Program Manager
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R. MICHAEL SCHOLTEN
Austin, Texas *****
****.********@*********.***
CAPABILITIES PROFILE
Global Program Manager recognized for proven leadership, and successfully engaging leading-edge techniques and methodologies to drive and accelerate corporate-wide design programs, initiatives, development processes. Consistently achieves schedule and resource targets, cost-cutting objectives, and revenue/profitability margins. Excellent investigative and problem solving abilities. Strategic and tactical operations expertise includes facilitating technical, and product development support, and building global cross-functional teams and communication channels for program, project, and end-to-end design life-cycles.
* Global Account Operations and Governance
* Strategic and Tactical Program Management
* Vendor Partnership/Relationship Management
* Budget and Cost Containment
* Contract Development and Analysis
* International Resource and Team Development
* Process and Change Management Implementation
* NPI, SEI, PMI Methodologies
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Motorola Mobility, Austin, Texas May 2008 - October 2010
Senior Program Manager, Research and Development, Silicon Technology and ASIC Design
Managed US and international, cross functional/organizational, teams to effectively transition WiMAX and LTE ASIC module technology projects from initial design to fully commercialized products. Provided Global leadership and coordination of international development teams, defining and managing requirements, resources, and schedules to launch next generation mobile communications network chip technology. Responsible for all coordination and communications as "single point of contact" for site product development and test team support, driving business and quality metrics, change control and data base management. Managed both strategic and tactical initiatives to meet faster time-to-market expectations through successful deployment of all internal and external program schedule, work-plan, and support staffing requirements.
* Successfully managed relationships with vendor design and manufacturing personnel at all levels of management resulting in seamless development transition from simulation to qualified silicon
* Met performance goals, of WiMAX and LTE ASIC and reference hardware design technology, by driving cross-functional team development and test schedules to corporate roadmap targets, resulting in turn key, on-time delivery of vendor and internal technology deliverables
* Increased on-time efficiencies to production release targets by developing and managing defect reduction initiatives for all program deliverables
* Identified and mitigated initial silicon performance problems by working with vendor technical management to root cause timing related issues that lowered quality. Resulted in the rapid deployment of process changes and subsequent increase silicon yield
* Developed and managed silicon prototype test plan, integrating an international test team into one location, achieving 100% of the functional test cases to successfully validate functionality and technology robustness and achieve 1st silicon approval
* Facilitated design activities to meet corporate technology objectives by successfully developing and negotiating business plans and legal agreements between stakeholders and vendors.
Flextronics International (formerly Solectron Corp), Austin, Texas 2004 - 2008
Senior Program Manager, Global Account Operations
Primary responsibilities, with tier-1 & 2 suppliers and OEM's, included managing all aspects of customer business relationship, business development, product development and regionalization. Achieved overall business unit objectives, planned schedules, and funding parameters within a lean, RoHS compliant manufacturing environment, prescribed time frame, and budgeted funding parameters through Quarterly Business Reviews, and due diligence and asset management of a $450M per quarter P&L/budget.
* Directed site to site product/material technology transfers from Austin to Malaysia to minimize inventories, balance/regionalize manufacturing capacity resulting in efficient control of associated resources and freight costs.
* With solid strategic and tactical expertise, coordinated capacity, resources, material and equipment to successfully support an on-time customer global production ramp. Resulted in engineering and quality "best practices" review, and collaboration
* Successfully initiated plant wide equipment and asset tracking by coordinating and implementing plant wide RFID infrastructure
* Reduced overall material losses by more than 50% through deployment of Lean manufacturing fundamentals for design, development, and quality improvement initiatives (KAIZEN; TOC; Six Sigma)
Talley Mobile Computers, L.L.C., Austin, Texas 2002 - 2004
Director of Engineering, Wireless Development
Primary consulting responsibilities included creating a product roadmap and building a core development team, planning all resource needs and external development partnerships. Provided startup leadership establishing and implementing business and marketing plans, and design development strategies.
* Developed primary business plan and technology roadmap resulting in acquisition of initial seed monies to meet product launch schedule for a new generation of wireless computing/communications hardware and network topology.
* Established and implemented all business and design development strategies including business and marketing plans (defining all schedules, budgets, organizational functions, logistics, strategies, and infrastructure) to successfully meet target introduction dates
* Maintained and efficiently managed R&D budget by successfully negotiating and developing core design teams, implementing design and needs analysis, and driving all resource and external development partnerships
Motorola Austin, Texas 1999 - 2002
Product Engineering Manager, Advanced Media Platforms Operations
Provided superior leadership for a struggling Product Engineering team. Responsibilities included the development and support of system design and production quality manufacturing data for Motorola's Streamaster(tm) Digital Set Top Box technology. Planned, scheduled and executed NPI development phases of the division's next generation residential gateway based on ATM, VDSL, ADSL, and Ethernet technology.
* Assessed, analyzed and identified existing gaps and engineering issues, discussed findings with senior management, and negotiated restructuring the support team which better facilitated resource requests, and implementation of a configuration management data base system.
* Increased Product Engineering support OTD efficiency for broadband, xDSL, ATM, Ethernet, wireless VoD data, and RFID system development by over 60%, while streamlining design and test data procedures, implementing Quality Assurance, and reducing project delays and material costs by 70%
Motorola / MetroWerks, Austin, Texas 1997 - 1999
Program Manager, Development Tools
Contract Program Manager (Hall Kinion), Development Tools Division
Implemented program management fundamentals for the design and development of 68HC08MicroController emulator hardware and software tools supporting entire MCU families and derivatives. Primary responsibilities included managing turn key external vendor and internal core competencies in the support of prototype design, production manufacturing, qualification testing, and engineering cost and risk analysis of semiconductor embedded technology.
* Implemented program coordination between internal silicon design and emulation system hardware design teams, resulting in a 60% increase in hardware reference design delivery efficiencies, and 40% reduction in rework and component scrap
* Managed development activities for Design/Test/Manufacture of MC68HC05/HC08/HC11 emulation systems, assuring overall schedules and costs were reduced and manufacturing release schedules were met
Odessa Engineering, Austin, Texas 1991 - 1997
Engineering Support Manager, CEM-AQM Data Acquisition
Systems Engineering/Project Manager, CEM-AQM Data Acquisition
Created and implemented standard operating/product integration procedures to direct a $4.5M production backlog of computer and data acquisition hardware and regulatory reporting software. Responsible for all engineering activities beginning with client compliance requirements and contract analysis through final system installation and commissioning of EPA 40CFR system, software and SCADA technology. Duties included managing design and integration of customized PC based Continuous Emissions Monitoring System hardware, software, and data acquisition.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
BS in Engineering - University of Delaware - Newark, DE
(Agricultural / Mechanical)
Business Graduate/Continuing Education studies - Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA
Project Management Masters (PMP/PMI) ; Insights into Performance Excellence 2000 - Motorola University
New Product Introduction Process ; Risk Management ; Scheduling and Cost Control - Motorola University
Managing Projects in Organizations ; Strategic Leadership Development ; Motorola University
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 17 yrs.
Secretary, American Society of Non-Destructive Testing, Austin - 2 yrs.
Member, Pacific Energy Association, Los Angeles - 3yrs.
American Society of Nondestructive Testing - 3yrs
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