• Established the day-to-day activities ensuring performance metrics including production yield, product quality, and pack accuracy• Provide an R&D foundation through rapid prototyping and Alpha/Beta level fabrication• Optimized production to eliminate waste through measurement and continuous improvement• Tracked sales YOY (year-over-year) and made corrections to accommodate seasonal changes• Created an inventory management system to ensure a dependable supply of materials (approximately 350-part numbers)• Enforced safety and shop best practices to achieve company goals• Confirmed UI/UX during product development and packaging design

• Developed and maintained a single worldwide Strategic Supplier Strategy for the cable commodity• Contributor to seven R&D teams worldwide by providing robust documentation, a proven First Article inspection process, and effective cost-avoidance tactics• HPE System Architecture Development Programs consultant helping develop more effective systems designs and cable solutions• Managed risk and cost while maintaining assurance of supply at the highest level of quality• Cable Design, DfX, and Sourcing Expert• Onboarded four additional suppliers to act as Price Disrupters to ensure competitive pricing• Coordinated cable manufacturing with seven primary suppliers in five geographic regions• Resolved all quality issues through RC/CA and the use of Production Yield Analysis (monthly)

• Managed seven Application Engineers and up to 20 Engineering Technicians• Customer Focused Team Leader dedicated to the Hewlett Packard Company• Increased annual revenue from $12M to $25M by expanding presence into eight customer sites• Cable design and DfX Master

• Cable design and DFx (Expert) specifically for Hewlett-Packard Company• Worked more independently from Outside Sales; took on a Customer Focused role• Contributing member of T10/T11/T13/SFF Standards Committees

• Cable Design and DfX Specialist• Liaison between the Customer, Outside Sales, and Manufacturing• Implemented designs within these Silicon Valley corporations:Bay Networks/3COM/SGI/Abbott Labs/Proxima/Nortel/NetGear/IBM/Cisco

• Designed & built five manufacturing system to validate system performances:a) shock and vibration fixtureb) walk-in thermal chamberc) system test tankd) sonar tuning station• Documented +20 design improvements to increase product quality and simplify assembly• Decreased assembly time by ~19% and removed ~10 points of failure• Developed one new product to enhance existing product capabilities (Turbo Fan)