Nhiem Nguyen

Director, Datacenter Equipment Strategy at Meta Facebook
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Los Altos, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • Software Development
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Director, Datacenter Equipment Strategy
      • Jan 2016 - Present

      Fremont, California, United States Various engineering and operational roles. Currently, engineering director responsible for the design all Meta-purchased mission-critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment, whose spend is worth $750M annually. • Built a team of 6 from ground up to eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies in engineering development, evaluation, and selection by centralizing design responsibilities from project to program level for all Meta data centers. • Drove system engineering… Show more Various engineering and operational roles. Currently, engineering director responsible for the design all Meta-purchased mission-critical data center mechanical and electrical equipment, whose spend is worth $750M annually. • Built a team of 6 from ground up to eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies in engineering development, evaluation, and selection by centralizing design responsibilities from project to program level for all Meta data centers. • Drove system engineering development from concept, prototype, to productization, standardization, BOM creation, and change control of equipment across all data centers. Show less

    • Indonesia
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sr. Manager, Product Operations
      • May 2005 - Jan 2017

      Cupertino, California, United States Various operational roles directly related to new product introductions from desktop computers, iPhones, to Apple Watch. Responsibilities include systems engineering development builds, tooling budget, capital equipment, factory capacity & readiness, computer module operational readiness, system build planning, and time to market execution. People manager of 4-8 direct reports. • Developed management systems and team structure to support $800M capital equipment budget that ensured 3k… Show more Various operational roles directly related to new product introductions from desktop computers, iPhones, to Apple Watch. Responsibilities include systems engineering development builds, tooling budget, capital equipment, factory capacity & readiness, computer module operational readiness, system build planning, and time to market execution. People manager of 4-8 direct reports. • Developed management systems and team structure to support $800M capital equipment budget that ensured 3k unique equipment and 180 manufacturing infrastructure lines were adequate to scale for growth of Apple Watch. • Led a team of launch planners to build supply plans, manage inventory, and prepare system supply chain for new iPhones globally, driving cross functional teams to include Retail, AOS, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Logistics. • Led a team of 6 program managers who managed system engineering development builds, component build coordination, budget, factory readiness, capacity plans, and tactical supply build plans to support financial forecasted demands. Over 7 years, integrated needs from Engineering, Marketing, Operations team, and OEM partners to launch 24 iMac desktop computers and displays. Show less

    • United States
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Operations Program Manager
      • Nov 2000 - Apr 2005

      Santa Clara, California, United States Drove supplier sourcing process/decision, developed business agreements, lead cost and contractual negotiations and supply chain optimization throughout Product Life Cycle. Owned and improved supplier relationships, including those of Celestica, Mitac, Synnex, Samsung, Intel, through quarterly supplier performance evaluations and business reviews. • Designed and implemented cost metrics, goals, process, and reporting tool for an organization with an annual spend of $645M. That "cost… Show more Drove supplier sourcing process/decision, developed business agreements, lead cost and contractual negotiations and supply chain optimization throughout Product Life Cycle. Owned and improved supplier relationships, including those of Celestica, Mitac, Synnex, Samsung, Intel, through quarterly supplier performance evaluations and business reviews. • Designed and implemented cost metrics, goals, process, and reporting tool for an organization with an annual spend of $645M. That "cost dashboard" allowed the organization to measure and quickly communicate cost performances to goals of 30 products to upper management. • Developed a cost model with supplier, resulting in an annual projected savings of $4.5M. Implemented a host of tools and techniques aimed at reducing Cost of Goods Sold for the company (benchmark, Dynamic Bidding Events, precedence, bom compare). Show less

    • Management Consultant
      • Sep 1999 - Oct 2000

      Corpus Christi, Texas, United States As part of a team of six, designed from the ground up an outsourced procurement contract of public works services worth $100M for 3 naval bases. Work involved operation and organizational analysis, workload and manpower analysis, cost estimation, and process improvement. Designed and implemented business process improvements that streamlined organization structures among three Naval bases, projecting a cost avoidance of $1.4 million annually.

    • United States
    • Law Enforcement
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Captain, US Army Officer
      • May 1994 - Aug 1999

      US Army, Officer, Corps of Engineers, managed various programs as the training and deployment preparation of over 1000 officers; an offshore project of medical, training, construction services; the logistics and operational planning of multiple construction projects; and a road construction program. People manager of groups from 6 to 31 people.

Education

  • UC Berkeley: Haas
    MBA
    2001 - 2004
  • United States Military Academy at West Point
    BS, Systems Engineering
    1990 - 1994

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