Ronald Palamar 36 connections

Directed Global Engineering support team for a global supplier of semiconductors, working with Procurement in selecting and qualifying supply chain. Managed installation and scheduling of test functions in Asia. Oversaw technical support for 25 semiconductor assembly and wafer fab facilities worldwide.
· Achieved savings of minimum $2M annually by initiating process changes and qualifying new suppliers.
· Managed one year project that accomplished savings of $1.5M by reducing cycle time for customer approval of process changes from 180 days to 120 days to qualify lower cost suppliers.
· Saved $1.8M per year by managing project for new design for test equipment that reduced retest and allowed removal of special process steps.
· Reduced supplier defect levels by 60%, managing project to modify existing processes at suppliers to reduce defect rate.
· Achieved savings of $6M per year by managing a 2 year project to transfer test to Asia from US.This was a cross functional project with stakeholders from other countries, including government agencies.

Directed Quality Assurance system certified to ISO 9001-2000 and ISO 16949 requirements. Managed global QA team of 30 including Managers, Engineers, Reliability and support teams.
· Reduced defect levels to less than 20 defects per million and improved product quality by managing project to qualify new suppliers, package technologies, design, and process improvement.
· Collaborated daily with Production in resolution of issues tied to in process rejects. Provided real time support, interfacing with suppliers and reduced average time to resolution from 7 days to 1 day or less.
· Interfaced with customers, and performed customer site visits, to assess performance of products in real time applications.
· Managed material conformance to specifications using AQL sample inspection on incoming and in process.
· Implemented Material Review Board to determine disposition of nonconforming material. Reduced cycle time to disposition by 50%, one month to 15 days.
· Performed internal, and supplier audits to confirm ISO compliance to documented specifications and processes.
· Presented monthly updates to management on Quality System status and improvements.

Managed two divisions of 185 people, in sales, QA, manufacturing, customer service and engineering in a dynamic environment supplying vision inspection equipment and spares to global semiconductor market. Reduced inventory levels by $1M annually by integrating order entry system into MRP for system product configurations and spare parts
Achieved 50% improvements in delivery lead times by establishing depot locations for stocking spares local to customer. Set stocking levels based on historical usage.
· Managed a 12 month project upgrading IT systems to enhance MRP system functionality. Also upgraded version of MRP to add order entry capability for new system orders and spare parts.
· Reduced design cycle for new products 30% by managing project to modify process used for new product development..
· Improved overall average responsiveness to customer technical issues from 2 days to 1 day or less by managing project to create a smart database to log field failures and resolutions.
· Directed cross-functional team to market and produce a new product line. Result was high margin product that met customer requirements.