NICK WANG, P. Eng.

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Guelph, ON N1H 3R7

(408) 650 – 9930

adw857@r.postjobfree.com

HIGHLIGHTS

Solid success with new product NPI & sustaining production; manufacturing process design & assembly automation, facility establish & CAPEX investment, CM & outsourcing management.

Leadership in cross function collaboration & team management, ability to integrate suppliers in product design & supply chain, balance interest of all parties & solving business or technical problems.

Records of success in cellphone production ramp from 50K to 2M, 300 employee manufacturing facility establish and business operations.

Broad knowledge & expertise in electronics manufacturing, process & equipment automation, SMT and FATP, Plastic & inject molding, clean room & TFT.

EXPERIENCE

Apple Inc., (www.apple.com) 2014 –

Technical Program Manager – Lead multiple iMac/Mac Pro products from NPI to mass production at various CMs sites in Asia, served technical lead in product design, engineering, operational & supply chain.

-Managed 10+ iMac/Mini/MacBook/Air products from concept design to EOL, covering NPI & engineering build, CM readiness & capacity ramp; manufacturing cost, yield and product quality.

-Technical lead in product design and manufacturability, Responsibility of Manufacturing Process & Equipment, Capex & Line Plan, new technology evaluation & pilot.

-Achieved continuous manufacturing cost & UPH improvement via process automation, supply chain value stream mapping, redundance reduction & sites bench marking.

-Collaborated with CMs to integrate Manufacturing Shop Floor data, enabled inline process control capacity for critical process & test stations.

-Directed various technologic / operational projects, such as TFT integration & clean room, metallurgical process for recycled aluminum, Optical + Xray deep inspection, CM sites development & products mitigation.

Canadian Solar Manufacturing (Ontario) Inc., (www.canadiansolar.com) 2009 – 2014

Plant Manager –- Completed > $ 200M investment to establish a semi-automatic solar panel assembly plant, ramped 4x serial new products production.

-Managed engineering, production, warehouse, quality & HR team daily operations.

-Completed facility build up with integrated automatic assembly line from Kuka/Simens/NPC/PASAN, includes layout & process design, equipment purchase & installation, commission & production ramp.

-Recruited & trained 300 plus employee & staff, directed operational procedure & SOP development, team organization, facility operations.

-Established BOM material supply chain & Logistic management, such as local sourcing, joint venture production, oversea sourcing & warehouse.

-Led product design / engineering completed 4x serial new product NPI, certification, ramp up.

-Fostered continuous improvement and lean manufacturing practice, Acquired ISO9001 / IEC / UL product certification.

Blackberry Inc. (www.rim.com) 2006 – 2009

Director, manufacturing engineering –Lead manufacturing engineering team support NPI and mass production in Canada & Mexico.

-Overall responsibility of manufacturing engineering, process & technology, NPI and sustaining production in Canada, Mexico and CMs.

-Ownership of product design on plastic & mechanical parts; Proto build and design reviews; tooling release; sub-assembly outsourcing.

-Lead “Pearl” serial product from concept to production ramp; improved product lead time by 7 days and yield > 93% through early engagement & process standardization.

-Pilot & Engaged PCBA outsourcing with Jabil, boosted SMT capacity of 100% without Capex.

-Executed manufacturing process automation & increased capacity by 30% via Automatic Router, RFID in Packing & Configuration, Auto screw feeding and fasten stations.

-Served champion in Lean manufacturing & facility, ISO9000/Health & safety committee.

Nokia (China) Mobile Phone Ltd., (www.nokia.com) 1997 – 2006

Engineering Manager/Sourcing Manager – Engineering Manager for Nokia cell phone, global sourcing Manager for testing instrument & calibration category.

-Led > 50x technical staff (SMT/Test/Facility/NPI/FATP/Pack), Managed > 10x products NPI to ramp activity annually,

-Managed >100K M2 factory construction, achieved production line setup & capacity ramp from 50K to 2M SKU per month, won global # 1 factory in terms of yield, cost and delivery.

-Executed IT/Facility/SMT capacity outsourcing with IBM/Cushman/Elcoteq; Vendor managed Hub and warehouse.

-Served global sourcing manager for 3 factory and 2 R&D centers, Executed E-bidding platform, testing equipment RFQ/RFP, balance score card.

-Managed global purchase/service with Agilent/Rohde & Schwarz, initiated cross sites demand forecast & material hedging, open BPO strategy with key suppliers to secure critical equipment supply.

EDUCATION AND TRAININGS

-MBA diploma, University of Wales College, New Port.

-Bachelor of Science, Xi’an Jiao Tong University

-Strategy Creation and KPI Management (Balanced Score Card).

-World Class Manufacturing Training Program (6 session in 12 month)

-Statistics and Process Control / JMP data analytic training

-Managerial Accounting Certification Training by Waterhouse.

-Strategic Sourcing and Category Management Program (3 month) in Finland.

-Lean manufacturing and 6 Sigma champion training by Nokia

-7 Habits training by Stephen R. covey.

-ISO9000/14001 by QMI

-P.E.O Registered Engineer.

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