Renzo Arce

Director Production Management

Austria

About

PMP and IPMA level-C certified program manager with experience directing large-scale integrated circuits development projects. Manage complex, multifunction and high-profile automotive IC projects ($5M - $10M). Able to address CMOS high technology, financial constraints and complicated logistics to overcome project challenges. Excel in collaborating with customers, stakeholders, development and manufacturing teams to meet or exceed design, quality, timeline and budget expectations.

Experience

  • Infineon Technologies (10 yrs 8 mos)
    • Director Production Management
      Apr 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Senior program manager
      Nov 2015 - Apr 2025 · 9 yrs 6 mos

  • STMicroelectronics (19 yrs 1 mo)
    • Program Manager
      Oct 2009 - Oct 2015 · 6 yrs 1 mo

      - Managing complex mixed signal IC development projects for automotive market, compliant with safety standard ISO 26262. Reporting to program management inside BU Automotive. - Coordinating cross-functions teams (architect, design, layout, test & product engineering, quality, application, safety, package, documentation, process engineering and SW) to guarantee time, quality, cost and scope of the project. - Managing design and development schedule, prototype build schedule, testing schedule and ensuring any gaps are addressed to meet schedule requirements. - Working directly with the system design team, silicon bring-up and characterization team, application engineering, marketing, operations and customer representatives to coordinate technical and schedule deliverables. - Managing stakeholders communication and reporting the project progress and status to the project sponsor. - Applied change management process, risk identification, analysis and mitigation process. - Strong verbal and written skills as well as the ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees, customers and management. - Ability to manage time effectively along with strong organizational and presentation skills. - Strong leadership and people management skills. - Involved in internal corporate and external audits compliant to ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 26262 standard. - Project management methodology coordinator and responsible to teach and deploy new best practices and methodology in project management integrated circuits development process.

    • R&D Project Manager
      Apr 2005 - Sep 2009 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Successfully managed ASIC development products in CMOS semiconductor process. Coordinated package development, IC testing and qualification. Supported customers providing technology libraries, design flow and managing data exchanged with technical teams.

    • R&D Office - Site Manager
      Apr 2003 - Mar 2005 · 2 yrs

      Site Manager: Management of R&D activities, logistic issues, CAD resources administration (terminals, lab instruments and tools) and VLSI design methodology.

  • Laboratory Asistant at Università degli Studi di Milano
    Oct 1996 - Jun 1999 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Course title: Computer Architecture Taught exercises of computer architecture course and leaded the lab of digital systems design based on the hardware description language VHDL and FPGA devices.