Manufacturing Manager

Frank Swarm

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** **** ***** ****

City: Rocklin

State: CA

Zip: 95677

Country: USA

Phone: 916-***-****

Skill Level: Director

Salary Range: $100,000

Willing to Relocate

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Job History / Details:

Frank Swarm Background

6625 Star Vista Lane

Rocklin, CA 95677

Phone 916-***-****

Cell 916-***-****

Email: *********@********.***

Objective:

To join an organization in a Senior Operations management position where my strengths and experience in management, manufacturing strategy, continuous quality improvement, process development, problem resolution, cost reduction and execution of new products will be an asset.

Qualifications:

Over 20 years of senior operations management experience, encompassing organizations of 50 to 500 people and revenues from $3-$50 million dollars. Demonstrated proficiency in: communication, coordination and motivation of quality, material, assembly and test personnel.

Strong organizational skills combined with a quantitative approach to manufacturing.

Excellent decision-making and negotiating skills, action and results oriented, able to communicate strategies and tactics and identify obstacles.

Leadership in world-class lean manufacturing methods, promoting profitability through continuous cost reduction.

Innovation in management of startups and fast growth environments.

Seasoned leader with strong mentoring and team building skills.

Experience in transferring Manufacturing technology /operations to international venues for cost savings. Manufactured products in Mexico, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Scotland.

Experience:

Valutech Outsourcing, Post-manufacturing Repair & Refurbishment of Telecommunication & Consumer Electronics Products - Mexicali, Mexico 10/2004- 3/2012

Director of Quality - Quality Consultant for the final 6 months.

Hired to help develop repair/warranty/refurbishment processes for electronics products - cell phones, telecommunications hubs, routers & switches. Responsibilities included; product process and quality system development in compliance with ISO 9001 & 14000 certified by TUV. Helped develop a receiving inspection triage system for warranty adjudication of 20K cell phones per day, with daily, weekly and monthly reporting for both internal and external customers. Developed the in process controls and final acceptance people/procedures that resulted in less than 1% bounce rate (return in-warranty) on shipping volume of 75K units per week.

Kagoor Networks, VoIP Traffic Management System - San Mateo, CA 12/00-4/03

Director of Production Operations

Established an operations team (Materials, Procurement, Production, Test Engineering and Quality) for this start-up, to select and support contract manufactures for product assembly/test with final integration and testing in-house. The team responsibilities included new product introduction from the Engineering team in Israel, to CM`s in USA and Scotland with final hardware and software integration at Kagoor`s headquarters in San Mateo. Helped negotiate the CM`s long-term contracts that support Marketing forecast and company goals. Held weekly conference calls with CM`s, Engineering and Operations to

review product development, quality, delivery and cost issues. Lead the logistics team that selected a customs brokerage/freight forwarder for international shipments support.

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ReplayTV, Inc., Digital Video Recorders - Mountain View, CA 11/99-12/00

Director of Production Engineering

Established a manufacturing infrastructure team (Quality and Manufacturing/Test Engineering) for this start-up, to support our contract manufactures, partners and supply chain. Built a team that successfully introduced two generations of product from product release to production of > 20,000 per month with 1st pass process yields of > 98%. Managed the daily tactical execution at our CM site and also the relationships with our other manufacturing partners. Held operations reviews for cost, quality, delivery, and service. Helped negotiate the contract manufacturer financial model. Monitor and recommend resource planning. Focused on production process improvements to meet and exceed our customer`s expectations. Monitor delivery performance and manage the team to ensure that the ReplayTV on-time delivery goals were achieved. Team leader of the selection of manufacturing partners program.

OptiVision Inc., MPEG Storage Systems & Network Appliances - Palo Alto, CA 1/95-11/99

Vice President of Operations

Built the Manufacturing Strategy that has taken this start-up company from $3M in FY 1995 revenues to $16M in FY 1999. Increased Gross Margins from 20% in FY95 to over 55% in FY99. Responsibilities include; Materials, Purchasing, Manufacturing & Production Engineering, Quality, Assembly & Test and New Product Release process. Implemented Master Scheduling and MRP processes to help lead the company`s business planning process. Implemented a Supplier Base that has supported Manufacturing`s 100% annual growth, annual cost reduction of 20-30% and field quality improvement to 99%. Responsible for implementation of manufacturing processes and controls to ensure efficient use of resources and the highest product quality levels. Successfully implementing inventory control programs achieving 99% Annual Physical Inventory accuracy.

