Tim Pidcock

Email: abqdg1@r.postjobfree.com

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

City: Rancho Santa Margarita

State: CA

Zip: 92688

Country: USA

Phone: 949-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $175,000

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Tim Pidcock

Sr. Director Global Supplier Quality and Development

SUMMARY

Highly competent and versatile leader/management professional/US Navy veteran with over 31 years of experience

in High Technology Industries, Telecom and Military Advanced Aviation Electronics. Over 13 years in positions

advancing from Manager to Sr. Director level. I am seeking a challenging management position with an

Organization that will take full advantage of my leadership skills and experience, provide room for future

professional growth and opportunities to further expand my professional development.

Have the capability to function well as a strong leader, team member and individual contributor. Committed to the

success of the team and focused on solving problems regardless of their scope. Rewarded by working effectively

with team members and cross-functional peers to develop both focused, and broad scoped solutions that are

measureable, practical and have the greatest impact on improvement. Understand how to drive process efficiencies,

and expand, enhance capabilities. Effective in translating strategy into operational objectives, goals and metrics to

drive continuous improvement. Experienced in global and low cost region supplier selection and development. Place

high value on developing team and supplier technical proficiency and technical capacity. Enjoy partnering with

customers, suppliers, sourcing and engineering to develop plans that ensure optimized security of supply, improved

quality, reliability and total cost. Provide strategic and results-oriented leadership. Experienced in leading teams

across multiple sites, and in managing complex projects and multiple priorities. Process-oriented and metrics driven

skills in policy/strategy deployment, problem-solving and Kaizen. Experienced in program/product transfer team

management, global site assimilation and integration. Partnered with a senior leadership team in an environment of

consistent growth and a changing business landscape.

Strong leader, well respected by employee's, peers and seniors. Flexible, culturally aware, positive, tenacious and

highly responsive.

Specialties

Leadership; Team Building; Strategic Source Development; Supplier Business Review; Supplier Score Card;

Quality Management Systems; Value Engineering; Total Cost of Ownership; Supplier Quality Engineering;

Component Engineering; Global Supply Chain ; Receiving Inspection; Agile; Configuration Management; RoHS;

IPC; Problem Solving; CAR/PAR/8D; Environmental Management Systems; Commodity Team Leadership;

Metric/data driven decision making; Project Management.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Capable Sr. Management Professional and Team Leader

Solid background in Global Supplier Quality Development and Supply Chain Quality

Management working with Procurement, Operations, Design Team, Sr. Management and

Customers.

Strong Global Component Engineering Team management background

ISO and TL9000 Quality Standards oriented

Strong Trouble Shooting and Failure Analysis background

Statistical Process Control and Root Cause Analysis, PPAP

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Powerwave Technologies, Inc.: Santa Ana, Ca. Dec 01 Present

Supplier Quality Development/Component Engineering/Configuration Management

Sr. Director Global SQE/CE, Configuration Management Jan 11 Present

Director Global SQE/CE Jan 08 Jun 11

Sr. Manager Global SQE/CE Jan 04 Dec 07

Manager Global SQE/CE Dec 01 Dec 03

Responsible to Direct and Manage the Global Supplier Quality, Component Engineering, Incoming QC and

Configuration/Change Management functions in support of all global manufacturing operations, and in

support of sustaining and development engineering. Manage local resources in the US and remote resources

in Sweden, Estonia, China, Thailand, India, and Singapore. Work direct with Global Procurement and

Commodity Management on the selection, assessment, ranking and development of supply chain in all

regions globally. Also participated in developing the Product Transfer Process and helped to drive as a

stakeholder, the transition of manufacturing lines and localization of supply chain between manufacturing

sites globally. Strategic Supplier selection and development (Process/QMS/EMS); Commodity Team

Leadership; Supply Chain RoHS Compliance; Component EOL and obsolescence management; component

database cleansing; Supplier Corrective Action and Improvement; Value Engineering; Design For

Manufacturability feedback process; Nonconforming Material Review Board management.; ITAR; PPAP;

Agile CM.

