Shane Harrah

Email: abqr5e@r.postjobfree.com

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

City: Pleasanton

State: CA

Zip: 94566

Country: USA

Phone: 609-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $100,000

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Shane Harrah 2666 Minton Court, Pleasanton, CA 94566 cell 609-***-**** abqr5e@r.postjobfree.com

Shane Harrah 15433 Country Club Dr, # A103, Mill Creek, WA 98012 abqr5e@r.postjobfree.com

Oct 2008 Present Bridgelux, Inc. Livermore, CA

Product Development Program Manager

Managed 8 LED array development programs (> 75% of companys product line) to successful completion thus far, including some custom-designed for specific customers. Led cross-functional teams in R&D, manufacturing, quality, & marketing to deliver LED array & LED emitter products from concept phase to new product introduction (NPI) & market launch. Used project management tools to help establish & meet tight deadlines in programs with fast-paced product development cycles. Created detailed program schedules with task timelines using MS Project, as well as manpower & capital resource plans. Effectively monitored task progress, risk analysis, & distributed meeting summaries on weekly basis. Worked closely with finance & quality departments to manage project cost & quality constraints. Periodically communicated to senior management via email, meetings, & program phase review presentations. Worked closely with international suppliers (piecepart vendors & assembly subcontractors) in Malaysia, China, & Taiwan, and with remote Bridgelux team members in Malaysia. Besides frequent communications via email & WebEx meetings, this involved travel to Asia periodically to discuss & successfully resolve issues there, & to assist with NPI transfer to production at contract manufacturers. Managed selection of original contract manufacturers for LED array production, based on cost, quality, & technical support criteria. Led efforts to successfully resolve solderability issue with several products. Effectively managed design reviews & DFMEA reviews for LED arrays & emitters, & worked closely with mechanical engineers during product design phase. Contributed engineering guidance during LED technology development, substrate design, & thermal analysis of new LED arrays, which required strong analytical skills & creativity. My work has resulted in 3 solid state lighting patents pending while at Bridgelux. One of LED arrays which my team developed won Most Innovative Product of Year award at Lightfair International.

TIR Systems / Philips Lighting, BU SSL

Burnaby, BC, Canada

Mar 2006 Sept 2008 TIR Systems / Philips Lighting, BU SSL Burnaby, BC, Canada

Engineering Functional Manager / Product Development Project Manager

Successfully designed state-of-the-art LED emitters, from initial concept through to production transfer. I resolved broad spectrum of product development & operations issues, which involved frequent interaction with internal functional groups, suppliers & supply chain partners worldwide. Worked closely with internal engineering, manufacturing, & supply chain departments on production scheduling & resolving technical issues, which required substantial multi-tasking. As project manager, I defined, documented, & communicated critical path issues, timeline, & followed up on resolving these issues. Created & communicated detailed risk assessment report, with risk mitigation plans & action items. Led cross-functional meetings to review status & achieve key milestones. Created detailed GANTT charts using MS Project & closely monitored progress to expedite development & production transfer. Led team of mechanical & optoelectronic engineers & technicians on piecepart design & process development for these optoelectronic products. Worked initially in R&D lab & later at assembly subcontractor in Malaysia to successfully refine assembly processes to stabilize processes & improve assembly process windows. Successfully transferred new LED emitter product into volume production on schedule & near completion of production transfer for second LED emitter product at assembly subcontractor in Malaysia. Designed & executed a series of DOE (Design of Experiments) multi-factorial evaluations to continuously improve assembly processes at assembly subcontractor. Worked with outside vendors die development & wafer fab engineering teams to successfully resolve problems related to eutectic die bonding & thermosonic wire bonding, which included improvements in die structure & die fabrication process control. Worked with thin film metallized ceramic substrate supplier to refine design of substrate for optimal DFM (Design For Manufacturability), including optimizing the metallization structure for optimum die bonding & wire bonding quality & yield. Evaluated quality issues with eutectic die bonding process by analyzing die shear test results (shear strength & coverage %) and through X-ray inspection of die bonded on ceramic substrates. Worked closely with equipment vendors as needed at assembly subcontractor to successfully resolve assembly problems & to refine processes, in order to meet reliability, quality, & yield requirements for high volume production. This assembly process development & process refinement involved significant hands-on work at assembly subcontractor, including upgrading equipment, tooling, & fixtures as needed. Worked closely with several engineers, both internally & at assembly subcontractor, on design of all pieceparts to successfully optimize Design For Manufacturability for these new LED emitters. Evaluated piecepart supplier quality via thorough first article inspection & creating appropriate incoming QA inspection criteria & sampling plans for piecepart critical parameters. Visited external die suppliers as needed to evaluate their capabilities & to resolve technical issues. Worked with thermal characterization engineer to predict thermal performance of these products using FEA simulation tool, & also worked with technician to measure thermal resistance of these packages.

