Senior Manager Product SSD Engineering Resume Example

I had the privilege of assisting companies such as Seagate, AM General, and Boeing as well as several much smaller companies. I led their teams through the process of change, using principles of lean or agile manufacturing and engineering as a catalyst.

• Spearheaded initiatives to keep businesses sustainable, agile and scalable during industry changes.
• Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies and company policies.
• Oversaw technological improvements, successfully reducing waste and eliminating business bottlenecks.
• Fostered collaboration and development of new practices by business leaders.
• Developed and monitored internal control systems.
• Established and oversaw strategic business actions and streamlined operations.
• Applied lean strategies to implement operational enhancements, promote efficiency and cut costs.
• Created business process flows to identify opportunities for improvement.

Co-founder of StratoTech Corporation, a consulting firm which helps businesses implement lean methods to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

• Promoted company public profile by delivering speeches, writing articles and presenting at industry conferences as public face of organization.
• Directed development of several training classes.
• Implemented company's distribution and import initiatives, administering contracts and engaging partners to significantly maximize profit margins.
• Developed long-range plans for business growth, resulting in a $5M profit within the first 4 years.
• Managed company key accounts to promote ongoing project profitability and superior customer satisfaction.
• Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive partners to establish long-term goals, strategies and company policies.
• Devised marketing packages, including web design, remarketing campaigns, key phrase packages and new media advertising campaigns to increase search engine optimization (SEO) for the company.

Led five groups, totaling 110 individuals. My initiatives in these groups resulted in the streamlining of Maxtor's disk drive test process. I set the specifications for the new test hardware, and the new test software, and then managed the organization to fulfill these new requirements while maintaining the status quo during implementation. We achieved a 50% reduction in test time, while also gaining approximately 70% better test coverage with the new system versus the old.

• Completely revamped the hard drive manufacturing test line.
• Evaluated test results, confirming test efficacy, and generated reports for development and management teams.
• Managed resource allocation and networked to manage planning and operations in testing cycle.
• Developed and maintained solutions for integration and testing phases.
• Defined operational and technical specifications and standards.