Project Manager Process

GENE POLLASTRO

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Liberty Hill, Texas 78642

512-***-**** (cell phone) ablxj7@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/genepollastro

Product Development / Quality / Project-People Mgr.

Experienced professional with in-depth technical knowledge combined with

high energy and enthusiasm. Taught systematic problem-solving,

quality/reliability testing and root-cause analysis skills; reducing

downtime/costs and increasing profits. Personable, upbeat, and diplomatic;

reliable, persistent, versatile, and loyal. Can work effectively alone or

as part of a team. Key skills include:

. Wafer fab factory transfer and expansion . Mentoring

. Project mgmt & execution - people & technical . New Product

Development & Intro

. QA - FMEA . Six Sigma

. Matrix Management . Testing and test methodology

. Process Development & Improvement . 8-D problem solving

. Benchmarking - characterization . Logistics

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

President/Co-Owner - Pollastro Enterprises, Inc. 2009 - present

Owner of Tutor Doctor franchise

. One-on-one, in-home tutoring for students of any age, any subject.

. Trained Education Consultant for Tutor Doctor: perform family

consultation and student assessment.

. Interview tutors to act as independent contractors for Tutor Doctor

. Match tutors with students seeking maximum student success, tutor success

and customer satisfaction.

. Manage business tasks for advertising, finances, inventory and office

management.

Parenting/Family writing and seminar development

. More than ten years writing on parenting/family issues.

. Developing teaching/seminar material for presentation.

. Leveraging experience raising four children (3 boys, 1 girls), and

helping with other teens in our home.

. Presently taking classes in counseling and writing as supplement to my

>20 years experience working with children from toddlers to college ages

(Boy Scouts, church youth group, teaching, etc.).

Freescale Semiconductor (Motorola spin-off), Microcontroller (MCU) Division

2004 - 2009

New Product Development Team Leader

. Managed teams of engineers, owning as many as seven simultaneous product

development projects from concept to production in 0.09 to 0.25 micron

transistor technology.

. Completed the certification, test program development, product

introduction and production ramp of nine distinct computer chips that

generated >50 individual new products.

. Performed initial product cost estimates for full manufacturing process,

including all manufacturing options. Maintained on-going costs analysis

through launch and full production.

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Motorola, Inc. (Industry-leading micro technology developer and

manufacturer) 1990 - 2004

Project Manager, Semiconductor Products 2000-2004

. Managed new product engineering teams for 32-bit MCU, working on

simultaneous projects in 0.25 to 0.8 micron transistor technology.

New Product Introduction and Productivity Product Manager 1998-2000

. Managed engineering teams on 8-bit MCU new products, productivity

enhancement, and process transfer. Performed all characterization,

certification, and production launch, working closely with Design and

Wafer Fabrication departments to optimize processes and designs, in 0.8

to 1.5 micron transistor technology.

Process Transfer Manager and Product Engineering Manager 1990 -1998

. 8-bit Microcontroller Division: Collaborated extensively with

facilitization and factory engineers in multi-site expansions. Organized

factory startups: equipment selection and matching, first wafer

manufacture, debug, analysis, certification, and production launches.

. Managed various teams of engineers in new product introduction (NPI),

process and yield improvement,

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Developed wafer masking scheme which saved 40% of mask set cost

. Developed scheme to include multiple mask layers on reticles.

. Worked with wafer process engineering to develop a production worthy

methodology

Developed a wire bonding process moving Freescale products ahead of

competition by:

. Recognizing the confluence of advanced wire bonding and patented circuit

layout techniques to allow an additional>10% significant shrink of the

chip.

. Conceived and implemented a 32-bit MCU in a 144-pin package with full

Ethernet implementation, a process replicated in subsequent products but

not available from competitors.

. This design technique also improved power distribution to the chip and

overcame a technology-wall encountered with technologies below 0.25u.

Also reduced power pins by 20%, now usable for signals.

. Knowledge of the design, characterization, transistor physics, as well as

mechanical and material sciences were utilized in developing and

implementing this process.

Devised and implemented an aggressive and systematic test cost reduction

methodology:

. Reduced test time and cost by 75% and improved test yield.

. Maintained superior quality levels.

Spearheaded factory expansion into two new production facilities for

Motorola, increasing productivity:

. Launching two new wafer factories, taking full project ownership from

product division perspective.

. Working closely with facilitization and process engineers, transferring

wafer processes.

. Developed benchmarking methodology for analysis, debug, and process

qualification in new factories.

. Launched full production in both factories on schedule.

Built loyal teams, maintaining employee retention over 90% at Motorola and

Freescale by:

. Instilling team and company loyalty.

. Mentored high-potential employees in new product processes and company

policy by:

. Incoming employees were facing challenges learning essential technical

and interpersonal processes, complicated by tight deadlines on a high-

visibility product introduction.

. Conducting training to report technical difficulties without fear of

reprisal.

. Delivering on-time new product qualification and production through

cohesive team participation and cooperation.

. Also managed problem employees, improving performance and attitude.

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PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Design/Production/Characterization Team Leader and Engineer.

. Key contributor to NPI team that introduced 50 new advanced CMOS logic

chips in less than 2 years

. This team was awarded a Motorola corporate gold medal for NPI execution

and yield enhancement.

. Coordinated aggressive cost reduction of older technology products.

Result was ~40% cost savings per units, coupled with improved chip

performance.

. Performed extensive product characterization, certifying and implementing

the measurement techniques utilizing both automated test equipment (ATE)

and bench equipment.

EDUCATION

Stevens Institute of Technology. Hoboken, New Jersey. 1977-1981

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical Engineering

Some MBA work completed.

Trained for PMP certification.

Presently taking classes related to writing and counseling.

References on LinkedIn profile, or available upon request

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