Profession: Marketing, Program Management, Operations
Professional experience and career objectives: An accomplished Senior Manager with over twenty years of experience in the high-tech industry, having worked directly with many international customers in the consumer electronics, automotive, communications and industrial industries. Expertise in marketing management, program management, operations, product engineering and Japanese business. Speak fluent Japanese.
Skills and areas of expertise: Product Marketing, New Product Definition, Project Management, Product Management, Strategic Planning, Competitive Analysis, Contract Negotiation, Product Cost Reduction, International Business
Current Employment
Director, Product Marketing
FormFactor, Inc.
(Electronics, Electricity) - United States
january 2006 - Today (3 years 10 months)
Drive Product Marketing activities and wrote business plan for key next generation product. Drove account activity in Japan and Taiwan including account, pricing and competitive strategies, contractual activity, and revenue forecasts.
Former Employment
Marketing Manager
Freescale Semiconductor
(Electronics, Electricity) - United States
july 2004 - january 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Product marketing manager for GSM cellular baseband ICs and wireless connectivity solutions (GPS/WLAN/WPAN). Managed product marketing team to create roadmaps, PRDs and pricing strategy.
Various
Motorola, Inc.
(Electronics, Electricity) - United States
september 1982 - july 2004 (21 years 10 months)
Held various positions of increasing responsibility in Product Marketing, Product Engineering Management, Operations Management and Program Management for the Semiconductor division in Motorola. Spent 3 years in Japan as a Product Marketing Engineer conducting daily business in Japanese.
Education
Cornell University - S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management United States (New York)
, may 1985 - may 1987
MBA, Japanese Business/Marketing
University of California, Santa Barbara United States (California)
, september 1978 - june 1982
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