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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, Australia

Finisar was acquired by II-VI in September 2019. II-VI was acquired by Coherent in July 2022. Finisar Australia operates as a subsidiary of Coherent.Heading up the quality and reliability group of a successful high tech company in optical telecommunications (ROADMs and WSS). I am leading a group of around 15 people in quality control & assurance, reliability engineering, quality systems and documentation control. My group and I manage customer service and customer returns, customer complaints follow up, product & component qualification, engineering change management, internal and external (customer and ISO) auditing, IQC and OQC, deviation & waiver management, general quality assurance etc. I am liaising directly or via sales & marketing with our clients across the world where it concerns quality & reliability concerns.

Sydney, Australia

Responsible for quality assurance across product development, new product introduction and manufacturing for a category 3 medical device (implantable devices) manufacturer. Leading a team of six engineers covering internal, regulatory and supplier auditing, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), regulatory assessment, process improvement and quality assurance as mentioned above.

Shanghai City, China

Responsible for product development and quality, including supplier quality. I am part of a sourcing group for components and assemblies for medical devices in China and I manage all engineering aspects related to sourcing. I cover the full range of modalities with an emphasis on X-ray, CT and materials. Currently building a team of senior and mature players in the medical equipment team

Shanghai City, China

Business Unit Mobile Display SystemsI am responsible for achieving high levels of customer satisfaction by ensuring that the customer quality performance is at a world-class benchmark. Globally responsible for all quality aspects of all telecom products. Setting quality targets and deploys them effectively across the organization. Initiating improvement actions and programs. Driving progress and the necessary corrective actions through 8D processes. Knowing and understanding our quality performance at the customer. Note: TPO Displays was a joint venture between Philips MDS and Toppoly from Taiwan.

Shanghai City, China

Provide overall leadership of the Product Creation Centre Shanghai (PCCS). Responsible for resource and performance management, budget and financial control and site infrastructure. Responsible for the design and development processes as well as for the technical content and quality of the products. Responsible for the technical capabilities of the development team. Chair and sign off project milestone meetings.

Shanghai City, China

Develop and implement quality improvement programs, for both operations and product development. Understand and deliver against customer requirements for key accounts in the mobile telecom area. Responsible for all quality related communication with the customer. Respond to quality issues. Root cause analysis, re-occurrence and prevention management. PPM tracking systems. Customer and supplier audits. Maintain quality systems. Business excellence. Successful initiation of 6 sigma programs in product development.

Heerlen, The Netherlands

Managed a small product development team, 17 people strong for a key account in mobile telecom in Germany, to reach the objective of delivering display modules to the customer. Main technical contact for the customer. Responsible to ensure the products are designed and manufactured against the customer specification. Resource management of the development team. Delivered two displays products to the customer.

Heerlen, The Netherlands

Managed customer projects to completion following the product creation procedures and deliver against the agreed milestones and specification. Initiate, build and maintain a relationship with the strategic customer on both technical and procedural levels in order to support co-design. Escalate issues that have major commercial or technical impact. Maintain technical product documentation. Present a credible and acceptable interface to all relevant parts of the customer organisation.

Roermond, The Netherlands

Responsible for the design, design-in, marketing and application of passive electronic components (resistors, capacitors and inductors). Design, design-in and application of integrated modules, e.g. bluetooth radio. Sales support. Frequently visited major customers in mobile telecommunications in Europe for road mapping and business development purposes.

Zoeterwoude, The Netherlands

Consultative sales of electronic test equipment. Sales of electronic board test systems and of test systems for Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), Electromagnetic Compatibility and other high frequency equipment. Acquisition of new customers. Support the customers commercially and technically. Active mainly in the Benelux area and the German Ruhr-area.

Development of test routines and processes for desktop PC's. Maintenance, calibration.

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