Project Managing

Tony Cheng

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Experiences

Magellan Navigation, Inc..

Technical Ops. Project Manager/Lead

San Dimas, CA

June 2008 ~ Jan. 2009

* Technical Ops. Leader of high end portable auto navigation Maestro family;

* Represent Ops. Group in new product development core team and coordinate with Supply Base Management/Purchasing/Manufacturing/HW/SW for all costs/budget and manufacturing related issues;

* Initiate ECO to set up configurations and ensure BOM correctness with Document control and maintain sustaining through out product life cycle;

* Set up NPI tracker with overseas ODM vendors and/or Manufacturing Partner and ensure new products launched in time meeting FCS schedule, as well as legacy product BOM update and correction;

* Leader in weekly ODM ECO meetings and ensure ECO being executed within timeline, and transfer sustaining products to 3rd party assembly house;

* Responsible as Manufacturing Engineer’s role of responsible product lines

- Create kitting assembly instructions for manufacturing assembly partners & continous cost reduction;

- Create S/W update and rework instructions for rework validation

- Working with QA team of failure analysis and finding root causes;

Quantum Corp.

(Quantum merged Certance, previously Seagate Removable Storage Solution, in Mar. 2005)

(Certance Contractor/Product Manager Mar. 2004 ~ June 2004)

PLMS Manager / Sustaining Product Manager

Irvine, CA

June 2004 ~ June 2008

* PLMS (Product Line Management Support), communicate with all functional dept. (Ops./HW/SW/Quality) and coordinate NPI activity and enhanced product development/launch, Oversee project schedule and budget based on business strategy and requirement;

* Product configurations/BOM creation, control & maintenance responsibility and sustaining activities through life cycle. Legacy product BOM update;

* Represent Operations group in new product core team meeting and coordinate Supply Chain/Mfg/SQE/CSO/Repair groups to support multi phase exit efforts and monitor key customer qualification to ensure timely launch for FCS and meeting project budget;

* Attend Change Control Board meeting, MRB review and ECR final approval;

* Support all product related inquiries for both internal & external requests;

* Lead in Request for Product Enhancement (RPE) process and continuous improvement related to material cost and production labor;

* Work with procurement and supply chain group and position Last Time Buy component timeline and disposition.

* Supplier management of business decisions and communicate with tier suppliers of change notices;

Foxconn Electronics, Inc.

Product Marketing/Project Manager

Cypress, CA

Oct. 1997 ~ Jan. 2004

* Responsible of OEM/ODM level for PC & Communication industry. Responsible products include cable assemblies, connectors and chassis. Customers include Cisco, Dell, HPQ, IBM and Motorola, etc.

* Liaison between customers (OEM and CEM), sales and factory of both technical and business issues;

* Project oversight and management for the design, development, implementation, maintenance;

* Create and maintain product catalog; Product training and presentation to end customers on a needed basis;

* Coordinate within departments (design/die cast/stamping/overmolding/assembly) and complete projects within timeline for NPI launch;

* BOM/Configuration set up and maintenance through out life cycle;

* RFQ evaluation, cost control (process & labor time), and component selection;

* Pricing control and sales strategy; Supplier selection and co-develop products with 3rd party vendors; Logistics flow analysis & cost reduction;

* Plastics overmolding connector and cable assembly hood design experience;

* Worked with planning group for customer JIT or Kan Ban production requirement;

I/O Interconnect

Manufacturing Engineer

Santa Ana, CA

Aug. 1994 ~ Oct. 1997

* Set up connector automation assembly lines and celled cable assembly lines;

* Automation assembly machine maintenance; Tooling & fixture design;

* Create work instructions (SOP) and train assembly workers to follow procedures;

* Measure cycle time and continuous process improvement;

* Work with QA to improve processing on existing products; and help set up ISO 9002 procedure;

* Set up manufacturing procedures utilize Lean Manufacturing concept;

* Plastics housing injection molding and overmolding cable assembly hood design experience;

* Facility layout, power and conduit layout experience;

* Temp. assignment as production manager;

A&E Products

Project Engineer

Santa Ana, CA

Aug. 1992 ~ Aug. 1994

* Designed an in-house semi-automatic production machine utilizing printing, cutting, packaging and servo motors with electro-mechanical designs;

* Set up engineering department;

* Set up extrusion and cooling process;

* Designed and developed printing, cutting and packaging processes and fixture;

* Mechanical and electrical design; Tooling & fixture design; Welding and sheet metal bending process;

* Allen-Bradley PLC programming;

Education

- Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO

May, 1992

- Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Feng Chia University, Taiwan

June, 1986

Skills

* MS Office (Words, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

* Lotus Notes

* Agile, Team Center PDM, Oracle

* AutoCAD, Solidworks

* Visio

Languages

* Fluent in English, Chinese Mandarin & Taiwanese

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