Highlights:* Designed, tested and assembled Lever 12 enterprise server mechanical parts and enclosures for HPE since 2001 * Drove proactive cost review from design to manufacturing among product lines resulting in an overall 20% cost reduction in mechanical parts * Obtained 38 granted patents from USA, Taiwan, and China * Executed and managed daily operations of projects and R&D activities from design, manufacturing, testing, launching and sustaining for customers * Established several efficient and cost-effective R&D operation and management platforms resulting in a 40% improvement in productivity within the mechanical design team

Skills:Project Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Mechanical product design, 3D CAD, PCB design, Usability Test, Technical communication, engineering drawing, Design for Assembly, Design for Manufacturing, Cost Reduction, Tolerance Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, FMEA

Goal:Motivated executive professional with 10+ years of electro-mechanical product development, project management, and mechanical design. Skilled in communicating and implementing solutions for product delivery.

Certification:2016, 2015 - Kaisen-Certification, Granted by Shingijutsu Corporation, Texas, USA. 2001 - Creo 2.0 certification, 3D modeling, Certified by PTC, Taipei, Taiwan. 2000 - Special Education and Teaching, Certified by National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 1999 - Teacher of Machinery, Certified by Ministry of Education, Taoyuan, Taiwan. 1998 - Fire Equipment Designer, Certified by Ministry of Interior, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Mechanical Team Manager 09/2017 - 05/2011
Inventec, Taoyuan, Taoyuan Taiwan
Industry: electronic manufacturing service
Lead a team of 8 mechanical engineers responsible for the mechanical design, validation, manufacturing, assembly, testing, and production of Level 12 Enterprise servers for customers.
Lead a team of 8 mechanical engineers responsible for the mechanical design, validation, manufacturing, assembly, testing, and production of Level 12 Enterprise servers for customers. ** Accountable for design reviews, status updates, and issue resolution. ** Patents generation and filing? ** FRQ proposals and cost estimations. ** DFx review: Design for Assembly, ergonomic/productivity/price/supply chain analysis. ** Schedule mockup systems for design review (electrical/ documentation/environmental/manufacturing/procurement teams) and tests (thermal/shock/vibration/acoustics/packaging/EMC/system integration/products assurance/safety) in Taiwan & China design center.? ** Oversee system pilot build in Shanghai Pudong (China), Taoyuan (Taiwan), Houston (USA), Juarez (Mexico), and Brno (Czech Republic). Establish and implement critical design lifecycle management systems for efficient, cost-effective, transparent, and real-time communication among customers, design teams, document teams, procurement teams, tooling vendors, and manufacturing teams. ? ** These systems include: >> Tooling management system for tooling release and tooling change control. >> BOM management system for directly synchronizing Pro/Intralink data to PDM (Product data management) to generate BOM. ?>> Issues tracking system to direct report, monitor, quote, and update engineering issues among stakeholders. >> Mechanical-Electrical design integrated system links the components library between Pro/e(ME) and Allegro (EE) for an exchangeable design review throughout design lifecycle. ?>> Tooling/part/Assembly quotation system ?>> Knowledge Management--
Project Manager 06/2017 - 06/2018
Inventec, Taoyuan, Taoyuan Taiwan
Industry: electronic manufacturing service
Lead a project team responsible for design, validation, manufacturing, assembly, testing and producing Level 12 Enterprise servers for customers.
** Assure designs meet goals for budget, schedule, manufacturability, and customer expectations. Also, drive cost-reduction efforts across product lines. ** Ensure product development achieves electrical, power, mechanical, thermal, acoustic, reliability, quality, marketing, and regulatory objectives.--
Mechanical Engineer 09/2001 - 08/2011
Inventec, Taoyuan, Taoyuan Taiwan
Industry: electronic manufacturing service
Design, manufacture, assemble, test and produce Level 10 Enterprise servers for customers
Design, manufacture, assemble, test and produce Level 10 Enterprise servers for customers ** Design mechanical parts (sheet metal, plastic, die casting, etc.), module assemblies, cables, accessories components, and complicated circuit boards including main-boards, HDD backplanes, power boards, adapter boards, PCI-cards, add-on cards, etc. by using Pro/e. ** Patents generation and filing? ** Work intensively with the electrical team, power team, safety team, EMC team for circuit boards design review and corresponding electrical outputs from Allegro to Pro/e. Also, work closely with thermal, structure, acoustics, packaging, environmental assessment, and product insurance test team for system design review. ** Work continuously with tooling vendors to develop manufacturable and mass-producible mechanical parts for design review, tooling cost review, quality control, trail run, to production. ** On-site supervise for tooling release, trail, and approval. ** Schedule and prepare mockup systems for cross-function design review. ** Oversee system pilot in the manufacturing Sites in Shanghai Pudong (China), Taoyuan (Taiwan), Houston (USA), Juarez (Mexico), and Brno (Czech Republic). DFx and Cost review? ** Design for Assembly: Perform ergonomic analysis, productivity analysis and early engage with manufacturing teams to tackle assembly requirements into the design such as cables routing, electrical components keep-out zones and accessibility, etc. ?** Design for Cost: Conduct price analysis, supply chain analysis with procurement and supply chain for competitive overall manufacturing cost from sheet metal, plastic, die-casting, hardware to offshore parts.--

National Central University 09/1999 - 06/2001
Taoyuan, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Degree: Master's Degree
Major:Mechanical Engineering
Thermal and Mechanical Engineering

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