*Company acquired December 2012- Completed manufacturing needs assessment based on organizational goals. - Implemented pre-design cost reduction strategy with engineering, targeting costof high impact components and design modules.- Selected contract manufacturer (Plexus) and negotiated contract based on keyperformance objectives including cost, quality and delivery. - Developed and managed third party relationships with Arrow, HP and IBM.- Created and documented… Show more *Company acquired December 2012- Completed manufacturing needs assessment based on organizational goals. - Implemented pre-design cost reduction strategy with engineering, targeting costof high impact components and design modules.- Selected contract manufacturer (Plexus) and negotiated contract based on keyperformance objectives including cost, quality and delivery. - Developed and managed third party relationships with Arrow, HP and IBM.- Created and documented “Commercially Off The Shelf” (COTS) configurationsfor selected HP and IBM servers/products.- Managed global logistics for all product transactions.- Selected and implemented manufacturing elements of ERP and PDM systems. Show less

- Managed a $36M budget and a bi-coastal organization consisting of 115 people in Manufacturing Operation that supported $440M of material spend.- Completed the integration of five acquired companies including the major acquisitions of Unisphere Networks and Netscreen Networks.- Successfully consolidated contractor manufacturers gaining significant savings.- Successfully established contract-manufacturing sites in Malaysia with extended material sourcing from China and other low… Show more - Managed a $36M budget and a bi-coastal organization consisting of 115 people in Manufacturing Operation that supported $440M of material spend.- Completed the integration of five acquired companies including the major acquisitions of Unisphere Networks and Netscreen Networks.- Successfully consolidated contractor manufacturers gaining significant savings.- Successfully established contract-manufacturing sites in Malaysia with extended material sourcing from China and other low cost regions.- Supported corporate growth through new products introduction and production shipments yielding revenues of $1.3B in 2004.- Implemented a key initiative in TL9000.- Consistently met or exceeded key corporate MBOs quarter over quarter. Show less

- Led an $8M, 25 person manufacturing operation that was designed to support over $500M in multi-product revenue and $180M of material purchases.- Directed manufacturing functions that continually met or exceeded gross margin, manufacturing spending, and inventory turn goals.- Managed production, materials, quality, planning, and manufacturing technology departments that supported new production introduction and volume production for three product lines.- Developed and implemented a… Show more - Led an $8M, 25 person manufacturing operation that was designed to support over $500M in multi-product revenue and $180M of material purchases.- Directed manufacturing functions that continually met or exceeded gross margin, manufacturing spending, and inventory turn goals.- Managed production, materials, quality, planning, and manufacturing technology departments that supported new production introduction and volume production for three product lines.- Developed and implemented a contract manufacturing outsourcing strategy to transfer volume production to an outsourced order fulfillment model.- Consolidated the manufacturing operations and supplier base of three privately held companies resulting in improved cost and operational efficiencies.- Successfully managed the implementation and integration of key manufacturing business systems (ERP, PDM, and Quality Tracking). Show less