Formfactor, Inc.: Livermore, CA Aug 00 Dec 01

Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer

Managed the SQE and Incoming QC function. Worked with the Supply Chain team on selecting,

developing and managing the suppliers and materials used in high end micro-spring wafer probe card

manufacturing. Responsible for all procured materials with focus on critical /key materials including

PCBA, Multi-layer ceramic, machined parts. Developed, implemented and executed Supplier Qualification,

Supplier Corrective Action and Supplier Audit Systems. Developed and participated on cohesive

commodity teams including members from Quality, Engineering and Procurement. Developed strong

working partnerships with critical/key Suppliers who previously felt unguided and unclear on Formfactor

requirements. Identified several opportunities to improve design, compatibility and function of various

machined parts. Identified and implemented continuous improvement opportunities at PCBA, Multi-layer

ceramic and machined parts Suppliers. Developed procurement specifications. Developed and implemented

Internal Corrective Action System.

HMT Technology Corporation: Fremont, CA. Nov 97 July 00

Supplier Quality Engineer (QE3)

Supplier Quality Engineering / Receiving Inspection. Supply Chain Quality Management for Sputter, Test

and Packaging processes. Helped develop, implement and execute Supplier Quarterly Business Review and

Supplier Score Card programs. Developed procurement specifications and Supplier and Incoming Material

Control Plans.

Komag, Incorporated: San Jose, CA Dec 89 Nov 97

Engineering Technician (Tech 4)

Test Engineering / Customer Quality Engineering / Source Inspection / Sr. Technician (Supervisor).

Failure Analysis and product test of magnetic thin film media using test and verification equipment, SEM,

AFM, Profilometry and optical microscopy (Tencor, Dektak, WYCO, ZYGO) Wrote Failure Analysis

summary reports for internal and customer consumption. Maintained profilometry and optical microscopy

equipment. Performed engineering experiments and wrote summary reports for management and

customers. Process support.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY continued

Litton Applied Technology: San Jose, CA Apr 88 Dec 89

Quality Assurance Electronics Technician (Tech 2)

Quality Assurance inspection, verification test, environmental/vibration test and final Government DCAS

inspection of Radar Warning Receivers in Final Assembly and Test department. NATO/SECRET Security

Clearance

U.S. Navy Jan 82 Jan 88

VX-4, Pacific Missile Test Center: Point Mugu, CA

VFA-192, USS Midway: Yokosuka, Japan

Aviation Fire Control Technician (AQ2)

Integrated Weapons Team Crew Leader (Supervisor). Maintenance of fighter aircraft Weapons Control

Systems, RADAR and COM/NAV Systems. Flight deck troubleshooting of fighter aircraft avionics

systems.

Received two Presidential Nominations to the US Naval Academy

Good Conduct Award

Honorable Discharge

SECRET Security Clearance

EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZED TRAINING

Ohlone College: Fremont, CA.

AA Degree

Naval Avionics Technical Training Center: Millington, TN

Advanced First Term Avionics (Advanced Aviation Electronics)

Avionics A School (Aviation Electronics)

Basic Electricity and Electronics

Oxnard College: Oxnard, CA

Industrial Electronics

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING

Supplier Quality Management Understanding Variation

Statistical Process Control Design of Experiments

Failure Modes and Root Cause Analysis Process Capability

Shewhart Control Charts for Variables Microcontamination

Sources of Variability and Analysis of Variance Partitions of Variation

Stewart Spears Scanning Electron Microscopy Course ESD Control

JMP Statistical Analysis PMBOK (Project Management)

Legal Compliance and Ethics Microsoft Office

Design for Six Sigma Balanced Score Card

Favorite Quote: Tim youre like a well-trained Pit Bull I wish you worked for me.

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