Aug. 2004 Dec. 2005 Lamina Lighting Westampton, NJ

Director of Project Management

Managed development of state-of-the-art LED array products, successfully completing multiple projects on schedule. Supervised cross-functional team of mechanical, optoelectronic, & manufacturing engineers & technicians on product design, prototype fabrication & transfer to production. Created detailed project schedules & tracked progress using MS Project. Worked closely with materials & parts suppliers, as well as assembly subcontractors, as needed to insure that new products met all performance & quality requirements. Worked closely with equipment vendor developing custom tester, to insure new tester met all requirements. Developed all specifications for this custom optoelectronic test equipment, interfaced closely with equipment vendor during design & equipment assembly, & assisted with tester set-up on production line. Conceived three innovative product improvements which are now patent pending. Created product breakthroughs in the state-of-the-art, including worlds highest performance LED array products. Some new products won awards at major trade show in 2005, including Best in Category Award (for SSL products) & Technical Innovation Award.

Sept 2001 Aug 2004 Self-Employed Menlo Park, CA

LED Array Product Development

Developed set of LED array product concepts which reduce manufacturing cost, improve performance, increase reliability, & increase number of applications for SSL products. These concepts allow SSL products to be produced at lower manufacturing cost. Fewer separate parts are required to manufacture these products, which reduces total system cost by eliminating some assembly steps. In addition, one of primary parts required for manufacturing any SSL product is significantly less expensive due to innovative design, which also reduces total system cost. This set of SSL product concepts improves performance & increases reliability of SSL products by improving heat dissipation of these products. These concepts allow high power SSL products to be formed into 3 dimensional arrays, to be manufactured with fewer separate parts, fewer manufacturing steps, & the arrays may dissipate heat better than other SSL products. Because such SSL products can dissipate heat better, larger LED chips may be used, & these LEDs may be driven at higher currents, so new SSL product flux/LED may be higher than competitors products. This set of SSL product concepts has been patented, & patent rights have been granted to major LED manufacturer in exchange for 6 figure income.

Dec 2000 Aug 2001 Agilent Technologies, Storage Networking Division San Jose, CA

Fiber Optics Product Engineer

Investigated fiber optic transceiver design modifications per customer requests, using solid modeling CAD (CoCreate SolidDesigner) to modify design. Developed HASS reliability screening for fiber optic transceivers, which involved test fixture development, layout of test program user interface, & evaluation of different screening profiles. Evaluated mechanical compatibility of various fiber optic housings with fiber optic transceivers, which included test fixture development using solid modeling CAD. Evaluated mechanical compatibility of fiber optic transceivers with different fiber optic components. Worked with Singapore production engineers & product development engineers on transceiver port alignment problem. Evaluated fiber optic transceiver cold start-up problem.

