Experience

Nanosolar

• United States
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Operations Manager

  • 2009 - Present

  Supervise staff of 27+ and direct day-to-day operations. • Implemented 5S manufacturing and achieved streamlined processes and organizational effectiveness. • Increased cell performance from 6% median in 2010 to >12% median in 2013. • Maintained operational inventory between warehouse and manufacturing to reduce downtime & increase inventory control. • Increased production line OEE from 38% in 2010 to 84% in 2012. • Oversaw cost control to reduce scrap materials and overtime production activities. • Increased production line from 0.5MW per month in 2011 to 4.0 MW run rate in 2012. • Planned and conducted safety and quality audits to improve team performance. • Increased cell performance from 6% median in 2010 to >12% median in 2012. Process Lead - Module Group (2009 – 2010) Independently managed 5 panel production staff to successful completion of time-sensitive reliability and customer projects, covering all shifts/days. • Trained new staff in processes and efficiency and successfully ramped reliability panel production from 200 to 700 panels weekly. • Prioritize workload driven by engineering and reliability demand. Direct team to ensure critical operations are staffed and daily targets are met. • Developed inventory control system to eliminate material shortages. • Support Engineering tests of Nanosolar and competitor panels, involving panel flashing, IV tracing, interconnection and inverter operation. • Interface with engineers to collect details for proper execution of experiments. • Direct in-house Engineering tests to UL and TUV standards. Show less



Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

• San Jose, CA

• Manufacturing Production Technician / Co-Supervisor

  • 2003 - 2009

  Lead technician and tool owner of 14 sputter tools. Planned work schedules, identified and resolved problems, and coordinated resources for tool maintenance/repair. Co-supervised 90+ production staff for 5 product lines and provided primary feedback to management. • Coordinated experiments for research and development. • Provided engineering and upper management real time equipment status. • Collected test data from experiments for product reliability and development team. • Monitored Statistical Process Control Charts SPC. • Reviewed data integrity control charts ensuring material and inventory levels were accurate. • Presented lead time forecasting for new product equipment demands (tooling capacity). Show less



IBM

• San Jose, Ca

• New Products Launch Coordinator

  • 2000 - 2003

  • Managed program from Engineering Verification Test (EVT) through First Customer Ship (FCS). • Liaison between development engineering and manufacturing management. • Provided manufacturing management new product staffing requirements. • Managed inventory of confidential parts on unannounced products. • Managed program from Engineering Verification Test (EVT) through First Customer Ship (FCS). • Liaison between development engineering and manufacturing management. • Provided manufacturing management new product staffing requirements. • Managed inventory of confidential parts on unannounced products.