Experience

JAE Oregon

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President & Board Member

  • Dec 2021 - Present



JAE

• Japan
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• General Manager - Legal Representative

  • Apr 2015 - Feb 2022

  - Policy / Procedure Development Team Building & Training Resource Allocation. Cost Reduction / Avoidance • Improved operation profitability developing and implementing in-house automation projects. • Led operations increase to over 3,500 employees and sales to over $100M USD per year. - Policy / Procedure Development Team Building & Training Resource Allocation. Cost Reduction / Avoidance • Improved operation profitability developing and implementing in-house automation projects. • Led operations increase to over 3,500 employees and sales to over $100M USD per year.



JAE Oregon

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Plant Manager - Legal Representative

  • May 2008 - Mar 2015

  - Full P/L responsibility for the Tijuana operation. Established the Mexican Corporation for JAE Tijuana.- Accomplished the expansion of operations and facilities into new buildings. Led expansion of Mexico operation to over 650 employees, and increased revenue contribution from 20%, to over 50% of the company’s total revenue.- Implemented Lean Manufacturing, and Kaizen programs. - Implemented direct shipment programs for product to customers in Mexico.

• Operations Manager

  • Apr 2004 - Apr 2008

  Responsible for day-to-day operations, including staff supervision, purchasing, inventory, budgeting, accounts payable/receivable, customer service, building/warehouse maintenance for the Tijuana branch plant, Manufacturing of electrical connectors and wire harnesses for the automotive industry, with a total headcount of over 450 people.

• Production Manager

  • Feb 2000 - Mar 2004

  Started up the Mexican facility. Responsible for all aspects of the assembly, injection molding, Warehouse, and maintenance departments for the Tijuana branch plant, Manufacturing electrical connectors and wire harnesses for the automotive industry, with a total headcount of over 160 people.



Bourns, Inc.

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

• Supervisor of Manufacturing Engineering

  • Apr 1998 - Jan 2000

  Responsible for the manufacturing engineering team, in charge of NPI, create, maintain and update PFMEAS and process control plans, improve cycle times, yield %, and quality, on the assembly lines manufacturing electrical potentiometers for automotive and military industries.

• Q.A. Engineering Supervisor/QS-9000 Coordinator

  • Feb 1997 - Mar 1998

  Hired to implement QS-9000 quality system and maintain the ISO-9001 certification for the Tijuana plant. Worked with all departments at all levels of the organization and successfully achieved QS-9000 certification. Main activities included SPC, GR&R studies, and internal audits.



Hitachi

• Japan
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Quality Control Supervisor/Engineer

  • Jan 1995 - Jan 1997

  Responsible for the quality control department, managing the Q.C. inspectors and Q.C. supervisors . Implemented several programs to improve the quality of the manufacturing processes to build projection TV’s, like Zero defects, 5’S, Kaizen program, and implementation and follow up of corrective actions.

• Production Engineer

  • Aug 1994 - Dec 1994

  Responsible of the CNC machines and electronic equipment maintenance departments, plant distribution layouts and new equipment acquisitions.