GUSTAVO LARA
Marketing Product Manager
PROFILE
Electrical and Computer Engineer with 15+ years of experience and a successful track record in marketing, product management, IT, software programming, computing hardware, materials innovation, engineering and manufacturing. Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities and possess a wide range of technical skills.
CONTACT
PHONE:
WEBSITE:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gustavo-lara-034a2a9a/
EMAIL:
*******@*********.***
EDUCATION
El Paso Community College
August 2019 - Present
Cyber Security Continuing Education Program – 3.5 GPA
The University of Texas at El Paso
June 1996 to December 2001
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering – 3.0 GPA
WORK EXPERIENCE
Vishay, Inc – Marketing Product Manager
2018 – Present
Managed a six million dollar portfolio my first year
Maintain a variable margin of greater than 35%, to increment the portfolio revenue
Meet and work with customers to develop/maintain relationships to meet the revenue, design and share goals
OSRAM Sylvania – Process Control Engineering Scientist
2003 – 2017
Managed Gate-Phase Projects via MS Project and MS Sharepoint and wrote several programs in LabView, MATLAB, C++, Python, MS Access, VB and VBA for data acquisition
Maintained and troubleshoot both software and hardware for R&D lab equipment
Slashed production costs by 10% to 15% by leading Product Quality Improvement (Six Sigma) project teams
Monitored the production process by programming and implementing a remote production monitoring system that connected via LAN from a remote HMI
Aided IT with network connections, desktop troubleshooting on the production floor and the programming of Windows Power Shell batch files and shell scripts
The University of Texas at El Paso – System Network Administrator
1998 – 2003
Served as Chief System Administrator of Windows and Linux Servers
Slashed “downtime” on resolving tech issues by building a “Knowledge Database” and IT Ticketing System with Visual Basic, ASP.net and HTTP
Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Windows, Apple and Linux networks and preparing disaster recovery
Responsible for the management of users, computers and other devices on the network via Windows Server
Organized, installed, supported and secured the University’s computer systems, including the local area network (LAN), intranets, wi-fi and all audio/visual equipment
SKILLS