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Resume--Don G. Pinol

1801 Burr Oak St., Arlington, TX 76012

Tel: (817) 299-8063

Pager: (817) 454-1335

Email: dgppep@prodigy.net

 

Multi-Functional Project Manager

 

·         MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO $500,000,000 + REVENUE FOR CLIENTS AND ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS.

·         20 YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL PROJECT AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE.

·         TRACK RECORD OF ON-TIME, UNDER BUDGET PROGRAM COMPLETIONS.

·         COMPUTER LITERATE, HIGH ENERGY PROBLEM SOLVER, SKILLED IN STRATEGIC/BUSINESS PLANNING,

·         EXTENSIVE DOMESTIC/INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN COMMERCIAL AND DEFENSE CONTRACTING.

·         ACCOMPLISHED IN PRODUCT ASSURANCE AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT.

 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, Arlington, TX-2002--Supply chain Management.

·         Developing system for reverse supply chain optimization.

 

DIVICOM/HARMONIC INC., Sunnyvale, CA-1998-2001 --Sr. Supply Chain Program Manager.

·         Contracts manager for $30,000,000 + annual purchases from OEM suppliers, strategic partnerships, and outsourcing agreements.

·         Generated $1,500,000 cost savings through standardizing company OEM supplier contracting /procurement process.

·         Developed Computer program and metrics to monitor total supply base cost and performance

·         Developed and negotiated first comprehensive contract manufacturing agreements incorporating extensive
 performance and reporting requirements.

·         Performed cost trade-off analysis for field service/ logistic support resulting in 15% savings.

·         Achieved 30-40% reduction of field spares inventory for Digital Encoder product line through detailed analysis of field reliability and repair turnaround times.

·         Generated $250,000 annual service contract savings on a major project requiring 15 3rd party support suppliers.

·         Developed computer optimization program to optimize MRP planning and procurement.

·         Developed and managed major OEM agreements and strategic partnerships.

·         Provided reliability and system availability analyses to minimize system downtimes for complex satellite head end systems.

·         Contributed reliability program and supplier management selection criteria to ISO certification process.

 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 1993-1998—Sample engagements:

        PACIFIC BELL, San Ramon, CA

       *  Professional consulting services contracts and engagements manager

       * Established benchmarks/best practices for contracting of over $100,000,000 annual purchase of professional

         consulting services.

nChip, FLEXTRONICS DIVISION, Milpitas CA

        *--Contracts and Program Management Consultant for Multichip Module development/production contracts.

        *--Analyzed total corporate purchasing system and provided recommendations for improvement.

       *-- Supported Legal department for annual patent royalty reporting on all Government contracts. 

        RADIUS CORPORATION, Sunnyvale, CA    

        *--Performed in-depth operations analysis of U.S. repair and distribution centers resulting in more

             cost-effective repair/distribution and warehousing facilities. 

        *--Developed computer model to optimize sparing/inventory carrying costs for 250, 000 CRT displays
             reducing associated repair, distribution and warehousing facilities by 50%.

        *--Managed multiple 3rd party monitor repair suppliers and developed metrics to monitor and reduce supplier
            repair time and costs by 15%.

        *--Developed an for Improved support of installed base and new product sales of Radius and Supermac monitors
             with new inventory location strategy. 

        *--Developed weekly/monthly/quarterly reports for supplier repair shipments, repair location activity and
             repair cost.

        *--Reduced part retrieval/picking inefficiencies by 35% through development of finished goods inventory
             location strategy. 

        *--Produced 20% reduction in spares inventory for total CRT monitor product line through design of a field
            reliability reporting system.

 

AMDAHL OPEN SYSTEMS, Fremont, CA 1991-1993

Staff Procurement Analyst

·         Procurement and negotiating responsibilities included cell and gate array ASICS, logic devices, factory capital equipment, software , consultants and independent  contractors, and manufacturing subcontracting including  turnkey

       contracts for PW assemblies and back planes.

·         Chaired ASIC and capital equipment contracts management meetings and managed the strategic supplier relationship.

·         Performed in-depth market assessment of pricing trends for cell and gate array ASICs and developed computer optimization program to validate and control annual pricing negotiations.

·         Achieved 5-25% cost reduction for 19 full custom cell and gate array ASIC designs representing over $100,000,000 production volume.

