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OSCAR CASILLAS

Atlanta, GA *************@******.*** 562-***-****

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DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO)

Product Management Project/Program Management Engineering Management DEI

Highly successful bilingual (Spanish speaking) Program, Engineering, and Product Management global inclusive leader with over 18 years developing innovative solutions and delivering results. Unique combination of direct leadership of Program Management and Engineering professionals, and simultaneously directing DEI solutions for an entire enterprise.

Center of Excellence Strategy Engineering Talent Management

Organizational Development Agile Delivery Operations Decision Making Sales Enablement Development Lifecycles Data Driven Process Improvements

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Micron Technology 2017 – 2022

Head of Program Management Office, Irvine, CA (2017 – 2021)

Attracted, built, managed, and developed talented, diverse, equitable and inclusive PMO CoE of product/program managers, ensuring engagement and effectiveness.

Chief of Staff to VP of Engineering, specifically transforming HW, FW, SE, PMO.

Proven people manager, and an influential cross-functional team leader.

Communicated tech teams’ budget, strategies, tactical details, roadmaps, plans, and priorities to stakeholders and leadership after aligning with executive team.

Understood strategic and competitive position, and vision to deliver products and technologies that support that vision, in consumer, client, and enterprise sales spaces.

Represented product / PM team, partnering with engineering, operations, sales, marketing, and customer experience in cross-company/internal initiatives and issues.

Achieved 0 PCB Board spins in 95% of board releases through innovative program management and engineering process improvements from design into finished state.

Worked closely with technology and product teams to strategically influence the product and operations roadmaps with future technologies' potential. Evolved and grew the next generation of ambitious, differentiating technologies that support the product roadmap and experiences. Identified and initiated opportunities for new technology focus areas.

Spearheaded multiple special (most difficult and innovative) product and technology portfolios and priorities, ensuring tech teams’ commitment to execute.

Drove Product/Program Management Agile methodologies and best practices - successfully defined, planned, scheduled, and executed strategic operational projects (including resourcing and budgeting) across entire company, ensuring alignment.

Overhauled program management data analytics, metrics, dashboards and scorecards in Visier, SAP, Workday, Power BI, Tableau, and JIRA.

DEI Interim VP & Director of Program Management Office, Atlanta, GA (2021- 2022)

Awarded Top Inclusive Leader award by The Inclusion Lab – July 2022.

Developed CoE and executed diversity programs via Agile to attract/onboard/retain top talent and build a resonating brand with underserved communities.

Overhauled the DEI data analytics, methodologies, metrics, dashboards and scorecards.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA 2015 – 2017

Head of Program Management Office and Senior Systems Engineer

Transformed PMO CoE team, improving on-time delivery by 75% and retention to 98%.

Chief of Staff to VP of PMO, working with executives to ensure operational alignment.

Led PMO, TPM and firmware team to deliver first ever 2 enterprise NVMe SSDs using Agile methodologies, generating ~$100M revenue thru great cross-functional teamwork.

Lead systems engineer, driving requirements and condensing customer experiences into compelling technology features and experiences needed for future products.

Continuous improvement and growth mindset used to implement global business-wide procedures to improve existing processes for maximum clarity, efficiency, and success.

Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA 2013 – 2014

Senior Firmware Program Manager

Drove the firmware development Agile program management for the first-generation iPad Pro and Apple Pencil consumer products under very tight deadlines.

Provided valued input to the team on technical concepts, features, and testing.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess and prioritize constantly changing requirements, leading to full alignment of budget, schedule, and technical risks.

Government Contract Employee on Global Missile Defense Contracts 2004 – 2013

ERC/Ai Signal Research, Inc. (ASRI), (2009 – 2013), Huntsville, AL

Lead Program Manager and Systems Engineer

Awarded ERC’s scientist of the year in 2010 for exhibiting the highest level of leadership, the most talent and extraordinary engineering and operations accomplishments.

Director level role, successfully leading multi-disciplined engineering team to deliver global missile programs and products on-time every-time, from design to finished state.

Led customer support and experiences management, including sales, installs, new features, and issues resolution using Agile methodologies.

The Boeing Company, (2004 – 2009), Anaheim, CA and Huntsville, AL

Systems Engineer and Project Manager

Awarded the Last Mile Award for willingness to go the last mile to lead the completion of critical missile defense projects.

Led network engineering and operations programs for critical Army, Navy, and UAV defense projects.

The Boeing Company, (2003), Renton, WA

Intern – Industrial Engineering for 7 series aircraft

EDUCATION

California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

Master of Science (MS) in Engineering Management

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology

CERTIFICATIONS

Cornell University – Diversity and Inclusion

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