Kirby Nelson Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca

o Director for global quality of 10 Electronic Materials sites across Europe, US, and APAC regions. o Managed a global team of quality engineers, quality managers, and complaint coordinators.o Regular reviews of quality data and metrics. Formed and lead teams to improve quality and resolve customer quality issues. o Experienced at negotiating contracts with customers, and in meeting with and presenting to customers. I have extensive experience handling customer quality issues in a customer facing role.

Mesa Az

o GaN Technology Development – Reliability o Responsible for reliability testing and data analysis for GaN products. Determine reliability failure root causes and form teams to implement solutions to resolve reliability issues. Proactively identify opportunities for improvement, provide supporting data, and work with TD and manufacturing teams for solutions.o Present regular reports to Sr. management on reliability issues and status. o Project management: Lead successful GaN focus teams o Lead strategic planning for reliability and operational improvements for GaN products and manufacturing.Quality Director Responsible for maintaining and improving quality and quality systems in the Mesa and Minnesota wafer fabs. o Responsible for supplier development of silicon wafer and epi suppliers. Completed supplier audits, assessments of new suppliers, and development roadmaps for existing wafer suppliers. Defined key product characteristics and key performance indicators for suppliers. Worked with suppliers to implement lean manufacturing and cost reduction programs to achieve should cost targets. o Supported customers and collaborated with the factories to achieve satisfactory resolution and corrective actions for all quality issues. Demonstrated proficiency at preparing and presenting to senior management and customers.o Strong quality and technical expertise in statistics, process control, SPC, DOE, Mistake-Proofing, Control Plans, FMEA development, and auditing.

WW Bumping Quality ManagerResponsible for maintaining and improving the WW quality systems. Responsible for driving quality improvement activities in multinational factories. Extensive experience in presenting to senior management and customers, and working with customers on quality issues and quality improvements.

Drove cost reduction, process optimization, standardization, process improvements, and productivity improvements in WW Flip Chip factories. Responsible for equipment selection and CAPEX.

Integration manager at Intel Fab 22. Managed group responsible for monitoring device parametrics, product performance, and yield. Group also drove process optimization and problem resolution.

Ion implant / RTA group leader at Intel Fab 22 in Chandler, AZ. Also oxide CMP / Thin Film Metrology group leader at Intel Fab 22 in Chandler, AZ

Responsible for integration improvements, device parametric tracking, sustaining, and manufacturing support. Worked with yield enhancement, product engineers, process engineers, and test engineers to ensure that all timelines for product transfers were met and all integration / device issues were resolved.

Process development engineer and project manager at Motorola Mos-12, Chandler AZ. Developed processes to improve product performance, reduce costs, and improve manufacturability in a high volume IC manufacturing fab.

Implant and Rapid Thermal Anneal process engineer

Senior Process Engineer, Implant / Diffusion / Photolithography

Mba, Business Administration

Bs, Chemical Engineering