TCL CommunicationVice President of Product Engineering & Operations
Jan. 2014 - Dec. 2015Irvine, CAManaged scalable division of 140 professionals and 7 direct reports. Determined and assisted with business strategy including product roadmaps, costs, and budgets. Led and coached management team handling operations including product realization, SW quality, HW quality, localization, requirements, customer care, reverse logistics, and IT/IS. Placed mobile teams in various location to enable better and more cost efficient organization assisting carrier customers.
Selected Contributions:
• Built flexible organization to support business needs without affecting quality and delivery performance. • Expended market to Canada with lineup of Smartphones and feature-phones across Tier 1 & 2 carriers.
• Developed self-certifying LAB – T-Mobile Approved in Seattle.
• Achieved first place in product quality and execution with multiple Tier 1 carriers.
• Established local engineering and project support teams in California, Washington, Kansas, New York, Florida, Toronto, and Vancouver.