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I lead a production line sub-section's equipment design and installation project while hiring and developing engineers on my Process Equipment Engineering home room team.

Concentrated on production line design, installation and conversion projects involving LCD glass substrate processing and handling using robots, pneumatic actuators and customized automation.

-Provide secondary support and historical knowledge for products and production lines in escalations

-Managed daily operations; monitored P&L; provided guidance on an imaging system OEM business with an annual contribution of US$ 1~2 million; highlights include:-Set pricing based on contracts, business modeling & analysis-Re-negotiated OEM contracts with partner customers & drafted addendums-Set up Second-level Support Program to back up partner customers’ service organizations; implemented tracking & billing; & managed engineering resources to provide support & minor development-Successfully managed the move of a complex electro-optical production line from Switzerland to Canada over 8 months while maintaining supply to customers worldwide-Led 3 teams of a total of 7 full-time integrators & 3 contract employees working on 4 assembly integration production lines for 4 different products lines-Maintained direct OEM relationships with 3 major partner customers in Germany & Japan-Worked with Kodak Japan to deliver products, service & development in another OEM business

-Chaired the core team responsible for the business aspects of the imaging system OEM business-Led the analysis on the refurbishment business to set new pricing for component insurance program-Negotiated and drafted supply contract amendments on component insurance program

-Assisted in lesson preparation and taught English as an assistant in 4 public junior high schools-Produced lesson plans and taught English as the primary English teacher in 6 elementary schools-Assisted in extra-curricular activities and helped promote international exchange and understanding

-Managed an optical imaging system OEM production line and monitored quality-Negotiated and expedited special production requests or returns from OEM partners customers-Led a production team of 4 integrators and 1 operator and conducted annual salary reviews

-Brought the electrical assemblies consisting of PCB’s, electrical cabinets and cables of an on-press optical imaging system into production for two OEM partner customers in Germany and Japan-Planned, coordinated and implemented synchronized engineering changes in co-operation with OEM partner customers -Devised procedures and supported production lines as well as external vendors

-Worked on the mechanical development and integration of an electro-optical imaging system into an 8-page offset printing presses in coordination with engineers of R&D partner company in Japan-Conducted a series of print quality tests and presented results pivotal to the partner company’s decision to move ahead into the next major stage of development

-Conducted research and built prototypes for the automation of sorting, setting and packaging of cutlery, napkin and condiments for in-flight meals in the airline industry