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Attending networking events Researching Industry LeadersTracking Industry TrendsParticipating in Industry Discussions

Rejoined Semicoa Corporation to reassert product quality and business performance under new management.

Problem definition, resolution and validation. Examples: Simplified procedures for product development from conception to production release. Identified corrective action for Inconel wire field failure mode.

Assured on-time delivery to commitment at over 90% and within two weeks past-due to 97%. Reduced scrap lots due to manufacturing deficiencies by 90%. Reduced customer RMAs to less than 1%.

Established quality and reliability discipline to assure military / aerospace conformance to requirements under AS9100 and DSCC certifications.

Provided cost analysis and implemented Great Plains Manufacturing system, including all BOMs and associated structures. Provided accounting and engineering input to assure proper cost and pricing algorithms.

US

(High-intensity hand-held light. Reported to the President.)Established disciplined operations infrastructure, documenting all processes and training production personnel to meet customer demand and quality requirements achieving successful production ramp-up.Reduced cost, relocating manufacturing capacity, personally laying out production floor.

Irvine, CA, US

(Medical pulse-oximeter devices. Reported to the President.)Ended outside contract assembly, renovating the facility for long-term in-house automated assembly capacity, growing volume from zero to 20K units/month while saving contractor costs of over $1M.Created a formal five-year manufacturing business plan, capturing revenue projections and articulating.

(Rigid multilayer PCBs. Reported to the Board of Directors.)Increased manufacturing capacity, directing a $1.5 million capital expansion and equipment upgrade, resulting in an additional unit capacity of 50%.Created a unified sales strategy, consolidating disparate, segmented sales representative organization, resulting in a six-month sales increase of.

(Electromechanical subsystems. Joined as Vice President and Director, Engineering; concurrent assignment as Vice President and Chairman of the Technology Council. Reported to the CEO/COB.)Avoided forced receivership by assuring sufficient working capital income to operate in a changing marketplace, establishing predictable month-by-month revenue and.

(Flexible printed circuits. Reported to the President)Eliminated archaic paper recording system with significant reconciliation requirements, computerizing inventory and cost structure, reducing month-end financial close from ten days to two.Reduced numerous errors and unnecessary levels of scrap costs, improving production release system, reducing quality.

(Selected clients:)Polar Spring, Menlo Park, CA. Established capacity plan for purified water system.Rugged Digital Systems, Sunnyvale, CA. Created manufacturing ground rules for ruggedized PC.Read-Rite Corporation, Milpitas, CA. Merged the read/write head operations from Cybernex.Magnesys, Santa Clara, CA. Established production pilot line for bubble.

Cupertino, California, US

Accessory Products Group, Garden Grove, CA (Injection molding and full electronics assembly/test for input devices; responsible for R&D and Marketing. Reported to Group VP.)Increased output 500%, automating manufacturing plant, increasing revenue over 18 months to $80M.Improved margins in a 1400-employee plant, installing 23 robots, cutting labor costs in.

Cupertino, California, US

Peripheral Systems Division, San Jose, CA (Floppy/hard disk drives and all Apple diskette duplication. Reported to Division Operations Manager.)Achieved volume and quality goals, creating a training program and installing disciplined line controls, producing 350K/mo. diskette duplication volume with less than 0.5% in-house defect level.Coached and.

Cpa Candidate, Finance & Accounting

Mba, Business Administration

Bsee, Electrical Engineering

Bs, Physics