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Hayward, CA, US

Fremont, CA, US

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, US

• Program Management – Mitigate risks and coordinate with various stakeholders (internally and externally) in order to ensure the on-time delivery of an order to the builders’ design specifications
• Work Order Assignment – Oversee the distribution of manufacturing work orders to our manufacturing partner network (domestic and international) in order to fulfill our builders’ orders on time
• Production Issue Resolution – Answer open technical questions that our manufacturers may have around how best to manufacture the parts, and build the assemblies that we have assigned to them
• Design for manufacturing – Review with customer engineering and our manufacturing network to ensure manufacturability and identify any risks associated with the design.
• Exceptions Management to ensure Continuous Improvement – Identifying areas of improvement and driving those improvements to the responsibilities listed above

• Plan, schedule, prioritize and drive development and manufacturing activities for new packaging and printed components in Retail and Consumer product configurations.
• Ensure that product components meet Branding, Marketing, Engineering, Quality and Manufacturing requirements.
• Responsible for initiating and creating BOM updates from Proto builds to mass production via Engineering Change Orders(ECOs); collaborate with Logitech’s US and Taiwan engineers and CMs for DFX input and incorporation
• Ensure cross functional deliverables, schedules, TTM and Quality are met in this fast-paced launch environment.
• Implementation of packaging structure redesigns and documentation consolidations resulting in >$1.5m savings annually

US

• Managed NPI and Sustaining programs simultaneously through coordination and planning with internal customer focus teams
• Coordinate CE/TUV regulatory preparation and testing

San Jose, California, US

• Managed large OEM NPI and Sustaining programs (~80% of division revenue) through development of internal customer focus teams(CFT)
• Preparation and presentation of quarterly business reviews
• Coordinate production, planning, engineering, BOM updates, ECO implementation, Quotation, First Articles, and Quality control per customer requirements
• Organized and coordinated interdepartmental activities to ensure project timelines are meto Improved on time delivery to 98% from less than 80% in 3 months

US

• New Product Introduction Program Manager, 2006 - 2008
• Managed and launched large OEM NPI programs within customer cost, quality and delivery requirementso Provided a scalable solution for high capacity manufacturing in two locations to support >1.5mil units annually
• Responsible for program performances, profit and loss, quotations, cost reviews and payment receivables.Quality/Field Application Engineer, 2006
• Responsible for supplier/customer quality assurance and weekly data reporting.
• Managed Customer Defect Reduction teams, data/metrics collection and compilation, and closed loop corrective action/8D

San Jose, CA, US

• Successfully launched new products within target cost and aggressive schedules, beating competing products to market
• Performed successful supplier qualifications/audits for new suppliers (Asia, Hungary and Mexico)
• Assisted in transfer of tooling and manufacturing to Foxconn, China
• Performed new capital equipment and mechanical tooling methodology and justification
• Responsible for initiating and creating BOM updates from Proto builds to mass production via Engineering Change Orders(ECOs)
• Drive DFX (Cost reduction/avoidance) through our suppliers, logistics and engineering

San Jose, CA, US

• Worked with cross functional teams to perform supplier selection and audits for new programs, drive DFX, cost avoidance and tooling strategies.
• Manage tooling justification, tooling capacity, and tooling cost negotiations.o Developed a new supplier and new methodology for Cisco resulting in over $1.5m savings annually

San Jose, CA, US

• Drive closed loop corrective action and ensure closure and non-recurrence
• Manage regular quality status meetings and defect reduction teamso Increased manufacturing yields to >99%

San Jose, CA, US

• Developed procedures and work instructions for receiving, mechanical inspection, stockroom, and kitting for compliance of ISO 9001 certification.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, US

• Created procedures, work instructions and specifications for compliance of ISO 9001 certification
• Achieved 20% cost savings, improved quality yields by implementing vinyl lamination

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, US

Santa Clara, California, US

US

Business Management

Drafting Technologies