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Sr. Director: Program Management | Cross-functional Leader | Operations and New Product Introduction Expertise at Western Digital
Location: Irvine, California, United States 9 work roles 1 school
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Walter Keene is listed as Sr. Director: Program Management | Cross-functional Leader | Operations and New Product Introduction Expertise at Western Digital, a company with 25619 employees, based in Irvine, California, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Walter Keene.

Walter Keene previously worked as Sr. Director Customer Failure Analysis at Western Digital and Sr. Director : Program Management HDD Development at Western Digital. Walter Keene holds Bachelor'S Of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering from The University Of Texas At Austin.

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I am a versatile and accomplished senior leader with a proven track record of cross functionally managing development engineering, marketing, operations, and quality focused production teams; delivering high volume, technically challenging products on time with sustained field quality. Specialize in taking a solution-based approach for meeting project requirements. My Key Strengths are in building organizations that value cross-functional working relationships in core teams. I have an entrepreneurial spirit and a positive get-it-done attitude with a willingness to roll up my sleeves when necessary.Program Management | Cross-functional Leader | Operations and New Product Introduction | Issue Resolution/Trouble Shooting | Failure Analysis - 8D | Quality Assurance | Lean Manufacturing/6 Sigma | Big Data | Data Driven / Analytical

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Western Digital
Western Digital
Sr. Director: Program Management | Cross-functional Leader | Operations and New Product Introduction Expertise
san jose, california, united states
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Sr. Director Customer Failure Analysis

Current

Irvine, California

Responsible for a world wide team of Failure analysis directors, managers, and engineers that provide HDD failure root cause and corrective action for failures occurring at OEM, ODM customer sites and Datacenters. Closely partner with Customer Technical Support teams to ensure customer feedback is accurate and timely.Direct Contributions: Managed a cross.

Jan 2016 - Present

Sr. Director : Program Management Hdd Development

Irvine, California

Managed a team of Enterprise HDD Program Directors developing & releasing multiple HDD designs using the latest technology. Coached solutions for program issues encountered during the development and early product introduction phases and mentored new program managers for success. Communicated/presented weekly HDD development status to CEO using well.

Mar 2012 - Jan 2016

Sr. Director : Recording Subsystem Development Integration

Irvine, California

Managed a team of 100+ engineers and managers, specifically responsible for supporting development integration of the Recording Subsystem - Channel with Heads & Media designs during Development phases and Early Product introduction. Reported product status to CTO and HDD Development teams.Direct Contributions: Launched new recording margin forecasting.

Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

Director: Hdd Program Development

Irvine, California

Director Program Management: Cross-functionally lead teams of engineers and support staff to develop new HDD products and to release them to high volume production. Ensured products met timeline schedules, product specification requirements, yield, quality and reliability demands, customer qualification expectations, and cost projections. Direct.

Jun 2006 - Mar 2010

Director: Npi Program Manager

Irvine, California

Operations focused, cross functionally managed teams of operations engineers and supporting staff to construct and manage HDD development plans. These plans included HDD builds with multisourced suppliers, HDD product testing - Engineering Verification Testing (EVTs), Quality validation, and Customer Sample Shipments. Once released into production.

Jan 2001 - Jun 2006

Sustaining Program Manager

Irvine, CA

Cross functionally managed multiple product qualifications using expanded supplier sources to ensure continuity of supply and enable cost reductions. Focused on issues identified during qualifications by coordinating engineering actions to address yield impacts and quality deficiencies.Cross-functional Leader | Operations and New Product Introduction |.

Jan 2000 - Dec 2000

Npi Process Engineer

San Jose, California

Planned and coordinated HDD development builds to support multiphase product development. Cross functionally lead teams to ensure builds occurred as planned and communicated where gaps occurred during the execution. Provided detailed yield reports and worked closely with engineering teams to address failures to improve product manufacturing yields and.

Jan 1997 - Dec 1999

Product Design And Supplier Engineering

San Jose, California

Developed new processes to manufacture HDD component designs, working closely with multiple suppliers world wide.

Oct 1994 - Dec 1996

Process Engineer

Ibm

San Jose, California

Developed new processes for Advanced Head Manufacturing and managed qualifications for customers using the latest designed heads

Mar 1988 - Oct 1994
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Walter Keene is listed as Sr. Director: Program Management | Cross-functional Leader | Operations and New Product Introduction Expertise at Western Digital.

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Walter Keene is based in Irvine, California, United States while working with Western Digital.

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Walter Keene holds Bachelor'S Of Science Degree, Mechanical Engineering from The University Of Texas At Austin.

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