Project Engineer

KARENA HO

Mobile: 408-***-**** • E mail: k *********@*****.***

Career P rofile:

Over ten years of experience in the business and consumer product industry, an understanding of the cycle of a

p roduct in consumer electronics coupled with the knowledge of how to manage, monitor, and coordinate at every

level of project development. Communication and time-management skills result in a smooth, seamless project,

w hich adheres to the highest standards of quality while meeting deadlines. Experience working in fast-paced,

h igh-demand environment has sharpened ability to adapt and learn quickly in different circumstances. Bilingual

i n Mandarin.

AREAS O F STRENGT H

P roject M anagement Supply Chain Planning T ime-M anagement

P roduct Life Cycle Performance-D r iven Adaptability

Database P rocess I mplementation BO M Management

M anagement

P ROFESSIONAL E XPER I ENCE

CORNERSTONE STAFF I NG, Pleasanton, CA - Contract to H P

2013- present

P roject M anager

Project management responsibility for process alignment for DT and NB cycle management

Establish project scopes, resources, scheduling, and milestones

Validate and maintain marketing requests for sku configurations

Manage, track, and follow up on issues in cycle management team

LOG I TEC H, Newar k, CA

2012 to 2013

L aunch P rogram Manager

Plan, schedule, prioritize and drive development activities and manufacturing introduction for new and/or

enhanced packaging and printed components used in worldwide retail/e-tail product configurations

Program Management responsibility for project resources, scheduling, BOM development, and costs.

Establish aggressive but realistic schedules and drive cost targets for responsible packaging programs.

Integration of all project package/documentation activities in coordination with worldwide cross-functional

and cross-organizational teams (including but not limited to Package Engineering, Corporate

M arketing/Branding, Regional Marketing, BU Marketing, Quality Assurance, Support, Change Control,

Legal, Operations, and supply chain).

Assess risks, develop alternative directions and tradeoffs, and drive decisions to mitigate r isks for product

l aunch.

Implement programs to enhance, modify, and improve the value of the current programs (i.e. improve cost,

quality, performance) to ensure the packaging competitiveness.

HEWLET T-PACKARD, C upe rtino, CA 2007 to

2012

Commodity Planning Lead, Desktop PC Division ( 2010-2012)

Manage inventory over price movements; oversee excess/obsolescence of end of life material

Optimize buffer strategy to streamline production and minimize on hand inventory

Identify and improve processes efficiency to optimize productivity

Analyze and verify demand forecasts to establish valid supply expectations and ensure regional

p reparedness

Work with Commodity planning teams to identify and resolve supply issues affecting customer commits,

market opportunities, and factory production schedules

Commodity Planner, Desktop PC Division ( 2007-2010)

Responsible for the worldwide demand and supply matching for assigned key components, used in the

manufacture of personal computers

Track and manage special deals with supplier to maximize rebate

Interface across global organizations, finance, suppliers, product marketing, procurement, worldwide

factories, and regional factories to ensure consistent f low of goods and materials to support the business

Actively manage short and mid-term assurance of supply and ensured flexibility while reducing inventory

excess liability

Coordinate cross-functional decisions between factory, regional teams, and global teams to resolve issues

and release product

MA NPOWER, C upertino, CA - Contracted to Hewlett-Packard

2005 to 2007

System Engineer Coordinator, Consumer PC Division ( 2006-2007)

Update and maintain business Plan of Record including more than 150 skus per cycle with 100% technical

accuracy for Asia Pacific, North America CTO

Provide input on business decisions and product offerings to system management, marketing and R&D

Build custom macros and ad-hoc database queries for report generation

Implement hardware and software roadmaps on POR to provide solid sku configurations

Develop automated POR checker to proactively remove POR errors and improve accuracy of POR from

average of 20 errors per cycle to zero

Softwa re Verification Engineer Coordinator, Consumer PC Division ( 2005-2006)

Coordinate and perform debugging/regression testing projects using systematic methodologies

Design Access databases for data collection

Validate bundled software and benchmark testing on system components and overall system performance

to meet marketing standards.

SAIC, M offett F ield, CA - Contracted to NASA Ames

2000 to 2003

Database Administrator, Oracle/Sybase

Perform database administration responsibilities: database creation, import and export data, account

maintenance, manage tables, constraints and indexes

Performance monitoring and optimization of SQL queries and procedures

Modify database structure as necessary for enhancement and performance

Participate in Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Project in supporting and administering the Oracle server

ASI CO MP U TER TEC H NO LOG I ES, I NC., F remont, CA

1999 to 2000

Accounts Payable

Verify invoice approvals and prepare daily batches for input into accounting system

Provide timely and accurate response to all A/P inquires

Work closely with vendors to maintain good business relation

Perform A/P activities for the company

Responsible for invoices and credit memo discrepancy research, identifying and resolving issues

ED UCAT IO N & TEC H N ICAL SK I L LS

U N I V ERS I TY C AL I FO RN IA, R I V ERS I DE, R I V E RS I D E, C AL I FORN IA

OF

Bachelor of Business Administration: Emphasis in Management Information Systems (1999)

P ROGRAM M I NG L ANGUAGES

SQL, PL/SQL, Perl, PHP

SOF TWARE A PP L ICAT I O NS

M icrosoft Word, Excel, Access, Project, Oracle, Sybase, MySQL, Agile

HARDWARE

PC assembly, OS installation, and troubleshooting

O PERAT I NG SYSTE MS

Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Win7, UN IX

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