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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