Steve Cate Email & Phone Number

Fremont, Ca, Us

Responsible for all aspects of direct silicon manufacturing and operations, including Fab, Assembly and Test strategies, planning and execution of production, contract negotiations, as well as new product introductions and quality activities. Facilitating revenue and increasing value through innovative planning architectures, leverage creation, site strategies and integration of ERP,MRP and PLM systems while building a lean international organization. Developing offshore engineering, multi-site management, and cost reduction initiatives to improve time to market and increased profit margins.

San Jose, Ca, Us

 Responsible for defining Packaging, Assembly and Test Strategies that address market drivers and customer challenges, establishing LSI as a technology leader. Facilitating revenue and increasing value to the customers systems through collaborative interactions that define, develop and deliver solutions to future product architectural roadblocks. Strategic Planning also encompasses all aspects of the OSAT operations including: technology roadmaps and development alignments, supply constraints, opportunities and leverage creation, cost negotiations, and overall executive relationships.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Responsible for all tactical and strategic assembly and logistics operations. Manages new package development for products with future revenue of $3 billion, sustaining engineering, subcontract management, subcontract price negotiations, production control, freight logistics, compliance, offshore manufacturing , shipping and tape and reel operations. Built an Assembly factory in the Philippines to produce module circuits and tape and reel WLP products. Recruited and manage a multidisciplinary international organization of over 1200 employees and have responsibility for an annual budget of over $120 million. • Negotiated cost savings on packaging contracts by $20 million over 5 years• Conceived and implemented the WLP packaging strategy• Managed WLP foundry services• Negotiated for subcontract test services• Automated Assembly information and instructions reducing cycle times by 4 days• Improved yields by 2% saving $40 million in scrap costs• Revamped the forecasting system improving the accuracy by 120% over 2 years• Improve OTD by 3%• Introduced and qualified over 240 new packages into the company portfolio over 6 years• Implemented process capability studies resulting in wafer and packaging design rules that improved product manufacturability

Manchester, Nh, Us

Bs And Ba, Chem Eng And Economics

Bs Chem Engineering, Ba Economics