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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.▪ Demonstrated experience in dealing with law firms throughout Asia and U.S. Enabled more rapid entity creations and plant divestures.

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.