Manufacturing / Operations Management

Thomas R. Boehm

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Summary of § Results driven Management Executive with domestic and international semiconductor

Qualifications and LED operations experience having a focus on high volume production in cost

sensitive and quality intensive market segments.

§ Strong management qualifications in key areas such as problem solving, strategic planning,

continuous improvement, business processes, people development and teamwork

§ Proven ability to improve overall operations, impact business growth and maximize profits

through improvements in quality, cost, productivity / efficiency and internal controls.

Experience ETi LED

Nov. 2011 – Sep. 2012 Wuhu & Dalian, China

Management Team (Focused on Test, Quality, Reliability)

§ Provide test and reliability operations expertise, guidance and mentoring to the local

management team to support multiple factory startups and new product/process

introductions.

§ Responsible for developing and implementing overall qualification/reliability criteria for ETI

LED products and processes.

§ Directed the development and implementation of manufacturing process monitors, WIP

tracking, productivity/quality reports for wafer probe and sort operations.

Illumitex

Mar. 2009 – Oct. 2011 Austin, Tx

Director, Operations

§ Responsible for developing and implementing overall test/assembly strategy, including

the evaluation and selection of offshore assembly, test and qualification subcontractors.

§ Recruit, hire, mentor/train and empower a manufacturing and engineering team to support

the development, improvement and sustaining of products released to production.

§ Develop production schedules, direct implementation of quality controls and manage

direct/indirect materials internally and at subcontractors.

§ Manage the manufacturing operation based on established metrics to control/improve

quality, cost and cycle time. Drive process improvement on new product releases to

provide a sustainable solution prior to high volume manufacturing.

Amkor Technology Philippines

Apr. 2002 – Dec. 2008 Philippines

Vice President, ATP Test

§ Managed P&L to the customer level for ATP test with over 60 active customers.

§ Improved outgoing quality and reduced Customer Corrective Action Requests (CCARs)

by 90% in test through implementation of quality focused systems and metrics.

§ Direct interface with customers on all issues including technology, output, quality, cycle

time and overall performance. Led or participated with many of the customer business

reviews, technology roadmaps and business development negotiations.

§ Improved productivity by almost 600% while reducing the headcount supporting test 35%,

growing singulated test volume from >10M units/wk to <35M units/wk.

§ Reduced layers of management through focused people development activities at all

levels, consolidating roles and functions to drive personal/professional growth, efficiency

and utilization gains.

§ Member of executive staff at ATP, responsible for establishing overall direction for Amkor

Philippines factories as well as setting policies and guidelines towards the achievement of

the company vision, employee development, welfare and safety.

§ Member of the Amkor worldwide manufacturing council, responsible for developing

corporate equipment and technology roadmaps as well as driving standards for process

methodology, benchmarking and implementing best known methods across all factories.

Amkor Technology

Nov 1997 – Apr 2002 Chandler, Az.

Director, World Wide Test

§ Managed over $250M in capital spending while developing key alliances with ATE and

material handling suppliers and ancillary equipment or material vendors, negotiating

preferential terms and enhanced infrastructure support.

§ Defined and implemented the best practices for test manufacturing worldwide. This

included process standards between factories and countries, business processes, pricing

and costing models, planning practices, and capital acquisition and asset management.

§ Developed and implemented Information Systems infrastructure for a closed loop process

from Sales to Billing, ensuring accuracy and accountability for processed work.

§ Participated in all M. & A. opportunities related to corporate test expansion worldwide,

including performing the due diligence related to test acquisitions in SE Asia, as well as

negotiations for a presence in Taiwan with a “strategic partner”

Motorola MOS-10

1994 – 1997 (Nov) Irvine, Ca.

Sr. Manager, Probe Operations / Information Systems

§ Operationally responsible for a $150M capital equipment base in support of wafer sort.

§ Achieved high level of test system utilization by establishing test conversion capability

within the organization. Capital avoidance savings exceeded $25M.

§ Directed the design, development and implementation of the IT infrastructure to support a

paperless environment in the wafer fab. System, data storage and network were

designed for a 24X7 failsafe operation.

§ Developed and implemented plan for automated WIP tracking and factory automation for

wafer fab and probe resulting in overall cycle time reduction of 15% with greater than 2%

improvement in fab yield.

§ Organization included information technology with software developers, system

administrators, computer technicians and operators. Test manufacturing was comprised

of test and manufacturing engineering, equipment maintenance and manufacturing.

Western Digital

1982 - 1994 Irvine, Ca.

Manager, Test and Assembly Operations

§ Responsible for design and start up of (2) test/probe facilities in the USA, with 40 test

systems supporting 6 leading edge business units with over 100 different product lines.

§ Responsible for selection, qualification and management of 10 subcontract test providers

in Asia and U.S.

§ Direct management of ~100 people, consisting of technical, manufacturing and

administrative staff. Dotted line responsibility for over 200 people in offshore test facility.

United States Marine Corps

1978 – 1982 Various Locations

Sergeant, Work center supervisor

§ Managed 20 technicians/engineers on a 24 X 7 work schedule

§ Responsible for scheduling department work load

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