Charles Jablonski

706-***-**** acqx4i@r.postjobfree.com

Greater Atlanta Area linkedin.com/in/charlesjablonski/

ENGINEERING EXECUTIVE in TECHNOLOGY

Innovative, hands-on Engineering Executive with expertise leading the design, development and support of high technology storage products. Reputation for building cross-functional teams across multiple geographies, disciplines and business units focused on delivering total solutions. Adept at improving processes and procedures that increase revenue, efficiencies and market share. Strong strategic and long-range planning capabilities and skilled in setting product and technology strategies.

Core Competencies:

Hardware Design and Advanced Development

Technology and Strategic Planning

Program Management

Solutions Architecture

Quality Assurance

Leadership and Team Building

Manufacturability & Testability

Lean Six Sigma

Requirements Management

Life Cycle Management

Customer Focus and Support

Excellent Communication Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LSI Corporation – Greater Atlanta Area 2000-2014

$2.5B Company – Cloud, Storage, IT markets. Acquired by Avago Technologies, May 2014; also formerly Symbios Logic, NCR.

Director, Hardware Design Engineering (2012-Dec 2014)

Led a global team of 30 engineers (direct and indirect reports) responsible for design and productization of RAID Storage Adapter supporting a $400M product line. Disciplines included Engineering Program Management, Logic Design, CAD/CAM, Simulations, and Mechanical / Thermal Engineering.

Successfully launched the MegaRAID SAS 12G storage portfolio for all major OEMs, securing revenue for the next 5 years.

Worked closely with original design manufacturer (ODM) partners in the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) to align design and validation resources and ensure all 12G products met the quality objectives for an enterprise class solution.

Initiated design quality and schedule fidelity processes. Defined CTQ (Critical to Quality) metrics to measure success and identify areas for improvement.

Strategically aligned board design and IC development teams on the next generation of storage products. Reduced redundancies and time to market by 20% streamlining development processes and improving quality.

Director, Customer Solutions Engineer (2010-2012)

Led a team of 20 engineers across multiple geographies in the implementation of customer critical enhancements and fixes which impacted revenue. Disciplines included Logic Design, Firmware, BIOS, Drivers, and Utilities.

Partnered with Product Management, Marketing and Product Test teams to establish LSS (Lean Six Sigma) processes which proactively addressed customer defects and ensured issues were tracked from initial customer sighting to final resolution.

Initiated quarterly review of strategic customer accounts with Development, Product Management, and Sales and Support teams. Identified key customer issues and facilitated plans to proactively address pain points and accelerate time-to-revenue.

Improved processes and procedures yielding a 50% reduction in turn-around-time for addressing customer issues and a 4% reduction in the overall number of issues active at any time.

LSI Corporation – Greater Atlanta Area 2000-2014

Director, Customer Solutions Engineer (2010- 2012) (continued)

Identified key CTQ (Critical to Quality) metrics for success. Implemented automated process for generating backlog, turn-around-time, and aging data used to prioritize workload and increase customer satisfaction. Won return business from all customers for the next generation of products.

Product Development Boss / Technical Program Manager (2007- 2010)

Worked directly for the General Manager of the Storage Components Division (SCD) business unit. Tasked with aligning resources globally (China, Taiwan, India and the US) to ensure the smooth launch of the industry’s first intelligent 6Gb/s SAS storage controller.

Scope of influence encompassed early silicon definition through final production launch.

Reduced inefficiencies and redundancies across multiple business units ensuring teams collaborated and complemented each other to coordinate and streamline deliverables.

Successfully transitioned a major OEM from a competitive product to the LSI standard solution, securing $20M in incremental revenue.

Sr. Manager, Hardware Design Engineering (2000-2007)

Led a team of 15 engineers in the physical design of hardware supporting a $200M RAID Adapter business. Disciplines included Logic Design, CAD/CAM and Simulations.

Secured several consecutive generations of design wins spanning multiple storage technologies (IDE, SATA, and SCSI & SAS).

Collaborated with Operations, Commodity Management, and Manufacturing Test teams to institute a weekly new product introduction (NPI) interlock meeting. Provided visibility to project in development to ensure smooth transition to mass production.

Worked with Commodity Management and Manufacturing Test teams to implement design / layout guidelines for low cost, high volume manufacturing.

Partnered with Operations team to establish DFx (Design for Manufacturability / Design for Testability) process. Focused on enhancements to facilitate transition from on-shore low volume prototype manufacturing to off-shore high volume production.

Established and implemented ISO2000 process across hardware development for increased efficiencies and productivity.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

American Megatrends, AMI – Greater Atlanta Area

Principal Hardware Design Engineer

Delivered industry leading technology targeting intelligent RAID solutions.

PRISM – Greater Atlanta Area

Sr. Hardware Design Engineer

Worked with a team of exceptionally skilled hardware and software engineers to deliver innovative automation solutions to the newspaper and magazine industry.

PATENTS

(2) Interface circuit for providing a computer logic circuit with first and second voltages and an associated method, 2004 & 2008.

Fiber loop Linking / Detecting, 2002.

EDUCATION / MILITARY

BSEE – Pennsylvania State University – State College, PA

Electricians Mate 2nd class – United States Coast Guard, Honorably Discharged

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