Manfred VonLeiner

mvonleiner@hotmail.com

A talented Management & Engineering Professional with extensive Technology and people skills

Summary of Qualifications

• More than 25 years of management experience. • Proven ability to manage and lead projects.

• Familiar with all aspects of business management. • History of increasing company profitability.

• Adept at planning, budgeting, project management. • Hard working, able to multi-task effectively.

• Outstanding Engineering, Training, Leadership, LEAN and Communication skills. Patents Holder.

Professional Experience

Business and Engineering Consultant

· Small business Management & Manufacturing , training and consulting firm.

· Contracted Non-Profits and Legal Offices to train management, court system and computer skills.

· Worked with Non-profits to attain, manage and maintain network systems.

· Pending Patent for Array manufacturing automation invention.

Sr. Project Manager/Scientist/Sr. Staff Engineer

· Successfully managed new mass storage array (D2000) hardware and software (SAM) project and provided product delivery 3 months ahead of schedule.

· Planned, budgeted and provided project and engineering leadership with reduced operating costs for product by 3% out of an $8 million project (SAN/NAS DF4000 Terrabyte Array).

· Patent # 20060253744 for inventing remote fibre optic channel switch and robotic Automation developed to eliminate manual intervention thereby further decreasing overall operating costs.

· Applied for several other patents to enhance test and plant production automation thereby decreasing product delivery time by 20% overall. LEAN Mfg Training & Experience.

· Received 2 consecutive financial awards for successfully managing and delivering products in a timely manner within or below budget.

· Hired and mentored employees, provided training and prepared weekly schedules, monitored and evaluated performance, created training manuals & cd’s

· Cost saving Acquisition of MFG components & assemblies, overseas (Asia) vendor negotiation skills (Singapore & Tokyo, JP), Defined BOM, scheduled on-time deliveries.

Pacific Softworks, Newberry Park, CA 1997 – 06/2000

· Directed day-to-day facility management activities for Dot.Com start-up operation. Designed and Set up 40 Line Call Center for Service Dept, Provided Training and developed diagnosis screens.

· Set up Inventory control system and negotiated 12% reduction in component costs from vendors

· Created Automated test lab (Rockwell/AB) to accommodate new product lines reducing product delivery cost by 10%. Led Team effort to design building layout improving energy conservation.

· Consistently kept product development within or below 1.5 million operating budget every year.

· Received financial award for streamlining software product development and improving software product delivery time. Supervised and scheduled job assignments for work force of 16 engineers and technicians.

Imperial Technology, El Segundo, CA 1985 – 1997

Manufacturing Engineer/Production Manager

· Designed and implemented purchasing and inventory control system reducing operating costs $30K per year. Optimized manufacturing flow to decrease delivery time by 15 days per product.

· Automated production line from 100% manual labor to 90% automation, engineered robotic assembly test devices, Designed Automated Assembly line (AB), Implemented automated component check system.

· Designed and Created liquid nitrogen based cryogenic automated test chamber improving reduced test times and reliability of hardware products

· Provided employee technical training in all product and production aspects. This improved the manufacturing process and greatly reduced down time.

· Negotiated with vendors for cost reduction and delivery times on pre-fab assemblies. Negotiation skills led to a 10% increase in on-time assembly deliveries

· Hired employees, developed schedules, evaluated performances, developed team training.

· Build vendor relationships that benefited company with reduced costs by assisting vendors with efficiency training and providing consultation on automation.