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San Jose, CA, US

San Jose, California, United States

San Jose, CA

San Francisco Bay Area

I advanced departmental performance by: | eliminating out-dated steps from the RFQ acceptance process; | instituting a successful peer review process; | using Pareto principles to improve review effectiveness. Result; 20% increase in throughput accompanied by nearly 80% decrease in significant error. This increased customer satisfaction and promoted a.

San Francisco Bay Area

A $20MM customer insisted that we adopt a new ERP, but the installation had been bogged down in IT for eight months. I assumed the roles of Project Manager and of Champion. My tasks were to: | act as focal with the supplier's training personnel; | provide Gantt chart progress reports to our customer and to our management; | generate company-wide enthusiasm.

San Francisco Bay Area

I collaborated with representatives of our largest customer in establishing protocols for their pilot rapid manufacturing program, "RTM." It developed into an annual revenue stream of $640K. | I introduced our QA department to a very advanced data collection system that opened new business opportunities while saving $18K annually in clerical costs. | I.

Austin, Texas Area

Our $50MM customer demanded that the Texas division's performance be immediately improved and that its GM be replaced. I accepted a temporary posting, not wishing to relocate. During Q2 the site was to be audited by the customer, by our ISO 9001 registrar and for our compliance with SSQA. My accomplishments were: | passing all three audits; | achieving a.

San Francisco Bay Area

Rapid growth overwhelmed our production control methods, reducing customer satisfaction. In response, I designed and championed "Fastrack," a unique system employing Lean manufacturing tools but embedded within the existing production structure. It required no capital expenditure and no additional head count. In its first year of operation, it: | operated.

San Francisco Bay Area

Established and maintained all departments of an ISO 9001 registered 14MM company. Complete GL responsibility. Directly managed Engineering, Sales and Quality. Supervised DFX and production of sheet metal, machined parts and electro-mechanical assemblies. Diligent student of modern business management theory and practice.