·         Corporate award for saving $1,000,000 + renegotiating major component and board testing capital equipment.

·         Developed computer program to optimize MRP planning and procurement resulting in improved forecasts and increased discounts from major suppliers.

·         Successfully negotiated software license for QAD computer based material management/purchasing system. 

·         Developed source selection criteria and chaired source selection activity for PWB, SIMMs and back planes. 

·         Performed internal division procurement needs analysis and incorporated requirements in life of program contracts with key suppliers leading to standardized turnkey, high dollar, and critical procurement process for the division.

 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, San Jose, CA 1985-1991 –Sample engagements:

·         Co-authored survey of market and opportunities for Open Systems computers and file servers.

·         Surveyed market requirements for computer support services for fault tolerant processing systems.

·         Authored report for the European Market for Bar Code Scanner and Automatic Identification systems in Manufacturing, Warehousing, Distribution, and Retail/Wholesale.

·         Contributed to a Worldwide Automatic Identification market study.

·         Strategic planning assessment of market opportunities for application of image processing technology to Robotics, Machine Vision, Flexible Manufacturing, Process Control, Office Automation, Electronic Publishing, and Image Transmission.

·         Co-authored multi-client report for the electronic filing/document imaging systems worldwide market.

·         Directed market studies covering image processing in office automation and electronic publishing.

·         Co-authored report of imaging technology and transmission requirements for LAN and WAN networks.

·         Surveyed market requirements for ultra-high resolution graphics and workstation displays and developed quantitative model for assessing cost benefits of existing offerings.

 

RAMTEK CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA 1979-1985

Director, Major Programs/Contracts Division

·         Managed $40 million contract base of military and commercial programs, large volume production contracts, joint marketing, and technology licensing agreements.

·         Audited European distributor and direct sales/support organization resulting in 15% improved profit margins. Directed product planning and development, market analysis, forecasting, competitive analysis, product and pricing/positioning for computer graphic displays, Hard Copy Color Printers and Intelligent Alphanumeric Terminals. 

·         Generated 5-Year product line marketing and equipment upgrade plan for computer graphic, color printer and intelligent terminal product lines. 

·         Upgraded field performance 1500+ Intelligent Terminal installations. 

·         Managed $10 million of NATO Closed Circuit TV command and control system Air Defense System.

·         Established corporate government program and contract management procedures allowing company to compete successfully on major procurements with prime contractors and OEMs. 

·         Tripled installed base field reliability leading to additional sales of 500 terminals. 

 

·        ASTRONAUTICS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Milwaukee, WI -1975 -1979

·        Manager, Reliability/Maintainability Department

·        Directed reliability and maintainability projects for all military/commercial avionics instrumentation and advanced aircraft CRT displays.

·        Chaired company Reliability Improvement and Corrective Action Team, eliminating production holds for EA-6B and EF- 111 aircraft avionics displays.

·        Significantly improved company closed loop failure reporting and corrective action system.

Deputy Program Manager, Tempest Certified Standard Remote Terminal System

·        Improved program procurement procedures through forward pricing agreements for subcontracted Tempest computer peripheral devices, resulting in significant cost reduction.

·        Implemented an improved program cost reporting system.

·        Developed program to meet special Reliability Improvement Warranty contracts.

Product Manager, Intelligent Terminals

·        Planned and directed Intelligent Terminal product line upgrade.

·        Tripled field reliability of the installed base resulting in additional sales of 500 terminals.

 

NORTHROP DEFENSE SYSTEMS DIVISION, Rolling Meadows, IL-1974- 1975

Deputy Program Manager, Advanced Multews ECM System

·        Responsible for $9,600,000 CPIF ECM development and prototype production program requiring Design to Unit production Cost, Cost Scheduling and Control, and Production Engineering and Planning.

·        Conducted detailed cost/performance audit on a $2,300,000 critical I/J Band microwave components subcontract avoiding a $700,000 cost growth.

 

INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT, San Jose, CA 1971-1974

·        Contract Management, Corporate Planning, Market Research, and Management Information Systems Design.

·        New Product Development, Electo-Optical design, UHF/VHF Communications, Ultra-High Resolution CRT Display, Photo-Optical Recording/Readout systems, Radar Simulation, Analog and Digital Computer Design, Fiber Optics Three Dimensional Display Techniques and Laser Ranging Systems.

