Tirdad Hoghooghi

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Clinton, NJ **809

Cell 908-***-****

Home 908-***-****

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Personal Profile

Seasoned Engineering manager experienced in diverse, Cross-Functional

teams and skilled with Leadership, Project Management and team building

as well as Operations Management. Recognized for calculated decision

making abilities and strong communication and presentation skills. Solid

analytical problem solving along with initiative and drive. Experienced

in new product introduction (NPI) from concept/design/development into

mass production working with all cross-functional teams namely

Operations, Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, Logistics, New Supplier

Qualification, Quality and Reliability with Root Cause Analysis, In-line

and Final Testing as well as many other groups entrenched in new product

release.

ANADIGICS Inc. (2006 - 2013)

Sr. Manager - New Product Development, Product Engineering

- Direct report to Director of Design and dotted to VP of Engineering

Some of the overall activities were:

. Managed a team of engineers and technicians through all development

cycles and successful transfer of over 35 CDMA, WCDMA, GSM wireless

products into production with high manufacturing yields, good profit

margin and designed for manufacturability which included managing die

level testing, in-house and off-shore assembly and final testing

. Liaison between all internal groups including in-house and off-shore

assemblies, Internal and external Final Test vendors, Production

planners, Sales, Marketing, Procurement, Quality and Reliability,

shipping, etc...

. Managed off-shore assembly and test subcontractors for sustained high

quality products. Key contributor in creating the new "Phase Review

System" - company standards for transferring new products from design

to production, which the entire company now follows

. Involved in design considerations such as tight tolerances and design

implications for quality control purposes which resulted in production

yield improvements, increased throughput and cycle time reduction and

cost reduction

. Involved with process improvement, Supplier Qualification activities as

well as yield improvement, implementation and monitoring of new

systems, Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Process Capability

Analysis for product performance improvements

. Prioritized product development activities as well as set off-shore and

internal build priorities based on product introduction to

manufacturing and engineering schedules

. Assisted in R&D budget and manpower determination for Quarterly

Business Review (QBR)

. Planning, risk management determination and scheduling of all

development activities to meet customer demands

. Used established methods and processes to meet or exceed production

yield targets, quality goals and productivity

. Helped to correlate RF test yields back to PCM (Process Control

Monitors), Die Sort and off-shore assembly and Final Test for all new

products under development

. Managed yield improvement activity and quality improvement for packaged

RF semiconductor products in a high volume manufacturing environment

. Reviewed, approved and implemented test reduction activity in

transferring products to production by means of robust design and data

analysis

. Member of the weekly CAB (Change Action Board) meetings for all FAB

process improvements as well as capacity enhancements representing all

Wireless RF Products including remote design centers

. Key member of root cause analysis team for customer quality issues and

product returns (RMAs)

. Used best product engineering practices by way of product performance

feedback from product design to the FAB and product line disposition

from PCM to die sort to final test by working with cross functional

teams members

. Managed all personal issues related to all direct reports and resolved

all issues related to cross functional departments

. Set annual objectives and goals based on the company directives and

goals. Conduct annual appraisals for subordinates and actively fill

gaps and needs of the group to be successful

. Collect and maintain metrics on resources, design and redesign efforts

towards improving product development, quality and reliability cycles

for the new products

. Lead functional process and tool improvement initiatives related to new

product development and less scrap

. Ensured preparation and compliance with ISO 9001 regulatory and safety

standards

. Key team member of the Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma group

. Recipient of multiple "Excellence Award" for innovative new products

and resolution of internal and external customer yield and quality

issues

Some of the day-to-day activities were:

. Worked closely with circuit designers and CAD layout group for new

designs on GaAs wafers

. Submitted new designs for creating photolithography FAB plates

. Started and monitored GaAs wafers in the FAB as well as reviewing and

dispositioning FAB lots based on Process Control Monitors (PCM)

. Worked closely with test engineering to create die sort for multiple

new die designs

. Coordinated and managed in-house alpha and Beta builds as well as off-

shore engineering prototype builds

. Bench tested as well as worked with the test group on creation of

automated testing for the new products

. Performed detailed and cumbersome data analysis of all new designs

based on final data

. Generated multiple Design Of Experiments (DOE)

. Performed design centering activities based on detailed data and

comparative analysis of multiple designs

. Predicted high volume production yields based on small sample

engineering yields and test stations tolerances

. Worked closely with quality organization to design a Quality &

Reliability plan as well as analyzed customer returns (RMA) based on

company and industry standards

. Performed cost analysis of the final product compared to earlier cost

estimates

. Calculated ROI based on contribution margins

. Main contact between Operation and Product Development for new product

introduction

ANADIGICS Inc. (1998 - 2006)

