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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Seattle, Wa, Us

Zonar provides groundbreaking electronic inspection, GPS fleet tracking, RFID scanning, and management solutions for fleet operations. Responsible for leading the hardware operations, including hardware product development, supply chain management, production, order fulfillment, quality, and manufacturing engineering functions. Developed and implemented a manufacturing strategy utilizing EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service) providers in USA, Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, and India, to increase production capacity 20+% year over year while providing redundancy for risk mitigation. This strategy considered an integrated view of the logistics, EMS partner’s capabilities, quality requirements (ISO 9001, TS 16949 & PPAP), landed costs, order fulfillment processes, and reverse logistics.• Established the supply chain and manufacturing strategy model allowing for exponential growth. Wrote and negotiated the Supplier Purchase Agreements.• Improved product quality through implementation of aggressive corrective action and FMEA methodologies. This decreased DPPM (Defects Parts Per Million) rates from 5,000 to <50. • Established Kanban methodology with the EMS providers in conjunction with a 3PL to compensate for forecast volatility • Changed the order fulfillment approach from offshore to domestic, and significantly improved the customer experience and business efficiencies at the same time.

Bethesda, Md, Us

As part of the senior management team at Aculight we positioned the company for acquisition by a larger company, and in Sept. 2008 we were acquired by Lockheed Martin. Leading up to the acquisition, responsibilities included establishing the manufacturing strategy, advancing the production capabilities, increased facilities in support of business growth, driving process development, and implementing ISO 9001:2008 & 13485 Quality Management Systems in support of the strategy.• Oversaw the Manufacturing Team during the productizing of several state of the art laser products. This required working closely with the Engineering Team and overseeing the development of new Manufacturing Technologies, as well as obtaining capital investment to achieve volume.• Built a state of the art Directed Energy Laser facility; this required creating the business plan, obtaining Exec Management approval to secure $2.7M in funding. Subsequently coordinated the various stakeholders to create a facility specification and plan, hired the contractor team, and managed the 27,000 SF facility build out to operational readiness.

Formed this start-up venture with one other partner and developed a universal aftermarket windshield head-up display (HUD) system for the automobile aftermarket. A patent was issued for solving the unique physical problem of projecting an image on a normal automobile windshield. Responsible for all P&L functions related to commercialization of BBP technologies. Handle extensive primary and secondary market research and the writing of the business plan, as well as industry segmentation, and competitive analysis. Raised $1M in seed money and developed working prototypes to demonstrate the technology.

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Terabeam designed and manufactured broadband (> 1 Gbps) free space optical transceivers for use in applications such as wireless Internet, wireless video, wireless LANs, WANs, MANs, and VPNs. Directed a new start-up product line into volume manufacturing, from product introduction, to prototyping and high-volume production. Worked closely with matrix cross-functional teams to accomplish this in under a one-year time frame. Designed and built the 30,000 sq. ft. laser manufacturing facility from scratch, including facility improvements, equipment selection, tooling, jig set-up and development of manufacturing processes. Personally hired, trained, developed and managed the manufacturing team as well as support staff including purchasing, quality, and production engineering.• Wrote the Manufacturing Plan in support of the overall Business Plan which secured over $500 million in venture capital.• Member of the acquisition team that provided the business case and due diligence for purchase of a complementary technology company that increased annual revenues.

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P-Com is a leading supplier of wireless telecommunications distribution equipment used primarily in worldwide mobile networks. P&L responsibilities for business unit, $350M annual revenues, 356 domestic and 107 international employees, responsible for production, quality assurance, IT, customer service and support. Implemented contract-manufacturing strategy that allowed high growth of $5M to $50M per quarter of revenues in a 2-year period. Developed global 7 day 24 hour customer service program. Establish goals and controls; monitor results to consistently increase profit margins, enhance market position, reduce operating costs, and meet strategic objectives. Reduced annual warranty return expense by 45% via defect reduction.