Manager Program
Resume:
Jacqueline Suaverdez
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ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LEADER:
Program Management* Product Development* Product Engineering A hands-on Program Manager with over 13+ years of new product development (NPD) program management experience and over 9 years product/manufacturing engineering experience. Managed both functional and cross- functional teams (CFT) in Solid State Drives, PV solar panel, memory and microcontroller chips, and energy storage solution development. Have a proven track record for successful delivery of new products to customers meeting budget, timeline, and performance criteria to a business unit. A strong believer in quality systems and an advocate for customer well- being.
SKILLS AND CAPABILITIES:
Advanced MS Project User. Seasoned Problem Solver using 8D Root Cause Corrective Action Process. Experienced in Agile Methodology. New product introduction (NPI) to high volume manufacturing through cross functional team leadership and collaboration with supply chain management, vendors, and contract manufacturers. Product engineering experience both in new product development and manufacturing process. Championed company-changing initiatives through effective communications vertically and horizontally and leading the culturally and geographically diverse teams. Worked with corporate quality engineers to communicate product information and engineering solutions to customers. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2018- Present: Sr. Program Manager for Storage Business Unit Enphase Energy, Fremont, CA
-Driving the design hardware, firmware, and integration team to develop a smart energy storage product.
-Managing the NPI product launch to contract manufacturer in Asia by building prototypes, procuring tools and fixtures, and preparing the manufacturing and quality processes.
-Established new product management system website by driving third party developers to provide a comprehensive stage-gate dashboard and checklist management tools for program managers and functional team members.
-Managing the go-to-market (GTM) schedule and deliverables including training artifacts, marketing campaigns, and alpha and beta deployment.
2016- 2018: Enterprise- Solid State Drive (ESSD) Program Manager III Western Digital Company Milpitas, CA
-Program manager for one of the newest SSD-PCIe products. Managing CFTs from design, firmware, hardware, manufacturing, and engineering teams. Drove bottoms up schedule from different CFTs to ensure fast time-to- market.
-Communicated program status, milestones completion, priorities and barriers to executive management team.
-Mitigated and managed program schedule and resource constraints risks. Identifying options and trade-offs and ensuring decisions were made and implemented in a timely manner.
-Led an Agile scrum team as a Product Owner, responsible in prioritizing the team’s backlog and defining stories to streamline development execution and promote quality work.
-Managed a small team of NPI team responsible in providing engineering boards procurement and SSD drives logistic support for development teams.
2012- 2016: Sr. New Product Introduction Project Manager SunEdison, Inc. Belmont, CA
-Responsible for timely introduction of new PV solar panel products from design to manufacturing.
-CFT driver to ensure new components, new cell, and module technologies will smoothly run in production by communicating design, BOM, specification, requirements and process/design changes to R&D, operations, manufacturing, quality, reliability, suppliers, and stakeholders.
-Mitigated and managed risks on project launch to ensure timely market and manufacturing introduction of new high-powered modules. Managed SunEdison transition from Multi- to Mono- cell modules allowing Mono modules to ramp in high volume manufacturing.
-Drove PV module manufacturing site joint-venture start-up in Juarez Mexico. Site HVM ready 2 weeks ahead of schedule.
2006- 20012: New Product Program Manager Cypress Semiconductor Corp San Jose, CA
-Responsible for managing the 2nd top project of the company: platform microcontroller.
-Responsible for on-time delivery of both new memory products and new solution to market through highly structured new product release methodology.
-Developed resource plans, analyze critical path, create risk management plans and detailed project schedule
-Extensive use of MS Project and Program Management System which utilizes scorecard, run card and product release checklists.
-Communicated project status and risks to senior management: executive staff and CEO.
-Managed direct reports for 2 years by hiring, training of new NPI engineers, managing priorities and developing job description and career ladders.
2004 -2006 Section Manager, Product Engineering -Memory Product Division Cypress Manufacturing Limited –Phil Branch Cavite, Philippines
-Handled 3 small groups of product engineers (14 total) working on NPD (Specialty DRAM, Image Sensor, and Non-Volatile Memory).
-Coordinated the integration effort for sort and manufacturing process after the company acquisition of a Pseudo SRAM company.
-Project Leader: Statistical Bin Limit Implementation Process and System.
-Worked directly with Toshiba Teli Customer to implement customer test requirement for Image Sensor. 2003-2004 Staff Product Engineer Cypress Manufacturing Limited –Phil Branch
-Managed small group of product engineers (5 engineers) in handling issues and cost reduction projects.
-Member/driver of several improvement teams across mfg areas.
-Project Leader: Corporate Initiative on Class Test At Sort for Memory Products. 2000 - 2003 Senior Test – Product Engineer
Cypress Manufacturing Limited, Philippines (formerly CSPI), Memory Product Division
-Built and supported CFT within the manufacturing area for interim and permanent corrective actions.
-Supported functional teams on SPC institutionalization, Yield and 8D implementations. 1997-2000 Test-Product Engineer Cypress Semiconductor Philippines, Inc. (CSPI), Memory Product Division
-Responsible for the overall product performance – yields, quality (AOQL), and reliability.
-Initiated cost reduction projects like test insert, Burn in elimination/reduction and test time reduction. EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, California State University Monterey Bay Graduate of Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (BS Electronics Engineering Equivalent), Mapua Institute of Technology Philippines
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