Experience

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  Dominion Voting Systems

  • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • Purchasing Manager

    • Apr 2017 - Present
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    - Manage, liaise and work with contract manufacturers and engineering team develop strategic material buy for continuous production supply.- Interface with engineering in coordinating and issuing PO for Engineering development and NPI parts, maintain parts AVL, LLT and LTB material.- Maintain records and reporting systems for coordination of critical parts for manufacturing operations, coordinating CTB and resolving PPV claims resulting from unexpected component price increases.- Develop, lead and execute PO strategies and activities across multiple categories of spend, search for better deals, finding more profitable suppliers and ensure availability of materials in the Supply Chain across the company and contract manufacturers.- Identify potential new suppliers and assess their capabilities to offer a competitive advantage over existing suppliers, negotiate on commercial terms and maintain business relationship.- Cross function with finance, logistics, receiving and fulfillment team for timely delivery, receipt and payment of parts, products or services.- NCR assistance when non-conforming material is identified in production line or IQC and responsible for RMA obtainment and vendor communication to correct and improve non-conforming parts.

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  Creation Technologies

  • Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

  • Product Engineer

    • Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
    • Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    - Responsible for leading new product launch activities. Manages and schedules new product launches and implementation of Customer ECO.- Coordinates tasks and resources for DFx analysis and reporting, manufacturing process development, anticipated failure mode analysis and development of Assembly Documents for new products.- Act as a liaison between all internal and external parties on product and customer specific engineering issues. Reviews customer drawings and specification required for product launch and maintain customer BOM- Responsible for sustaining engineering activities, including but not limited to engineering changes, product cost reduction, product quality improvement, interface with Test Engineering for test process development, specify and approve component alternates for Purchasing and managing the applicable areas of the MRP/business system for customer BOM/AVL control.

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  BOE Varitronix Limited

  • CA, USA

  • Display Technical Sales Engineer

    • Jul 2014 - Sep 2016
    • CA, USA

    - Oversees the design and development of LCD solutions both in Passive and Active LCD being offered to customers in Medical, Industrial and Automotive Tier1. - Business development by eyeing or calling prospect customers, attending tradeshows, review bill of materials cost in order to submit quotes and proposals to customers. - Manage customer’s inquiries, coordinate and attend communication meetings with customers for ongoing and upcoming projects. - Manage daily activities coming from company’s online website inquiries that includes after sales Technical Support, drawing and specification request, support APQP/PPAP documentation and certification request, Sales PO processing and scheduling.- Collaborate failure and root cause analysis between customer and RND office in timely manner for submission of completed 8D report.

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  BlackBerry

  • Canada
  • Software Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Optical Sensor Designer

    • Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

    - Characterization and qualification of ALS/Proximity/ Time of Flight Sensor used in Blackberry Phones- System integration of ALS/Proximity/ Time of Flight Sensor - NPI and Production Support

  • Display Developer

    • Mar 2008 - Aug 2013

    -Responsible for LCD development from RFQ to NPI Sample build and system integration used in Blackberry phone products. - Responsible for LCD qualification through rigorous LCD Optical, Electrical and Mechanical testing and evaluation.- Close collaboration and support with QA for any LCD quality related issues in performing FA and root cause analysis.

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  BOE Varitronix Limited

  • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

  • Project/Design Engineer

    • Mar 2001 - Feb 2008
    • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

    - Responsible as Project Design Engineer, takes overall responsibility for Automotive LCD/ LCM Project Management, Design and New Product Introduction (NPI), reviews customer drawings & requirements, monitors prototype build up/pilot run/mass production, implements continuous improvement plans.- Responsible for Automotive LCD drive circuit designs, BOM, DFMEA, test specifications, test jigs, design validation and other reliability test after design stages of LCD Modules.- As a Project leader works closely with Electronics, Mechanical, Manufacturing and LCD Engineers for the completion of all tooling material design and product manufacturability. Monitors and follow up with all suppliers for all material issues and timely delivery to ensure on time sample delivery to customers.- Responsible for product schedule control from Product Design & Development, prototype build, product & process validation and PPAP submission