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Oversaw the profitability of customer account for +75 optical products – passive and transmission line cards. Technical program management of new product development of optical transceiver and coherent integrated modulator receiver assembly for product realization and volume manufacturing.

Lead the restructuring of the the manufacturing product and testing engineering group into a concurrent engineering function, for product lifecycle sustaining and new product introduction. This included the improvement in the framework of production definition configuration management - for change management.

Responsible for leading the New Production Introduction functional team related to both Electronic Systems, Force and Personal Protection to volume manufacturing. This includes the manufacturing life cycles of Proto-typing, Limited and General Availability to Manufacturing Discontinued at Allenvanguard manufacturing facilities and Contract Manufacturers.

Conducted New Production Introduction activities for Non Standard Customer Requests and Electronic Systems used in Electronic Counter Measures. This includes the manufacturing life cycles of Proto-typing, Limited and General Availability to Manufacturing Discontinued at Allenvanguard manufacturing facilities and Contract Manufacturers.

Member of the global operations group for the test and integration of Optical DWDM/CWDM portfolio subcontracted to strategic contract manufacture. Participated and investigated customer reported quality issues related to field failures. Conducted system integration activities on customer specified network diagrams and performed field service network turn-ups/upgrades.

Member of the global operations group for the test and integration of Optical DWDM/CWDM portfolio subcontracted to strategic contract manufacture. Participated and investigated customer reported quality issues related to field failures. Conducted system integration activities on customer specified network diagrams and performed field service network turn-ups/upgrades.

Configured systems to customer VoIP network configurations (SIP, H323) and conducted final acceptance testing to internal requirements. Ensured that the customer quality objectives were achieved.

Executed final integrated system testing within a manufacturing environment on ALCATEL 7750/7450 MPLS/IP Router product family prior to customer deployment. Ensured that non-conformances were appropriately identified and corrective actions implemented.

Conducted system compliance and design marginality evaluations on new optical hardware during product release cycles. Ensured test plans and results were documented accordingly to the standards being assessed. Conducted compliance testing to standards related to optical, power, synchronization and product environmental requirements. Compliance testing to the following standards of GR-63-CORE, GR-1244-CORE, GR-499-CORE, GR-253-CORE and ITU-T-G series for optical system performance of SONET/SDH – both Long Haul and Metro product families (this also includes DS1, DS3 and GIGE assessments).

Provided guidance to OEM vendors on the qualification of their products for integration within systems. Conducted supplier manufacturing and lab audits on their quality system per ISO/TL9000 standards.Supported product specifications related to EMC/EMI, safety, climatic and mechanical requirements per telecommunications standards of Telcordia, UL/CSA and IEC per system requirements.Reviewed and approved supplier internal/external lab test reports and to ensure compliance with the corporation and telecommunication industry specifications.

Executed the test method of Highly Accelerated Life Testing (HALT) on internal designs and supplier products. Communicated issues to appropriate organizations when failures occurred for root cause analysis and corrective action.Generated test plans and reports on findings discovered during product assessments.Conducted evaluations utilizing environmental/vibrations chambers manufactured by Screening Systems, Qualmark, ESPEC and Thermotron.Successfully implemented Manufacturing ESS/HASS screens in OEM manufacturing facilities.

Installation of optical equipment within a captive office environment for verification and design assessments. Supported project planners with the installation of Nortel Networks Products – TransportNode, OC48, AccessNode and LAN communications.