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Greater Phoenix Area

Leading transformation of supply chain and manufacturing of Keep Safe's security products, with the mission of protecting families and businesses.

• Retained for confidential collaborations with clients to create and re-engineer processes within the scope of Operations, Supply Chain, and Manufacturing in order to achieve peak performance, cost efficiency, and.
• Reduction of risk for clients involved in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) through combination of industry knowledge as well as research and analysis of public financial and non-financial information.
• Optimization of client supply chain locations, resulting in removal of 25% China tariffs.

Irvine, CA, US

• Hired by public telematics company (ticker: CAMP) to sunset internal manufacturing / distribution facility and transition to outsourced solution. Initial successful project evolved into Director of Supply Chain role..
• Leveraging personal network of suppliers, led strategy, RFP and implementation for outsourcing within months, resulting in 35% unit cost reduction and improved customer metrics.
• Converted legacy processes to improve inventory accuracy from less than 95% to 99.9%. Led IT team projects to automate new processes in Oracle, achieving consistency of improved results.
• Led all IT projects to automate transactions between internal Oracle ERP with global supply chain partners, resulting in the ability to close all accounting periods within one day.
• Led teams in Mexico, Italy, and U.K. affiliates to replicate new processes, expanding scope of cost efficiencies.

San Diego, California, US

• Recruited by public consumer wireless/IOT company (ticker: INSG) to turn around struggling Operations group. Early success led to permanent position as Senior Vice President. Led all Operations, including Supply Chain.
• Improved processes, leading to successful achievement of shipment and revenue goals for 3 consecutive fiscal quarters, while navigating volatile sales demand environment, China tariff changes, and unpredictable product.
• Leveraged substantial network of contacts and drove RFP process with three top tier contract manufacturers. Negotiated contracts and pricing. Relocated manufacturing outside China within 3 months to avoid tariffs while.
• Detected subtle reliability issues at contract manufacturer, driving immediate mitigating actions, and avoiding major quality recall costs.
• Led Design for Manufacturing (DFM) projects, including the re-design of highest selling product in collaboration with Engineering, to accommodate alternate parts, leading to assurance of supply and simplified product.

San Diego, California, US

• Reporting to the President of Kyocera Communications, led organization of 40+ people, in San Diego and Shenzhen, China, overseeing all facets of Operations, including Demand Planning, Supply Chain, Purchasing.
• Improved finished goods on-time delivery performance to over 99%, as measured by major wireless carrier scorecard.
• Reduced excess & obsolete inventory expense from 3.0% to less than 0.4% of annual revenue by originating unconventional analysis tool utilizing MRP.
• Increased finished goods inventory turnover from 6x to 15x by re-engineering Sales Operations demand planning and Supply Chain processes.
• Launched out-of-warranty repair and customer care business, doubling existing revenue streams.
• Relocated fulfillment and packaging operations from Malaysia to Houston, TX, driving RFQ, contract negotiation, and implementation, significantly improving gross margins.

San Diego, California, US

San Diego, California, US

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bsee, Electrical And Electronics Engineering