Vernon Shipley Email & Phone Number

United States

Management of the corporate facilities and office operations.

Nimble was acquired by HPE - Owned and managed facility operations teams for optimizing performance simultaneously at 9 sites at HPE, including; security, cleaning, repairs, building upgrades and resource expansions, waste and recycling, sever/RFI & hardware labs, health and safety. Created stipend food program for the Engineering sites, troubleshot.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Planned, designed and managed relocation and expansion of over 100 employee facility space on time and under budget using end-to-end project management methods and tools. Executed all aspects of $300K budget while.
• Designed and implemented methods to proactively accommodate company’s 300% Silicon Valley headcount growth within 2 years. Performed demand and capacity management to accommodate growth while meeting regulatory.
• Implemented and executed engineering server laboratory HVAC/electrical demand management process, including assessing and implementing a $70K power upgrade requirements due to increasing engineering assets.
• Owned and managed all security requirements of the San Jose facility including 24 hour alarm systems, access management (vendor, employees, server rooms etc.), loss prevention investigation and mitigation, server room.
• Implemented and managed a companywide ergonomics program, including proactive risk assessment, employee training, solution implementation, and coordinating external consultants when necessary.
• Developed and implemented companywide emergency and safety programs including defining evacuation strategies, conducting periodic evacuation and first responders’’ trainings and executing evacuation simulations.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Established $100K in new customer sales the first month in sales as a sales representative.
• Performed multiple large scale mechanical projects, including Managed and executed a $100K budget 35 high speed rollup door installation project with zero defects.
• Implemented strategies to maintain and improve fleet of service vehicles, tools/suppliers inventory, OSHA and other standard safety regulations.
• Managed the Safety program by designing and implementing safety protocols including “The Near Miss” program, evacuation plans, developing various matrices including schedules for verification of safety equipment.
• Reduced monthly “concerned customer” calls totals by 20% by designing and implementing tools such as the Discrepancy Report to improve quality.
• Completely eliminated the cause of back logged preventative maintenance by identifying and implementing process changes.

Berkley, CA / Honolulu, HI

• Engaged in all equipment maintenance, troubleshooting, quality assurance assessments, parts ordering and repairs for multiple sites.
• Immediately improved quarterly audit ratings for facilities/equipment by achieving A+ ratings and defect free awards at the Honolulu site.
• Developed periodic maintenance schedules to proactively address OSHA/Facilities and equipment issues.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Supervised 10 hardware/calibration engineers and warehouse employees and implemented repair strategies.
• Supervised the transfer of equipment repair processes from Connecticut to California, including development of technical documentation to facilitate the repair/calibration and safe handling of radioactive PCR/DNA.
• Personally conducted repairs and validations for products as needed to stay on schedule.
• Implemented strategies which reduced the repair time of the PCR equipment from 14 days to 4 days.
• Ensured compliance to established calibration protocols developed for the Federal Investigative Bureau
• Managed weekly staff meetings, completed monthly production reports, approved time cards and other activities with managing a team.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Lead a special quality improvement team and implemented multiple process improvements resulting in a reduction of scrap materials by 3% overall.
• Maintained performance standards for automated disc manufacturing equipment including servo-writers, adept robotics, and wash equipment in a cleanroom environment.
• Trained, certified and maintained matrixes for clean room processes. Implemented companywide materials including the “New Hire Clean Room Orientation”, government audited “On Track” training program.

Education record

o HR Development Training o Strategic Advantage Training o ISO 9000 Auditing Processional Sequence Award

Education record

Coursework: Handling difficult and demanding customers, Business writing, management and techniques, Performance management, What it takes.

Education record

Mil Spec Component Solder Training