Engineer Manager

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

Address: Address Withheld

City: Dallas

State: TX

Zip: 75222

Country: USA

Phone: 214-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $105,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

MATHEW ALEXANDER

3905 Hearst Castle Way 214-***-****

Plano, Texas 75025 **********@********.***

PM/PMO/DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

P&L / Growth Strategies / Policies & Procedures / Negotiations / R&D / IT / Budgeting

Cost Control / International & Multi-Site Management / Strategic Planning / Trade Relations

Contract & Materials Management / Continuous Process Improvement / ISO 9000 / Pricing

Product Development / Forecasting / Market Rollout / JIT / Competitive Analysis

International & Domestic Business Development / Procurement / B2B / Risk Management Intellectual Property / Tech Sales Support

Dynamic leader with technical background, education and expertise in program management (PMP), engineering, negotiating, sales and sales support, vendor relationships, operations and global management of procurement initiatives for large and small firms in multiple industries.

Managed R&D defined technical parameters in component commodities and provided leadership in selection and management of multiple programs on time and within budget, delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue for Texas Instruments, Agere, HP, Compaq Computer, and Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Executed program management and procurement strategies that aligned with corporate guidelines and met or exceeded aggressive goals for clients Sun Microsystems, Dell, Nortel, etc.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER HISTORY & SELECTED NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS

Program Manager, Flextronics, 2011 to 2013. Program managing multiple medical programs under the ISO 13485, FDA QSR, and other applicable quality system requirements defined by the medical customer. Managed $5M NPI to production hematology instrumentation for a large OEM medical customer.

COO-PMO, Net Previa, 2009 to 2011. Oversee five direct reports and eight employees and daily operations including program management, sales, global business development, quotes, presentations marketing, customer support, billing and collections for ~$2M hosting service firm, freeing CEO to identify opportunities. Company relocated to Far East.

Program Manager, Wireless Terminal Business Unit, Texas Instruments, 2006 to 2009. Program managed complex products and P&L up to $5M and matrix organizations of up to 50 globally-based Engineers in Israel, India and US. Ensured program was delivered on time and within budget to major external client Nokia. Left due to reduction in force (RIF).

* Managed program on time/budget, reaping ~$500M annually for core currently in production

* Oversaw Bluetooth Analog translation from 3rd generation to latest IC technology, gaining TI ~$800M yearly

* Program managed key Radio developments (Hardware and Software) resulting in revenue over $250M with top wireless handset manufacturers.

* Conducted program phase reviews with Executive teams and tracked programs using MS Project 2007 Enterprise Server platform across worldwide engineering teams.

Program Manager, Agere Systems, 2000 to 2005. Recruited and managed 20 Engineers located domestically and internationally (Singapore, Germany, Israel and China) from initial design to customer approval and ~$300K budget for former Lucent Technology/AT&T Microelectronic Division. Directed IC projects from design to production status. Delivered project PM reviews to executive teams and monitored schedules using MS Project server based system. Directed IC projects from design to production status. Left due to workforce reduction.

* Managed ASIC program, combining older generations and saving client Nortel $10M annually

* Managed program as second source for large ASIC for client Sun Microsystems, reaping $100M yearly

* Managed international business alliance with Dell, increasing annual revenue $200M

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Hewlett Packard, a $20B hard drive and laser printer manufacturer, 1993 to 2000

New Product Introduction Engineer, Formatter Management. Directed 10 engineers and selection of electronic components and generated approved vendor list setting contract manager expectations, timely delivery of PCA to R&D and to release to Production. Recruited/promoted to Agere.

* Selected and managed cost reduction effort, negotiating part costs and saving $45.2M yearly

Technical Commodity Manager (Materials Engineering/Hard Drive/Tape Drive Division). Recruited and led technical procurement strategies in ASICs and PCA/Electronic components to achieve next generation Tape & Hard Drive project goals.

* Selected suppliers and negotiated materials, meeting aggressive goals on time and within $2M budget

Component Reliability Engineer/ASQC Certified Reliability Engineer, Compaq Computer Corp., 1989 to 1993. Led component commodities in Production, Supplier Management and Reliability issues. Commodities (VLSI chips, discrete, passive and electrical effects of connectors, switches and batteries used in PC motherboard. Qualified suppliers; oversaw reliability testing and interpreted results; worked with suppliers to fix issues; assessed suppliers' facilities; and traveled to Israel to manage supplier's reliability.

* Published internal papers on no-clean wave soldering process effect on component level reliability.

Quality/Reliability Engineer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., 1987 to 1989. Developed and conducted quality assessment test methodology in conjunction with safety testing for commercial products. Evaluated manufacturers and distributors to Military and Commercial Standard under Third Party ISO-9000 Standard.

* Led successful ISO 9000 audit certification efforts, presenting new revenue potential

Earlier: Test Engineer Intern, System Product Division, IBM. Interned during college, debugging multi-functional communication controller boards. Returned to University complete BEEE.

EDUCATION / TRAINING / MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

Education & Training:

* MS, Engineering Management, National Technological University

* BE, EE, City University of New York (City College)

* Certificates / Registrations / Licenses: PMP, Component Reliability Certifications

* Recent Seminars: MS Project EPM, Advanced MBA level PMP Course

* Extensive training in leadership, management, technical and PMP

Key skills:

* Decisive executive, putting the right people on the right projects

* Diplomatic and creative problem-solver, attuned to business needs and committed to excellence

* Operations-oriented leader, utilizing sound judgment and technical acumen to build and lead strong global, cross-functional teams

Miscellaneous:

* Articles Published: No clean wave effort on surface mount components (Internal paper at Compaq)

Awards, Honors and Special Recognition:

* Sun ASIC supplier year award (PM of the team)

Activities outside the Work Place

* Charitable: Lead Small Group Meeting - local church

* Professional groups: PMI member of Dallas chapter

* Sports and Hobbies: Golf and Tennis

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