Project Management, PLM, Agile PLM, Arena PLM, Propel PLM

JEFFREY HUDGENS

San Jose, CA CL 408-***-**** ************@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-hudgens-906b35

Professional Summary

Dedicated Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Product Data Management (PDM)/Document Control expert with extensive experience in PDM, Propel, Oracle Agile Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Arena PLM software. Wide ranging experience in enterprise software IT Project Management with strong analytical abilities and excellent interpersonal skills that is able to thrive in a fast paced, team oriented environment.

Summary of Skills

●Experience: Over twenty-five years of experience in PLM and PDM/Document Control Management, seventeen years using Agile and five years as a PLM Consultant. Over ten years of enterprise software IT Project Management.

●Document Control Processes: Designed and revamped all areas of the document control process.

●Oracle Agile PLM: Extensive knowledge of Product Collaboration (PC), Product Governance and Compliance (PG&C) including; configuration, administration, upgrades and integration to ERP systems. Knowledgeable with Product Quality Management (PQM) and Product Portfolio Management (PPM).

●Enterprise Software Project Management: Proven leader in all phases of Project Management; business requirements, supplier selection, negotiation, contract review, project planning, team management, testing, training, go-live, post go-live support.

●Oracle Agile PLM Consulting: Experienced with analysis, design, configuration, administration, implementation, testing, training and support.

●Propel PLM: Over five years’ experience in Propel PLM System including participation on Customer Advisory Board and setting product functionality and roadmap.

●Product Lifecycle Management: Extensive experience in Product Lifecycle Management.

●Arena PLM: Experience in all areas of the Arena PLM System.

●Regulatory: Experience with ROHS, REACH, Conflict Minerals, China RoHS, WEEE, ISO-9001.

●ERP Integration: PLM integration with ERP and downstream systems from a technical and business perspective.

Professional Experience

BSA PLM and CAD 05/2023 to 07/2024

Moxion Power

System Administrator for Arena PLM

Defined vision for all areas of PLM including processes, systems, philosophy and methodology

Successfully lead process definition and implementation of NCR (Non-Conforming Reporting) process

Successfully lead and implemented integration between Arena and NetSuite

Project Manager of successful integration between SolidWorks, XPLM and Arena

Lead successful process definition and implementation of MCO’s (Manufacturing Change Order)

Sr. Manager Configuration & Doc Control, IT Infrastructure PM 03/2017 to 05/2023

Sentient Energy

●Responsible for all areas of PLM including processes, systems, philosophy and methodology for a start-up like Operations organization.

●Change Analyst for all of products; hardware, software, firmware, customer configurations, marketing materials, processes and procedures.

●Successfully Project Managed the following projects that included business requirements gathering, supplier selection, negotiation, contract review, project planning, team management, testing, training, go-live, post go-live support:

oReplacement of legacy PLM system with Propel

oImplemented Salesforce (CRM) Platform and Associated Apps; Service (Customer Tickets), Communities (Customer Portal), Taskray (Project Management) and Pardot (Marketing)

oImplemented SharePoint, Replicon (Time Tracking), Zendesk (CRM prior to Salesforce)

●Administrator for Salesforce, Propel, Jira and SharePoint

PDM Business Process Manager 01/2017 to 03/2017

Astreya at Google

●Define and document over 150 enhancements for recently implemented Agile PLM system.

●Guide Business in potential solutions.

●Work with Solution Architect to design solutions

Sr. PLM Consultant 12/2014 to 11/2016

Inspirage

●Responsible to analyze, design, build/configure, train, test, implement, support and project manager for high tech, medical, manufacturing and nutritional supplement industries.

oFunctional Lead for a networking company that replaced a legacy system used to define the bills of material for OEM products using many of Agile’s capabilities and custom UI solutions.

oProject Manager, Functional Lead for a nutritional company that successfully deployed a multiphased project for Oracle P4P (Nutrition Recipe Management), Agile PLM and PIP (Integration to EBS).

oFunctional Lead for a medical device company that developed a custom solution to manage Suppliers within Agile.

oFunctional Lead for a computer company that successfully deployed PG&C (Product Governance and Compliance) for RoHS and future Regulatory Compliance initiatives.

oFunctional Lead for a medical device company that successfully deployed UDI (Unique Device Identifier) solution.

Sr. PLM Consultant 03/2010 to 10/2014

Go Engineer

●Responsible to analyze, design, build/configure, train, test, implement, support and project manager for high tech, medical, manufacturing and semiconductor industries.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that successfully deployed Agile PC and PG&C for a multi-division consumer products company.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that successfully deployed Agile PC and PG&C for a semiconductor company.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that successfully deployed Agile PC and PG&C for a networking company.

Responsible for all areas of administrator of Agile PC as they utilized me as an outsourced Administrator.

Ongoing business process development and improvement for PC.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that deployed Agile PC of Agile PC and PQM for a medical device company.

oKey driver responsible for developing a solution that put a legacy system onto Agile for a networking company. This complex system was used for compliance testing (EMI, Safety, and Environmental etc.) of products.

Responsible to project manage the creation of the Business Requirements Document and Functional Specification.

Sr. PLM Consultant 12/2010 to 02/2013

Hudgens PLM Consulting

●Responsible to analyze, design, build/configure, train, test, implement, support and project manager for high tech, medical, manufacturing industries.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that defined an outsourced PLM strategy using Arena PLM for a semiconductor company.

Responsible to define, configure, deploy and train for an entire PLM strategy (commodity codes, product structure, change process, part number definition, etc).

Complete Change Analyst responsibilities.

Responsible to train off-shore team in Arena as well as all Change Analyst activities.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that successfully deployed Agile PC for a LED company.

oProject Manager and Functional Lead that was responsible to provide a solution design for Agile PC with a semiconductor company.

Supervisor, Product Lifecycle Management 05/2008 to 12/2010

Data Domain (Acquired by EMC)

●Responsible for all areas of PLM including processes, systems, philosophy and methodology for a start-up like Operations organization.

●Responsible for strategy and integrating of Data Domain PLM into EMC.

●Responsible for Arena system management, administration and integration into SAP.

●Perform all NPI and sustaining Sr. ECO Analyst duties.

●Responsible for Regulatory Compliance (RoHS, REACH, China RoHS, WEEE) with Arena.

●Designed and redesigned PLM processes and procedures in preparation for ISO-9001

●Successfully managed project to convert from paper to CD's for Product Documentation

Manager, Product Lifecycle Management 08/2005 to 05/2008

Extreme Networks

●Directed and controlled the activities of the PLM department and had overall control of the budgeting, planning and staffing.

●Responsible for overall PLM strategy and methodologies

●Develop and maintain Policies and Procedures for ISO 9000/TL

●Successfully project managed two upgrades of the Agile PLM system including negotiation, risk mitigation, cost management, installation, administration, integration, testing and training.

●First company to deploy Agile PG&C module

●Responsible for managing Regulatory Compliance data

●Successfully changed roles of department to provide more value to Engineering organization

●Developed RoHS, China RoHS, WEEE document control strategy and management system.

●Implemented successful RoHS initiative.

Education

●Scottsdale Community College 1982 to 1983

●DeAnza Community College 1992 to 1993

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