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Mckinney, Texa

Richardson, Texas

Provide analysis of business processes to support optimization, cost reduction, and benchmarking. Recommend modifications, new processes, or additional analysis to achieve the corporate goals in a career based education environment. Lead cross functional teams in projects resulting in business process improvements.

Dallas, Texas

• Developed a complex manufacturing process in an external/contract factory that allowed business units the flexibility of using a contract site to optimize product availability without issues concerning capital growth and capacity constraints; business units have successfully delivered 15+ new products using this process.Product Engineering Manager – Wafer Fabrication Development• Supervised 32 engineers and technicians responsible for supporting introduction of new fabrication technologies, establishing process flows, and managing prototype manufacturing and testing. • Facilitated yield improvements, product releases, parametric test, WLR testing, and wafer fab process/product improvement programs on 180nm embedded flash, 130nm, 90nm, and 65nm CMOS technology nodes. • Interfaced and worked with all levels of management in manufacturing, development, and product groups.Product Integration Manager – Digital Light Products (DLP)• Led 30 engineers and technicians who develop, qualify, and support production of state-of-the-art Micro Machined (MEM) mirror technologies used in imaging and projection products. • Oversaw manufacturing process from prototyping and piece part specification and purchasing to yield management, utilizing knowledge of CMOS processing, sophisticated Micro machining technology, and associated support functions, including testing, statistical analysis, failure analysis, and metrology.

Austin, Texas

Engineering Manager • Managed technical organizations with 50+ personnel ranging from operational staff to Ph.D. material scientists.• Forecasted and directed quarterly expense budgets greater than $3M and oversaw several millions of dollars in capital purchases for the test, yield enhancement, and analytical areas of business. • Played a key role in the major restructuring of a manufacturing organization, driving implementation of SPC, APC, cycle time, and continuous improvement programs while expanding strategic roles of engineering/management to improve manufacturing efficiencies for the product support functions. Product Engineering Manager & Yield Manager • Led 12 technicians and engineers in creating processes/products to support increasing production yields and profits.• Interfaced and collaborated with internal and external clients, ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction. • Oversaw defect reduction, product yield forecasting, parametric test, and functional test engineering for PLD, logic, and EPROM/SRAM memory products.Yield Enhancement Manager• Led 68 personnel, including operations and equipment/process engineers in driving process improvements for wafer fab production; maintained 24/7 technical and engineering support.• Supervised equipment selection and negotiated major capital purchases and software licenses.Test Area Manager • Managed a highly-flexible wafer test area with a 65-member team of equipment engineers, equipment technicians, test engineers, operators, and supervisors that provided wafer level testing for programmable logic devices (PLD), memory devices, telecommunication products, and complex logic/microprocessor devices. • Directed expense and capital forecasting, budgeting, and equipment selection. Material/Analytical Laboratory Manager • Supervised equipment operations with more than 15 material scientists and technicians for the daily analysis and characterization of semiconductor processes and materials.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Engineering Physics