Ken Sawatari Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, Ca, Us

San Jose, California, United States

Sr. Manager Business Development and New Business Introductions (June 2022 to Present)-Led project to deliver first alpha prototype to critical customers and partners-Wrote project plan of Optical Spatial sensing from technology development to new product introduction-Led project that delivered Optical Spatial Sensing Module technology benchtop demonstration-Pioneered in Lumentum fast technology development and prototyping method which includes: -Daily hardware “scrum” with engineering team for efficient communication and escalation -Short term milestone targets to align cross functional team -Kanban board for detailed action tracking -Risk Register for identifying and documenting business, technical, and program risks and mitigations

San Jose, Ca

Sr. Manager Sensei for R&D, Tech Dev, NPI, Business Process (Nov 2017 - June 2022)- Standardized cosmetic specs on feeding fiber to improve supplier incoming yield from 50% to 95%- Led speed design of customer demo PCBA, completed design and delivery in less than 3 months- Established specification reviews, Lessons Learned, FMEA and Engineering Test methods for PCBA design- Published ABC’s of Product Transfers and principles of effective execution “Kouritsu”- Established procedure and criteria for technology development to prepare for product development- Implemented new technology development procedures to establish scope of next generation KW lasers- Published PDPedia product development internal website for training, lessons, tools, and best practices- Streamlined product development process to reduce engineering deliverables from 30 to 11- Published and standardized 16 Commandments of product development for all new programs - Trained US, Slovenia, Thai teams on program deliverables and roles and responsibilities- Prepared Slovenia fiber factory for successful ISO 9001 certification in 2020

Milpitas, Ca

Sr. Manager of Product Engineering – Key responsibilities are sustaining engineering, cost reduction, and new product introductions to contract manufacturers in Thailand and China (Sep 2014 – Nov 2017)- Transferred and released Turn Key Fiber Laser new product to Lumentum factory in Nava Thailand- Improved integration and test first pass yield on Gen3 3kW from 4% to 60%- Improved pump tray sub-assembly yield from 60% to 90%- Implemented statistical process control with shop floor out of control action plans- Introduced 4kW single module product with all ~60 critical to quality parameters with Cpk > 1.33- Transfer to production Gen3 product family of 2kW, 3kW, 4kW, 6kW, and 9kW Fiber Laser Engines - Assembled Product engineering team for business expansion resulting in new orders of > $1.5M- Doubled rework and repair output for fiber laser combiner rework program- Yield and capacity projects improved 4kW and 6kW product output from 4/wk to 13/wk in 6 months- Increased production yields from 5% to 70% for fiber laser combiner line- Achieved single quarter cost reduction of 15% and one year cost reduction of 20%

Milpitas, Ca

Manager of Product Engineering - Key Responsibilities are sustaining engineering, cost reduction, and new product introductions to contract manufacturers in China and Thailand- $1.2M in cost savings in Passive products over year through yield improvement and scrap reduction- PLC yield and capacity improvements implemented to achieve record quarterly revenue of $10M- Improved PLC line output from 20 to 170outs/wk on DMUX/MUX and 10 to 40outs/wk on ROADM through yield and capacity improvements- PLC ROAM line annual cost reduction > 10% through second sourcing, touch time video analysis, and other value engineering

San Jose, Ca

Pleasanton, Ca

Master'S Degree, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering