Christopher Hon Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

- Leaded the company to pass IATF 16949 certification audit in 12 months- Standardized part number scheme, inventory management practice, bill of materials structure and documentation control process- Piloted state-of-the-art laser based wafering process in volume

Campbell, Ca, Us

- Leaded the entire company to pass ISO 9001, 14001, 27001 and 45001 certification audits in 10 months- Provided training and standardize documentation control to meet ISO standards- Implemented Oracle ERP system with special reporting function

Campbell, Ca, Us

- Commercialized CPE250 fast DC charging station in volume production- Improved global inventory accuracy to 99%- Leaded design engineer team for DFM and DFS- Introduced stringent IQC and IPQC to identify root cause quality issue- Implemented Lean manufacturing methodology to reduce cycle time by 78%- Ramp up refurbished line to clear 14 months backlog in 2 months - Enhanced 3PL process flow and reduce fulfillment cycle time- Electric Vehicle (EV) DC Fast Charging: Express 250, Express Plus, - Electric Vehicle (EV) AC Charging Stations: CT4000, CPF25, CPF32, CPF50, CPH25, CPH50

Santa Clara, Ca, Us

• Orchestrated 50+ chambers builds concurrently from 8 different projects (Centris, Radion, Integra, Olympia, Volga, Gershwin, Napa & Sonoma)• Hired, trained and supervised 100+ employees to support the steepest ramp in 13 years• Planned and executed ramp readiness by analyzing material availability, capacity, and high volume manufacturing transition plan • Leaded cross-functional team (planning, logistic, engineering, quality, project, program) to achieve project objectives• Restructured BOM plus build sequence by identify critical path, constraints, contingencies and mitigations• Initiated module build to simplify manufacturing process, shorten training time and reduce BOM complexity • Implemented Lean manufacturing/5S/Kaizen to NPI operation and reduced cycle substantially (ALD 51%, CMP 59% & ETCH 86%) • Introduced inline quality check to increase 1st pass yield from 42% to 98% during final test• Led Olympia NPI manufacturing team to grant AMPS certification in 10 months• Achieved Black Belt 6 Sigma certification requirement in 12 months

San Jose, California, Us

Oversee engineering, manufacturing, procurement and planning team to design & manufacturing ROVs (Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle) and USV (Unmanned Surface Vehicle) for following applications:• Nuclear and hydro-electricplant inspections• Military, customs & police evidence, search/ID & recovery• Offshore oil & gas• Scientific research• Underwater filming

Galway, Ie

Industrialized embedded ferrite technology that received 2011 product of the year by Electronic Products for ethernet magnetic products. Reduced 74% manufacturing cost by leading DFM and DOE for design change to improve yield, localizing backend process and negotiating with vendors. Worked closely with global and cross-functional teams such as finance, procurement, R&D, manufacturing OEM vendors, logistic and sales who are in China, Taiwan, Europe and US.

Havant, Hampshire, Gb

Led 30+ contractors and engineers to ramp a hard disk substrate inspection systems prototyping and transferred manufacturing to Southeast Asia. Streamlined design activities, purchasing, kit release order in warehouse to match with build sequence. Managed documentation control, MRP, engr projects, facilities optimization, production ramp, planning, and hiring on a newly acquired company. Simplified 24 different products BOM into 4 product lines by using configurable BOM structure that reduced 58% of documentation control activities.

Milpitas, California, Us

Responsible for manufacturing planning and inventory control of $500M annual revenue reticle & photomask inspection systems production. Analyzed and monitored ERP activities to ensure planning, purchasing, manufacturing and sales were meeting forecast. Provided detail business proposal to handle production ramps and to manage demand fluctuations.

Milpitas, California, Us

Successfully reduced 52% manufacturing cycle in 9 months and cross trained other operation managers and division on Lean manufacturing implementation. Streamlined material handling processes, manufacturing engineer escalation and build sequence to increase 54% productivity by eliminated overtime and excessive resources.

Milpitas, California, Us

Electro/mechanical manufacturing engineer leader who improved internal/external yield by doing FEMA, creating troubleshooting guide, updating/implementing ECO and training field service and test engineers. Championed a world wide Utility Module safety recall in all customers’ fab.

Marlborough, Ma, Us

Designed mini PCI and ethernet card mechanical test fixture for mass production testing by using SolidWorks.

Ms, Engineering And Project Management

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering