Uyen-Chi Ly
512-***-**** • *******.**@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/uyenchily
Quality Engineer
Seeking a manufacturing logistic or operations position in a technical environment. 20+ years in manufacturing and
process/yield improvement of technical products and supervision. Background includes operation management,
failure analysis, departmental interfacing, process enhancement tools and procedures development, and planning
and scheduling test changeovers. Supervised engineers and test operators in manufacturing, inventory, and
shipping. Exceptional analytical and organizational skills used in negotiating, problem solving, and conflict resolution.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills; persistent and energetic.
Leadership Competencies
Continuing Process Improvement Material Management P & L Responsibility
Manufacturing Resource Planning Manufacturing assembly & Test Test Engineering
Master Production Scheduling Inventory Management & Control Pricing Strategies
Manpower Management & Scheduling Project and Staff Management Product Testing
Career Highlights
Operations Management
Automated inventory control to monitor 3 warehouses and introduced FIFO method to prevent near-outdated
items to be overlooked or damaged. This saved 10% of the purchased inventory per year.
Negotiated special price reduction on volume purchases. This saved 15% of the yearly volume.
Created and posted marking failure modes model on the test floor to emphasize awareness in marking and
external visual process. Marking issues reduced by 30%.
Materials Management and Efficiency Improvement
Interfaced aggressively with package engineers to solve incoming Coplane issue. Coplane yield for this particular
assembly vendor dropped 12% on 3 million parts. Saved the company over $360,000/month.
Increased Coplane yield to 99.7% from 95.5%. In the first year, saved the company 8 million parts ranging from
$.90 to $20+/unit. In the second year, saved company 20 million parts ranging from $.75 to $13+/unit.
Improved bent leads at hand test and sped up lead inspection and conditioning process. Eliminated low yield lots
by 90% for this package at Coplane.
Professional History
Post Construction Supplies Store, South Vietnam (2008 to 2014)
Owner/Operations Manager
Managed contractors/vendors and oversaw commercial project clients
Supervised inventory and ordering of supplies for retail store and for construction projects
Developed policies and procedures manual to ensure flow and functionality of store
Bookkeeping, pricing, estimates, negotiations, inventory, accounts receivable, accounts payable
ATMEL, San Jose, CA (1995-2008)
Manufacturing Engineer Supervisor
Managed the Test Floor Certification Process for ISO/TS16949 and Implemented Quality Systems based on
Automotive Requirements
Planned interface developments and conversions of test kits for testing and shipping different devices with
work stations that averaged 40 million units/mo. shipped with multiple test steps and associated revenue of
$50 million dollars
Remotely performed constant analysis for capacity planning and achieve equipment utilization consistently in
the high 90 percentile range to deal with scheduled and over 50% in turn businesses
Worked with overseas assembly vendors, local engineering, planning, sales/marketing across several
business units
Uyen-Chi Ly
512-***-**** • *******.**@*****.***
www.linkedin.com/in/uyenchily
Test Materials Engineer
Prequalified assembly vendors for new packages; qualified vendors updated to Approved Vendor’s List and
Approved Material Specification. This reduced probability of production problems
Created and posted marking failure modes model on the test floor to emphasize awareness in marking and
external visual process. Marking issues reduced by 30%
Recovered Coplane rejects through reflow. Saved over 2 million parts averaging $1-15/unit
Interfaced aggressively with package engineers to solve incoming Coplane issue. Coplane yield for this
particular assembly vendor dropped 12% on 3 million parts. Saved the company over $360,000/month
Sierra Monitor Corporation, Milpitas, CA (1991-1995)
Manufacturing Supervisor
Restructured manufacturing floor to provide a more defined work area
Supervised the NAVSEA project from prototyping, planning, assembling, and testing to ensure shipping of the
completed gas detection products were on schedule and under budget
Optimized work order scheduling to anticipate immediate products availability
Analyzed and reengineered inventory and shipping policies; resulted in shortened lead time and improved
shipping schedule by 98%
Education
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electronics Engineering Technology, 1990, DeVry Institute of Technology, Irving, TX
Honors; President’s List; National Honor Society; V.P. of Tau Alpha Pi
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified