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Major in 2 locations, including performance planning and evaluations, motivation, counseling, headcount planning, resourcing, financial planning, assets management, hiring, contractor sourcing, salary planning, and administration. *Led technical project management of XIV release 3.2 hardware enhancements involving geographically- dispersed team across US and Israel with frequent business travel, expediting all testing and decreasing schedule release dates. *Drove unique custom racking solutions that accommodated large customer server hive data center designs. *Managed 3 Tucson employees engaged in Open Source Steering Committee (OSSC) who vetted and prevented LINUX code copyright infringements. Hardware (HW) Technical Project Manager (TPM) for IBM XIV Storage Solution Acquisition redesign using superior IBM T42 rack matching existing customer data centers' IBM footprint and power distribution. Produced power and signal cable redesign which increased IBM sales with consistent and improved power signal quality latency and distribution as well as overall cooling efficiencies and standard data center uniformity. *XIV 3.1 Solid State CACHE that greatly improved data latency and transaction through-put significantly increasing performance and competitive sales. Delivered IBM - ISTC ISH3 China's 1st Served as Austin development lab early hardware design quality focal point. *Partnered with HW development teams by utilizing Design for Operational Excellence (DOX) tool suite and Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) that improved HW designs prior to release. Identified errors early and throughout development cycle, decreasing time to market schedule and improving quality. WW Systems Test Engineering TPM, Team Lead xSeries IBM, Austin, TX - Raleigh, NC (AP1) common test solution and infrastructure via Xccelerator HVEC > CHW common conversion incorporating MFS Topology to drive MFG floor test processes. Traveled extensively to China and Mexico in support of all new and existing program objectives. *Chosen to be 1st IBM U.S. person to travel to Shenzhen and Guadalajara to train and work with new China and Mexico teams based on exemplary performance. RISC RISC Server Electronic Card Assembly and Test (ECAT) Test Engineer & Early MFG Development IBM Server Hardware Development Austin TX Component Vendor Assurance (CVA) Test Poughkeepsie and East Fishkill NY
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