SUMMARY

• Document Control or Configuration Manager with over 25 years of experience complemented by numerous years of mechanical design and manufacturing experience.
• Strong technical and business qualifications with demonstrated ability to deal with unplanned challenges, work through obstacles and make sound project decisions while multitasking numerous product releases and changes simultaneously.
• Proven ability to successfully analyze an organization's critical business requirements, identify deficiencies and potential opportunities, and develop innovative and cost - effective solutions for enhancing competitiveness, streamlining operations, and improving customer service offerings.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Cross-functional team leadership, Program/Project management, CCB Chair.
• Strong verbal & written communication, Organization, & problem solving, Exceptional interpersonal skills.
• Agile 9.3.1 Admin., SolidWorks EPDM Admin., Arena PDM Admin., SAP, PeopleSoft, PDM Metaphase, Ask Man-Man, GECO, IBM Mapics
• AutoCAD 2004, HP Solid Designer, ME-10, SDRC-Ideas, GD&T ASME Y14.5

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Configuration Manager/CMPRO Admin

Confidential, Mooresville, NC

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes complex engineering change proposals to determine the effect on the overall system.
• Ensures configuration identification by reviewing design release documents for completeness, proper authorizations, and system updates.
• Performs various audits and documents results, develops and implements new processes.
• Develops configuration and data management documentation based on program requirements.
• Participates in design reviews, audits, scheduling, budgeting, etc.
• Identifies requirements and coordinates the development and implementation of computer based configuration/data mgmt. systems/support..
• Provides guidance and work leadership to less-experienced staff members, has supervisory responsibilities.

Configuration Mgmt. Specialist / Operations PM

Confidential, Cupertino, CA

Responsibilities:

• Hired to fix a highly ambiguous Engineering Change Process and help move the company off Excel spreadsheets and into Agile (PLM) where a more defined and robust process would allow the company to scale alongside the onslaught of new product launches.
• Introduced the use of “material disposition” to the change process, defined the requirement, and created the “how to” help instruction. Defined the requirements for writing an accurate and meaningful Reason and Description of Change.
• Wrote the Core Business Doctrine that defined the Configuration Management (CM) Charter and set forth the foundation by which the company will effectively manage Confidential product data through a defined change and execution process (overarching Level II document).
• Lead the team to completely rewrite the CM Standards - a series of the what (Level III definition documents) and how to (Level IV work instructions) that defined Change Management, BOM Management, Item Creation, Item Lifecycle. Provided daily training and guidance to Change Originators; review Engineering Changes for accuracy, completeness, and compliance to standards.
• Training Peers, Subordinates, and Manager in the principles of Configuration Management II the path to integrated process excellence, best business practices, and how to be the best at what they do. Participated as a leading member of the Quality Mgmt. System team, QMS.

Senior Documentation Specialist (Lead) / Arena Admin

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities:

• Charter - Lead the department to new heights in customer satisfaction. Responsible for defining and documenting department protocol through the creation of processes and that are clear, concise, and valid.
• Train and lead existing personnel in new techniques and best practices, manage Arena accounts and contracts, cross-functional team coordination. Lead for all NPI launch activity on Access Point and Controller products.
• Defined and documented the following: ECO disposition, PCN process, RoHS II compliance process and how to instruction for documenting in Arena, created an approval matrix, and redefined first article review process. Chairperson for the weekly CCB meetings.

Senior ECO Analyst / Agile Admin

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Responsibilities:

• Originally self-taught Agile administrator duties, followed by formal completion of Agile Administrator 9.3.1 training through Oracle University. Experience with user groups, roles/privileges, criteria, data lists, workflow, view creation, and user accounts.
• Created and instructed a training course for CCB members to reduce cycle time to implementation for changes.
• Created and documented the corporate RoHS/REACH compliance strategy and due diligence process.
• While manager was out on medical leave served as acting manager responsible for overseeing the department and four Chang Analysts, received $1,000 recognition award.

Senior ECO Analyst

Confidential, Milpitas, CA

Responsibilities:

• As an NPI Specialist acted within highly cross-functional teams comprised of Product Marketing, Engineering, Planning, Manufacturing Operations, CM's (Contract Manufacturers), and ODM's (Original Design Manufacturers) to coordinate activities within the team that resulted in the designing of assemblies, identification of suppliers, creation of BOM structure and initialization of the manufacturing process through the creation of ECO's. Sustaining support; analyze and process ECO's, MCO's, ECR's, Stop Orders and Temporary Deviations related to components, firmware, software, specification control drawings, quality system documentation, and product documentation in accordance with configuration management best practices and procedures. Verify that proposed changes conform to Configuration Management interchangeability rules.
• Project lead for RoHS conversion. Awarded $200.00 recognition bonus.
• Implemented pilot and production release meetings and created a checklist which allowed tracking of required deliverables and long lead items, reducing ECO cycle time to manufacturing by two to three weeks while providing transparency for late deliverables delaying product launch.
• Established a curriculum and wrote the training materials for a class to teach all ECO Analysts and support functions how to use AutoCAD release 13, cost savings of more than $50K, awarded $500 recognition bonus.
• Project lead for major PDM changes and consolidation during corporate mergers and acquisitions, assuring smooth transition into the MRP system and out to manufacturing.
• Responsible for coordinating the activity associated with the corporate conversion from an in-house manufacturing facility to a CM model. Worked with CM's, Procurement, and Agile Administrator to document the new Agile CM ECO flow. Taught classes to affected parties to define roles, responsibilities, and expectations.

Senior ECO Analyst (Lead) / Mechanical Designer

Confidential, Santa Clara, CA

Responsibilities:

• Hired as a Mechanical Designer. After six months of demonstrated expertise in drafting standards, geometric tolerance, ECO/BOM knowledge, and leadership skills, promoted to Engineering Services Lead over the ECO/Drawing Checkers, Drafters, and File Manager.
• Primary duty was to oversee the daily work schedules of twelve people and ensure that ECO's were processed with integrity and completeness in a timely manner while adhering to form, fit & function rules, ASME Y14.5 1994, and corporate standards.
• Responsible for interviewing, hiring, and training all new ECO checkers and drafters on company procedures, and GECO (global ECO). Chaired CCB meetings prior to on-line global eCo implementation. Wrote desktop procedures and manuals and documented the department processes in preparation for ISO 9000. Project Manager for drawing database consolidation. Led cross-functional team of core contributors to create a single depository for all drawings and supporting documentation. Eliminated the problem of having multiple versions of a drawing at the same revision level. Created a single file naming procedure that reduced confusion and