Quality Assurance Supply Chain

Christopher L. Brigham

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San Jose, California 95128 ****@*******.*** C 408-***-****

Summary

A perceptive, dedicated, and resourceful operations, manufacturing,

supply chain and quality assurance executive with extensive experience

in operations, sourcing, new product introduction, quality/reliability

and inventory management. Understands the big picture and maintains

knowledge of all aspects of the business.

. Major strengths in supply chain management, fabless/offshore

transfer/manufacturing, sourcing and supplier management, product

qualification, and reliability/design verification testing and

failure analysis.

. Extensive knowledge and experience in Asian manufacturing and

sourcing, production transfers from the USA to Asia; both from a

culture and cost savings basis.

. Highly skilled in MRP, supply chain, information systems, stress

test methodologies, and facilities management.

. Develops strong purchasing, planning, product engineering,

quality, reliability, test, and document management system

functions in start-up environments.

. Successfully implements programs that result in achieving top

ranking for quality, delivery, and service to key customers.

Analytical and pragmatic, a stabilizing force in the face of stretch

goals, new challenges, and inevitable change. A diplomatic team

player who works well with others and independently. An expert

problem solver who identifies and resolves key issues. Delivers

tangible contributions that elevate business performance to new

levels.

Experience

JDSU, Inc., San Jose, California

Director, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations and Quality 2007-Present

Overhauled, re-established, staffed, developed, and managed a world class

manufacturing engineering and operations functions; as well as

Quality/Reliability/FA functions for an American based commercial laser

business (consisting of both Power Supplies, Boards, Solid State, and Gas

commercial/industrial lasers). Dramatically reduced customer return rates,

secured and selected Thailand based CM, transferred all back end

manufacturing/operations while reducing overhead and greatly improving

customer satisfaction.

. Identified, secured and established Thailand based manufacturing

operations and supply chain thereby reducing overall costs by greater

then 40%.

. Reduced customer return rates; both DOA and Warranty from greater than

18% to less then 5% while enhancing customer satisfaction and improving

the bottom line.

. Staffed and established Quality, Product, Process, Manufacturing

Engineering, and Failure Analysis functions

. Contracted and established capacity to handle > $100 million in revenue

for FY2009, and $150 million in FY2009

. Qualified, Characterized, and released to production highly complex

Solid-State commercial lasers from established California based

manufacturing and test to 100% Thailand based production.

G2 Microsystems, Inc., San Jose, California

Vice President, Operations and Quality 2006-2007

Established, staffed, developed, and managed manufacturing and operations

functions for an Australian based RF Wireless Active SOC Semiconductor and

Wireless RFID Tag Company. Secured and built-out US facilities, IT

infrastructure, sourced and selected global supply chain for SOC RF CMOS

Semiconductors, as well as reference hardware and complex high end RFID

Active Reference Tags.

. Secured and established Asia based manufacturing supply chain and

thereby reduced overall cost by 40%.

. Built and contracted capacity to handle > $10 million in revenue for

FY2008, and $30 million in FY2009

. Installed logistics and supply tracking scheme eliminating overhead and

the need for outsourced MRP

. Qualified, Characterized, and released to production SOC RF CMOS

Semiconductors and Tags ahead of schedule.

. Recruited an outstanding RF Test and Reference Hardware team to generate

future tag and reference hardware builds; as well as a much more

efficient and economical electrical test platform.

Infineon Technologies, Inc., San Jose, California (formerly Siemens

Microelectronics)

Senior Director, Quality Management 2004-2006

Served as Senior Director for a $2 billion Memory, Communications,

Wireless, Microcontroller, Discrete and Power Semiconductor provider in the

North American region. Responsible for corporate process improvements

leading to improved customer satisfaction and increased revenue in the

Automotive, Communications, Computing, Wireless and Industrial market

segments, as well as EMS and Distribution channels. Directed an

organization of over 30 with annual budget of $8 million. Accountable for

full technical and customer interface and management.

. Established U.S. based failure analysis capabilities effecting improved

customer response time by 48%

. Enabled ISO/TS-16949 registration for all North American facilities

exceeding customer requirements and expectations with historically few

minor deviations.

. Rebuilt and reorganized the Quality management team and directed new

customer-focused initiatives to support business growth for the entire

North American organization.

. Led various domestic and international teams to develop and implement

process improvements in Logistics, Quality, Marketing, Sales and

manufacturing, increasing productivity by > 20%

. Increased Infineon Technologies' quality customer satisfaction ratings

by > 8% in the most recent customer survey during times of increasing

customer production changes and challenges as well as corporate

reorganizations.

Management Consulting 2003-2004

Provided general management consulting with emphasis on setting up and

reengineering operations and quality functions. Created and managed

subcontract relationships, including sourcing. Performed on site general,

engineering, operations and program management. Acted in operations

turnarounds. Conducted organizational development as well as quality

management and customer interfacing, including ISO/QS-9000 assessments.

Silicon Bandwidth, San Jose, California

Vice President, Operations and Quality 2001-2003

Established and developed all aspects of corporate manufacturing operations

functions, including supply chain management, quality and reliability.

Identified and established quick-turn and high-volume manufacturing

partners to build high-performance optoelectronic and passive interconnect

products.

