Brian Nelson
Encinitas, CA 92024
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: Supporting Engineering / Production Development
EDUCATION: Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
San Diego State University, August 1994
Emphasis: Production & Operations Management
CAREER SUMMARY: Materials Planner for the last 20 years supporting VLSI CCA’s, Gov. Modules, Globalstar rack testers and NPI for SURF’s and FFA’s and RUMI.
EXPERIENCE:
Qualcomm Inc. 3 / 95 to present
Unofficial MPM – FFA and SURF’s
-Managed material for R&D FFA’s for 9x25 and 9x45 modem chip, used in IPhone 6.
-Manged material for legacy projects, assisted with reworking BB’s for RMA’s.
Senior Planner -
QCT
-RUMI1, RUMI2 and RUMI3 - managed material planning and building CCA's costing approx. $40,000 per CCA.
-Plan and coordinate new products for SC2X, MSM7200, MSM7500 and MSM7600 basebands, Spartan Assembly, MDDI Dongle and MXU6100. Communicate material shortages, WIP and build dates to Program Managers, Engineers, Buyers and Lab Supervisors.
-Create OAR’s almost on a daily basis and routed them through Agile for approval.
Globalstar
-Coordinated upgrade shipments to worldwide Globalstar sites with Field Engineers
-Helped start the Gateway RMA process.
-Supported and planned material requirements for 11 GW Test Engineers.
-Oversaw Pre-production equipment built in Proto Labs and Production CCA's built on the Fuji line.
Government Project
-Planned materials for Government Data Modems.
VLSI
-Planned materials for VLSI demo boards.
AMCC 10/93 - 1/95
Foundry/Fab Planner
-Monitored and reported weekly WIP to Foundry Team
-Collected and maintained BOM's for new and existing products.
-Consulted and resolved WIP issues with Engineers.
-Served as liaison between Production Control Manager, Sales Reps., Engineers and Fab Supervisor.
SKILLS: Attained a working knowledge of Agile, Rapid Response, Clarify, Oracle, QBS, MS Access, MS Excel and Word. Working on Project Management Certificate @ UCSD.
AWARDS: 14-time recipient, Qualstar Award, member of QTIP's process improvement team.