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Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Capitalize on the opportunity to lead a forward-thinking team of Product Design Technical Program Managers (PD TPMs / EPMs) tasked with driving all consumer product initiatives, streamlined processes, and high-quality product delivery.Demonstrate skill working with diverse CMs across all engagement models (i.e. low, high, ODM) and oversee a team portfolio that includes Alexa-enabled Echo devices, wearables, and Fire TV products to align with business objectives.Continually maximize team performance by training, coaching, and mentoring staff, as well as leading new processes to boost efficiency while embracing project ownership to drive efforts from product planning through to final execution.Proactively mitigate risk by anticipating bottlenecks to ensure appropriate trade-offs to balance technical constraints and business needs. Plan, budget, and manage PD NRE for all programs within the cost-conscious budget of $4 million.Collaborate with ID, program management teams, and cross-functional staff on product strategies and development to deliver the right product to end customers. Report to executives on product summaries, updates, and path to green. Launched 17+ products within the last five (5) years within fast-paced design and production environments. Raised the quality bar by improving and streamlining existing processes and implementing new processes, including Product Design Reviews and Lessons Learned Reviews to document project best practices. Drove product development teams to create the best technical design while meeting aggressive schedules and cost controls for on-time product launch dates based on business-specific goals. Successfully set up a new site by hiring, onboarding, and coaching new TPMs, and further worked on teams’ professional growth plans to achieve future development.

Engineering Manager – Design Headquarters (2012 – 2015)Leveraged broad scope of industry knowledge toward mentoring and managing a Waterloo Product Development team comprised of top Mechanical Design, PCB Design, and FEA / Thermal Design Engineers dedicated to exceeding goals.Skillfully led entire product lifecycles from initial concept through to mass production. Liaised among ID, Marketing, Finance, and APAC support teams, as well as UI, PCB, HW, SW, Audio, RF, Quality Assurance, Manufacturing, and others.BlackBerry Passport – BlackBerry / Porsche Luxury P’9983 – BlackBerry AT&T Passport Delivered three (3) products within a short timeframe and challenging schedules, including overcoming various companywide resource constraints.BlackBerry Q10 – BlackBerry / Porsche Design P’9982 with BlackBerry BB10 OS Successfully executed model completion on-time and within rigorous schedules.Mechanical Platform Lead (2006 – 2012)Strategically steered Waterloo and Global (APAC) Mechanical project teams to deliver projects for BlackBerry P’9981, BlackBerry 9670, BlackBerry 8350i, and BlackBerry 8130, and further align with on-time operational goals and objectives.Continually visited cutting-edge multinational suppliers and manufacturing sites in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, and China. Spearheaded efforts to recruit, hire, train, orient, and mentor top-performing engineering staff at Waterloo R&D site.BlackBerry P’9981 Completed with an external ID company within a tight nine (9)-month schedule from pre-concept to in-market.BlackBerry 9670 Led the development of this model, including all initial conception and design phases; ultimately delegated to a mechanical team at another site for critical detail designing and production efforts.BlackBerry 8350i Completed this model in record time to generate sales at +300% higher than expected; performed detailed feasibility studies of two (2) mechanically-challenged products to result in advanced design solutions.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Senior Design Engineer (2004 – 2006)Led targeted research, prototyping, development, and testing of mechanical and electro-mechanical components for state-of-the-art mobile phones. Identified, analyzed, and defined specs to meet diverse quality acceptance standards. Recognized as a senior member tasked with successfully coaching and developing junior mechanical engineers. Completed design, modeling, and documentation for a mechanical and electro-mechanical component of the Nokia 6275i and 6111, and further acquired approval for collateral injection tools for the project.

Espoo, Southern Finland, Fi

Design Engineer – Mechanics (2000 – 2004)Played a vital role in designing various plastic components for mobile phones. Designed, modeled, and documented mechanical components for Nokia 6230 & 6230i and 6310 & 6310i. Obtained management approval for injection tools. Rapidly gained resourceful expertise in fast-paced assembly and production processes. Transitioned to develop, test, and document key parts (i.e. keypad, dome sheet, volume key).