Experience

Marian, Inc.

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• General Manager

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  Bel Fuse acquired Emerson's connector business in 2014. Manage Asian sales and China operations including manufacturing, engineering, quality, finance, sales and marketing. Hold P&L and budget responsibilities. Increased local China sales by 31% year over year. Improved production efficiency from 83% to 95% by implementation of performance bonus program and several Kaizen events. Organized marketing programs to target markets with a range of application-specific products across several Bel Fuse brands. Show less



Emerson Network Power

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President/General Manager Asia and Global Engineering

  • Sep 2013 - Jul 2014

• Vice President, Global Engineering

  • Oct 2012 - Sep 2013

  Directed engineering, quality, and environmental compliance for the business with direct and dotted line reports in several U.S. locations, China, UK and Philippines. Launched product lifecycle management system to effectively link product portfolio with NPD process and Quality system. Developed best cost factory site plan including incentives negotiated with government officials, hazardous wastewater treatment design and quotation, equipment needs, etc.

• Director of Engineering

  • 2007 - Sep 2012

  Led all aspects of design engineering and environmental compliance for Emerson's RF connector, passive components, and harsh environment fiber optic business. Created a systemic phase-gate approach to NPD and broadened the product portfolio which accounted for 30% of revenues on an annual basis. Created and maintained product and technology roadmaps.



Netcom, Inc.

• Wheeling, IL & Shenzhen, China

• Director of Program Management

  • 2004 - 2007

  Led all sourcing efforts in Asia and negotiated product pricing with Fortune 500 customers. Improved product gross margin by 20%. Held P&L responsibility. Led all sourcing efforts in Asia and negotiated product pricing with Fortune 500 customers. Improved product gross margin by 20%. Held P&L responsibility.



CTS Corporation

• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • 2002 - 2004

  Lead all aspects of process and test engineering, and new product launch for the Tianjin factory. Served as technical liaison with Asian customers, managing the business relationship between the facility staff and US-based R&D resources. Reduced operating costs by $8M+ by improving factory yields over 25%. Managed budget and 100 employees.

• Quality Manager

  • 2001 - 2002

  Directed all aspects of quality including customer, supplier, in-process and Quality Systems for the factory. Reduced operating costs by $600k and improved customer return rate 50% during an eight-month shutdown of the factory. Improved annual yields $100k by leading process characterization project teams. Managed budget and a staff of 35 employees.

• Manufacturing Support Engineering Manager

  • 2000 - 2001

  Led US-based team in providing product and process engineering support to Asian manufacturing facilities. Improved yields from 93% to 98% by mentoring Asian resources in utilizing proper engineering tools for yield improvement programs.



Motorola Mobility (a Lenovo Company)

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Design Engineer

  • 1995 - 1999