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Los Angeles, CA, US

Costa Mesa, California, US

Heading up all of operations

Costa Mesa, California, US

Costa Mesa, California, US

Irvine, California, US

El Segundo, CA, US

• Primary Responsibility: Supply chain leader for Small-Medium Business/Service Provider business unit and global strategic components. Personnel management of strategic commodity managers associated with the above.
• Sourced Smart/Managed/Unmanaged switches, Access Points, and Cameras in support of the resurgence of the Linksys brand into the SMB/SP space.
• Delivered annual savings of 12%-16% on strategic sku’s and components through value engineering, negotiations and relationship management.
• Developed and implemented buffer, rebate, licensing and report card programs across multiple business units within Belkin.

San Jose, CA, US

• Primary Responsibility: Ongoing management of strategic electronic components including the following: Wireless/Wired, ISP and Power Management Integrated Circuits, Custom Internal Antennas, Power Adapters. Personnel.
• Created and staffed a global component supply chain organization for the Cisco Linksys business unit.
• Developed and documented supply chain management ISO processes while maintaining ISO compliance 5 years running.
• Delivered annual savings of 20%-30% on high volume sku’s through value engineering, negotiations and relationship management.
• Developed and socialized control commodity strategies in pursuit of 1, 3 and 5+ year objectives.
• Developed key strategic relationships with industry leading technology and component providers.

Irvine, CA, US

• Primary Responsibility: The planning and procurement of electronic components including the following: Processors, Chipsets, Motherboards, Graphics, WLan/Lan, Modems. Personnel management of all buyers and commodity.
• Developed and implemented a collaborative planning process for Intel processors deemed by Intel as best of breed among major OEM’s. Program significantly reduced shortages and excess at all Gateway assembly locations.
• Managed the transition/launch of key commodities from consignment to buy sell as a part of a company wide Oracle launch.
• Developed an excess management process for buy sell components providing visibility and the opportunity for quick liquidation from inventory.
• Key participant in the reduction of GTW Nashville inventory from $29M to $19M prior to the sale to MPC.

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Primary responsibility: World wide responsibility of outsourced memory assemblies for the IBM SSD and Enterprise Systems Groups
• Initiated and implemented competitive cost models with core contract manufacturers.
• Developed a global long-term strategy for IBM SSD/ ESG electronic card assemblies
• Functioned as a key negotiator in the divestitures of the IBM Rochester and IBM Italy Contract Manufacturing facilities.
• Managed cross functional teams to achieve cost reductions totaling $170M in savings over 4 months.

• Primary responsibilities: Management of all activities and persons related to the Purchasing, Planning, Shipping and Receiving teams.
• Implemented new logistics/planning processes improving internal efficiencies across the facility.
• Managed cross-functional teams to achieve a 35% reduction in product cost over a 1-year period.
• Acted as sole materials and technical liaison to Xerox Mexicana for the 3000 series multifunction fax machine and Jetfax 4 product lines.
• Managed the successful launch and ramp of the 8000-D product line.
• Developed and maintained ongoing improvements to the manufacturing line processes in support of all products.

• Primary responsibilities: Management of all activities and persons related to manufacturing of industrial PC systems.
• Coordinated the production of custom industrial computers
• Acted as liaison to development for manufacturing improvements.
• Engineered a production line increasing product output by 30%.
• Interfaced directly with customers to assist in the customization of user defined parameters.Electromechanical Assembler
• Performed all aspects of electromechanical assembly including PCB solder and repair.