Jeff Abramson Email & Phone Number

Monroe, Washington, United States

Product and Technology Development across our portfolios.

Everett, WA

• Led teams (150 people) across five sites responsible for technology development, front end innovation, product realization, design verification testing, program management, and new product introduction for widespread.
• Widely deployed Lean Product Development, resulting in an overall 30% reduction in time across New Product Development programs.
• Led team responsible for company wide safety and product compliance, including customer responses up to and including safety recalls.
• Transformed operating process from a culture of engineering project management to an integrated Program Management Office, including all aspects of new product development from innovation to commercial readiness.
• Led technology development team responsible for identifying, incubating and prototyping new technologies, resulting in key technologies delivered as part of new product introduction.

• Site manager for Plymouth Minnesota facility (50 people, 21K square feet)
• Deployed Fluke’s first instance of Lean Product Development, resulting in product delivery (TIx520/560 Thermal Imager) in 11 months versus 18 month plan.
• Created a culture of Design rigor, implementing design reviews, Agile Software Development, and design verification processes starting with 2012 decision cycle.
• Implemented Quality improvements across the product line resulting in DPPM reductions by a factor of 2x and DOA reductions by a factor of 10x.
• Created a platform based design approach that moved away from custom FPGA developments to off the shelf SoC modules, and Linux reuse across all products.

• Built up from scratch local Signal Source team after closure of Japan Design Center.
• Created a culture of hiring and mentoring new college graduates (2-4 graduates per year).
• Deployed design methodology including FPGA Design Rules and Design for Manufacturing/Test.
• Team delivered hardware and calibration for next generation DPO 7000/70000 Oscilloscopes.

I teach 1-2 Computer Science Courses on a part time basis, distance leaning. Includes Python, c++, and a variety of Computer Science topics. As of 2020 still actively teaching 4-6 classes a year.

• Joined the company as a Design Engineer with key contributions to the delivery of the first generation Pentium™ Pro microprocessor (1995). Individual contributor across Computer Architecture, RTL and Logic Design.
• Held several management and leadership positions in Microprocessor Design, Design Automation, and System Validation. Last position at Intel was responsible for System Validation for all Microprocessor families in.