Technical Program Manager
CurrentLed the development and execution of Ample's roadmap to create its second generation battery module product and scale it from concept to series manufacturing for tier 1 automotive customers. Reported progress to executive leadership weekly.The Results: - Built multiple new internal products from scratch including an ERP system powered by Airtable that tracked and managed operations, quality, rework, capacity, logistics, staff, fulfilment, and change control. - Key product capabilities were successfully unlocked like driving in all weather conditions, best in class fire resilience, ∼40% increase in energy capacity, and a 2x speed in battery swapping - Product unit cost was cut in half by streamlining production, developing supply chain, and designing for manufacturability - Yield >95% was achieved by solving failure modes in electrical functionality, electrical isolation, power delivery, and more - 10x increase in production capacity was attained with equivalent headcount and 30x is anticipated by Q2 2025 with completion of new automated line - Applied for and passed TÜV conformity of production (COP) audit to verify production quality and regulatory compliance