Engineer Project

ARNOLD A. ADIGHIBE

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H 281-***-**** **************@***.*** C (713) 446-

8179

OBJECTIVE

To obtain an Engineer, Program, or Project Level Postion in the Information Technology or asoociated industries.

SUMMARY

Highly accomplished product support and systems engineer with experience developing and supporting

successful projects and solutions for a Fortune 500 information-technology provider. Holds an expertise in

systems integration as well as product engineering, development, and testing. Recognized for utilizing strong

organizational, strategic thinking, and multi-tasking skills to successfully manage various product families

simultaneously. Known for a high level of enthusiasm for business success, consistently demonstrating integrity

while simultaneously projecting a positive personal and professional image.

• Technically savvy and a creative problem-solver, able to quickly assess and utilize the appropriate

response to develop products that are both customer and end-user focused. Consistently associated with improving

organizational effectiveness and efficiency through leadership to accelerate performance and sustain strategic

flexibility for the organization. A self-starter with proven value to any organization through stability, a strong

aptitude of project execution, and communication skills.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Computer Hardware and Software Systems Configuration and Integration • Computing Solutions

Development • Test Process Development • Project Management

• IT Hardware Product Development and Manufacturing • IT Hardware Testing and

Troubleshooting • New Factory Product Setup • SAP • Cost Reduction and Control

• Microsoft Certified Professional • Outsource Manufacturing Program Management

• Problem Recognition • CompTIA Securty+ Certified.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Hewlett Packard Houston, TX 1989 –

2010

Product Engineer IV

Directed product support and engineering activities for several critical product lines throughout three outsourced

partners. Managed cross-functional teams throughout the company to successfully resolve elevated product

issues involving outsourced partners and internal stakeholders. Organized and spearheaded new factory product

setup and new product introduction activities from idea to completion ensuring project goals were successfully

met.

• Actualized product test and process-improvement documentation enabling outsourced partners to deliver

products according to company contractual requirements.

• Coordinated the upgraded and standardized product test systems across all outsourced partners,

improving product net recovery from 73% to 81% over three years at an average annual cost savings of $ 600K.

• Advanced process-improvement projects to reduce turnaround time from seven to three business days.

Electrical Product Engineer IV

Supported and maintained industry standard severs, computing clusters, storage arrays, network-attached

storage, networking switches, tape libraries, and tape drives. Collaborated and made constructive

recommendations in new products design verification.

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Hewlett Packard continued

• Administered failure analyses to designs and implemented corrective actions to improve the quality of

products from original design manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers.

• Resolved configure-to-order technical issues, engineering changes, and product-issue containment

corrective actions, resulting in shorter product-processing cycle times.

• Identified and formulated solutions to products across all factories through the facilitation of weekly

worldwide desktop factory Product Engineering team meetings.

• . Aided the product design teams to efficiently respond and correct pre-production issues, which

contributed to the improvement of the new product introduction process.

Solutions Test Engineer

Delivered on schedule complete custom-enterprise computing solutions complying with all customer

requirements. Configured and tested supercomputing clusters running on proprietary cluster software.

Administrated problem recognition and solution development during system qualification and benchmark

testing.

• Developed and integrated server and storage systems running Windows server 2003, tru64 UNIX, and

OpenVMS operating systems as part of large-scale High Perfrmance Computing solutions.

• Engaged customers at the project level in understanding the customer requirements and developing

custom configuration documents

• Solved technical issues with systems at the customer site and issues discovered during qual testing and

benchmarking by the customer prior to project signoff.

Electrical Product Engineer II

Led factory product support team in resolving product hardware and software issues while reducing product

downtime through timely corrective and preventive measures.

• Provided first level response to electrical product issues in the factory.

• Interacted with pertinent engineering groups in Houston and other sites in assessing and resolving product

issues.

• Led Product Improvement Teams involving Engineering and Production personnel for issue identification,

management, and process improvement.

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Engineering Technical Analyst 1989 – 1996

Provided technical analysis management of IC components testing in a lab environmemt.

• Coordinated IC component qualification processes among various stake holding engineering groups.

• Managed lab operations including ISO standardization and audit preparation.

• Debugged system and component level issues during component qualification and evaluation.

• Build and maintained product hot mockups for component testing and evaluation.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Electronics Engineering Technology Texas Southern University Houston,

TX

Bachelor of Science, Mathematics Cuttington University College Liberia

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) • CompTIA Security+ Certified

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

LEAN Six Sigma Greenbelt Business Process Improvement • Tru64 UNIX Network and Systems Administration

Microsoft Office Applications • Statistical Design of Experiments • Open VMS System Administration

Linux Installation, Configuration, Networking, and Troubleshooting

George Washington University Project Management Training

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