Created and led the Manufacturing Program Office (3 staff)

• Led the development and formalization of Product & Technology Development Process and Methods.
• Developed and presented training for the Technology Gating Methodology.
• Organized and facilitated status reviews of technology development plans for new materials, processes, products, and equipment.
• Minimized program cost for new business start-up R&D project by ensuring deployment of customer requirements throughout the development process.
• Developed and presented training for the Know Your Customer / Quality Program.
• Detected program variances, developed impact analyses, and communicated recovery plans for new business start-up R&D project.
• Maximized efficient use of man-hours for new business start-up R&D project by allocating program resources to critical activities.
• Within 6 months of my facilitation and training, a team of 30 machine operators, 2 technicians, and 2 middle managers demonstrated skills at leadership, goal setting, performance evaluation, recognition, and discipline while increasing hi-tech manufacturing efficiency, throughput, and yield by 10%.
• Directed the team effort during the research, development, and analysis for multimillion-dollar annual operating and budget plans focused on process control/capability and nonfinancial indicators.
• Developed comprehensive monthly measurement and control system for business and development program objectives utilizing TQM processes.

• Electronic Packaging: Ceramic Interconnect Packages to house Computer Integrated Circuits
• Hi-Tech Manufacturing
• Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Excel