Ross Stearns

**** ******** ****, ***** ****, TX *8681

Cell 512-***-****

acg78w@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

:

Skilled Senior Engineering Manager with expertise in product development,

including program management, Scrum development process, product

validation, quality and reliability. Strong business acumen and the

ability to establish and improve working relationships with the various

engineering disciplines required to develop computing products.

Successfully motivated customers and internal groups to launch products on

time while ensuring the products met customer requirements as well as

quality and reliability goals. Proven ability to work with executive

management in an effort to assess risk and make data driven decisions.

Certified Scrum Master New Product Introduction Product Validation

Facilitate Customer Team Builder

Communications Data driven Decisions Applied FMEA, DOE

Executive Staff Manager Business Risk Assessment

Qualifications:

:

* Over 25 years of experience in the electronics industry.

* Over 18 years focused on new product introduction and development (NPI)

* Over 15 years' experience in mobile computing, hardware and software

development.

* Directly managed engineers for 9 years.

Experience:

:

Dell Computers Austin, TX

Feb 2014 - Jun 2014 Senior Development Manager

Manage local and far east engineering teams to develop small form factor

PC, and Mobile handheld (tablet) devices. Facilitated the technical

development effort and the transition to high volume manufacturing. Led

the team to resolve blocking technical issues and maintain factory

performance. Coordinated a joint engineering effort between Dell, Intel,

and Google.

. Resolved complicated customer issues to the satisfaction of both the

executives and our customers. Results: Customers were able to resume

shipments or launch product on time with improved product Quality.

. Work with the validation team to review and prioritize testing

Active Power Incorporated Austin, TX

2010 - Jan 2014 Senior Engineering Program Manager

Manage the engineering team and all aspects of the product life cycle from

requirements definition through development and sustaining. Worked with

the manufacturing team and procurement to select suppliers and ensure a

smooth transition from development to manufacturing. Worked with the

executive team to assess technical risk and set clear expectations.

. Estimate and track all program related cost and product BOM costs.

. Manage the hardware bug tracking database and help assess risk and

set priorities

. Called on by the marketing team to present to customers new features

and technologies that are under development and will be introduced in

future products

Experience Continued:

:

Advanced Micro Devices Austin, TX

2006 - 2009 Technical Program Manager

Managed all aspects of the platform development effort with customers in

the US, Taiwan and China. Worked directly with OEM and ODM design teams to

design and develop notebook platforms. Responsible for the development of

collateral and training the customer and far east technical leads on new

technologies required for notebook platform development.

. Customer Service & Support: Analyzed customer platforms with schematic

reviews, layout reviews, and extensive platform testing and validation.

Results: Accelerated project completion (Time to Money) and reduced

defects at launch.

Intel Corporation Hillsboro, OR (1996 - 2006)

2005 - 2006 Quality and Reliability Engineering Manager

Responsible for the quality and reliability design aspect of the wireless

(Centrino Brand) products, as well as all the testing required to evaluate

and qualify wireless products for high volume (millions per month)

manufacturing. My team also supported continuous improvement programs

(resulting in a sub 500DPM product) at our contract manufactures in China

and Malaysia. Also worked directly with customers to resolve issues as

well as educate them on the use of new manufacturing technologies.

. Risk Management: Coached engineers on their role as part of the product

development team. Results: Quality engineers were no longer viewed as

gatekeepers, but as valued team members that provided data and helped

to assess risk.

2003 - 2005 Applications Engineering Manager

Enabled notebook technologies that are targeted for sale through the Intel

channel. Worked directly with the ODM design teams (Taiwan, China) in an

effort to promote new technologies and ensure that the designs are of good

quality. Coordinated the ODM system evaluations within Intel labs for

various aspects of system performance (including power consumption,

thermals, high-speed bus performance, wireless through put, and overall

system performance).

. Gathered data from internal testing and customer feedback. Applied

statistical methods to produce reports needed for communications and

problem solving within the management team. Results: There was an

approximate two week delay in the launch of the product, but more

importantly, the product met or exceeded all stated specifications and

quality goals. Product volume ramped in a short time and the product

exceeded financial expectations.

1996 - 2003 Quality Engineer - Quality Engineering Manager

Quality Engineer for the Mobile Modules Operation (Manufactured notebook

processor modules that included on board voltage regulation, processor,

memory controller and memory). Responsible for the product qualification

of the 500 DPM processor modules that were being produced by the Intel

boards and system manufacturing organization.

. Design Engineering: Technical skills include electronic engineering as

well as the American Society of Quality (ASQ) body of knowledge.

Results: Initial product improvement as well as the ability to work

through issues that may arise during volume ramp and production.

. Information Interpretation: Trained engineering teams on the use of

statistical tolerances. Results: Improved design practices that

allowed more margins for suppliers. This ultimately reduces the cost

of manufacturing and product inspection.

Education:

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1983 - 1985 Bachelor of Science Electronic Engineering - Oregon Institute

of Technology

1981 - 1983 Associates Electronic Engineering - Mt. Hood Community College

2014 - Certified Scrum Master

1995 - 2000 ASQ Certified Quality and Reliability Engineer

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