Rodrigo Cruz +63.932.562.9523 +632.369.6747

Unit 119 Del Nacia Drive, 432 Quirino Highway rcscala@yahoo.comBrgy. Talipapa, Novaliches, Quezon CityMetro Manila, Philippines 1116

Q UALIFICATIONS P ROFILE

A highly motivated, results-focused Engineering Manager with almost 17 years in depth experience in the SMPS (Switch Mode Power Supply) design and manufacturing; 8 years driving cost and profit improvement thru comprehensive product cost analysis and diverse value analysis/ value engineering exercises, challenging and collaborating with various stakeholders; 9 years taking design sustaining and quality/ reliability lead roles in the R&D providing solutions and corrective actions for non-conformities during quality assurance verification. Encompasses strong leadership and successful team building capabilities combined with excellent analytical, communication, presentation, and customer service skills.

S KILLSET S NAPSHOTS

Project Management • Presentation/ Communication • Value Analysis/ Value Engineering • Supply Chain Management • Product Cost (BOM & MLO) analysis • Engineering Design • Quality Assurance • Failure Analysis • Component Specs/ Parameters Analysis • Alternate Sourcing and evaluation • Documentation • Interpretation of Electronic/ Electrical Circuit diagrams/ drawings • Troubleshooting Electronic/ Electrical Circuits • Utilization of various Electronic/ Electrical Lab Test and measuring Equipment • RELEX Software for Reliability Calculation • Lotus Notes • SAP, ORACLE • Microsoft Office Applications •

E MPLOYMENT S UMMARY

ARTESYN Embedded Technologies, Philippines Apr 2008 – Nov 2015 Profit Improvement Manager Profit Improvement & Tech Cost Support Team

EMERSON Network Power, Philippines Nov 2006 – Mar 2008 Team LeaderDesign Sustaining Team, DC-DC Engineering

ASTEC Power, Philippines Dec 2002 – Oct 2006 Lead EngineerCost Reduction Team, DC-DC Engineering

ASTEC Power, Philippines Jan 1999 – Nov 2002 Engineer

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Quality Assurance Team, AC-DC / DC-DC Engineering

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E MPLOYMENT C HRONICLE

ARTESYN Embedded Technologies, Philippines Jan 2014 – Nov 2015 Profit Improvement Manager Profit Improvement & Tech Cost Support Team

EMERSON Network Power, Philippines Apr 2008 – Dec 2013 Profit Improvement Manager Value Engineering (RFQ Deep Dive) Team

Executed comprehensive BOM & standard time cost reduction analysis on products under MUST WIN RFQs, development and mass production stages for customers like Cisco, Brocade, EMC, NSN, HP, Respironics, Motorola, ALU, Selectech, Ericsson, Viasat, GE Healthcare, etc.

Contributed a significant US$13.8M annual potential savings (around 7.04% annual savings) achieved from 38 models last FY2015 and US$15.7M annual potential savings (around 8.74% annual savings) achieved from 31 models last for FY2014 which underwent deep dive analysis activities.

Challenged and collaborated with various stakeholders (e.g., commodity, purchasing, design, component engineering, magnetics, manufacturing, etc.) including suppliers for inputs and proposals to meet aggressive CR/ savings targets.

Proposed and implemented diverse value analysis/ value engineering methods and enhancements to contribute further to cost reduction and profit improvement.

Organized and chaired both regular and offline brainstorming sessions/ reviews and presentations, providing the latest and best outlook profit status to all stakeholders including top management.

Supervised engineering staff including performance review, salary administration, mentoring and training.

EMERSON Network Power, Philippines Nov 2006 – Mar 2008 Team LeaderDesign Sustaining Team, DC-DC Engineering

ASTEC Power, Philippines Dec 2002 – Oct 2006 Lead EngineerCost Reduction Team, DC-DC Engineering

Sustained all technical design/ factory issues from development until mass production by performing Failure Analysis via laboratory/ bench evaluations and provided corresponding corrective actions for non-conformities during quality assurance verification as well.

Instigated BOM cost reduction primarily thru diverse value analysis/ value engineering exercises (e.g. alternate sourcing analysis, price negotiations, lab testing and redesign, etc.) to ensure supply chain continuity.

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Provided alternate sourcing solutions for EOL, quality, single source, lead time and especially cost related issues thru comparative analysis and design evaluations.

Collaborated with various teams (e.g., Component engineering, purchasing, commodity teams, technical procurement, etc.) including both local & overseas suppliers to drive/ expedite immediate design build for qualification.

Managed RFQ, samples and documents request, part no. booking, Process instruction, Qualification reports, PCN, BOM update and ECO/ ECN release.

Supervised engineering staff including performance review, salary administration, mentoring and training.

ASTEC Power, Philippines Jan 1999 – Nov 2002 EngineerQuality Assurance Team, AC-DC / DC-DC Engineering

Collaborated with design teams to verify new product design quality/ reliability by reviewing both customer and internal requirements/ specifications.

Prepared Test plans, schedules and performed Quality Assurance verification evaluation.

Determined product quality and reliability through verification tests (e.g.,visual inspection, parametric test specification, strife test, component stress analysis, MTBF tests, etc.) as specified in the internal product specifications (IPS).

Participates as a member of the Design Review Committee ensuring defect free engineering samples provided to customers.

Nominated as member of the Corrective Action Approval Committee and ensures that problem root causes are identified and errors are prevented.

E DUCATIONAL B ACKGROUND

Diploma in Electrical Engineering (Power Electronics), – June 1998 to July 1999University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna

Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering, - June 1992 to Oct 1997Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Philippines

P ERSONAL D ETAILS

Citizenship : FilipinoBirth date : November 16, 1973Marital Status : MarriedHealth : ExcellentAvailability : Immediately upon informed

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