Manager Project

Julia E. Petersen, PMP

***** ** ********* **. • Hillsboro, OR 97124 • 971-***-**** • abiiif@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Talented and accomplished Program Manager with over 12 years of experience. Proven ability to

design, plan, and lead successful projects in variety of industries. Track record of delivering time to market

quality products to customers. Expertise in managing costs and meeting schedules. Consistent record of

building team performance levels. Superior abilities in staff mentoring, and leadership. Able to direct quality,

safety, compliance, and engineering programs. Excellent presentation, reporting, and analysis skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2005 – Present TECHNICAL PROGRAM/ENGINEERING MANAGER, Intel Corp Hillsboro, OR

• Direct and motivate cross-disciplinary team of engineers .

• Interface with clients and project stakeholder groups to develop scope, establish key decision

points negotiate changes and manage resources.

• Plan and manage multiple projects simultaneously including scope changes and cost reductions.

Successfully managed 17 projects to completion since Dec 2005 with budgets totaling $2.5 million.

• Conduct thorough project risk assessments identifying all risks associated with each project.

Develop mitigating plans for all high and medium level risks.

• Manage engineering and laboratory resources to meet all project schedule deadlines.

• Manage Capital and Non-capital budget of $1.3 million, successfully coming in under budget Year Over

Year.

• Interface with client and external stakeholder groups to establish additional opportunities for validation

and performance testing of products.

• Interface with client and external stakeholder groups to monitor processes between engineering and

stakeholder groups.

2001 – 2005 OPERATIONS/PROGRAM MANAGER, Intel Corporation

Hillsboro, OR

• Managed daily manufacturing operations. Supervised 36 technicians. Ensured compliance with all

safety, quality, and output goals. Scheduled and prioritized work.

• Developed and implemented operations policies and procedures to increase consistency.

• Working in collaboration with management team, acted in role of Factory Manager one week out of

each month. Led meetings, resolved and monitored ongoing production and quality issues.

• Prepared and delivered training in HR management and team development to managers, engineers,

and manufacturing teams. Most specifically, carried out strategic planning and crisis training to

identify and resolve potential resource constraints and quality concerns.

• Reduced equipment downtimes from average of 7 days per month to zero by introducing team problem

solving methodologies and new training. Achieved 0% downtime for full year.

• Improved communications, problem solving, and motivation among teams, implementing

proactive quality focus. Raised team relationship scores from 42% to 80% in only one year.

• Experienced with ISO 9002 certification process. Served as Quality Systems Representative for

Manufacturing during ISO 9002 certification. Managed development of module specification lists and

achieved 98% compliance.

• Selected to lead product ramp-up process for new product manufacturing. Led team in moving

production from 10 units per week to 2,500 per week. Developed standardized policies and

procedures.

• Responsible for staffing, including resume review, interviewing, and attrition forecasting. Hired 360

technicians in 2005.

1993- 2000 RESIDENT IN RUSSIA, INDIA, ENGLAND

• Thorough understanding of living and working with diverse cultures.

1989 – 1992 FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER, United States Postal Service nationwide

• Project Engineer for implementation of $5 million automated material handling system at Minneapolis

location. As Field Project Engineer, worked with contractors, managing schedules and equipment

testing, directed installation and training throughout the entire construction process.

• Carried out staffing analyses vs. work volume studies, as well as, workload forecasting, resource

usage, cost control, facilities layout and collection route analyses.

• Project Manager for variety of equipment implementation projects.

• Key member of industrial engineering group, coordinating productivity enhancement activities.

EDUCATION

BS w/Honors in Disaster Engineering & Management, Coventry University, UK (2000)

Program comprised of Civil Engineering and Program Management based curriculum emphasizing

core civil engineering skills in water resource management, hydrology, wastewater treatment,

structural design and other civil engineering basics, in addition to strategic planning and risk

assessment skills for disaster situations.

BS in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering MECOP, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (1988)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

PMP certification 2008, Project Management Institute

Intel Representative and Board Member to OSU MECOP Program 2001-2007

EIT certification 1988

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