Lead and motivate cross-functional engineering teams to manage multiple projects, ensuring the timely and successful delivery of high-quality automotive software.

Led manufacturing software deployment for GEN 5 and GEN 6 generator production. Managed and collaborated with cross functional teams for cost-reduction effort projects. Successfully defined and established software BOM and JIRA migration. Communicated with management and stakeholders for project status and risk mitigation.▪ Managed software release to the manufacturing process. Coordinated SW development, testing, and NPI validation & delivery to US and CM sites. Established software part number for SBOM for production release. Responsible for ensuring production SW deployment work instructions are up to date and communicated to CM for manufacturing.▪ Trained supply chain to follow the engineering change process and negotiated with the test team to optimize the qualification plan to meet the cost-reduction milestone. Communicated the verification schedule and risk mitigation to management.▪ Defined and established JIRA project boards, backlogs and timeline. Conducted weekly cross functional team meetings with supply chain, engineering, test, and quality teams for project planning and tracking. Documented and trained teams to use JIRA.▪ Facilitated the security working group to create and improve company policies. Implemented IT/OT security best practices. Monitored incidents and reported penetration testing for cybersecurity & infrastructure security agency (CISA) to meet energy regulatory compliance.

-Responsible for end-to-end delivery of telematics control module connectivity software features for R1T, R1S and Amazon Electric Delivery Van-Define team roadmaps and conduct quarterly feature delivery and capacity planning for development, integration and system testing-Collaborate with multiple cross-functional TPMs and domain teams to identify, drive critical paths and ensure synchronized deliveries of integrated solution/features required for each program milestone-Conduct daily stand up and weekly sprint planning. Triage customer feedback and field escalations-Set up confluence and dashboard for project reporting, to establish effective communications to key stakeholders on program status, issues/risks, and accomplishments-Create an internal vehicle reservation portal to track and improve vehicle usage-Lead and drive the development and implementation for eCall certification. Support EU 155 compliance development for vehicle cybersecurity homologation-Manage suppliers to ensure timely issue resolution. Liaison for software support to contract manufacture, factory and service teams-Define and build the Agile framework and identify programmatic risks and work to mitigate and reduce exposure and remove roadblocks to meet delivery milestones

• Manage multiple telematics pursuit and award projects for TCU (telematics control unit) and smart antenna development simultaneously for the best-connected car experience. Plan and maintain project budget and cost, create milestones and realistic schedule• Manage roadside unit platform development and pursuits for 5G edge and C-V2X deployment to deliver critical messages between infrastructure and vehicles to improve safety and alleviate traffic congestion• Work closely with cross-functional teams in different time zones including Sales, Design, Test, Manufacturing, and Quality teams in defining charter, role and strategy, identifying team’s dependencies, lessons learned, reusable design• Report and communicate status with executive stakeholders to meet their expectation• Define actions to mitigate risks in order to deliver projects according to plan within the agreed to scope, budget, and timeline• Perform the full range of the project management lifecycle and establish Agile process across various teams• Lead Team 1 and Scrum meetings using JIRA, ALM, Confluence, Doors, Sharepoint• Coordinate with internal and Mobile Network Operator labs for Network Attached Device module and TCU certification testing efforts

Program management of NIO’s first EV, ES8 SUV's telematics & connected gateway ECU development and deliverables. Coordination of pilot and mass production build plan and schedule● Strategic planning, prioritize product development and risk management. Coordination of vehicle milestones and activities across vehicle functional areas between China and US team● Led cross-functional engineering and coordinated with China official labs to complete CCC/SRRC/NAL regulatory certifications and vehicle homologation GBT 32960.2 for on board terminal requirement● Identification of issues and coordination of gap closure plans● Communication and escalation to upper management for transparent visibility● Budget control for functional area and different development builds● Defined and led Agile development process, as certified Scrum master● Component supplier management/coordination● Provide guidance and expertise on overseas factory qualification and NPI to ramp up mass production● Initiate process and document product specification and BOM control using Confluence and 3D Experience● Setup Jira to track issues, sprint, risk assessment and drive issues to resolution

