Uyen-Chi Ly

512-***-**** • acog7w@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/uyenchily

Quality Engineer

Seeking a manufacturing logistic or operations position in a technical environment. 20+ years in manufacturing and

process/yield improvement of technical products and supervision. Background includes operation management,

failure analysis, departmental interfacing, process enhancement tools and procedures development, and planning

and scheduling test changeovers. Supervised engineers and test operators in manufacturing, inventory, and

shipping. Exceptional analytical and organizational skills used in negotiating, problem solving, and conflict resolution.

Strong communication and interpersonal skills; persistent and energetic.

Leadership Competencies

Continuing Process Improvement Material Management P & L Responsibility

Manufacturing Resource Planning Manufacturing assembly & Test Test Engineering

Master Production Scheduling Inventory Management & Control Pricing Strategies

Manpower Management & Scheduling Project and Staff Management Product Testing

Career Highlights

Operations Management

Automated inventory control to monitor 3 warehouses and introduced FIFO method to prevent near-outdated

items to be overlooked or damaged. This saved 10% of the purchased inventory per year.

Negotiated special price reduction on volume purchases. This saved 15% of the yearly volume.

Created and posted marking failure modes model on the test floor to emphasize awareness in marking and

external visual process. Marking issues reduced by 30%.

Materials Management and Efficiency Improvement

Interfaced aggressively with package engineers to solve incoming Coplane issue. Coplane yield for this particular

assembly vendor dropped 12% on 3 million parts. Saved the company over $360,000/month.

Increased Coplane yield to 99.7% from 95.5%. In the first year, saved the company 8 million parts ranging from

$.90 to $20+/unit. In the second year, saved company 20 million parts ranging from $.75 to $13+/unit.

Improved bent leads at hand test and sped up lead inspection and conditioning process. Eliminated low yield lots

by 90% for this package at Coplane.

Professional History

Post Construction Supplies Store, South Vietnam (2008 to 2014)

Owner/Operations Manager

Managed contractors/vendors and oversaw commercial project clients

Supervised inventory and ordering of supplies for retail store and for construction projects

Developed policies and procedures manual to ensure flow and functionality of store

Bookkeeping, pricing, estimates, negotiations, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable

ATMEL, San Jose, CA (1995-2008)

Manufacturing Engineer Supervisor

Managed the Test Floor Certification Process for ISO/TS16949 and Implemented Quality Systems based on

Automotive Requirements

Planned interface developments and conversions of test kits for testing and shipping different devices with

work stations that averaged 40 million units/mo. shipped with multiple test steps and associated revenue of

$50 million dollars

Remotely performed constant analysis for capacity planning and achieve equipment utilization consistently in

the high 90 percentile range to deal with scheduled and over 50% in turn businesses

Worked with overseas assembly vendors, local engineering, planning, sales/marketing across several

business units

Uyen-Chi Ly

512-***-**** • acog7w@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/uyenchily

Test Materials Engineer

Prequalified assembly vendors for new packages; qualified vendors updated to Approved Vendor’s List and

Approved Material Specification. This reduced probability of production problems

Created and posted marking failure modes model on the test floor to emphasize awareness in marking and

external visual process. Marking issues reduced by 30%

Recovered Coplane rejects through reflow. Saved over 2 million parts averaging $1-15/unit

Interfaced aggressively with package engineers to solve incoming Coplane issue. Coplane yield for this

particular assembly vendor dropped 12% on 3 million parts. Saved the company over $360,000/month

Sierra Monitor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (1991-1995)

Manufacturing Supervisor

Restructured manufacturing floor to provide a more defined work area

Supervised the NAVSEA project from prototyping, planning, assembling, and testing to ensure shipping of the

completed gas detection products were on schedule and under budget

Optimized work order scheduling to anticipate immediate products availability

Analyzed and reengineered inventory and shipping policies; resulted in shortened lead time and improved

shipping schedule by 98%

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Electronics Engineering Technology, 1990, DeVry Institute of Technology, Irving, TX

Honors; President’s List; National Honor Society; V.P. of Tau Alpha Pi

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

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