Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Accomplished Hong Kong-based Snr. Director with commercial, design, engineering and manufacturing experience. Consistent 25+ year track record leading geographically dispersed design, manufacturing and account teams to deliver results. Specialise in management of complex global projects for consumer electronics products from concept through to production, including full profit/loss and business unit responsibility.
• Led, inspired and grew Nike Smart Systems Asia based design, manufacturing and operations team across all aspects of consumer electronics product manufacturing • Drove Nike’s vision to build and commercialize the future of digitally enabled connected hardware products that serve athletes • Interfaced with World Headquarters (WHQ) based Operations and Engineering teams setting and executing an Asia based sourcing and manufacturing strategy • Developed and led a world class design, manufacturing and operations team while achieving goals for time to market, cost, quality and product availability • Managed the organizational structure and resourcing of the Asia based team; identified resource opportunities and gaps while balancing long term goals and short-term needs
Director Asia Partnerships and Sourcing at Nike Smart Systems Engineering based in Hong Kong. • Supported in the development and execution of NSS’s partnership and sourcing strategy • Negotiated cost drivers with partners and suppliers to increase margin contribution • Managed external partnerships to ensure ongoing alignment to the strategic vision • On-boarded new sources to Nike requirements and standards ensuring timely and cost-efficient execution of NPI builds and MP ramp
Snr. Director based in Hong Kong with management responsibilities for large strategic accounts at Flextronics. 20+ years Asia-based experience spanning Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. Mechanical engineer. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Specialized in connecting Western and Eastern cultures to bring consumer electronics products to market. • Management responsibility for Flex Consumer Asia with 4 Directors and 10 accounts • Set strategy and led a team in Japan, Korea and China to deliver predictable revenue and margin growth • Interfaced with design and site teams across 8 sites and 5 countries to exceed customer expectations and deliver products at scale, on time and on budget
Snr. Director based in Hong Kong with management responsibilities for large strategic accounts at Flextronics. 20+ years Asia-based experience spanning Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. Mechanical engineer. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese. Specialized in connecting Western and Eastern cultures to bring consumer electronics products to market. • Responsible for Parrot account with 8 drone products launched in Shenzhen • Responsible for Fitbit account with 4 concurrent wearables launched in Zhuhai • Responsible for Nike+ account with successful launch of basketball sensor and Fuelband • Account support for US$1B+/year Microsoft account in Flex Consumer division • Global account management responsibility with full P&L ownership • Lead interface with customers to ensure deliverables and expectations were met
• Grew Eastman Kodak account in Flextronics Printing & Copying division to $200M/year • Drove operational excellence in the areas of engineering; supply chain and manufacturing • Responsible for the successful launch of new Inkjet printer products following an intense Industrialization/NPI phase lasting 16 months • Oversaw Flextronics manufacturing site in Dongguan China and managed customer relationship in the US, Hong Kong and Singapore • Full profit/loss responsibility
• In charge of Project Management, Sales Support and Shipping departments • Responsible for key Tier One and OEM desktop ‘barebone’ PC accounts, including Hewlett Packard, Asustek, Mitac and Sun Microsystems • Extensive travel to high volume production site in Thailand to support production ramps • Acted as liaison between Flextronics’ overseas offices/manufacturing sites and Taiwan Acquired by Flextronics in April 2000
• Responsible for grassroots development of a US$5M/year technical sourcing and inspection business unit with 4 engineering direct reports • Established supply base in Taiwan for a wide range of manufacturing processes including investment casting; plastic injection; sheet metal stamping; powder metallurgy; die casting and sand casting