Highly seasoned company leader and visionary with extensive experience in driving technology and

manufacturing, as well as building and growing companies. Developer of concepts, materials, and production techniques that repeatedly lead to unique and successful products across a broad range of industries. Build and mentor well-rounded and capable teams, set and manage company goals, and maintain strong working relationships with customers, vendors, and internal departments. Responsible for developing eight-figure budgets, while tracking and maintaining spending and program status. Proven ability to identify and develop avenues of strong company growth. Differentiators

Security Clearances ● Exceptional Negotiator ● Outstanding communication skills ● Creative Resourceful ●Team Builder ● High energy ● Decisive ● Adaptable ● Self-motivated ● Tone Setter Patent Holder ● Medical/Aerospace/Military ● Entrepreneurial/Start-ups ● ISO/FDA/ITAR Budget Development/Management ● Project/Product Management ● Broad Industry Experience Experience

Feb 2016

Current

COO and General Manager

HDA Technology, Inc., Lake Forest, CA–Medical Products Design / Manufacturing Primary Charter: Reconfigure and stabilize the company, extract it from its 30-year financial jeopardy and flatness, and turn it around. Continue to lead and drive the company as it grows.

Result: In two years, increased revenue by 250%, production backlog was at 9 months, and reserve capital had surpassed 8 months. Company growth has now surpassed 500% and continues to climb and thrive.

Primary interface with FDA, ISO, and customer auditors.

Lead design engineering drawing from deep practical engineering knowledge.

Enacted a 12-month plan to restructure and stabilize the company, results were accomplished in 9 months.

Moved the company into a new facility that was much better suited to the growth and future needs under the new plan.

Jon Schmidt

Engineering / Manufacturing / Operations / Leader

Contact San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 ● 1-949-***-**** adybae@r.postjobfree.com ● www.linkedin.com/in/jon-schmidt-a88382b

Developed a marketing plan to accentuate historic strengths.

Built a new manufacturing facility that quickly became the primary profit center.

Drove year-over-year business growth while leading operations, strategic vision, and long-range planning.

Reconfigured and refined the quality management system from beginning to end.

Prepared proposals, budgets, and contracts for new business opportunities.

Enacted quality and performance metrics, developed targeted improvements, and implemented changes.

Nov 2014

Feb 2016

General Manager of Technology and Manufacturing

Irvine Sensors Corp., Costa Mesa, CA – Solutions for Complex, Secret, Critical needs Primary Charter: Reinvent, organize, and lead an R&D group to develop highly specialized, critical, and unique-needs products. Develop and qualify a manufacturing organization to build these products, fulfilling the needs of secret programs. Result: Highly successful products were developed and qualified. Entirely new state-of- the-art processes were perfected. Several new contracts were secured and went into production. Company success reached an all-time high.

Security Clearances – Secret and Top Secret.

Technology leader overseeing the design, development, and production of ultra high-density electronic programs for government agencies and select commercial applications.

Developed new techniques in materials, processes, and testing technologies to move critical and novel programs and products into production.

Developed and delivered programs for military and government customers, as well as large commercial customers.

Responsible for design and manufacturing control, customer interface, collaboration, and contract negotiation to meet complex specifications.

Renovated and modernized the MRP and document control systems used throughout the company.

Worked with key customers and partners from initial concept to commercial launch.

Built cross-functional teams and drove detailed product development schedules. Dec 2012

June 2022

Consulting Director of R&D Programs and Manufacturing Consulting Positions, Orange County, CA – Consultant for companies in Southern CA.

QSC Audio – Developed a microprocessor soldering solution to prevent a very early end of life for an entire product line due to unobtainable components. Designed, validated and produced the solution, saving $20M in already booked orders.

Carbon Fiber Technologies – Program manager responsible for several programs in the military and medical carbon fiber industries, providing technical leadership, marketing development, and manufacturing/process cost reduction. Developed strategies to increase sales with current customers, and reposition marketing focus.

Soligen Corp. - Consultant for a contractor to the Defense Electronics Industry, defining specifications and developing extremely high-density memory products for the DOD in air, ground, and space-based military platforms. Jan 2003

Oct 2012

Director of R&D, Product Development, Manufacturing Viking Technology, Inc., Foothill Ranch, CA – DSP And Memory Systems Primary Charter: Create a new R&D group to develop disruptive technologies, materials, and manufacturing operations to open large new markets. Developed new manufacturing equipment, lines, and facilities. Improve margin on existing product. Result: Achieved 58% company bottom line growth in four years through the development and release of new technologies. Developed several semiconductor and PCB-level technologies resulting in $150M of revenue over 5 years at a 30-85% margin. Increased legacy product margin by 35% through design and production improvements. Inventor and primary contributor of three patents.