Apr 1991 Dec 2000 Hewlett Packard & LumiLeds Lighting San Jose, CA

Project Manager / Optoelectronics Product Development Engineer

Successfully developed many new LED optoelectronic products from initial design concepts through to detailed product design, process development, and production transfer on schedule, within budget. Effectively led the design, prototyping, and qualification of new optoelectronic products, ensuring on-time delivery of products which consistently met all customer requirements. These products included Luxeon LED emitters, custom optoelectronic products for Motorola, and numerous other optoelectronic products. As project manager for product development projects, I interfaced with many departments, including R&D, manufacturing, quality, applications, sales and marketing. Supervised cross-functional team of engineers and technicians in R&D, manufacturing, quality and marketing to develop new optoelectronic products. Successfully optimized mechanical, electrical, optical, and thermal design of new products while working closely with this cross-functional team. Visited piecepart vendors to discuss technical issues and to resolve problems. Visited customers to discuss technical issues, including electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal specifications related to new optoelectronic products. While working closely with key customers, developed custom optoelectronic products based on customers optical, mechanical and electrical requirements. Thoroughly defined new product specifications (mechanical, electrical, optical, and thermal). Worked closely with IC designers who developed custom driver IC for optoelectronic product, discussing IC requirements and electrical specifications for custom product for Motorola. Created many detailed part drawings (including PC boards, ceramic substrates, injection molded parts, and metal parts) and product drawings for innovative new optoelectronic products using CoCreate CAD design software extensively. Analyzed test data for product characterization of optical, electrical, and thermal parameters. Established reliability test plans and followed-up on reliability testing of new products, including failure analysis of defective units that failed testing. Used FMEA analysis proactively to successfully prevent quality/reliability problems related to product design or assembly processes. Evaluated new materials, refined existing assembly processes, and sometimes developed new assembly processes for optoelectronic products. Helped optimize a wide variety of electronics assembly processes. Traveled many times to production facilities in Asia, including contract manufacturing houses, to work directly with engineers and technicians on production line during transfer to mass production of new products. My work also included designing multifactorial experiments (DOE), hands-on prototyping, computer modeling of designs, and thorough documentation of product specifications and production process specifications. Conceived patented concept for new optoelectronic product family with superior performance at lower cost. Received numerous awards and special bonuses at HP for outstanding work developing high quality optoelectronic products on schedule, within cost targets. These products consistently met or exceeded all performance requirements.

Dec 1987 Apr 1991 Hewlett Packard, Optoelectronics Division San Jose, CA

Project Manager / Optoelectronic Product Manufacturing Engineer

Project manager on several LED optoelectronic product development projects, supervising teams of engineers successfully developing new products from initial design concepts through to detailed product design and production transfer on schedule, within budget. I worked closely with many departments, including product development, manufacturing, quality, applications, sales and marketing, to ensure on-time delivery of products which consistently met all customer requirements. As project manager, my responsibilities also included creating project plans, schedules, and budgets, assigning tasks to team members, monitoring team members progress, analyzing new product costs, selecting and evaluation materials for new products, establishing new product specifications, solving manufacturing problems on production line, design verification testing (thermal, optical, electrical, and mechanical performance), running experiments, qualifying new products via reliability testing, evaluating reliability test failures and initiating appropriate corrective actions, transferring new products into production, and giving project presentations to senior management. I also worked directly with key customers, discussing optical, electrical, and mechanical specifications for new custom optoelectronic products and also resolving technical issues. This involved visiting customers as well as discussing issues by telephone. One of these projects involved working closely with IC designer, who developed custom IC for optoelectronic product which I designed. Another one of these projects involved working closely with engineers at Boeing establishing specifications and then designing custom display for airliners. Worked as manufacturing engineer for optoelectronic products, evaluating assembly process and materials changes to improve yields, to improve quality /reliability and to reduce costs. I developed, improved, and sustained wide variety of assembly processes as needed for optoelectronic products. Received 2 patents for new assembly process and design which reduces optoelectronic products manufacturing cost. While managing these projects, I did extensive hands-on product design using CoCreate CAD software. I designed precision molded plastic parts, metal parts, glass parts, PC boards, and ceramic substrates for new products. Based on my strong knowledge of assembly processes, I optimized design for manufacturability (DFM) of these products

EDUCATION Stanford University Stanford, CA

BS and MS degrees in Mechanical Engineering

Courses in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial design, manufacturing technology, physics, calculus, and statistics.

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