MSA manufactures silicon wafers for the semiconductor market.

Information Systems Manager, Project 101
Campus Information Officer

Responsible for

• All software
• Automation
• Desktops
• Servers
• Networks (LAN, WAN)
• Telephone system
• Security

• Design of overall architecture
• Department Goals / Objectives
• Capital Projections
• Budget Accountability $10.7M
• Staff supervision, mentoring, motivation, and coaching, performance evaluations
• Interview, hire and build team
• Educate management, make recommendations, help define company objectives
• Develop alliances with vendors, customers and peers - manage two outsource companies

In support of

• New Factory
• Inventory
• Purchasing
• Routing
• Materials
• Shipping
• Receiving
• Interfaces to Accounting

Project 101 Project Leader
Coordinate the build of a new $300M wafer manufacturing plant, from inception to operation.

Major Accomplishments

• Planned and met budget of $12.7M. Managed staff responsible for research, design, acquisition and implementation of networks, telephones, desktops, servers, and software. Factory began ahead of schedule, enabling shipment of 8 inch wafers significantly sooner than expected.
• Initiated design of 5-tier client server messaging system which ensured 100% uptime of factory systems - including redundant servers, redundant power systems, and redundant software. The multi-tiered architecture saved millions of dollars when SAP was later implemented.
• From inception to operation, coordinated all the phases of the factory construction and automation, including design, construction, automation, workforce training, and start up of the crystal growing, wafer modification and EPI factories. Presented status and information to Mitsubishi corporate management. Facilitated meetings between team members and customers or vendors.

Environment
HP-UX, Unix, ORACLE, Visual Basic, CELLworks, PROMIS.