Jeff Faris Email & Phone Number

Richardson, TX, US

• Planned and managed, structured concurrent developments, teams, product changes, instituted best practices, improved internal processes, communicated priorities, valued for sourcing expertise, ramped new products.
• Organized programs, negotiated contracts and assigned teams to execute multi-year developments in support of business strategies during… Show more Planned and managed, structured concurrent developments, teams, product.
• Organized programs, negotiated contracts and assigned teams to execute multi-year developments in support of business strategies during organizational transition
• Developed, formalized supplier selection process, managed teams controlling supplier selection, development, production ramps – emphasized early requirement capture and disclosure of expectations
• Established supplier governance metrics, monitored their performance, provided semi-annual feedback
• Required multiyear vendor cost reduction roadmaps, developed vendor cost models and ROI models for technology improvements, constantly reviewed vendor cost/productivity performance

• Established business relationships with global hard disk drive (HDD) vendors to change their strategic development roadmaps to comprehend Texas Instruments laptop computer strategies
• Created a 5-10 year ‘physically thin’ HDD business plan, identified technologies required to succeed, patented several design changes, obtained internal key management support for the plan
• Marketed thin strategy to HDD senior management – IBM, Seagate and Maxtor modified internal roadmaps to include… Show more Established business relationships with global hard disk drive (HDD) vendors to change their.
• Marketed thin strategy to HDD senior management – IBM, Seagate and Maxtor modified internal roadmaps to include thin products - TI received initial exclusivity for new products Show less

• Managed department size organization (40+) with varied personnel functions. Generated multi-year budgets, defined/reviewed status of projects, hired personnel/assigned responsibilities, performance reviews, training
• Successfully designed, marketed product then managed matrixed teams to produce avionics that balanced competing requirements but met customer’s stringent lifetime cost, time, performance needs
• Developed modular avionics using ‘first time use’ technologies – resulted in… Show more Managed department size organization (40+) with varied personnel functions. Generated multi-year budgets, defined/reviewed status.
• Developed modular avionics using ‘first time use’ technologies – resulted in new business totaling more than $300,000,000 (presently a $200M/year business) - managed labor budgets greater than $10M
• Managed multi-million dollar surface mount technology development programs to reduce production costs and improve performance (enabled success above)
• Led concept, proposal and development of mechanical design of electro-opto computer systems – effort resulted in a $10+M development contract

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering