Chandru M. Idnani18810 Bellgrove Circle
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Saratoga, CA 95070 (408) 373-3212 Professional Summary: Supply Chain Engineer with 20 years of experience streamlining manufacturing operations with reduction in cost of quality by $5 million/year; Implementation of QMS with ISO-9000 certification; management of supply chain with viable alternate sources for price leverage, supplier business reviews & instituted quality improvement at contract manufacturers and adding cost savings by $5 million/year; Team leader for NPI process to transfer new products into manufacturing and always exceeding the expectations EXPERIENCE: Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose CA (Through Comsys Solutions) 04/07- 7/08Component Engineer· Responsible for alternate sources for all components, AVL (Agile database) and supply chain management as well as Supplier Business Reviews and supplier audits resulting in cost savings of $2 million/year and coordinated Failure analysis and corrective action with suppliers on field returns· Provided on-going manufacturing support to contract manufacturers for efficient communication and collaborative partnerships, qualification of new parts, BOM reviews and cost reduction resulting in on time New Product Introduction and reducing cost of quality by $5 Million/year Juniper Networks Inc., Sunnyvale, CA 11/05 - 12/06 Component Engineer· RoHS Compliance Project: Converting all components: Semiconductor I.C.’s, Discretes, Resistors, Capacitors, R. 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Inductors, Magnetics, Chokes Power Supplies, DC-DC Converters, Fuses, Filters, and OEM parts to meet the deadline for RoHS compliance (7/1/2006)· Created a plan for alternate sources for all components, AVL (Agile database) and supply chain management, Provided support to contract manufacturers for transfer of products Quality Consultant 02/02 - 11/05· Provided consulting services to Manufacturing Technology (PCBA manufacturers) companies in Quality Assurance, Component Engineering including ROHS compliance components · Conducted ISO 9001:2000 certification 3rd party audits (Moody International and ISA), presented ISO-9000 awareness training seminars, QMS gap analysis, corrective action, Taught several technical and quality courses at local Universities (UOP, NU) as an Adjunct Faculty Jasmine Networks Inc., San Jose, CA 10/00 - 01/02 Quality Assurance/Component Operations Manager· Developed a quality management system based on IS0-9001 standards which resulted in passing the quality systems audit and gaining new business, and managed inspection, document control, configuration management· Managed department of 8 people with full staffing, budgeting, & reviews responsibility· Trained employees for ISO-9001:2000 awareness and formed internal audit team leading to ISO 9001:2000 certification· Managed supply chain to monitor processes at contract manufacturers and ASIC foundries Nortel Networks Corporation, Santa Clara, CA 01/96 - 10/00Manufacturing Operations/ Component Manager· Managed ASICs, VLSI (Protocol) chips and Programmable Devices for new product qualification and Design Engineering support for Foundry and assembly qualifications· Qualifyied new ASICs and FPGA conversions, saving Nortel Networks $5M/ year · Responsible for worldwide supplier selection, qualification, Score card, rating and ranking in quarterly business reviews resulting in improved quality & on time delivery, saving $2 million/year· Achieved ISO-9001:2000 certification for Ottawa plant Tandem Computers Inc., Cupertino, CA 12/93 - 11/95Consulting Quality Component Engineer · Managed ASICs, Linear and Digital I.C.'s, Crystal Oscillators and other electrical passive components to support Design Engineering & Manufacturing operations.· Achieved ISO-9001 Certification of Hardware Division, reducing cost of quality by $2 million/year· Responsible for assembly & foundry qualifications and AVL resulting in cost saving of $2 million/year Seagate Technology, Scotts Valley, CA 01/90 10/93Supplier Quality Staff Engineer· Responsible for First Article approval, AVL, Failure Analysis and Corrective Action quality systems audits, reducing cost of quality by $3 million/year· Performed component qualifications of I.C.'s, ASICs, and Passive Components, added alternate sources to the AVL improving the price leverage by 5%/year· Conducted quality systems audits for I.C. foundries and assemblies in Europe and Asia to improve component quality reducing the cost of quality by $2 million/year LSI Logic Inc., Milpitas, CA 06/85 - 12/89Q.A. and Reliability Manager· Executed Corporate Reliability Monitor Program for all packages and technologies to be best in class in packaging technology· Managed failure analysis of field returns and improved thru put from 7 days to 3 days· Qualified offshore assemblies and wafer foundries for new products in complex SMD packages resulting in cost savings of $2 million/year American Microsystems, Inc., Santa Clara, CA 07/82 - 04/85Manager, Product (Manufacturing) Engineering· Managed product engineering functions for telecommunications products with responsibility for staffing, budgeting and reviews· Qualified Die shrinks and new process technologies to improve profitability by additional $1 million/year Fairchild Semiconductor, Mountain View, CA 02/76 - 06/82Reliability Manufacturing Manager, Linear Division· Managed Linear Hi-Reliability Engineering Operations and manufacturing support · Managed JAN product qualifications and accomplished highest QPL, increasing division profits by $5 million/year· Chairman of the JC-41 committee that was responsible for generating JAN linear specifications for the I.C. industry, keeping Fairchild as the Leader EDUCATION:ASQ Fellow Member, ASQ Certified Quality Manager (CMQOE)RABQSA certified and ASQ CQA Lead auditor for ISO-9001:2000 BSEE, Northrop UniversityMSEE, San Jose State University Citizenship: USA
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