Wade Bantz Email & Phone Number

Fremont, CA, US

US

Tap-a-PM is your source for Project and Program Management consulting and permanent employment. Each experienced, educated, and skilled team member can hit the ground running to achieve project success and build lasting project and program management processes. Current roles for myself include participating in the development and delivery of an online.

London, GB

• Provided PM support and met all budget, schedule and technical performance objectives for a group of advanced technology programs that related to the Army’s Future Combat Systems program. These included Near Autonomous.
• Conducted the NAUS Capstone Demo earning strong praise from the customer, TARDEC.
• Co-authored a NAUS paper with TARDEC PM which was selected for presentation at the NDIA-GVSETS in 2009.
• Wrote Partial Termination Proposal for NAUS which was accepted at first introduction by the government.
• Selected to represent BAE at the National Robotics Engineering Center Autonomous Platform Demonstrator Critical Design Review.
• Trained Project Engineers on how to conduct financial analysis for P&E SIL and RCIS.

US

Managed the Falcon Loadport Program. Assembled a matrixed team of >45 members. Led the program through BP, C&F and alpha phases. Achieved a cycle time for design start to customer demonstration of <120 days. Achieved a >50% cost reduction on production based pricing as compared to the current product.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Managed the Epi KPU chamber engineering team. Was responsible for on time performance of all Epi KPU engineering activity. Served as the primary interface to FEP Central Engineering and Synexis resources. Concurrently.
• Project Manager for the Siltronic JDP.
• Program Manager for the 300mm Lamp Module Improvement Program.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Managed the Logic Customer Programs for the Epi KPU. Consisted of managing all the activities related to acquiring and maintaining the business with the Epi logic customers. Primary focus was on Intel, TSMC and Micron..
• Managed a matrixed team of >40 members.
• New product penetrations were achieved at all focus customers and resulted in follow on tool orders.
• Developed new program planning tool to integrate all of the KPU Programs.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Managed marketing for the Epi KPU. Tasks included producing technical symposiums, maintaining product roadmaps and COO models, performing sales training, preparing customer presentations and market sizing analysis..
• Raised ASP for the 300mm Epi ATM tool by 20%.
• Customer visits included IBM, SEH, SUMCO, Komatsu, Micron, Wacker, Canon and Elpida.
• Hosted sales training provided in China, Japan, North America, France and Germany.
• Produced and hosted Technical Symposia in Japan, North America and Europe.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Managed all engineering activities for the Epi KPU. Continued as the 300mm ATM Epi Program Manager. Selected to manage the low temp. Epi (LTE) program. Managed the relationship with Central Platform Engineering to.
• Program managed the Epi 300mm ATM tool to a >90% market share position.
• Through close customer start-up management positioned the 300mm Epi ATM tool to have the fastest start up time of any AMAT tool.
• Implemented a checkbook system to monitor KPU expenses.
• Managed through a staff reduction from eight to three.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Managed the Mechanical Engineering team in the Epi Division Modules Engineering Group. Was able to form a team in three months with individuals from Epi, CES, RTP and HTF fully trained on a common CAD platform.
• Developed a “virtual organization” to meet variable resourcing requirements for the 300mm re-packaging program and support the concurrent engineering philosophy that was utilized.
• Program managed the Epi 300mm program for product demonstration at Semicon West 2000 and product release by the end of FY2000.
• Produced a lab tool and two customer tools as engineering builds to meet tight timelines.
• Served as the LEAP Champion for the Division.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Led the mechanical engineering team that developed the 300mm Epi chamber. Primary responsibility was on the Chamber Main Body, Upper Lamp Module and the Chamber Process Kit. Designs were completed on time and.
• Chamber design reached process specifications by wafer #8.
• Responsible for all FEA work that was performed on the critical chamber components.
• Established a chamber test facility for process testing of the new chamber designs.
• Developed and established relationships with new suppliers to cut prototype material lead times by up to 50%.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Managed several projects in the Manufacturing Technology Development Group/AMET/WMO. Duties involved identifying key cost reduction opportunities, determining feasibility, design or re-design, supplier selection and.
• Utilized electroforming to produce a water cooled chamber reflector. This change in manufacturing method represented a 50% savings over the contracted price of the previous part.
• Should cost evaluation and negotiation produced a >$2K in savings on the HTF Chamber Rotation/Lift Assembly.

• Held a broad ranging position that primarily consisted of managing a family of specialized electromagnets that were used for focusing linear beam microwave tubes and cross field devices, in laboratory magnet coils and.
• Designed a second generation ARSR magnet that weighed 45% less, produced 12% more field and consumed 8% less power.
• Designed a magnet used by Lam Research that produced a 45% higher field than the previous suppliers unit in the same size package.
• Successfully administered production for the Nexrad and TDWR programs. Conducted the ASR, ARSR, Lam Research and Varian Oncology programs.
• Implemented an electronic data transfer system to send CAD files to suppliers. Non-recurring engineering costs were cut by an average of 50%.
• Changed welding procedures on magnet products which reduced welding time by 1/3 and rejection rate to less than 1%.

Certificate, Project And Program Management

Bs, Mechanical Engineering