Manager Project
Resume:
J. Christopher Hysham
**** ****** ****, *********, **. 92054
abnnqy@r.postjobfree.com
Experienced engineering and operations manager with a proven track record of developing and introducing new
Summary
products on time and within budget. Extremely hands-on management and team oriented style with extensive
international experience and excellent communications and documentation skills. Extensive experience creating and
executing complex technical plans, resource plans and forecasts, identifying problems and mitigating risks.
Extensive experience in developing WBS, SOW, project plans, resource needs, forecasts and budgets for programs
in the $1M to $30M range.
Proven track record of coordinating and managing Integrated Product Teams in a matrix organization.
Managed capital equipment budgets and laboratory resources in excess of $5M.
Successfully managed the system integration and final validation and qualification testing of numerous new
products.
Cymer, Inc. (San Diego, CA.) 1997-2009
Experience
Design, Development and Production of Industrial Lasers
2006-2009
Engineering Project Manager
Led a 12 member integrated product team responsible for the development and introduction of the
newest generation of lasers used in the semiconductor industry, resulting in $30M in revenue in the first
year of service.
Generated the overall technical project plans and schedules, jointly defined the technical resource
staffing requirements with functional managers, and defined capital equipment budgets needed to
maintain the laboratories at the highest state of test readiness and product configuration.
Created technical documentation such as system specifications and system level tests plans.
Provided monthly program management status review input for Senior Management and customers
using a variety of metrics covering technical progress, risk identification, mitigation plans, and
technical, budget and schedule performance.
2004-2006
Program Manager, EUV
Managed the System Integration and Test Group. Primary responsibilities included integration and test
of the breadboard, and advanced development systems. My direct reports included the System
Scientist, System Engineer, Program Schedule Analyst and several Test Engineers and Technicians.
Planned, organized, and directed the definition, integration and test of the first two full scale Laser
Produced Plasma Light Sources.
Coordinated the long range laboratory architecture, equipment budgets, and staffing requirements
needed to perform final system integration, validation testing and qualification testing.
Directed the activities of the test engineers and technicians and jointly developed tests plans with the
system scientists and functional managers.
Prepared, maintained and managed the execution of the development schedule and budget
including seventeen separate, major WBS elements covering technology development through
product delivery.
Developed and implemented new budget tracking tools, metrics and processes, resulting in a budget
performance that was within 5% of plan for a multi-million dollar quarterly budget. Additionally,
introduced several innovative schedule tracking, maintenance and reporting processes.
Managed the creation of Contract Data Items (CDRL) including monthly technical and financial
reports and quarterly Program Reviews for the DARPA / SPAWAR Program Management Team,
resulting in a 100% on time submission record for the entire contract.
2002-2004
Integration Manager / Phase 1 Manager
Responsible for coordinating the corporate wide, cross functional effort to integrate and test a new
generation of excimer lasers, based on an entirely new technology approach.
Defined and managed a capital equipment budget of $5.7M to support the initial build, integration
and technology validation testing of breadboard and prototype systems.
Defined and coordinated the assignment of six separate and discrete cross-functional Integration
Teams, each consisting of a System Scientist, Technician, Field Service Engineer, Production Test
Engineer, Technical Documentation Specialist, Control System Engineers (HW and SW), Optical
Engineers, Opto-Mechnical Engineers and Mechanical Engineers.
J. Christopher Hysham
1760 Laurel Road, Oceanside, CA. 92054
abnnqy@r.postjobfree.com
2001-2002
Program Manager
Responsible for the planning, organizing, staffing and controlling of all aspects of a $1.8M laser
development program consisting of three distinct products.
Provided complete management oversight and guidance of an 11 member cross-functional team
consisting of all engineering specialties (Mechanical, Electrical, Optical, SW) as well as Product
Marketing, Field Service, Production, Procurement, Quality, Safety and Compliance.
Directly interfaced with foreign customers to ensure proper definition of specifications and monthly
status updates regarding product cost, schedule and performance.
2001
Manager, Product Development Program Office
Overall corporate champion for the Product Development Process reporting to the VP of Product
Development. Responsible for designing, developing, implementing and improving the efficiency of the
Corporate Product Development Process and the Program Management Processes.
Designed and deployed a closed-loop R&D resource identification, allocation and variance reduction
process, with supporting metrics.
Developed and deployed improved process methods and metrics for enabling timely, accurate
estimation and prediction of R&D performance.
Trained and mentored other program managers, project engineers and development teams
regarding the implementation and usage of the corporate product development process and
associated metrics.
1997-2001
Deputy Program Manager
Responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling all aspects of a $750K laser development program
consisting of a specific excimer laser product.
Designed and deployed a closed-loop corrective action process resulting in the more efficient and
timely resolution of design and performance related problems.
Directly interfaced with foreign customers to ensure proper definition of product specifications, test
plans and monthly status updates, regarding product cost, schedule and performance.
Defined capital equipment budgets needed to maintain the laboratories at the highest state of test
readiness and product configuration.
Hughes-JVC Technology Corporation (Carlsbad, CA.) 1991-1997
Design and Development of Projection Systems
Program Manager / Product Manager
Led the corporate wide effort for planning, establishing and implementing an ISO 9001 management
system. Defined and implemented a Product Marketing organization focusing on new product
development and program management.
Hughes Aircraft Company / Hughes Electronics Corporation (Carlsbad, CA.) 1984-1991
Aerospace and Defense Electronics
Senior Project Engineer / Project Manager
Led a fifteen member cross-functional team for a product line of solid-state laser products responsible
for $7M in annual sales. Achieved an on-time delivery record exceeding 98% for three consecutive
years, for quantities exceeding 4,000 units per year.
Project Engineer, Member of the Technical Staff
Provided technical support to a product line of solid-state lasers responsible for $8M in annual sales.
Coordinated all phases of the production processes for three separate products.
M.B.A. / Finance
Education 2002
University of San Diego, School of Business Administration, San Diego CA.
B.A. / Applied Physics - Optics
University of California at San Diego, Revelle College, San Diego CA.
Hughes Aircraft Company Program Management Development Course
Training and
Advanced Hughes Aircraft Company Corporate training programs in Risk Management, Team
Skills
Building and Statistical Process Control resulting in Facilitator/Trainer levels of competency
Fluent computer skills in using MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Power Point, MS Visio and
other related software applications
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