Jamshid (Jamo) Birang

Home: 408-448-0806
Cell: 408-218-2497
e-mail: jb74f89e@westpost.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamobirang
Objective:
a To obtain a position in manufacturing NPI or product engineering manager.
Skills:
a Proficient managing the transition of products from conception to manufacturin
g, NPI
a Manufacturing test implementation at Contract manufacturing
a DFM and DFT implementations.
a Evaluating Contract Manufacturers for different capabilities.
a 10 years experience in Mfg. test engineering, test strategy.
a 7 years experience in managing Manufacturing Test and Mfg. engineering, one ye
ar experience as Director of Operations.
a 6 years of experience in Digital Satellite Broadcasting and cable TV.
a 2 Years experience in Data Storage (RAID controller, SCSI, SAS, SATA & JBOD)
a 7 years experience in networking equipment
a 3 Years Managing Test engineering group for Wireless Network product
a 4 years product certification experience (UL, CE, FCC & CSC, TUV etc).
a 3 years experience as Service Ops NPI Program manager
Cisco Systems San Jose CA 2006-2009
Service Ops Program Manager (Reason for leaving: part of Ciscoas downsizing effo
rt)
a Worked with Service test engineers to setup repairs for all Cisco Product to p
revent service planner to ship repair units for all filed returns instated of ne
w.
a Created the NPI Tracking sheet (Excel work sheet) to track and measure key NPI
Process Metrics.
a Generated Monthly NPI report/ presentation and presented it to Sr. management
team.
a Met with Service planning team weekly to discuss critical planneras priorities
to minimize new buys.
a Created and implemented more efficient and simplified Repair NPI Process to de
crease the end to end process time from 150 days to 80 days.
a Trained global CRMs on new process and new tracking sheet.
a Create BRD (Business Requirements Document) and technical specification for IT
to create automated NPI process tool to track progress of all the NPI projects
as well as measuring the key milestone and metrics.
a Saved company $18 Million by increasing quantity of product repair and decreas
ing new buy orders.
JAI San Jose, CA Manufacturer of Intelligent Transportation Systems. 2
005 - 2006
General Operations Manager ITS (Reason for leaving: ITS operations moved to Euro
pe)
a Managed day-to-day Operations of ITS group including sales forecast, manufactu
ring, customer service and field service.
a Managed Mfg. engineering (test, product and Mfg, Eng) as well as S/W and H/W e
ngineers supporting ITS product.
a Researched and identified a contract Manufacturer to produce ITS product and m
anaged production transition from JAI production to CM.
a Implemented DFM and DFT requirements on all JAI products.
a Shipped $9 million product in 8 months.
Dot Hill Systems Carlsbad, CA Manufacturers of Data Storage 2004- 2005
Sr Operations Engineer (Reason for leaving, consulting job)
a Restructure Mfg. Test strategy to improve test coverage from %40 to %94
a Product cost reduction by reducing manufacturing time
a Helped Dot Hill to move Mfg. from Milpitas to China by evaluating the site cap
abilities and resources
a DFX implementations for existing and new Product
Exavio Inc Santa Clara, CA Manufacturers of Video Storage/ Video Switch 2003 - 2
004
Director of Operations Reason for leaving (company ran
out of money)
a Developed logistics, facilities, purchasing, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Tes
t and New product introduction plans and hired a Production Manager, Test/diagno
stic Engineer, NPIE and production technician to implement these plans.
a Presented Operations/Manufacturing plans and up dates to Exavioas Board of Dir
ectors every month.
a Negotiated a plan with Contract Manufacturing to develop and implement ICT, Bo
undary Scan ( JTAG) and ORT (Ongoing Reliability Test) test.
a Worked With an independent lab to obtain CSA, EMI, FCC, CE & CB certifications
.
a Hired a consulting to implement MTBF calculations for the product.
a Identified a new facility to move the company to, negotiated the lease terms a
nd managed setting up Voice and data lines.
a Setup a supply chain process from original Mfg. to distribution to contract ma
nufacturing.
a Negotiated with CM to lower material markup from %14 to 9%.
CISCO Systems San Jose CA 2000-2003
Test Engineering Manager for Wireless product
a Leading a group of 10 test engineers to plan, develop, implement and sustain m
anufacturing Test strategy for 8 different Wireless products.
a As a point of contact for Mfg test deliverables managed to pull resources from
different Central Test Technology groups (ICT, Boundary Scan & Parametric) to d
eliver on time
a Managed RDT (Reliability Demo Test) & ORT (Ongoing Reliability Test) implement
ation.
a
V-Bits Inc ( acquired by Cisco on 12/99) 1999-2000
Test and Manufacturing Engineering Manager
a Setup Test and MFG processes at contract MFG. as well as Engineering test lab
HW & SW.
a Hired 2 test engineers, 1 Mfg engineer, Buyer and a document control manager.
a Conducted EMC( emission and immunity test), UL, CUL, CE and TUV using outside
test Lab to conduct these tests.
Larscom Inc. Milpitas CA ( acquired by Verilink) 1998-1999
SR. PRODUCT ENGINEER
a Move MFG. facility from North Carolina to California upon Larscoms acquisition
of Netedge.
a Worked with Design Engineers on the design of a new product for testability an
d manufacturability.
a Move product to contract Manufacturing and provide them with test planes, test
equipment and
documentation to build the product.
Motorola/General Instrument / Compression Labs San Jose CA 1993 - 1997
supplier video, voice and data equipment and services.
SR. TEST ENGINEER
a Developed test stations to test MPEG2 Video, Audio and Data compression Encode
r boards.
a Worked with Design Engineers on the design of a new product for testability an
d manufacturability.
Truefocus Inc. 1990-1993
X-Ray inspection systems 5/89- 7/93
PROJECT MANAGER/ENGINEER
Azonix Corporation - Burlington, MA 6/83-5/89
Manufacturers of high precision Industrial Process Control instruments.
Project support Engineer
Education: B.S. - Major: Electrical Engineering - Northeastern University, Bost
on, MA
A.S. in Mechanical Engineering - Tabriz Institute of Technolog
y
US citizen