Christopher Wenner Email & Phone Number

Plano, Texas

In this capacity, I manage a team of Commodity Managers with oversight of the Embedded Power commodities. This includes Board Mounted Power, System AC/DC Power and adapters, with spend of approximately $120m per year. Activities include pricing negotiation, contract negotiation, risk management activities, strategy definition, relationship management and all other aspects relevant to the commercial management of the supplier base and internal direction on their usage.

Plano, Tx

• Added responsibilities to manage development and procurement efforts of the AT&T ProjectLightspeed cabinets (known commercially as AT&T U-Verse)• Successfully lobbied through internal VP level to alter the original procurement approach, utilizing anOEM offering from a single provider, to a multi-source original design• Secured expected savings in excess of $120m over the anticipated three year life of the program,implementing new product designs at over a 30% unit savings• Contributions recognized with a President’s Award Merit Bonus

Plano, Tx

• Managed both domestic and overseas EMS service providers, including several MWBE domesticproviders, Sanmina-SCI and FoxConn.• Managed outsourced products for printed circuit board assembly and mechanical assembly, generatingan average of 7.2% cost reduction annually on receipts of $40m to $50m

Plano, Tx

• Managed both domestic and overseas EMS service providers, including several MWBE domesticproviders, Sanmina-SCI and FoxConn.• Managed outsourced products for printed circuit board assembly and mechanical assembly, generatingan average of 7.2% cost reduction annually on receipts of $40m to $50m

Plano, Tx

• Managed two exempt buyers in New Product environment• Participated in sourcing strategy on the ASG Channel Bank assembly, which resulted in annualizedsavings in excess of $13 million for CY1999, and $30 million for CY2000• Coordinated various other cost reduction initiatives saving in excess of $1 million annually

Plano, Tx

• Managed two exempt buyers in New Product environment• Participated in sourcing strategy on the ASG Channel Bank assembly, which resulted in annualizedsavings in excess of $13 million for CY1999, and $30 million for CY2000• Procurement Cost Reduction Coordinator - directed and tracked various other cost reduction initiatives saving in excess of $1 million annually

Plano, Tx/Dallas, Tx/Lewisville, Tx

• Facilitated Teaming Development strategy resulting in a 20% increase in the raw Team Developmentscore from March through July ‘95 (4.69 on a scale of 5.0)• Assisted project engineers in part selection and design• Determined quality requirements/tests and vendor corrective action• Acted in a dual role as a buyer, negotiating contracts from $10k through $1m• Reduced inspection cost metric by greater than 80% from March through June ‘95• Participated in a team which constructed a part standardization database with 10,000 plus potential users

Mckinney, Tx

• Managed Supplier quality assurance for up to 8 production programs• Completed over 30 vendor quality surveys and source inspections• Maintaoined program Program Parts Selection List (PPSL)• Wrote proposals, Statement of Work sections, performed program forecasting and budgeting, andparticipated in customer Design Reviews (PDR/CDR)

Dallas, Tx

• Responsible for end product quality and contract compliance in a production environment on theHarpoon program• Progressive increases in responsibility from small subassemblies to full systems