Semiconductor Equipment and Manufacturing

John M Smith

**** * ****** **. • Gilbert, AZ ****8

408-***-**** • ***********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Extensive experience and Achievements in Semiconductor Capital Equipment Industry and UAV Platform design and development. Experienced Hands-On Operations/Program/Project Manager with Product Development skills. Thrives on simultaneously managing multiple projects with competing deadlines. Expert at product/process improvement, enhancements, development and optimization by reducing outlays. Track record includes managing cross-functional employees (e.g., CAD Designers, Process Engineers, Field Service Engineers, Logistics Personnel, etc.) effectively. Achievements resulted in over $2M/mo in additional revenue by improving Etch manufacturing equipment availability from a 30~40% uptime to >95% uptime. Significant Achievements in refurbishing existing production equipment to extend its life and enhancing capabilities. In-depth knowledge of semiconductor capital equipment, equipment manufacturing, equipment engineering, process improvement and UAV platform design, development and manufacturing.

SKILLS

Program Management • Operations Mgmt. • Project Mgmt.• Cross-Functional Team Leader • Field Service Engineer Management • Team Building • Initiative / Proactive • High Customer Satisfaction • High Stress Tolerance • Troubleshooting / Diagnostics • Technical and Product Support • Manufacturing Operations • Sustaining • Repair • Installation • Decommissioning • 150 - 450mm Semiconductor / FPD Processing Equipment • Product Design / Development • UAV Airframe Design & Optimization • Semiconductors, • Wafer Fab Technology • Manufacturing • Equipment Engineering • Process Improvement.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Intel Corporation

Mfg. Ops Mgr. / 10nm August 2019 – Present

Facilitate Dry Etch Equipment Demos, Installs, Conversions and tool transfers.

Procured parts, Scheduled and orchestrated various activities and groups to achieve timely starts and milestones delivery

Managed Dry Etch Manufacturing Technicians on a shift on all day to day aspects of supporting Intel manufacturing production operations.

Program Manager Jan 2018 – June 2019

LAM Research

Managed all LAM day to day activities at customer HVM Fab facility, directing technical, administrative and support activities and attended daily customer meetings

Handle difficult employee situations (e, g., customer complaints about an individual) and resolved all to the satisfaction of both customers and management

Promoted to Program Manager from Site Manager after 8 months

Work in Micron Global Account Team

Direct Installation Teams, warranty, contract and process support coverage, escalations, repair, preventive maintenance, engineering changes and upgrade activity maintaining adequate records and support systems.

Maintain constant customer contact coordinating work with multiple cross functional groups and teams within LAM and with customers relevant functions.

Achieve predetermined objectives, using processes, operational policies and schedules while exercising judgment within the latitude of established company policies.

Select methods, techniques, staffing, resource allocations, performance requirements, and budgets, to meet technical and administrative support goals related to installation, repair, preventative maintenance and engineering change upgrades.

Select, evaluate and develop personnel to ensure an efficient operation and achievement of teams’ goals and functions.

Technical Operations/Product Manager - Principal Jan 2008 – Jan 2018

RP Flight Systems

Created Avenger 1 a long range persistent surveillance and target identifying fixed wing UAV

Determined goals for product (e.g. length of time in air) that drove design of products

Built prototypes. tested them

Sent test samples out for unbiased analysis

Began production and initiated manufacturing

Audited products to uncover shortfalls and correct them in design and supply chain.

Created Vigilant C1 All Composite Fixed Wing UAV that flew for 8 hrs./425km on a single battery

Created Vigilant E EPO Foam Fixed Wing UAV which flew over 7 hrs./300km on a single battery

Deeply involved in commercial development and manufacturing of the Avenger-1 UAV

Designed, Created, Developed and Manufactured 7 NEW Fixed • Wing UAV platforms

Work with Manufacturing, design and test groups for the development, manufacture

Design, procurement, Supply chain management, shipping and sales of UAV aircraft

Conducted successful Greyhawk UAV flight tests in Zhengzhou, China

Sr. Project Manager Jun 2014 – May 2015

Applied Materials / Contractor

Handled from 10 - 30 projects simultaneously

Developed and maintained tracking matrix tool that was adopted in the PM group for project and process tracking.

Repeatedly delivered projects on time and within budget

Prepared project plan, coordinate activities, documentation and ensured project deliverables from planning to implementation

Drove project deliverables and task details through the use reports, tracking charts and, checklists

Aligned activities of internal resources and assign to the business unit to achieve on-time objectives for the project

Participated on intra business unit meetings providing weekly presentation to top Pilot Manufacturing stakeholders

Led teams in “First of kind” build out and Final Test of 2 new Etch products.

Researched causes to project obstacles and assist in implementing solutions for resolution and process improvements

General Manager - Principal May 1996 – Jan 2008

Silicon Services Consortium Inc.

Started business from scratch. Grew, developed, directed and oversaw every aspect of SSC rise

Sold over 175 systems and refurbished more than 150 C-1 and C-2 systems.

SSC manufactured and sold parts for C-1 and C-2 systems

EVOS - Re-designed the Novellus C-1, updating internal systems and using the latest state of the art hardware, including robotic wafer handling system, a new gas delivery system with surface mount technology parts, and latest technology vacuum components resulting in over 40% reduction in system refurbishment costs while adding over 33% improvement in wafer throughput

RFP - Reduced Footprint for Novellus C-2 equipment by 30%, resulting in substantial cost savings based on utilizing additional units in any given location and saving fab floor space

Oversaw development of the Manufacturing Information Tracking System (MITS) designed to document financial accounting, inventory, sales order entry, procurement, auto reordering, job tracking, documentation system, manufacturing procedures, BOM tracking, and quotations

Developed and implemented a portal allowing customers to monitor project progress

Real Time via a camera in the Fabrication area and to track progress, including viewing the status of issues, parts shortages, and other issues online through the portal

Sold company assets and closed business in 2008y

Applied Komatsu Technology / Santa Clara, CA 1994-1997

Customer Service Supervisor / Field Engineering Manager

Tasked with providing direction and leadership for site managers, preparing business forecasts, determining staff requirements, and monitoring the budget.

Created and implemented field operations customer engineering policies, labor rates, and service contract agreements, including pricing structures.

Developed Field Service Contracts, Multiple Product Schedules and Structures including pricing, labor rates and Rider Parts contracts

Quickly promoted from Product Support Engineer to Customer /Field Service Supervisor for entire US region

EDUCATION

LANWAN Professional

IT / Cisco Certified Design Associate

US Navy Advanced Electronics Program

Advanced Electronics program, Submarines Weapons Systems, Strategic, Attack.

North Harris County College, Houston, TX

Business Management

PATENT APPLICATION FILINGS

Flat-panel display processing tool with storage bays and multi-axis robot arms. US 200********

Gas manifold directly attached to substrate processing chamber. US 200********

Magnetic media processing tool with storage bays and multi-axis robot arms. US 200********

Multi-axis robot arms in substrate vacuum processing tool. US 200********

Multi-substrate size vacuum processing tool. US 200********

Self-contained process modules for magnetic media processing tool. US 200********

Self-contained process modules for vacuum processing tool. US 200********

Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus with horizontally clustered vertical stacks. US 200********

Semiconductor substrate processing apparatus with horizontally clustered vertical stacks. US 200********

Stacked process chambers for flat-panel display processing tool. US 200********

Stacked process chambers for magnetic media processing tool. US 200********

Stacked process chambers for substrate vacuum processing tool. US 200********

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