Wayne Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Responsible and accountable for SMB Laser category end to end experience, FW, HW, and SW release quality and ongoing field performance quality, including warranty spend budget.
• Lead high performance team to assess and validate all customer facing quality metrics and create all customer and service documentation required for clear customer usage and support of products.
• Provide strategic direction and leadership of Initiatives to improve customer quality and reduce warranty spend.
• Apply open, approachable and collaborative communication style to create and maintain alignment with R&D Hardware/FW Development, Marketing and Customer Support Partners.
• Create and lead transformational changes in how we conduct product, solutions, and experience assessments and validation work to keep pace with ever evolving business needs.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Collaborate with HP Inc Executives on methodology to enable a more complete cultural and professional integration of the S. Korean A3 Print acquisition into the HP Inc global culture and way of working
• Defined, recruited, and built a cohesive, high performing team of technical engineering leaders who operate with high Emotional Intelligence as Navigators/coaches within 2 months.
• Lead and inspire the team to create all content needed to support the integration of work processes, documentation, quality methods, and culture of the Korea team into Global HP.
• Facilitate and inspire deep trusting relationships between my team of “Navigators” and their S. Korean “Driver” counterparts to enable a 2-in-a-box shared responsibility model where Drivers own “WHAT” is delivered and.
• Coach, mentor, and employ open communication style to keep S. Korea members and HP Executives informed and aligned on design decisions, qualification methods, quality issues, and to resolve previous areas of.
• Lead and drive the cross-organizational forum which defines HP’s strategic A3/Copier product Vintage Chart and investment priorities for HP’s A3 Print business.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Advise management on technology and product direction and driving the execution of the decisions and direction with other engineering partners and OEM’s.
• Technical management and leadership of large global, cross-functional engineering teams to define products which meet or lead market needs.
• International OEM management and technical leadership for contract system design and manufacturing across cultural boundaries through email, video conferences, and extensive overseas travel
• Develop and negotiate system specifications with internal and external partners as well as lead team to write and execute test plans to ensure specification adherence as well as statistically verified reliability and.
• Create and drive initiatives to incorporate applicable standards into mechanical design and documentation as well as drive continuous quality mindset to ensure long term adoption and adherence to these standards.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Design and provide design leadership for print, scan, paper handling, and automatic document feeders (ADF) for low- and high-end laser printers, photocopiers, and large digital presses (Indigo)
• Provide expertise, guidance, and technical leadership to maintain effective concurrent design environment as well as addressing and correcting CAD related issues and documentation leadership per ASME Y14.5 (GD&T).
• Drive work efficiency and results by leading initiatives to develop and identify best practices and procedures, as well as mentor other engineers.
• Lead detailed part design efforts as needed and provide engineering guidance and consultation to understand and resolve customer escalation and field/manufacturing issues.

US

• Key member of multi-discipline design teams tasked to develop and produce wet processing equipment used in the Semiconductor industry.
• Apply knowledge of servo control technology and mechanisms experience for the design of multi-axis, servo robotics for use in 200mm and 300mm semiconductor wafer handling and processing.
• Apply knowledge of designing with Fluoropolymers (PTFE, PFA, PVDF, etc.) and knowledge of fluid systems and pneumatic systems to design Chemical Process Chambers.
• Utilize ProEngineer CAD system for the design of sheet metal, machined, and molded parts to SEMI, ANSI, CE, and other applicable specifications.
• Lead multi-discipline team in the field to install and qualify new wet etch equipment.

Kalispell, MT, US

R&D Mechanical design engineer, key member of copper electroplating tool development.

Arlington, VA, US

Student Engineer/Intern working in Auburn Sheetmetal center as Process/Manufacturing Engineer