Core team validation lead for 15 million revenue innovative mobility product line and mainstream 1.3 billion revenue direct attached storage (DAS) product line. Collaboratively work with cross functional teams throughout product life cycle. Successfully manage system level testing in SW/FW/HW performance, reliability, compatibility, interoperability tests to meet product development milestone and logo certification with high quality - Wireless mobility Storage: 2 generations of Seagate Wireless Plus (won Best of CES 2013) and WIreless, LaCie Fuel (won Best of CES 2014 Innovations and qualified in Apple store last year). Seagate Media iOS , Android/Amazon applications, and client media sync software- Direct Attached Storage: Mac & PC versions of FreeAgent GoFlex, Backup Plus, Expansion line and OEM USB/Thunderbolt HDD/SSD products. - Facilitates Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Daily Stand-Ups, Product Demos and Sprint Retrospectives - full Software Development Life Cycle. Support/Collaborate with team members to implement Agile/Scrum best practices. Familiar with Jira, Redmine and Bugzilla bug tracking systems.- Provide country regulatory guidance to cross functional components such as RF, battery and power supply country certification requirements, assist in strategic planning and development processes to accurately estimate qualification schedule with 90% confidence.- Manage logo certification such as WHQL, USB-IF, WiFi and BLT to meet time to market. - Oversee iOS/Android/Windows application testing. Monitor star rating and field feedback and reviews- Reduce new product test expense by 48% by negotiating with ODM, alternative 3rd party testing and monitor and define component quality and certification requirement.- Train and manage 3 JDM overseas and 4 different 3rd party test labs in US, China, India and EU to leverage their expertise and advocate for support and tools integration for Seagate product lines.

Core team lead for manufacturing test development, NPI, product reliability and factory quality. Successful launched Maxtor portable and desktop OneTouch IV product lines- Managed manufacturing test development to meet product requirement. Negotiated with PCB vendor and subcontract manufacturers for test requirement.- Interfaced with CM in US, EU and Asia daily troubleshooting their test process issues. Performed failure analysis on test failures. Optimized test software and production testing processes. Oversaw global implementation of standardized test platforms.- Experienced in qualification on Inline and FGA test software in Java and Visual Basic. Implemented automated, sustainable, and repeatable test processes.- Developed scale-able test processes for continued improvements on efficiency and reduced complexity in operations by 20%.- Maintained and improved repair center test processes and documentation to be consistence among different CM.

SQA lead for one of NetApp's most strategic and successful new product lines- Successfully qualified on storage/RAID/file system SW for the first three generations nearline product line which generated top line revenues for NetApp of $100M, $200M, and $450M (about 30% of total corporate revenue in its first year) respectively. - Responsible for Storage/RAID layer testing which included test planning, test case development and automation, test setup, execution, and bug discovery and fix verification.- Created/managed test schedules, coordinated risk assessment and contingency plans to ensure meeting aggressive product launch deadlines (with 100% on time delivery).- Coordinated test equipment planning and setup across all SQA groups. Implemented shared testbed architecture to save qualification equipment cost. Conducted weekly SQA meetings to communicate project team information and keep track of test status and lab issues- Worked closely with developers to design test strategies, reproduce, isolate, and debug problemsInteracted with vendors and hardware engineers for troubleshooting firmware/hardware problems found during testing. Improved manufacturing inspection processes and reliability

Supervised daily tasks for 4 technicians in reliability lab smooth transition of new products into manufacturing, characterized major yield detractors and developed plans for improvement. Received outstanding contribution awards as Seagate Media Gigastar and Key employee.- Participated and interfaced with development team and developed new head/disk interface tests on high end disk design programs.- Setup, maintained and scheduled environmental testers, drives and chambers and evaluated new testers and fixtures, tools and procedures to determine impact of potential opportunities for continuous improvement teams (CIT) on efficiency and yield.- Documented and updated program procedures and test parameters in development, launch and production phases.- Managed production shift transitions with failure analysis technicians and engineers, presented yield and FA to upper management on daily basis.- Monitored and reported failure analysis trends/yield detractors, demonstrated 8D corrective actions for improvement.- Trained engineers, technicians and operators on proper procedures/machine operation; Audited manufacturing floor to highlight potential opportunities