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The growing threat to the national security, stricter requirements for DoD contractors, and more workforce moving online, small and medium-sized businesses require prompt and quality consultancy from trusted experts. CyberNINES combines both, security expertise and IT solutions to protect small and medium sized business owners from physical and cyber threat. CyberNINES.com is a partnership with 5NINES.com.

San Francisco Bay Area

Founded in 2009, Lumenetix designs and produces UL recognized LED light engines, LED light modules, and LED components and OEMs these products to LED lighting fixture manufacturers worldwide. Lumenetix LED light engines, LED light modules, and LED components incorporate game changing inventions in thermal management, controls and optics, that enable the promise of LED lighting technology - low energy consumption, eco-friendly materials, long life and extraordinary lighting controls - to be achieved. Lumenetix is a LED lighting manufacturer that is distinguished by innovative breadth and a team of LED lighting and electronic professionals with a record of practiced execution and commercial success.Accomplishments include:• Lead supply chain team consisting of order management, program management, production planning, and inventory management.• Within six months improved on-time shipping from below 50% to greater than 80%.• Transitioned production planning, work order generation, order management, purchasing, and inventory management from Excel to MRP system.• Implemented kan-ban replenishment system for consumable inventory, eliminating production shortages caused by these components• Initiated ABC inventory classifications and cycle count schedule, improving inventory accuracy from 70% to 99%• Implemented series of weekly operations reviews for open sales orders, production planning, inventory, and purchase orders, giving stakeholders visibility to entire supply chain and improving lead time for products from over 6 weeks to less than three weeks• Redesigned production flow for factory floor and test, improving production and test efficiencies which enabled predictability of work order completion and order shipment.

San Francisco Bay Area

Rocket EMS is an aggressive new, state-of-the-art company specializing in Electronic Manufacturing Services, Design, NPI and Test Services....• Managed company’s largest customer, Cadence Design Systems, representing 40% of company revenues• Responsible for overseeing quoting of highly complex PCBA builds for NPI boards with over 8000 components, consisting of SMT, through-hole (selective solder and hand solder), AXI and AOI testing, and secondary mechanical.• Managed production scheduling for multiple, concurrent NPI builds and system builds, establishing a 100% OTS rate• Instituted RMA processing workflow to reduce RMA aging from 90 days+ to less than 2 weeks• Initiated workflow process improvement for work order planning and scheduling resulting in 100% OTS to promise date• Developed three-year projected forecast, budget, and business case analysis for customer

Santa Cruz, California

Supply Chain• Collaborated with Office Call Center (OCC) Product Management to plan product roadmap and manage portfolio transition representing $300M in annual revenue introducing 8 new product families and End-of-Lifing 10 product families. Product launches were delayed over eight times and still achieved a 95+% On-Time Ship (OTS) rate.• Assumed management of two product lines with less than 50% OTS rate and excess air-ship fees. Performed DMAIC analysis resulting in 98% OTS and eliminated air-shipping.• Managed S&OP meetings to ensure collaboration between Product Management, Sales, and Operations resulting in 93% forecast accuracy.Collaborative Partners• Worked with top distributors representing 80% of B2B revenue to set and maintain inventory levels, on-time shipping goals, and acted as S&OP team liaison. Excess and Obsolete• Proposed, implemented, and led Cross Functional Team to identify inventory with potential high excess risk ($50K+) and developed mitigation plans to reduce risk. Since implementation one year ago, have successfully reduced excess by over $2M.• Architected custom Oracle tool to streamline and strengthen quarterly EandO analysis reducing analysis time from two weeks to four days.• Implemented communication tool between operations and sales to identify excess end-of-life product resulting in over $5M in revenue. • Managed Global Team of 8 associates for quarterly worldwide EandO analysis encompassing $100M in inventory and 14000 SKUs.

Santa Cruz, California

Consignment Management• Successfully negotiated consignment shrinkage payment with Best Buy resulting in $660k of recaptured revenue.• Completed DMAIC analysis of OTD penalties. Implemented new pick and ship process resulting in OTD rate of 90% and reduction of monthly penalties by $30k/month.• Developed and led Cross Functional Team from Finance, IT, Customer Service, Returns, and Inventory Management to manage $2M consignment inventory and $11M annual business. • Drafted and implemented corporate policy and processes:• Sarbanes Oxley Policy on Consignment (at customer) and EandO• Process for retail consignment and EandO analysisSupply-Demand Management• Managed Altec Lansing product line of 60 SKUs• Generated forecast for US, Canada and APAC representing $5M in quarterly revenue.• Maintained OTS of 95% and higher• Maintained forecast accuracy of 90% and higher

Santa Cruz, California

• Negotiated over $1 million in cost reductions for speakers, microphones, and IC’s• Built prototype secure website to prove theory that suppliers could use internet to plan builds based on Plantronics MRP and ship product to meet VMI requirements. Within four months inventory was at targeted levels and we achieved 100% of 2%/10 discounts.

Santa Cruz, California

• Managed transition of 5 new products from concept to full production and 2 projects for product upgrades (Promoted to Commodity Manager after three years)• Led cross-functional teams consisting of personnel from Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Purchasing, and Manufacturing. • Developed and executed all project schedules including: Design, Prototype, Engineering Pilot runs, Manufacturing Pilot runs, and product ramp-up for sustained production.• Managed purchases of all prototype material, engineering pilot material, and manufacturing pilot material.• Managed constantly changing Bill of Materials and costing. Bill of materials consisted of PCBA components, speakers, microphones, plastics, cables, user guides, and packaging• Assembled all necessary documentation for release of product to production

2004-2006: Commanding Officer, Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit• Responsible for Command consisting of 100 personnel and $12 million of equipment• Successfully led command through two critical, highly visible inspections in nine months• Managed five commands consisting of over 400 personnel during high-tempo two week exercise. Received Army Commendation Medal for performance. 2002-2004, 2006-2012: Flag Briefer/Crisis Action Team Watch Officer, Commander Pacific Fleet• Recalled to Active Duty March-Nov, 2003• Responsible for briefing Four-Star Admiral on status of all assets and operations in Pacific Fleet from coast of California to Persian Gulf.• Responsible for planning and managing semi-annual symposium. Hosted over 300 personnel, scheduled 12 speakers including former Ambassador to Sweden, and developed integrated training to simulate actual conditions if mobilized to active duty. Senior ranking Officers commented it was the best symposium they had attended.

Flew SH2-F Anti-Submarine Helicopter and UH1-N Huey.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)-Honors, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Member S.A.L.U.T.E (Service, Academics, Leadership, Unity, Tribute, Excellence) Veterans National Honor Society.

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Activities and Societies: Lacrosse team for three years