James C Hamre

Holliston, MA 01746 . 508-272-5545 . jimhamre@yahoo.com

Director of Supply Chain

Supply Chain Professional with deep and broad experience within Electronics Industry. Excellent record of
successful leadership in dynamic and changing companies, both large and small, during high growth.
-Team leadership
-Cross function mgmt.
-Vendor selection,
relationship and mgmt.
-Vendor QA & PPV

-Materials &
Inventory planning
-Budget & COGs;
Bid & Proposals
- Total cost analysis

-NPI: sourcing thru

pilot launch
-Import/Export
-ECO/Doc control
-Packaging Design

-ERP implementation
-MINX, SAP, ASKManMan, Agile,
Omnify
-Agency compliance

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Azimuth Systems, Acton, MA (Manufacturer of Test Equipment for Wireless Products) 10years
Director of Manufacturing & Supply Chain (8/2012- 2/2015):
Ran highly effective Supply Chain, while leading in-house FA&T/logistics/depot/support team. Drove teams
close support of engineering and sales/marketing throughout NPIs (sourcing, ECO/doc control, DFM/DFT).
Met all production, quality and cost targets. Managed inventories, including audited year-end physical
inventories and costing analysis. Reporting to President, represented manufacturing at executive staff level.
Achieved and maintained 80%+ Gross Margins with lean infrastructure and processes.
Produced products for $20M/year in revenue, and sizable demo/advanced-replacement pool.
Managed outsourced Contract Manufacture of prototype, NPI and revenue products for 30+ SKUs.
Introduced 2 major new products, sourced both domestically and internationally.
Managed all Import/Export activities and RMA support for global customers and distributors.
Led team to partner with third-party, China-based repair and calibration facility.
Senior Supply Chain Manager (4/2008- 2/2012):
Devised and executed alternate supply chain strategy, optimized for complex product line. Responsible for
Quality, Cost and Delivery of all materials and outsourced products. Managed all activities of contract
manufacturing partners. Leveraged ERP systems of vendors and distribution/supply partners for MRP needs.
Drove resolution of product quality, delivery and cost issues within the supply chain.
Led successful transition to new Contract Manufacturer while launching new platform.
Negotiated price and delivery on material purchases for $15M/year revenues.
Forged close relationships with 7 new critical vendors, in addition to legacy suppliers.
Drove multiple ECOs to reduce cost, and resolve quality issues found through root-cause analysis.
Materials Manager (11/2004- 4/2008):
Procured all board-level PC Assemblies, custom metals, RF devices, cables, power and cooling systems, and
packaging for first generation product. Managed materials, for mix of consigned and turnkey programs.
Managed all raw, WIP and Finished Goods inventories.
Reduced inventory levels by 10-20%, with Kanban and VMI programs.
Negotiated price and delivery on material purchases for $10M/year revenues.
Implemented SOPs for material planning, control and management, from NPI thru EOL.
Component engineering on dozens of COTS parts; LTBs when required.
Revised packaging to eliminate shipping damage.

James C Hamre
Holliston, MA 01746 . 508-272-5545 . jimhamre@yahoo.com
Quarry Technologies, Burlington, MA (Start-up Developer of Internet Routers) 2.5 years
Vice President of Manufacturing (9/2000-3/2003):
Led lean team of 5: NPI, Test Engineering, Doc Control, Component Engineering & Logistics.
Shipped $8M+ of beta systems to early adopter markets and alpha units to R&D.
Managed complete changeover of turnkey CM in 6 weeks, meeting all costs/schedules.
Maintained direct relationships with all leading-edge and A materials vendors.
Reported to CEO, serving on the executive staff.
US Robotics / 3Com, Westborough, MA / Chicago IL (Telecom Equipment Manufacturer) 2 years
Senior NPI Program Manager (6/1997-3/1999):
Led cross-functional groups in production launch of 2 new product lines.
Shipped $20M in first two quarters after acquisition, using local supply chain.
Reported to Vice President of Manufacturing, in $1B/year division.
Amber Wave Systems, Acton, MA (Start-up Manufacturer of LAN Products, acquired by USRx) 2.5 years
Director of Manufacturing (10/1994-6/1997):
Developed and executed overall manufacturing strategy for launch of new product line.
Managed contract manufactures and all in-house FA&T; budget and COGS responsibility.
Negotiated materials program with CM and distributor, keeping A vendors direct.
Led team of 3 (FA&T, Quality and Logistics/Documentation) and managed supply chain.
Reported to CEO/founder (was fourth employee in the company).
LANart Corporation, Needham, MA (Start-up Manufacturer of Ethernet Networking Products) 2 years
Director of Manufacturing (12/1992-10/1994):
Took revenues from zero to $10M/yr, creating organization, infrastructure and supply base.
Designed and implemented manufacturing strategy for launch of over 30 new products.
Built team of 12 (hourly and exempt), reported to CEO as the companys eleventh employee.

PREVIOUS & GAP EXPERIENCE:

11/03-07/04: Material Operations Manager (Interim); Ambient Corporation (AMBT) 9mos.
04/99-08/00: General Manager (Mass. Office); Digital Support Corp (IT Products/Services) 18mos.
10/89-09/92: Subcontracts & Quality Manager; WaveTracer (Massively-Parallel Computers) 3 years
06/88-09/89: Project Manager; EMTEK, Inc. (Hydro-Geological Field Services) 15mos.
03/83-02/88: Manufacturing Program Manager; Sanders Assoc/Lockheed (Military Electronics) 5years
06/79-09/80: Plant Manager; Charles Villa Company (Injection-molded plastics) 15mos.

EDUCATION

MBA, Clark University, Worcester, MA 1987

BA Economics Clark University, Worcester, MA 1980
ASEE-Electronics, Central New England College, Worcester, MA 1982
APICS Member