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Tokyo, Japan

• Directed joint ventures, entity creation, plant divestures, integration of JCI and Hitachi, acquisitions and manufacturing footprint projects.
• Developed playbook for creating and staffing five new entities in Southeast Asia.
• Drove multiple joint ventures in Southeast Asia, China, and North America, that resulted in quicker route to market for sales by utilizing existing infrastructure instead of building new infrastructure.
• Developed manufacturing consolidation plans including plant closures in Japan and the Philippines.
• Integration leader for transfer of Johnson Controls, Inc. businesses to Johnson Controls – Hitachi, and transfer of JCH businesses to JCI.
• Developed processes and playbooks to document plant closures, joint ventures, business transfers and entity creations, serving as key contributor in multiple acquisitions and mergers.

• Built global QA Program Management team for all HGST products.
• Created QA Program Management Office supporting SSD, HDD and Data Cloud business units.
• Built cohesive QA global program management team that included resources from multiple US sites, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore..
• Created budgets for QA PMO and QA organization, including process for central management of test capacity that resulted in a 25% gain in efficiency and reduction in capital equipment.
• Built strong relationships with other functional areas to ensure successful product deliveries. Reviewed, compiled and presented project data monthly to executive team.

• Delivered second generation enterprise SSD. Managed Technical partner development relationship with Intel.
• Developed and implemented hybrid PLC process for SSD development that resulted in 20% reduction in development time and 30% reduction in prototype drives required.
• Delivered first 12Gb SAS SSD that resulted in average annual revenue of $1B.
• Created development budgets for Solid State Drive Program, including staffing, tracking and reporting. Developed worldwide staffing plans for SSD programs.
• Delivered Technical design reviews with key OEM customers, resulting in faster customer qualifications.
• Managed SSD product development lifecycle from design to delivery. Built cohesive program team utilizing geographically dispersed resources from two different companies and one contracting firm.

• Directed pre-sales engineering, business development, product/program management, technical alliances, hardware and software interoperability, and liaison to the engineering organization.
• Developed and implemented Program Management Product Life Cycle process.
• Led development of messaging for the Atrato’s transition from a hardware only product to a complete solution including software and hardware, as well as third party product integration.
• Designed and implemented strategy that enabled the sales organization to deliver a stronger value proposition by positioning Atrato as a solution provider and strategic partner to the customer.

• Wrote Marketing requirements document and negotiated delivery dates for required feature set with Engineering.
• Defined PLC entry and exit criteria to ensure quality standards were met for production phase reviews.
• Authored interoperability matrix and set priorities for interoperability testing.