 

ITT/FEDERAL ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Vandenberg AFB, CA- 1965 -1971

Director, Range Engineering Division

·        Responsible for Integration Engineering, all supporting Technical Services, and Systems Performance Analysis departments for the Air Force Western Test Range.

·        Responsible for all Missile Range systems performance analysis tasks levied on ITT/FEC.

·        Managed 190 engineering professionals in performance of engineering and analysis tasks placed on ITT/FEC in support of missile launch operations at the Western Test Range.

·        Represented ITT/FEC on the Air Force MOL Reliability Assurance Committee.

·        Won and managed program upgrading reliability of all Air Force Western Test Range Instrumentation and Systems.

·        Implemented actions to improve division planning and management responsiveness.

·        Developed Contract Retention Plan during recompetition, successfully retaining 10 year $200 million Technical Support Services contract.

·        Won and managed the Range Integration Responsibility for $50,000,000 Consolidated Systems Command Control Complex.

 

EDUCATION

·         University of Chicago, B.A. Arts and Sciences, Physics/Math majors.

·         Graduate studies at UCLA, Golden Gate University, San Jose State University in Business Administration, Mathematics, Engineering and Operations Analysis with accumulated credits for equivalent M.S.E.E.

·          JIT, Continuous Quality Improvement, TQM, ISO 9001/2/3 and ISO 9001:2000 auditing, Data Communication networks, TCP/IP, Local Area Networks, NT Administration and Technical Support, Unix Shell Programming, Visual Basic and Pascal.

 

 

SELECTED PROGRAM/PRODUCT MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY

COMMERCIAL

GOVERNMENT/DEFENSE

·  Systamics Autostereo 3D Display

·  Rockwell USSADC Acoustic Display

·  Ramtek 6000 Series Colorgraphic Terminal

·  Astronautics TEMPEST Standard Remote Terminal

·  Ramtek 3000 Color Printer

·  Hughes CCTV(German Air Defense)

·  Ramtek 9460/9465 Colorgraphics Term

·  Air Force WTR Range Safety Center

·  Ramtek 4000 Series Monochrome Term

·  Air Force WTR Consolidated Systems Control Complex

·  Astronautics 301/301C Intelligent Terminal

·  Northrop Multews ECM System

·  DEC/Ramtek MARQUIS Colorgraphic Term

·  Harris SDHS GraphicsTerminal

·  Ramtek/CDC ICEM Workstation

·  Air Force WTR Telemetry Control Center

·  Canadian Darlington Process Control Displays

·  Air Force Range Reliability Improvement Program

·  Nchip Muti-chip Module Procurement Suite

·  AFCAC 251 Program Mgt. and RFP support.

·  FMA Filesearch System

·  Unisys NEXRAD and TACDEW

·  Kevex X-Ray MicroAnalysis System

·  Grumman EA-3B Reliability Support

·  Electrada Optical Rcording System

·  IBM/NAVY Mark 3 Torpedo Reliability Support

·  Ramtek/OCLC Library Terminal System

·  Air Force  Advanced Launch System

·  Pacific Bell Consulting Best Practices Program

·  Mellonics SLS II/III Satellite Communications Simulator

 

CONTRACTS MANAGEMENT / PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE

·  Program Implementation Plans

·  Multi-year contracting

·  Defective Pricing Clauses

·  DOD STD 2167/498

·  Overhead Rate Analysis

·  CSA/UL/VDE

·  FAR/DFAR  Regulations

·  RFQ Analysis

·  TEMPEST Testing Programs

·  Data Item Submissions

·  Field Service Support

·  Logistics Support Systems

·  Incentive and Fixed Price Contracts

·  GSA Contracts

·  ISO 9000/Product Assurance

·  Cost Accounting Standards

·  C/SCSC Reporting

·  Competitive Bidding/Strategy

·  WBS

·  Contract Risk Analysis

·  Value Engineering

·  Life Cycle/Parametric Costing

·  Warranties/Penalties

·  Configuration Mgt

·  Data Rights

·  Escalation/Forward Pricing

·  Product/Qualification Testing

·  Lease/Rental Agreements

·  Distributor Agreements

·  Quality Program/TQM

·  Cost Estimation/Modeling

·  Reliability Test/Analysis

·  Maintainability Test/Analysis

·  Commercial Terms/ Conditions

·  Patents

·  Purchasing Systems/Planning

 

 

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