systems on schedule and under budget.
• Led operation teams in the U.S., Mexico, Malaysia, Taiwan and China in a rapidly changing global marketplace.
• Reliably delivered material cost savings and reduced overall program costs by 70%.
• Managed factories to support a 300% unit upside within lead-time and increased factory capacity from 200 boards/week to 700.
• Demonstrated continuous improvement by breaking the validation platform delivery record to under 5 weeks, a 56% reduction from the previous program.

B.S., Biology

Mba, Business Administration, Management And Operations