Spearheaded innovative approaches to increase memory density by 350%.

Achieved 20-45% bottom line growth by blending in-depth knowledge and understanding of customer's needs, industry trends, leading-edge techniques and materials, and improving department processes and function.

Balanced development cost, production costs, time to market, and reliability trade- offs to achieve the longest product life cycle, maximum marketability, and ROI.

Identified and partnered with an array of vendors to design and develop manufacturing processes, materials, and equipment for the production of new designs.

Developed, purchased, and installed entire front-to-back production lines and their processes for new and unique products, allowing high-volume production to be successfully established in-house.

Conducted life expectancy modeling / testing, validation, and verification of all new technologies and processes to prove feasibility and reliability.

Oversaw and drove manufacturing growth, and provided corrective feedback to achieve daily and long-term goals.

Responsible for the management of the R&D Engineering department and project tracking, and conception of advanced products and roadmap strategy.

Established many critical department procedures such as FMEA, design / release process detailed review, proactive yield improvements, manufacturing process validation, etc.

Dec 1995

Dec 1996

Director of Engineering

Visual Elements, Inc., Seattle, WA – 3D Photo-Real Video, Sound, and Movie Creation Primary Charter: Develop and direct a technical team to design systems that integrate 3D video and sound into real-life sets and scenes for the movies and gaming industries. Launch and install an integrated video and sound studio. Result: Developed the first 5-axis computer-controlled camera transport systems and mechanical hardware for filming real objects and scenes to mesh with virtual graphics in movies. Produced several movies and games.

Technical Director responsible for the development of the technical side of this start- up company.

Developed custom electro-mechanical systems allowing for the acquisition of over

$7,500,000 in contracts that were previously unattainable.

Directed lighting and sound crews to coordinate production operations.

Developed processes and procedures for studio and on-location production.

Represented the company within client industry organizations and at industry events.

Set and manage budgets for engineering tasks, tailoring financial limitations with business goals and optimizing ROI.

Designed and monitored project schedules and project management assignments.

Managed department-wide resource allocation and utilization. Aug 1993

Dec 1995

Director of Engineering

WorldCom Electronics, Irvine, CA – Leading edge pager and cell phone design

Responsible for the development of over 15 commercial and consumer products including cellular telephones, pagers, cordless phones, and hearing enhancement systems in this start-up company.

Developed the first smart / alphanumeric / gaming pagers in the world.

Developed the smallest AMPS / ETACS cellular telephones in the world.

Managed product development teams in the areas of R&D, Manufacturing, Test, Purchasing, and Product improvement.

Responsible for the development, prototyping, testing, and launch of all systems.

Managed schedules, expectations, and relationships with customers and investors.

Developed and managed all technical budgets and spending.

Analyzed new business and product roadmaps to determine potential manufacturability and market viability.

May 1988

May 1993

Director of Engineering and Offshore Production

Achip Technologies, Inc., Irvine, CA – Startup developer of handheld electronics

Inventor and primary contributor of two patents.

Developed ASIC solutions to replace off-the-shelf chipsets, resulting in savings of

$2.32M in 4 years

Brought products to production 5 months ahead of schedule and under budget saving $280,000 in project development costs.

Negotiated vendor contracts to alleviate NRE charges, saving $180,000 in capital expenditure.

Raised venture capital through the private placement stock offering early in the history of the company.

Responsible for all aspects of hand-held and desktop consumer and commercial product lines in the company.

Took projects from concept through high-volume production based domestically, overseas, and in Mexico, with a production rate of 100,000+ units / month.

Responsible for the development, prototyping, testing, and launch of all products as well as management of schedules, expectations, and relationships with customers and investors.

Developed and managed program budgets and spending.

Analyzed and modified assembly lines, test lines, and procedures in subcontracted manufacturing facilities to achieve product improvement and increased line efficiency.

Nov 1985

May 1988

Education

Reliability and Design Engineer

Rockwell International, Inc. Anaheim, CA – Designer/Manufacturer-GPS Satellite System

Security clearance - Confidential.

Reliability Engineering responsibility for three black box units on the GPS satellite program, with support responsibility for six others.

Accountable for the disposition of all test anomalies and failures in the Acceptance Test Process, as well as physical and electrical overstress analysis.

Conducted hearings and buy-off meetings for the explanation of test and manufacturing data to satisfaction of the Air Force.

Responsible for Emergency Corrective Action Plans assigned to the program, addressing mandatory preventive and corrective actions.

Maintained schedule of failure identification, failure analysis, modification, and electrical and environmental testing.

SolidWorks Associate Degree: SolidWorks 3D Modeling Saddleback College - Mission Viejo, California

Bachelor of Science: Electronics Technology Engineering DeVry University - Columbus, Ohio

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