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Manage relationships as the strategic interface between BU's and TechOPs, support release planning ensuring roadmap alignment with TechOps capabilities, and aides with processes and tools to advance efficiency and support. Connector• Consistent point of contact for communications and escalations between the BU and TechOps• Understand both the Business and TechOps and advocate for each one to the other when needed• Work visibly and behind the scenes as a key partner guiding relationships in support of product delivery and service offeringsCoordinator• Drive PL away from vague needs to quantified specific requirements• Ensure demand forecast is in Quickbase accurately prioritized by program, which may shorten equipment delivery lead time and allow sufficient time for lab space and network planning• Produce value of shared services by aligning known demand with TechOps capabilities• Organizes BU/TechOps Stakeholder interlocks and regular strategic operational reviews around roadmap specificsFacilitator• Collect Business Case & Install Requirements and navigate them through the technical and finance review process• Highlight sourcing opportunities to enable savings of money and time• Enable equipment visibility and improved sharing by ensuring asset data in ESM is maintained and accurate• Provide insight into end of life and decommission opportunities• Train on services and process as needed

Enterprise Platform Engineering Hyper-Scale• Manage enterprise platform material and engineering samples • Utilize relevant project management tools, systems, and applications• Conduct periodic bill of material reviews.• Define supporting and/or driving process improvements including process documentation

Managed Enterprise Custom Server Commodities (HDD, SSD, CPU, GPU, Memory)• Management, administration, and tracking of projects including hardware and software/firmware critical deliverables• Interlock and drive implementation on projects across Global Development Teams• Support project team and monitor activities while working on problems where facts may be conflicting, and problems may take extensive investigation to define• Conduct periodic reviews to ensure drive projects are on track.• Ensure all project documentation is kept up to date and communicated to the relevant stakeholders on a timely basis• Utilize relevant project management tools, systems, and applications to own and maintain bill of materials• Define supporting and/or driving process improvements including process documentation• Manage project material allocations and engineering sample development budget and allocations• Manage multiple projects simultaneously• Manage commodity suppliers• Social Media

Managed Enterprise Server HDD and SSD• Management, administration, and tracking of projects including hardware and software/firmware critical deliverables• Interlock and drive implementation on projects across Global Development Teams• Support project team and monitor activities while working on problems where facts may be conflicting, and problems may take extensive investigation to define• Conduct periodic reviews to ensure drive projects are on track.• Ensure all project documentation is kept up to date and communicated to the relevant stakeholders on a timely basis• Utilize relevant project management tools, systems, and applications to own and maintain bill of materials• Define supporting and/or driving process improvements including process documentation• Manage project material allocations and engineering sample development budget and allocations

Managed Enterprise Server Tape, Tape Software, and RMSD• Management, administration, and tracking of projects including hardware and software/firmware critical deliverables• Interlock and drive implementation on projects across Global Development Teams• Support project team and monitor activities while working on problems where facts may be conflicting, and problems may take extensive investigation to define• Conduct periodic reviews to ensure drive projects are on track.• Ensure all project documentation is kept up to date and communicated to the relevant stakeholders on a timely basis• Utilize relevant project management tools, systems, and applications to own and maintain bill of materials• Define supporting and/or driving process improvements including process documentation• Manage project material allocations and engineering sample development budget and allocations

Managed Enterprise Server Data Rack Enclosures and Rail Solutions• Management, administration, and tracking of projects including hardware and software/firmware critical deliverables• Interlock and drive implementation on projects across Global Development Teams• Support project team and monitor activities while working on problems where facts may be conflicting, and problems may take extensive investigation to define• Conduct periodic reviews to ensure drive projects are on track.• Ensure all project documentation is kept up to date and communicated to the relevant stakeholders on a timely basis• Utilize relevant project management tools, systems, and applications to own and maintain bill of materials• Define supporting and/or driving process improvements including process documentation• Manage project material allocations and engineering sample development budget and allocations

Tested Enterprise Server Data Rack Enclosures and Rail Systems• Tested enterprise server engineering design projects• Wrote test plans and executed testing• Worked with reliability team to ensure quality of product• Documented test results and reviewed with enterprise engineering• Managed lab inventory and ensured that the lab ran efficiently and adherence to all Dell policies and procedures were maintained • Conducted competitive analysis testing on competitor’s products

Planned, coordinated and simultaneously managed multiple pilots being run in the factory• Tested, tracked, and troubleshot pilot issues and server failures• Maintained and tracked inventory in and out of the pilot lab • Responsible for diagnostic promotions, BIOS promotions, automatic file promotions, materials, work instructions and bit map files were in place as part of test planning• Ensured that pilot tests were run on schedule and tracked pilot failures to ensure manufacturing factory readiness• Managed lab inventory and ensured that the lab ran efficiently and adherence to all Dell policies and procedures were maintained

Built, identified, loaded, and installed all parts in accordance to the customer’s system specifications and requirements• Performed a wide variety of electronic or electro-mechanical assembly operations on products• Trained new employees• Prepared the system and ensured quality throughout the kitting, boxing, and assembly process

Executed diagnostic tests on microprocessors and maintaining all test equipment, calibrating test equipment• Packaged, labeled, and shipped microprocessors• Assisted engineers in developing and testing new software for new prototype processors• Wrote ISO documents on Motorola specifications and procedures

Executed build, assembly, packaging, labeling, and shipment of systems• Assembled, packaged, labeled, and shipped outdrive products • Responsible for special projects on the Gemini card and other key projects running on RISC System 6000