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General Services Management Leadership; responsible for the District's Facilities workplace Operations functions including facilities planning and utilization, building & grounds maintenance (including substations), Rancho Seco Site Operations and Rancho Seco Recreational Park. Responsible for an Operations budget of $12 million and a Capital budget of approx $10 million annually.

Roseville Ca

Manager, Manufacturing Engineering (2005 - 2008)Supervision of Industrial Engineering and Project Leader of site wide initiatives for Manufacturing Operation improvements; focusing on reducing costs and improving operational efficiencies to remain competitive in a global environment. Reduced operational expenses by >$25MM/yrLeader of multi-department task-force for 8" Line conversion, including factory layout and Operational Image for pilot and production design.

Roseville Ca

Manager of Industrial Engineering and Production Control Departments (2000 - 2003)Responsible for overall operational production operations for $500MM/yr Semiconductor Manufacturing Operations.Production Control:Responsible for production scheduling, organizing, streamlining and achieving monthly production goals. Decide, communicate priorities, develop short and long term plans to maintain factory performance. Industrial EngineeringLeading Lean Manufacturing processes utilizing the Toyota Production System (TPS) by developing and implementing programs targeted a reduction / elimination of waste to streamlining overall operations. Created, developed and implemented on-line WEB based eManufacturing system for improved manufacturing and process execution.

Roseville Ca

Manager of Equipment Operations and EngineeringSection manager leading the Equipment Operations and Engineering Departments. Organization size: 80 employees. Fiscal responsibility: $10MM/yr.

Roseville Ca

DRP Project – June 1997- November 1998Project Leader of interdepartmental project resulting in >$30M in savings. Lead a project team consisting of Production, Engineering, Equipment Maintenance to improve LAM Etch Processes that were severely limiting FAB Production. Selected by Executive Management to lead project that Identified, tracked, analyzed, documented and resolved process, equipment and Production operations. Project was selected to compete in JMA (Japan Management Association) competition in Tokyo Japan. Team achieved 2nd Place for this World Wide competition, for development, implementation of equipment, process and cost savings project.

Roseville Ca

Supervisor, Fab Operations/Equipment EngineeringNEC Electronics AmericaSupervision of the engineering and technician group for the Etch Group and Wafer Sort areas of NEC’s semiconductor fab.. Organization size: 35 employees.

Palo Alto Ca

Aerospace Manufacturing for Aircraft and Shipboard protection, Investment $1B, Employees 450.Over 13 years experience in Supervising Test, Assembly and Engineering personnel at Teledyne MEC, a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of Electronic Countermeasures meeting stringent airborne and shipboard environments used in today's ECM, Radar and Communications markets. Programs include B1 Bomber, F14, F15, F18, A10, AMRAAM Missiles and other foreign government programs.

Bs, Management

Aa, Electronics

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