San Jose, California, United States
Over 13 years of experience in program / product management. Always looking for opportunities of continuous improvement to challenge the status quo for business process optimization using lean six sigma methodologies. Key areas of expertise include data driven decision making, leadership, working with ambiguity and executive level interactions.
Sr. Project Manager Running a portfolio of 7 projects (ICs) from feasibility to mass production. • Ran the portfolio feasibility study after collecting data from various teams to ensure corporate KPI target is met • Gathered project requirements and ran the detailed studies on staffing requirements to understand gaps and plan mitigation • Analyzed vendor capacities using VBA enabled excel model to plan for supplier constraints and negotiate vendor capacity • Running weekly meetings to ensure smooth execution of all projects • Reporting weekly updates to executive stakeholders to mitigate risks and escalate when necessary
Drove and developed the monthly metrics for engineering organization. Worked with management to establish the required KPIs and developed the required models to deliver data. • Developed the dashboard to report on engineering spends to compare projection to actual • Established a forecasting model for engineering spends required for better planning and look- ahead • Defined a process to be followed for on-time delivery of engineering deliverable hence reducing the cycle time Worked with cross functional managers to establish a program’s engineering requirements. Developed a monthly reporting infrastructure to report on projects in pipeline and their requirements. • Established a robust model to predict the 3 year engineering requirement for the company • Normalized and rationalized the data behind the analysis to help management in justifying hiring plan • Defined and built a scenario planning tool for executive team to help them in long term and short term planning Ran a NPI systems team to ensure the efficiency of the program/ project managers. Provided support to cross functional team to help in organizational transparency. • Maintained and set up live and centralized program management tool to ensure data integrity and sanity • Reported on important company KPIs by using OracleBI and excel based computations to help management in planning • Prepared and maintained a database between design and supply chain to help organization in better collaboration
Developed a R&D efficiency cycle to bring grounds reality to the management while maintaining data accuracy. o Initialized the new efficiency cycle by defining the shortcomings in current process of decision makings by making dashboards and reports on Tableau o Proposed the new strategy utilizing the new tools to reduce the data analysis cycle time o Drove and set the new process which helped in achieving full transparency between R&D and management Managed the new R&D tool to ensure the on time delivery of the sprints and updates from vendor. Helped all R&D teams to ensure the successful roll-out throughout the business unit. o Worked with the third party vendor to bridge the gap of tool’s capability and business’ requirements o Tested the alpha and beta releases to make sure the requirements were captured and initialized as expected o Trained all R&D functional areas worldwide to ensure tool’s true capabilities are utilized Developed a strategy to roll out new Project and Portfolio Management tool for Micro’s business at legacy Freescale and current NXP o Defined the current tools and short comings to have a requirements document for the new tool o Crunched the present data and helped IT in developing the data migration strategy to shorten the development cycle o Provided the inputs to accommodate all the business needs to have more accurate reports, which helped in making robust decisions
• Drove the business requirements by developing product management sheets, hence driving the KPIs. Supported the senior PMs in their role by automating the reports which drives the project. o Derived the KPIs connecting MS Excel and SQL to reduce the cycle time which helped in speedy decision making o Maintained the metrics of the projects which helps in tracking the health of the business o Assisted senior PMs to drive their project more smoothly by maintaining the real time metric reports • Helped senior management in AOP planning of FSL Micro division by developing a new forecasting and budget allocation model. o Accumulated the input data from senior management to develop the templates for the model o Built a new forecasting and budget allocation model to plan for capacity using Tableau and MS Excel o Analyzed the accuracy of data to validate decisions made using the model • Managed resource database for Micro business unit at Freescale o Developed a resource database model in excel and SQL to support the data collection for all R&D resources o Crunched the data to develop reports to help senior management in decision making per capacity for each R&D functional group o Collected data on monthly basis to maintain accuracy and precision on resource and budget capacity
• Developed and presented 8 product management platforms to reduce the complexity of internal and external supply chain networks. Assisted the lead management team with the integration of these platforms, which are still used to date. o Constructed a model using SAP and Excel to track and maintain service levels within databases for each SKU o Performed data analysis using Minitab to forecast the duration of transportation routes for precise safety stock levels o Established a phase out model using VBA and Solver to calculate the on-hand inventory for products and materials o Improved the calculation of daily cuts using six sigma project techniques