Program Manager Resume Chandler, AZ - Hire IT People

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Highly skilled, strategic Program Manager who drives global teams to deliver innovative software/hardware solutions, from concept through production.
CSM (Scrum Master), Agile, Lean. Experienced in the PM phases of Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring And Controlling and Closing.
Strong expertise in semiconductors, product development, Quality Assurance (QA), test engineering, technical program management, and customer - facing experience with Intel Foundry, one of world’s largest semiconductor chip makers.
Extensive domestic and international factory/manufacturing and New Product Introduction (NPI) leadership.
Introduced more than 10 products from concept to debug, certification, manufacturing ramp and delivery to the market place, through strong relationships with factories in Malaysia and the Philippines.
Directed teams of up to 50 engineers, utilizing Lean Manufacturing practices throughout the development and release of multiple test programs. Managed, mentored, hired and performed annual reviews for a team of 15 engineers.

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Confidential, Chandler, AZ

Program Manager

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One of world’s largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers, with $55B revenue and 95K employees.

Confidential

Program Manager / Product Test Lead

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Promoted for extensive technical leadership in addition to management and emotional IQ aptitude. Co-managed test plans, strategy and execution with foundry customer. Directed internal product development team of approximately 50 engineers, to deliver customer’s product to production.
Documented and maintained Test Program Roadmap, achieving the debugging goals of customer’s product, certifying the product and launching to production.
Achieved NPI, enabling customer to pursue design wins.
Improved yields by over 40%, by resolving temperature related methodology issues.

Confidential

Program Manager/ Platform Validation

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Prepared schedules, led engineering working/design meetings, managed schedule with Rally, and utilized Agile and Scrum to facilitate Stand-Up meetings. Managed products’ Build of Materials (BOM’s).
Led team to deliver the System Level Test (SLT) platform for one of the Intel key 14 nm CPUs in 2014, enabling the screening of defects to meet Intel quality goals for this market.

Confidential

Product Engineering (Si Test) Manager, ScruM Master

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Partnered with design and marketing to understand the Design for Testability (DFT) Architecture. Managed 15 engineers, including performing focal work and annual reviews. Managed the hardware and test time budgets. Developed test plans and directions for development teams.
Developed strong relationships with factories in Malaysia and the Philippines, bringing more than 10 critical products to market, ensuring smooth product releases, including one with a volume of $25M in units.
Slashed product cost by over $10M and maximized output of product supply and factory capacity through deep technical dives into failure analysis, and by determining whether corrections were needed for hardware or test programs.
Directed team to several crucial NPIs (New Product Introductions), using Agile Scrum methodologies.
Led initiative to eliminate final test socket steps, producing over $1M in cost savings.
Analyzed Power TDP data and optimized SKUS, reducing Intel expenses and maximizing production output. Managed data engineers and performed hands-on data mining, analysis and presentations to senior management, avoiding product scrap of more than 25%, which became saleable goods.

Confidential

Program Manager

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Chaired and led all product development team sessions, guiding team through stages of product opportunity planning, resulting in approval to move forward with new product development. Tracked and managed schedules using “Theory of Constrain” practices.
Led team of platform and software engineers to IDF (Intel Development Forum) demos of wireless USB technology.
Partnered with Israeli company, Confidential, to procure one of their technologies, which later became part of the project BOM.

Confidential

Quality and Reliability Test Quality Manager

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Managed and supervised a team of 10+ engineers to conduct/lead test quality efforts. Produced test quality audits and reviewed with engineering management to obtain consensus to proceed with recommended improvements.
Partnered with DEC Corp in Massachusetts following Intel’s acquisition, to enhance DEC’s product test quality and meet Intel Defects Per Million (DPM) criteria of <500. Succeeded in reducing DEC’s DPM of >30,000 down to less than 500 DPM by focusing on “Memory Array” test improvements.