Lonnie Berry

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Excellent track record .. Emerging Technology Companies

LONNIE BERRY

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Scotts Valley, CA 95066

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GENERAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Over 20 years of diverse, progressive experience for high technology

manufacturing companies. Extensive successful background as a Senior

Manufacturing Manager, for start-up and established companies, in the

areas of operational strategy, production management, new product

release process and customer/supplier relations. Excellent verbal and

written communications skills. Key skill areas and areas of expertise

include:

Operations Management: production management, inventory control,

materials management, OEM negotiations, warehousing, shipping and

distribution, order processing, coordination between suppliers,

facilities management, product testing, quality assurance and cost

reduction.

Administrative and General Management: Personnel administration;

including selection, supervision, training, and performance evaluation.

Exceptional team building skills. Capital and expense budgeting, cost

control, systems and procedures development, program management, process

modernization and coordination of business activities.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTSEMBEDDED PERFORMANCE, INC. Santa Clara, CA

1992-1994

Vice President- Operations. Managed the Manufacturing Operation for a

company that produced emulators and other design tools for RISC

micro-processors. Responsibilities included production, quality

assurance, document control, engineering services, materials management

and facilities.

Identified source of delay in project schedule which caused major

customer relations problems and put corrective action in place to solve

problem and worked with customers to quickly upgrade systems already in

the field.

Implemented a short-term inventory control system which reduced inventory

by over 25% within three months.

Updated inventory control system with a PC based MRP system that resulted

in a 50 % increase in on-time deliveries.

Analyzed work process and aptitude level of production workers and

technicians and implemented a comprehensive plan to improve communications

and hand-off between work groups and upgraded the over-all proficiency

level. Change resulted in major reduction in re-work requirements and a

30% reduction in customer returns. Overtime expenditures were also

reduced by over $120,000 annually.

CALIFORNIA ENVIRO-BAC, Scotts Valley, CA

1990-1992

Owner, Manager. Launched successful start-up company that marketed and

serviced bio-technology solutions for waste disposal in restaurants and

other businesses.

Developed marketing strategy, conducted market research, established

pricing structure and designed collateral material to promote product and

services.

Worked directly with potential customers to sell services and with

on-going customers on service issues and problem resolution.

Achieved targeted goals in business plan and brought in manager to assume

control for daily management of the business.

FORCE COMPUTERS, INC. Campbell, CA

1986-1990

Vice - President - Operations. Recruited to establish, for the first time,

a world class manufacturing capability for a company where all previous

manufacturing had been done in Germany. Force is a major supplier of VME

boards and systems.

Successfully organized and staffed the entire manufacturing process,

including assembly and test, materials, purchasing, inventory control,

quality assurance, shipping and receiving, manufacturing engineering and

facilities.

Negotiated strategic OEM supply relationships that resulted in significant

profit margin improvement and competitive delivery advantages.

Increased Gross Profit Margins by 25% by transferring the production of

higher volume products from Germany to the U.S. operation.

Reduced in-warranty product failure rate from 5% to less than 1% by

implementing a temperature cycling stress test process.

Installed a unique just-in-time inventory system that allowed a $300,000

a month increase in shipments without increased inventory or additional

manufacturing support personnel.

GOULD ELECTRONICS, Santa Clara, CA

1982-1984

Vice President - Operations. Selected to manage production, materials,

test engineering, manufacturing engineering, new product team and

facilities for a division of Gould that designed and manufactured logic

analyzers and development systems.

Successfully managed the work of more than 350 employees, which included

production, manufacturing support, engineering and senior management

personnel. Integrated the products, personnel, documentation and cultures of two

diverse organizations into a single cohesive and productive team.

Planned and implemented the physical relocation of two companies into a

new facility without an interruption in production.

Reduced over-all manufacturing costs by moving most of the high labor

content processes to a subsidiary plant in Mexico.

MILLENNIUM SYSTEMS, Cupertino, CA

1973-1981

Vice President - Manufacturing. Was one of five co-founders of highly

successful business that designed and manufactured in-circuit emulators

and other development tools for micro-processor applications.

Established production process for start-up company which grew to more

than 100 manufacturing employees.

Implemented a fully integrated MRP system ahead of schedule and under

budget.

Played a key role in the creation and implementation of new business plan

which moved the company from a one product, one customer organization to

a multi-product, multi-customer based operation.

Created a new product procedure that reduced the time to market by 3 to 6

months.

EDUCATION

Management, Supervision, and Economics courses at Wichita State University,

Wichita, Kansas and University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming.

Electronics Training, U.S. Navy

Numerous Management, Supervision, and Quality courses and seminars while

at Gould, Force and Millennium.

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