Robert W. Schweter

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Project Coordinator Operational Leader Team Builder

Twenty years of experience in project management and operational leadership. Astute in the implementation of worldwide New Production Introduction. Adept in cross departmental project communication and planning involving Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Procurement, Customer support, Finance and Marketing. Liaise with Engineering and company based manufacturing, OEM, and contract manufacturers. Recognized for consistently meeting aggressive timelines and metrics. Acknowledged for growing revenue in a challenging not-for-profit environment.

Professional Strengths

Project Coordination Project Planning Continuing Process Improvement

Team Building Vendor Coordination Team Leadership

Operations Management Customer Satisfaction Customer Service

New Product Introduction Capital Budgeting Non-profits

Career Highlights

Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock, Texas 2013 to 2014

Project Manager. Engineering project support for Data Center Solutions Group including coordination of new product material planning and engineering samples for server and modular data centers.

Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock, Texas 2011 to 2012

Project Manager. Directed planning and coordination of Trade Compliance projects involving internal and external business stakeholders and IT group. Provided initial direction of business teams to define, develop, and deploy future S&P inventory tracking tool to improve logistics and sales efficiency.

? Implemented Sharepoint application to track global quarterly tactical enhancements (TE). Increased visibility of worldwide TE process, reduced scope creep and redundant work due to improved communication, clarification of business requirements, and reporting of development and test status. Achieved 100% on time delivery of global quarterly projects resulting in $1M annual savings.

Central Baptist Church, Round Rock, Texas 2000 to 2011

Business Administrator. Led church business operation, projects, and adult ministries. Coordinated project planning and implementation of campus computer network. Contracted IT operational support for church and PreK-12th grade school. Negotiated new construction and mortgage bank loans, secured contracts with liability and health insurance companies, and selected church office equipment vendors and maintenance services.

? Spearheaded planning and execution of two capital campaign projects securing $4M in support for non-profit campus master plan.

? Directed construction project team for the addition of an Education building ($4M), Pre-K facility and information/welcome centers ($575k) and additional parking lot ($500k).

? Established financial planning and reporting for annual budget reviews. Improved financial accountability and visibility of non-profit operational budget. Achieved 60% revenue increase over ten years and 15% decrease in operational expenses.

? Collaborated with two non-profit organizations for the construction of a $4.2M education facility. Enlisted and led volunteer teams of various domains (facility planning, financing, construction, city permit, and insurance) to secure approval of final plans resulting in savings of $250K.

? Directed the project planning and implementation of campus computer network to improve communication between both non-profit organizations and enable the school to access a broader offering of education opportunities.

Dell Computer Corporation, Round Rock, Texas 1997 to 2000

New Product Operation Project Manager. Directed team of five project managers and a manufacturing engineer in coordinating with Engineering, Finance, Marketing/Sales, Customer support and worldwide factories to assure on-time worldwide launches of new consumer desktop computers and peripherals (Dimension PG).

? Three year record of on-time launches of Dimension systems and peripheral products. Consistently achieved product quality and customer support goals.

? Led interview team for Operational and Manufacturing Engineering management personnel in new plants at Nashville, TN and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The unified HR effort resulted in on time hiring and planned operational openings at both sites.

? Pioneered the development of a worldwide Web database to provide visibility and timely communication of engineering designs, program status, test results, material planning, and marketing releases for systems and peripherals. The database ensured project status was thoroughly communicated, project issues were quickly resolved, and achieved significant improvement of ready to ship (RTS) releases of system and peripheral products.

? Championed MS-Project usage/training for all domains of new product group (engineering, marketing/sales, manufacturing, customer support, etc.) to enable worldwide master scheduling of systems and peripheral new products. MS-Project offering enabled worldwide organization to quickly respond to schedule changes, critical path analysis, and schedule resolution.

? Proposed and implemented the re-organization into two distinct new product operation (NPO) groups. System and Peripheral NPO groups were created to support the uniqueness of product designs, processes, and lead times of systems vs. peripherals. The immediate result was significant increase of on-time releases of new peripherals.

? Led technical team to identify opportunities to reduce the engineering life cycle supporting an aggressive ready to ship date. Team process improvements resulted in product release one month before competitors, increased market share, expedited material expense avoided, and quality of the product was excellent based on reports from customer support.

Applied Materials Inc., Austin, Texas 1996 to 1997

Technical Project Lead.

? Directed design review for manufacturability/testability of printed circuit board assemblies (PCBA) used in semiconductor capital equipment. Pareto highlighted PCBA as top problem in final system test failures. Led solutions team in review of electrical designs, PCB layouts, materials, in-circuit and functional tests, and final functional test of end system. Corrective actions proposed by team led to appreciable reduction of final system test failures, decrease in production lead time and improved customer satisfaction.

Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, Texas 1989 to 1996

Customer Support Project Manager; Manufacturing Project Manager.

? Project management for new product release of fault tolerant UNIX computer. Served as manufacturing liaison and coordinated new product release with development, test/manufacturing engineering, purchasing, logistics, customer support, and contract manufacturers. Coordinated team effort resulting in on time delivery of parts/assemblies in support of first customer shipment date.

? Special Corporate Award ?1993 Vice President?s Award? for outstanding performance.

Early Career

SCI Systems Inc., Huntsville, Alabama, Production Manager. 1987 to 1989

Rolm Corporation, Austin, Texas, Desktop Products Production Manager. 1985 to 1987

Tandem Computers Inc., Austin, Texas, Test Supervisor. 1981 to 1985

Data General Corporation, Austin, Texas, Senior Test Engineering Technician. 1981

United States Air Force, Bergstrom AFB, Austin, Texas 1973 to 1981

Education

Bachelor Science in Management - summa cum laude, Park University, Austin, Texas

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