CAREER OVERVIEW

Strong leader with experience in Operations overseeing planning, production, maintenance, quality, sales operations, materials and facilities in the automotive, electronics, and FDA regulated medical device industries. Team player with demonstrated success in the implementation of all aspects of lean manufacturing, materials management, and supply chain. Consistent track record of cost reduction and efficiency improvements.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Lean Production / Supply Chain
• Quality Management
• Logistics and 3PL Management
• Process and Product Development
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Excellent Leadership and Interpersonal Skills
• Toyota Production System Trained
• Equipment Maintenance and Validation
• Medical Device, Combo Products, & GMP
• ERP and IT Systems Development

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORDIS, Confidential, Fremont, CA 2008 – Present
Recognized leader in endovascular, cardiovascular and biliary duct treatments.
Manager, Pilot Manufacturing
Accountable for manufacturing of prototypes, pilot, and clinical trial medical device units as well as the development of production practices. Led a team of 62 employees in the planning, manufacturing, shipping / receiving, warehousing and purchasing departments.

• Increased production rate by 350%, improved yields by 24% and reduced headcount 60% by utilizing Toyota Production System tools and methodologies.
• Provided technology transfer support to start commercial production in Ireland including training and engaging teams from engineering, production, formulation, in-process inspection, and planning.
• Established and published metrics for all operations departments, creating baselines for performance improvement and for the commercial production site.
• Led successful move of facilities for manufacturing operations from Menlo Park to Fremont including all planning for new facility’s clean rooms, utilities, validations and office space.
• Improved the culture, attitude, and effectiveness of employees by instituting monthly awards, suggestion program, new training methodologies, one-on-one meetings, job accountability, job rotations, and cross training.
• Implemented kanban system for purchasing, receiving, stocking and use of BOM items and consumables.
• Recipient of “Quest for Excellence” award by J&J for leading re-engineering of Pilot Operations.
• Received J&J “Standards of Leadership” award in recognition of achieving exceptional business results.

Confidential, Campbell, CA 2007 – 2008
Service provider of advances in computer-aided cancer detection technology for patients and radiologists
President / Founder (company sold) 
Successfully founded company, grew sales, and then sold it for significant profit.

• Developed sales strategies and built a profitable customer base.
• Selected, supervised and managed sales team, operations team, and administration.

• Created VMI plans for top tier supply chain partners.
• Reduced lead time for order fulfillment to 1 day.
• Created barcode system for use within existing ERP.
• Increased number of SKUs available at time of order by 300%.
• Increased number of SKUs within the same warehouse by 800 through space utilization planning, and “heijunka” smoothing techniques.
• Reduced inventory by 80%.
• Eliminated user orders for standard items through application of “kanban” signals and “andon” signals resulting in “order-less” replenishment.
• Implemented a visual warehouse to easily identify items in an error condition.

Confidential., Sunnyvale, CA 2003 – 2006
Market leading developer and provider of mammogram computer-aided detection technology for cancer.
Operations Manager (company acquired) 
Accountable for management of supply chain, planning, manufacturing, service program management, service repair depot, shipping / receiving, and facilities within GMP, Class III medical device environment.

• Managed relocation of supply chain management, manufacturing, purchasing, planning, and manufacturing engineering to Bedford, MA.
• Successfully completed ISO audits for ISO9000:2000, ISO13485:2003, and FDA.
• Reduced global inventory levels by 45% through aggressive management of the kanban system and the extension of lean practices strategically into the supply chain.
• Reduced processing time-in-repair from 1 month to 5 days.
• Transformed customer service from cost center to profit center with 15% quarterly growth rate, revenue contribution equal to 20% of all quarterly income, and recognizable/predictable revenue stream that extended 12 months into the future.
• Implemented and reported key operating metrics for all aspects of operations to the organization, supply base, and key OEM customers.
• Increased inventory accuracy to 98% from 70% through implementation of real-time transactions and redefining roles.
• Reduced return logistics inventory > 60% by creating scalable and effective return logistics system.

Confidential., Fremont, CA 2000 – 2003
Leading designer/manufacturer of fab and tool automation products for semiconductor and solar industries.
Customer Fulfillment Manager
Accountable for management of purchasing, production control planning, master scheduling, and sales operations in a 100% outsourced manufacturing model.

• Outsourced all manufacturing, materials and customer support functions to Shinei International, a Solectron Company, in Singapore.
• Integrated vital supply chain activities between 4 different ERP packages for partners in Singapore (Shinei Int’l), Mexico (Sanmina), and Japan (Shinko), reducing the customer commitment cycle time by 66%, and increasing commit date fulfillment to greater than 93%.
• Initiated and created sales and operating plan process.
• Saved operating costs by managing closure, transition, and integration of 3 manufacturing sites.
• Reduced WIP by 75% in the Robotics Division while increasing on-time delivery by 43%.
• Improved customer service and created efficiencies by managing creation and deployment of a web-based customer portal for self-service.

• MBA, Supply Chain Management and Operations and Materials Management,
• BS, Business Administration, Production and Operations Management,

SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE

• ERP / MRP programs such as Oracle, Visibility, Expandable, 4th Shift, JDE, and SAP
• Managed development of custom integrations between systems such as between Agile, PeopleSoft, Clientele, SalesForce and Siebel
• Fully proficient in MS Office, Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint, Project and Visio