Sr. Member of Technical Staff

- Direct report to Engineering Manager

. Developed new RFIC products for successful transfer from development

engineering to mass production with high yields

. Significant interface and coordination between all development groups

which include marketing, design, wafer fabrication, test, quality,

product qualification and characterization, assembly, documentation,

manufacturing, product launch, material control

. Responsible for managing, driving, tracking and control of each project

to ensure timely completion and release to manufacturing

. Identified/resolved issues related to marketing, design, wafer

fabrication process, in-house and off-shore assembly which included

injection molding and automated wire bonding machines and etch

cleaning, Final Test, quality and documentation

. Developed new processes/systems to streamline new product development

. Involved in future improvements and test time reduction plans for

products newly introduced to manufacturing

. Led/participated in new technology projects

. Conducted interviews with prospective candidates

Lucent Technologies / Philips Consumer Communications Inc. (1997 - 1998)

Test Engineering Manager - "New Product Introduction"

- Direct report to VP of Operation

. Managed the Integrated Test Engineering (ITE) automated systems group

for in-circuit and functional testing of the TDMA cell phones at PCB

level

. Responsible for implementation and debugging of all TDMA cell phone

test processes in a local manufacturing site and preparation for the

manufacturing line transfer to an off-shore site

. Interaction with inter-state and international product development

teams, hardware and software designers

. Provided support to manufacturing site test and product engineers

. Weekly mile stone presentation of all activities, progress and quality

report to all engineering peers and manufacturing directors

. Generated and implemented an aggressive test capacity plan to address

future manufacturing growth requirements

Motorola Inc., Paging Division, Boynton Beach, FL (1/1997 - 8/1997)

Product Engineer Lead in Manufacturing

- Direct report to Section Manager of Product Support

. Liaison between Process, Test, R&D, Quality and component technology

engineering

. Submitted recommendations to manufacturing of new methodologies and

processes to meet and exceed quality goals

. Generated and implemented R&D manufacturing alpha and beta pilots for

product cost reductions and quality improvements

. Analyzed and reported on the variances of incoming vendor material and

disposition of all non-conforming materials

Motorola Inc., Paging Division, Boynton Beach, FL (1/1990 - 1/1997)

Manufacturing Test System & Product Engineer

- Direct report to Section Manager of Test Systems Engineering

. Designed, debugged and implemented software programs to enhance

existing test platforms

. Test controller software in HP-basic and instrumentation application of

the Hewlett Packert DVM, RF generators, frequency counters, as well as

Motorola's UTOPIA switching arrays

. Experienced with analog and digital electronics, electromechanical

fixturing and pneumatic systems

. Experienced with RF signal measurements and communication

. Developed and streamlined procedures, processes and methodology in a

high velocity, high volume automated manufacturing environment

. Hands on involvement with production layouts, material flow of highly

labor intensive manufacturing processes

. Knowledge of good manufacturing practices, improve yields, cycle time

reduction, standard operating procedures and safety

. Ensured compliance with ISO 9000 regulatory and safety standards in an

ISO certified manufacturing facility

. Provided test engineering support to numerous overseas manufacturing

sites and product transfer

Computer Efficiencies

. Windows, Windows NT, HP workstation environment, Macintosh, etc.

. Programming : Exposed to Lab windows CVI environment, HP basic, C

fundamentals

. Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project, Outlook

Professional Development Training

. Foundation of Management

. Essential of Management

. Problem solving and decision making

. Statistical process control

. Design of Experiment

. ISO 9001

. "Hazardous material (MSDS)" training class

. "North American TDMA system for Cellular & Personal Communication"

training classes

. "IS-95 CDMA System for Cellular and Personal Communications" training

classes

. "Statistical design method for high volume manufacturing" training

classes

. "RS/1, RPL statistical data management and analysis" training seminar

. "Software Engineering Institute (SEI) initiative" training seminar

. "Appropriate use of computer resources" training seminar

. "Less stress in work environment" training seminar

. "Dealing with difficult people" training seminar

. "RF measurement techniques" classes

. "Personal software process development" training seminar

. "Maximizing performance" training seminar

. "Persuasive presentation" training seminar

. "Design Of Experiments" training seminar

. "NOVATION" training seminar

. "Safety awareness" training seminar

. Certifications: X-Ray, LabWindows / CVI Basic and Advanced software

development environment; "Integrated Test Engineering (ITE)" automated

systems; "Hewlett Packard RF Network Analyzer User"

Languages - English (fluent) Persian-Farsi (fluent), Turkish (fluent),

Arabic (read & write)

Awards/Interests

. Recipient of multiple Champion & Excellence Awards for various

production environment activities

. Recipient of Motorola General Manager's quality award

. Captain of two consecutive Motorola volleyball season champions

. Captain of Motorola Football team

. Captain of Motorola Basketball team

. Captain of ANADIGICS racquetball team

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Education

MBA - Kennedy Western University - "Final Project pending"

BS in Electrical Engineering - Florida International University, Miami,

FL

Associate in Arts - Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL

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