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California, United States

Santa Clara, California, United States

San Mateo, California, United States

San Francisco, California

Responsible for taking product to production. This included among other things, multiple design reviews with focus on Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFx), product reliability definition and testing, Failure Analysis (FA), Contract Manufacture (CM) sourcing and selection, scheduling, component sourcing, prototype assembly, and documentation.

San Mateo, Ca

Managed quality and product reliability testing across all product lines: Plastic injection overmolded cases, Lithium Polymer (LiPo) Battery packs, cables, and other accessories● Managed quality teams based in San Mateo, Mexico, and China● Revamped company quality system including standardization of defects identification and nomenclature, introduction of inline inspection and testing, production and warranty defect data collection and analysis, Product reliability test creation, and quality review of product designs.● Factory audits of current and potential suppliers to support current and upcoming products● Reduced customer warranty defect rates of multiple product lines by 5-40% by providing redesign recommendations and process improvements

• Provided broad-scope coordination to cross-functional domestic and international teams supporting 48 technical employees in the iPhone development efforts. • Coordinated budget requirements and forecast with Engineering and Product Development for presentation to Finance for approval. • Scheduled equipment and materials for prototype builds; ensuring production builds met schedule with close oversight of offshore contract manufacturers and suppliers.• Successfully executed multiple new product introductions (NPIs) with inclusive resource and budget planning along with detailed risk assessments.• Utilized innovative, non-confrontational methods among internal and external stakeholders for addressing issues, promoting harmony, and keeping projects on track.

Sunnyvale, Ca

• Designed, built, evaluated, and ramped prototype and other equipment in support of testing development, assembly, and packaging in a $150-$200 million per quarter CPU production environment. • Evaluated and qualified new packaging materials for yield and cost improvements using Design of Experiment (DOE) and Statistical Process Control (SPC) methods.• Managed the CPU assembly process development projects including budget and resource requirements, along with scheduling, and specification generation.• Using Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principals introduced material, tolerance, specification and equipment changes generating significant yield increases and reduced takt times.• Audited vendors’ production plants in U.S. and overseas reviewing equipment, quality programs, process documentation, capabilities, turnover rate, and others to support/qualify NPI and approved Corrective Actions.• Served as the Supplier Interface Engineer (SIE) for a key substrate supplier for eight months; conducted design review and drove scheduling for on-time delivery.• Recognized with two VP Spot Lite Awards for Thermal Systems and Thermal Interface Material (TIM) development enabling higher-powered products and reducing cost approximately $1.0 million, while increasing yield by 5%.

Sunnyvale, Ca

• Managed overall areas of process design optimization, design collaboration, and key personnel training for existing internal assembly plants in Singapore, Malaysia, and China. • Directed the support efforts in installation of new equipment, along with addressing production issues achieving production rates of 99+% within prescribed timelines.• As primary contributor, developed, and qualified adhesives, conformal coatings, and Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) for continuous improvement and NPI employed on all CPUs including PS4 and xBox One.• Managed TIM 1.5/2 projects including sourcing, evaluating, and ramping. • Provided backend test expertise to product development teams to support Design for Test (DFT).• Led technical reviews for any new equipment or equipment changes in backend tests. • Strategized thermal/test system capabilities to support future product requirements. • Developed specifications, designs, qualifications, ramping, and support for internally developed test equipment.

Sunnyvale, Ca

• Co-developed, integrated and qualified internal and external suppliers thermal control systems with internal test platforms. • Co-developed, validated, and ramped various test socket solutions• Conducted a force study, which increased the socket inserting life by 3X.• Saved around $1.0 million annually implementing an alternative TIM that was less expensive and provided higher levels of performance.

Las Vegas, Nv

Seasonal job building small volume and prototype parts.Setup and operated various metal fabrication machinery such as Shear, Break, Vertical Mill, spot welder, etc.