Chad Vos, Mba, Pmp, Bsme Email & Phone Number

Addison, Texas, United States

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Managed global program for design and development of cash sorting equipment. Included management of internal and subcontractor project teams for:* Hardware/software design and implementation* ProE global infrastructure development* CE certification* Product Testing and Customer TrialManaged NPD teams from concept definition to project completion to deliver high speed banknote sorting equipment solutions including hardware, firmware, software design and implementation.Developed and led Concept Workshops for technology roadmap projects.Contract management/development

Lead R&D project manager that helped customer-focused, global organization dominate the N. American market in discrete thyristors and solid-state overvoltage protectors.Deployed into production 20 new product families and managed $3.75M capital and expense budgets across 8 years R&D experience.Received US patent award for developing innovative, low package density, integrated circuit assembly solution for broadband telecom protection, and joint patent award for creation of low-capacitance, integrated circuit for protecting low voltage, high speed communication lines.Launched product which took 100% of annual business from 18 year incumbent supplier. Formed strategic partnership with largest North American consumer by working directly with the customer, and by managing 13-member global team to drive product to deployment.Managed 14 team members in Taiwan, Mexico, and US to redesign and drive product deployment, in order to meet critical application performance requirements. Protector was only the 2nd product in marketplace of its’ kind, and has gained substantial annual market-share.Led 15 team members in Philippines and US to drive new VDSL2 and Ethernet “SDP” product families from design conception through production readiness.Drove 20% and 36% cost reductions into B3104UC and B1101UC product families through silicon & process changes in US and Mexico sites. Enabled Marketing team to meet challenge of eroding market prices while improving gross profit margin.Consistently recognized for best on-time record regarding project stage gate reviews and deadlines.Developed financial profitability model as effective tool for communicating status w/ senior management.Expanded product portfolio by developing "MC" (micro-capacitance) family of SIDACtor protectors. They have best surge to capacitance ratio in industry. Project team met critical timeline for key customer and achieved sole source position after product release.

Achieved $800K annual savings and defended a major customer account by specifying and developing automated assembly line for high-volume SMB production. Addressed technical challenges by integrating equipment alternatives into viable process that much improved product quality.Specified, procured, and qualified automated back-end process equipment for new DPACK and SOIC products in Mexico facility.Authored product design specification that became contract between stakeholders for each new product development.Co-led the development of first automated wafer probe system for testing production devices.Developed breakthrough performance improvements demonstrated with solder dispense and wafer cleaning techniques, and confirmed with experiments.

Lead engineer in Advanced Manufacturing / Equipment Engineering Group.Commended by management for co-leading wafer fab expansion/conversion project. Semiconductor equipment upgrades & automation increased capacity by 35% and wafer yield by >25%, and enabled key sales growth. Recognized by corporate management in Chief Executive Award for Excellence contest.Managed $4.5M capital equipment budget encompassing: equipment and technology specification, vendor evaluation and management, procurement, installation, and start-up.Managed specification, procurement, and start-up of three in-line device test/handler systems. Work included design reviews with vendor, project scheduling, system acceptance, and qualification procedures. Trained production and maintenance personnel.

Work experience as part of Cooperative Education Program at Texas A&M University.Supervised up to 10 contractor personnel for quarry drilling program to evaluate future ore reserves.Designed and developed automated material sampling and transfer station.Interacted with state agencies concerning environmental issues.

Bsme, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)

Mba, Business Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Sigma Iota EpsilonGraduated September 2011 with Honors

Pmp, Project Management (2010)

Education record

Project Mangement Training Course (2005)