Sr Operations Manager
Sunnyvale, Ca
* Led, directed and managed Thin Films, CMP and Plating modules in the Sub-micron development center, developing and transferring 90, 65 and 45 nm flash memory technologies* Managed 24X7 Engineering, Manufacturing and Operations groups* Developed strategy and direction and forecasted capital and expense budgets and implemented cost controls* Realized 75% cost savings over a 4 year period in test wafer usage * Developed and implemented material controls* Developed and implemented line and sort yield improvement programs, quality control and statistical process control programs* Implemented lean manufacturing* Experienced in team building, change management and natural work groups* Drove new equipment selection. purchase, installation, qualification and production release* Managed 200 to 300mm wafer conversion while continuing to run 200mm R&D operations with no impact to technology development schedule* Managed vendor relationships* Coordinated and interacted with integration, process development and high volume manufacturing fabs