Director of Manufacturing

Joined the company in 1995. Moved Manufacturing from Davis, Cal. to Palo Alto. Recruited personnel and set-up facilities for the projected 100% annual growth.

Cerplex Group, Refurbish & Re-Sale of EOL Products- Lawrence, Mass. 10/94-1/95

Manufacturing Consultant

Hired to help develop processes for new products acquired through acquisitions. Responsibilities also included; evaluation of product designs, recommendations for product engineering support, product life-cycle and product disposition for these newly acquired products.

Philips Ultrasound, Medical Diagnostic Ultrasound Systems - Santa Ana, CA 5/90-6/94

Director of Manufacturing

Responsibilities included; Materials, Assembly, Test, contract manufacturing and Field Depot Repair. Successfully implemented; Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) that successfully passed annual FDA audits, Quality Improvement Systems (TQM), New Product Release Program reducing the new product introduction cycle and expenses, Design & Process Validation that led to improvements in WIP labor and field quality. Successfully implementing a PCB assembly turnkey program, reducing inventory by over $10M annually. Developed quality programs that increased test yields from 40% to 80% reducing scrap from $30k monthly to less than $5k.

WangDAT, Inc., DAT Cassette Tape Drive - Costa Mesa, CA 5/89-4/90

Director of Product Assurance

Joined this start-up before it shipped its first product. Established the company`s Quality System which included; Quality Strategy, Quality Manual, Supplier Partnership Program, Design Validation Testing,

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On-going-Reliability Testing, New Product Release process. Interfaced with OEMs on customer quality requirements and lead internal OEM Program effort.

Shugart Corporation, Start / Stop Streaming Tape Drives - Monrovia, CA 10/87-5/89

Manufacturing & Test Engineering Manager

Introduced process control, process procedures, and tooling calibration. Responsible for New Product Release process. Increased yields from 40% to 90%. Leadership role in customer acceptance of Shugart product at Dock-to Stock level. Helped move Manufacturing to Mexico.

KSI Disc Products, Inc., Winchester Disk Substrates - Chino, CA 4/86-10/87

Director of Operations

Played major role in re-engineering Manufacturing and the company. Played a major role in helping the company out of Chapter 11. Re-established customer confidence, which helped improve sales by 100%. Lead the move of Manufacturing to Mexico.

Computer Memories, Inc., Winchester Disk Drives - Chatsworth, CA 1/85-4/86

Product Engineering Manager

Established process, and controls for the design and production of IBM products. Leader of the Manufacturing Program Management team for IBM products. Helped develop the processes and the technical manufacturing team that help the company from $10M in annual sales to $100M in one year.

Century Data Systems, Winchester Disk Drives - Anaheim, CA 9/83-1/85

Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Responsibilities included Manufacturing Engineering, New Product Introduction. Working with Engineering on new product development, I was responsible for the qualification of new products into Manufacturing and developing new processes to meet new product requirements.

Siemens Communications Systems, Disk, Tape, Floppy Drives- Tustin, CA 7/75-9/83

Director of Manufacturing

Implemented and maintained manufacturing and quality programs. Leadership role in expanding operations to Mexico and Hong Kong. Leadership role in managing OEM Programs.

Quality Manager

Developed and managed Quality Programs for this multi-product division. Supported Mexico and Hong Kong manufacturing facilities.

Anaconda Electronics - Telecommunication Systems- Anaheim, CA 4/67-6/75

Production Test Manager

Dynair Electronics - Video Switching, CATV Modulators- San Diego, CA 6/65-4/67

Production Technician

United States Navy 6/61-5/65

Fire Control Technician,--Troubleshooting, repair and maintenance of shipboard radar and computer systems.--Navy electronics -A- and -B- schools. Vietnam veteran.

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