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San Francisco Bay Area

Leading a global team of 15 program managers and scaling operations to enhance value delivery for our customers.

San Francisco Bay Area

Building a global team to manage manufacturing projects worldwide and provide guided expertise to customers across various industry verticals.

• Enabling our customers to develop better products faster via Fictiv's OS for custom manufacturing
• Managing key programs to ensure we meet customer requirements and provide solutions in alignment with our business strategies.
• Cultivating customer relationships via guided expertise in manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain.
• Driving cross-functional initiatives, improving e2e business processes, tech products, and employee experience.

• Developed and built UGV robots for law enforcement and first responders.
• Oversaw new product development, existing product life-cycle management, and end-of-life.
• Managed quality, costs, risks, and relationships with global contract manufacturers and suppliers.
• Reduced the bill of materials (BOM) cost by 20-30% for flagship robot platforms and payloads.

• Helped Rover develop and market an R&D robot platform to expedite robotics innovations.
• Developed supply chain and MRP systems, managed vendors and manufacturing partners
• Set up the production and supply chain operations and managed cash flow, quality, and delivery metrics.
• Conducted market research and customer development

San Francisco Bay Area

• Co-founded the startup aimed to bring a leading US robotic product to the emergency response market in Asia.
• Oversaw production, supply chain, finance, and legal ops to ensure alignment with the business goals.
• Drove business planning with existing investors and fundraising initiatives to attract potential investors.
• Developed relationships with prospective customers to build a robust pipeline of business opportunities.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Helped the robotics startup bring an unmanned ground vehicle from concept to market.Served 1000+ first responders and law enforcement agencies in North America between 2012 and 2021.
• Led the U.S. production team and managed Asian contract manufacturers and global suppliers.
• Developed and implemented an ERP system for e2e business processes using JIRA and Confluence.
• Achieved 60-70% reduction in average lead time for new product delivery and service RMA turnaround.

• Developed domestic and offshore contract manufacturers. Drove production and service RMA operations.
• Established Quality Management System and continuously improved KPIs in quality, cost, and lead time.
• Increased average time between product recalls (MTBF) by 300+% for the flagship robot platforms.

• Founded the Quality team. Developed the entire SOPs for the manufacturing and quality processes.
• Transitioned company’s first mass-produced robot platform (AVATAR II) from R&D to production in 5 mo.

Master Of Engineering, Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

Concentration: Manufacturing Six Sigma Black Belt Certification

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Club Soccer

Mechanical Engineering