Engineer Design

Jerry Rudiak

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

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

City: Raleigh

State: NC

Zip: 27614

Country: USA

Phone: 919-***-****

Skill Level: Senior

Salary Range: > $250,000

Willing to Relocate

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JERRY A. RUDIAK

Senior Engineering Executive

Maximizes Organizational Impact through Authentic Leadership

Authentic-Dynamic Leader & Catalyst for Revenue Growth

Increases Revenue and Minimizes Cost While Building Strong Customer-Oriented Organizations

12400 Fieldmist Drive, Raleigh, NC 27614 - 919-***-**** - ********@*****.***

Senior global engineering director in the semiconductor industry, with specialties in business development and strategic product development; leads global engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales organizations that develop and support cutting-edge products for a variety of accelerated paced markets worldwide. A dynamic, multifaceted leader with a track record of success; utilizes broad management tool set to develop organizational leaders and set organizational direction to achieve success.

Areas of Expertise

* Multiple Patent Holder

* Customer Engagement

* Multi-national Responsibility

* Business Development

* Change Management

* Acquisition Consultant

* Product Development

* Multi-project Coordinator

* Strategic Planning

* Process Improvement

* Leadership Development

* Efficiency Improvement

* Marketing Research

* Facilities Expansion

Summary of Executive Performance Achievements

* Over 15 years experience in engineering management in the semiconductor industry, developing cutting edge products in multiple industries.

* Expanded customer semiconductor support operations into Shanghai and Shenzhen, China resulting in $1M incremental revenue within 6 months.

* Trained sales/marketing/engineering teams in effective customer penetration techniques resulting in $15M increased semiconductor revenue in server market.

* Streamlined internal qualifications process and improved analog controller cycle throughput by 15%.

* Developed customer relationships throughout Europe, Asia and NA. Expanded company presence at Hewlett Packard server division resulting in $125M in new semiconductor business over 3 years.

* Directed NA sales/engineering teams to penetrate top tier customers, resulting in $5M increased revenue and footprints at key accounts.

* Grew CPU CORE voltage regulator controller market share from 0% to 55% within 3 years by developing key Asia customer relationships and leading product development, resulting in over $50M increased revenue within 3 years.

* Creates "service-oriented" engineering organizations, improved support effectiveness for computing segment by 25%.

* Streamlined manufacturing process flow to improve margins on hydraulic control systems by 22%.

Recent Professional Experience

Volterra Semiconductor - Raleigh, NC 2008 - 2012

Senior Global Engineering Director - Communications / Server Business Units - Responsibilities include developing cutting edge products and in building Communications & Server business through worldwide customer engagement, strategic product development, and leading of global sales, marketing and engineering teams who uncover, service and support customers needs;

* Drove customer engagement and new product development vision for Volterra field and factory engineering teams to create products that meet present and intersect future customer needs;

* Directed organization of factory and field engineering personnel in Asia, Europe and North America for strategic product development, customer engagement and business development;

* Built customer engineering support centers in Shenzhen China and Shanghai China.

Developed China customer base to win first revenue in customer history.

* Change Agent used to revamp field applications engineering organization to be highest performing group within organization within 12 months.

* Streamlined processes within product development flow to reduce cost and improve margins. Improved product throughput by 15%.

Infineon Semiconductor - Cary, NC 2006 - 2008

Sr. Manager Applications Engineering - North America - Engineering manager responsible for building East-Coast Applications Engineering design center to penetrate top ODMs in server, desktop, notebook and graphics segments and leading team of NA engineering staff;

* Managed team of 8 North American engineers, and led team of 10 European Engineers.

* M&A Technical Leader - Technology consultant for Due-Diligence on key acquisition initiatives.

* Developed Product Development Initiative requiring cross-functional leadership of multi-national talent in Taiwan, Italy, Germany, and Austria.

Selected Career Accomplishments

* Winner - Volterra 2011 China Sales MVP Award

* Patent Award #7,205,751 "Enable and disable of diode emulation in a DC/DC converter"

* Patent Award #6,246,207 "Method and Apparatus for Controlling an Induction Motor"

* Industry invited Lecturer - University of Wisconsin - "Introduction to Power Electronics Seminar"

* Company Liaison to industry/university power electronics consortiums, COPEC & WEMPEC

* United States Air Force Academy - Congressional Nomination

* Winner - "Grainger Foundation 2003 Outstanding Power Engineering Student Award", University of Wisconsin - Madison

* Power Electronics Design Engineer - Designer of AC-DC, DC-DC converters and DC-AC Inverters for Variable Speed Drives up to 75Hp, UPS systems and Intel CPU Core Voltage Regulator.

* Mechanical Electro-hydraulics Design Engineer - Designer of closed-loop proportional valve control systems with internal position feedback, hydraulic cylinders, and hydraulic gear pumps/motors

Other Positions Held

* Field Engineering Manager/North America - International Rectifier Corporation - Raleigh, NC

* Principle Applications Engineer - Intersil Semiconductor Corporation - Durham, NC

* Staff Power Electronics Design Engineer - Eaton Power Systems - Raleigh, NC

* Sr. Power Electronics Design Engineer - A. O. Smith Electrical Products Company - Tipp City, OH

* Electrohydraulics Mechanical Engineer - Commercial Intertech, Parker Hannifin - Youngstown OH

Education

* University of Wisconsin-Madison - Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering

* Youngstown State University - Youngstown, Ohio - Bachelors of Engineering - Major: Electrical Engineering, Minor: Materials Science Engineering

* University of North Carolina - Kenan-Flagler Business School - Finance and Accounting

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