Ensure seamless New Product Introductions through Manufacturing ramps. Responsible for ensuring designs meet manufacturability, logistics and procurement requisites to optimize costs and attain the highest quality.

-Managed hardware costs for all families of Industrial Printing Presses. -Developed and managed strategic press manufacturing partner -Negotiated and ensured assurance of supply for key components

Managed New Product Introductions NPI - selection of materials – suppliers- design for logistics-negotiated costs and contracts- managed suppliers for cost, quality and availability.-Provided worldwide procurement leadership for all raw materials used in manufacturing of HP's inkjet cartridges. -Accomplished 30% reduction in worldwide inventory of raw materials.-Accomplished 10% reduction in headcount through job and work re-design. -Achieved $15 million dollars of cost savings through cost negotiations and design for manufacturing.

Managed a 7x24 manufacturing operation that produced 33% of all HP's inkjet cartridges. Supervised 800+ managers, engineers, supervisors, technicians, operators, contract manufacturers and suppliers.-Responsible for producing 14 million inkjet cartridges a month. -Developed the in house Quality Management System QMS-Reduced headcount by 40% through in-house contract manufacturing -Achieved 15% cost savings through competitive bidding-Improved productivity and quality through Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen events.

-Led a $300 million worldwide automation program for a 9 color off-axis high volume ink delivery systems. -Developed tooling standards with worldwide equipment providers to enable 70% re-use of custom tooling solutions.-Developed advanced manufacturing solutions using lasers. -Initiated R&D investigation into electronics on plastic.-Designed mentorship program for People of Color Network.-Developed embossing solution for crafts industry.

-Process characterization - Materials engineering – managed 7/24 operations in Singapore , Oregon and Puerto Rico – product transfer – cost savings programs – new product introductions NPI – quality control – statistical process control SPC.