Peter Carpenter Email & Phone Number

Cypress, Texas, United States

• Responsible for providing cost, operational, and supply support for Microsoft’s Azure Datacenters globally, ensuring datacenter clusters, racks, and individual server nodes maintain in-service capacity at or above.
• One of my primary internal customers is Azure Specialized Compute, supporting Microsoft's expansion of AI-focused hardware centered around GPU development.
• The role involves managing supplier relationships for spare parts and warranty support, focusing on GPU System Integrators during various stages of rack deployment to ensure consistent supply, quality goals, and.
• Ensure availability of adequate spare stock at each datacenter by working closely with GPU suppliers and System Integrators on forecasting, purchasing, and repair cycle times within agreed service levels.
• Responsible for negotiating annual warranty extensions with System Integrator for support beyond the standard 3-year warranty period for production racks.
• Negotiate quarterly spare part pricing for all server node components with System Integrator including GPUs which comprise most of our spare parts spend.

Houston, Texas Area

• Master Level - Strategic Advance Sourcing Manager (Memory, PCB, Storage Solutions)
• Responsible and accountable for end-to-end NPI sourcing strategy and execution.
• Ownership of supply strategy from Proof of Concept through product launch + 90 days.
• Manage cross-functional, globally diverse peer teams consisting of component qualification engineering, finance, master technologists, marketing, product management, service, supply chain and R&D.
• Develop disruptive new or alternative sources to enhance cost savings opportunities.
• Continuous market intelligence mining in collaboration with corporate MI executive guidance.Key Accomplishments:

Houston, Texas Area

• Sr. Strategic Account Manager, Commercial Sales
• Strategic responsibility for the overall relationship and sales strategy for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, a top 5 customer.
• Tactical responsibility for all direct sales activity into HPE Server Division.
• Peer management for HPE Networking and Storage sales as well as inside customer sales support staff.Key Accomplishments:
• Grew revenue 75% in three years.
• Completed 9 highly technical component and/or solution qualifications.

Houston, Texas Area

Develop supply chain process and strategy for strategic commodities to enable HP to win large-volume opportunities

HP Houston

Manage Enterprise DRAM and Non-Volatile Memory Products (NAND Flash)

Commodity Manager duties as follows:Server Chipsets - 1999 to 2000Notebook Audio, Chipsets, Graphics, I/O, Microprocessor - 2000 - 2004Notebook Hard Disk Drives - 2004 - 2007

Bachelor'S Degree, Business Administration - Productions And Operations Management

Activities and Societies: Social Science Research Lab

Mba, International Business