. Established global supplier partnerships for developing and

manufacturing complex, high-density, high-speed optoelectronic and

semiconductor connectors and packages.

. Established unique partnerships for rapid commercialization of new

technology and products.

. Implemented quality assurance scheme, purchasing, planning, operations

and product management/introduction.

. Drove towards fabless turn-key model to better leverage global

partnerships.

. Achieved and maintained 100% PTS for past five quarters.

Hifn Inc., Los Gatos, California

Vice President, Operations and Quality 1997-2001

Established, staffed, developed, and managed corporate manufacturing,

IS/IT, planning, supplier management, inventory control, quality and

reliability function with responsibility for semiconductor hardware,

software, board products involving data compression and encryption ASIC

network processors, systems, and software for networking marketplace.

. Pioneered supplier partnerships for developing and manufacturing complex

ASIC network security/compression processors. Secured and quadrupled

facilities, installed MRP and Information systems, staffed and ramped

production while reducing overall time to market and product cost by

over 50%.

. Designed and implemented hardware quality assurance, reliability,

failure analysis, corrective action, IS/IT, facilities, purchasing,

planning, operations and product management/introduction functions.

. Served as total quality evangelist for Hifn.

. Developed and implemented strategic plans to meet direct OEM product

delivery and quality goals. Improved Performance to Schedule (PTS) from

80% to over 98%.

. Established document control and cross-functional processes and build of

materials. Developed network based EDM system for archival, control,

and retrieval of all documentation.

Samsung Microwave Semiconductor, Milpitas, California

Senior Manager 1996-1997

Created, developed, and managed worldwide manufacturing organization

ranging from assembly, manufacturing, inventory control, facilities,

purchasing, information systems, quality, and reliability. Held

responsibility for all Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) Microwave Products.

. Reengineered and established entire functions, manufacturing and

assembly, purchasing, information systems, quality, reliability and

document control.

. Implemented metrics to quality for all areas. Improved overall

efficiency by over 50%.

. Implemented qualification procedures and methodology for all products

and processes.

. Redefined commercial/ISO-based document control system. Positioned

division for easy registration to QS-9000.

Quality Semiconductor, Santa Clara, California

Director, Quality and Reliability 1993-1996

Created, developed, and managed worldwide corporate quality and reliability

function with responsibility for all semiconductor products. Recruited,

trained, and established formal quality, reliability, and failure analysis

organization in start-up environment.

. Developed and implemented quality metrics to measure quality and

reliability levels for all critical manufacturing areas. Reduced

outgoing quality levels by more than 200%.

. Established and implemented formal supplier auditing program and

attained over 99% lot acceptance from fabrication and package assembly

and test partners in just 14 months.

. Implemented formal failure analysis capability internally and reduced

turnaround time from over 35 days to less than nine days.

. Achieved 100% compliance with all DESC military requirements.

Additional Experience

Cypress Semiconductor, San Jose, California, Quality Director, 1990-

1993. Established and directed corporate quality activities. Managed

18 individuals with four direct reports and $2,000,000 budget.

Reduced customer return rate from over 5% to less than 1% in fewer

than two years. Reduced outgoing quality problems by more than 300%

from over 350 ppm to less than 100 ppm. Achieved system compliance

with ECCB, DESC, STACK, and ISO-9000.

Siliconix Incorporated, Santa Clara, California, Manager, Quality and

Reliability, 1989-1990. Managed worldwide quality/reliability

functions for CMOS, BiCMOS, and MOSPOWER semiconductor devices.

Oversaw 31 individuals with $2,000,000 budget. Led quality,

reliability, and analytical services. Accountable for customer

interface/presentations, quality data reporting, failure analysis and

tracking, stress testing, document control and specification review.

Signetics Company/Philips, Sunnyvale, California, Manager, Quality and

Reliability Assurance, 1980-1989. Managed group responsible for

quality and reliability in supplying custom, semi-custom, and standard

ICs, Bipolar and MOS technologies. Directed initiative that resulted

in being ranked number one for quality, delivery and service to GM-

Delco Electronics. Obtained Ford's Q1 status, and Chrysler's

preferred supplier status.

Section Manager, Quality and Reliability Assurance (Concurrent, 1985).

Held responsibility for quality and reliability of products supplied

to all automotive customers, including GM-Delco Electronics, Ford

Motor Company, and Chrysler/Acustar.

Fairchild Test Systems Group (Sentinal), Santa Clara, California,

Reliability and Quality Assurance Engineer, 1979-1980. Accountable

for quality assurance, including supplier tracking, rating, and

auditing. Performed trend analysis, implemented data collection

systems with statistical analysis, and developed workmanship standards

and quality assurance manual.

Motorola Automotive Products Division, Arcade, New York, Quality

Engineer, 1977-1979. Provided technical and administrative support to

development engineering team in bringing new microprocessor-based

products into high-volume production. Held responsibility for design,

development, and implementation of entire quality programs.

Education

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York

B.S., Electrical Engineering Technology, 1978

Affiliations

Co-Chair, JEDEC/IPC Joint Task Force, JC14.1

Senior Representative, JEDEC/EIA JC-14, JC14.1, JC-14.3 Committees

Senior Member, Semiconductor Assembly Council (SAC)

Senior Member, American Society for Quality Control

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

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