Peter Thompson
2005 Plank Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24060
(540) 808-9396 (cell)
Email: pthompson@streamlinedstrategies.com
Web: www.streamlinedstrategies.com
Leadership, Technology
& Team Motivation
Objective
Seeking opportunities to turn-around, develop and advance Engineering/Manufacturing based
businesses through streamlining processes, developing tools and enabling people to achieve peak
performance.
Qualified by years of experience developing skills in the areas of
Engineering change implementation
IC to System technical development
Team and project leadership
Relationship building for success
Lean, kaizen, optimization, efficiency
Translating ideas into practical systems
Vision interpretation and dissemination
Continuous improvement
Group motivation and enabling
Exploration and thorough investigation
Driving business solutions to conclusion
Project ownership and commitment
Innovative problem solving
Creativity and bringing in fresh ideas
Key Achievements
 Converted entire product portfolio for high volume label/card printer manufacturer to be compliant
with Europe’s RoHS requirement. 13,500 parts and 340 electronic assemblies; modified 75% of
Engineering Documentation, coordinated with 350 Suppliers and transitioned the entire supply
chain of $230m/year
 Led and motivated a Multilink team to ramp from $70K/wk to $1.2M/wk in 3 months. $42 million
revenue that was 32% of annual revenue and 600% above initial capability expectations.
 Forged a team from a worn-down, disheartened group into generating $36 million revenue in 9
months (from $12M). Transformed the team to increase real-time problem solving by 70%.
 Introduced five (12Gbps) component products to sub-contract manufacturer, producing $2.8
million revenue in a contracting market. Avoided $800K new supplier selection and startup costs
by effectively optimizing the incumbent supplier.
 Pioneered a computerized customer material return process, reducing processing time by 36% and
providing customers with live feedback.
 Developed a self-managed production process, resulting in 100% on-time deliveries compared to
6% previously using lean manufacturing.
 Introduced system-level products to be produced internationally (UK, USA, France) resulting in a
22% savings in time-to-market.
 Gained trust and loyalty of a disorganized group by personally working the line, causing the team
to meet an unbelievable 6-month ramp of 770%. (from 26 units/wk to 200 units/wk)
 Guided a poor performing supplier, transforming their operation and enabling Schlumberger to
increase shipments from $60 to $240 million of product.
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Professional Experience
Streamlined Strategies Corporation
Jan 2004 – Present
Blacksburg, VA
CEO
 RoHS conversion for $800M Printer Manufacturer
 Implementation of “Digital Manufacturing” using Agile™ (www.agile.com)
 Small Business Advisor
 Contract Manufacturer – Develop Strategy and Implementation
 Streamlining Operations for high complexity electronic manufacturing operation
 Project Training
Multilink Corporation (now Vitesse Semiconductor)
Santa Monica, CA
Operations Director, Nov 2002 – Aug 2003
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Jan 2001 – Aug 2003
Managed the Santa Monica Group, supporting key customers such as CISCO, Nortel, Alcatel,
Cienna, Huawei, NEC, and Marconi. Managed the supply chain for module products.
Coordinated outsourced suppliers, internal purchasing, materials, production, and test departments
to produce 12Gbps telecom products with 40% product margin.
Communicated vision and demonstrated leadership during extremely tough market conditions
resulting in 100% retention of team for 12 months as the company declined.
Completed the transition of Multilink Module Group to Vitesse Semiconductor on-plan when
Multilink was bought out in Aug 2003 and operations in Santa Monica were shut down.
Operations Manager, Jan 2002 – Oct 2002
 Introduced five new high-speed (12Gbps) Ball Grid Array (BGA) products at a sub-contract
supplier concurrently with Engineering design/development, producing $2.8 million revenue.
 Recovered poor supplier performance and relations, negotiated 46% cost reduction that generated
$2.7M savings and achieved a reduced cycle time of 6 weeks. Maintained minimum Purchase
Order exposure while motivating supplier to produce planned requirements.
Production Manager, Jan 2001 – Dec 2001
 Supervised, trained, and directed the operations team to achieve high quality shipments.
 Designed processes, generated and wrote procedures, and achieved was key in achieving ISO9000
qualification for the module division.
 Managed the Production Group, shipping $42M board-level products (32% of total Multilink
revenue in 2001).
 Rescued and coordinated the design introduction phases of the high-speed 12Gbps product, saving
6 months of ramp-time and retaining a key customer.
Schlumberger Test & Transactions
Sep 1985 – Dec 2000
Simi Valley, CA,
USA
Production Manager, Oct 1999 – Dec 2000
 Prepared transfer of new product from Massachusetts to production in Simi Valley.
 Converted product to MRP system designed and built class 100/1000 clean room and prepared staff
for introduction to manufacture.
 Managed San Jose production operation, selling $36 million in 9 months.
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Commodity Manager, Oct 1997 – Sept 1999
 Responsible for critical high-tech components of $4M component test systems.
 Performed on-site emergency rescue of sub-contract supplier in San Diego for 3 months, raising
output and quality by 70%. Coordinated on-site sub-contract supplier development in Dallas, TX
and introduced two new products.
 Developed new supplier to provide dual sourcing strategy and 28% cost reduction.
 Rescued cold-plate product at sub-contract supplier, ramping production by 350% and improving
quality from 65% to 95% first pass yields.
 Special Project: Converted derelict building into 35,000 sqft production facility in 10 weeks – 2
weeks ahead of schedule. $540 million capital project.
New Product Introduction Manager, 1996 – 1997
ENGLAND
 Introduced new UK designed products internationally to production in USA, France and Germany.
Coordinated cross-functional development, debug and support.
Prior key positions
USA Deliverables Manager & Post Design Support for AT&T
Marketing assistant for introduction of 765TxRx to AT&T
Management of the Board and System Test group in Manufacturing
Test Program Development & production Support
Engineering & Production Engineering
1994-1995
1992-1993
1990-1991
1987-1990
1985-1986
Education
Pepperdine University, California, 2003-2004
Executive MBA program, Dec 2004
Portsmouth University, Portsmouth, ENGLAND, 1982-1985
Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Majors: Digital Data Processing, Measurement, and Control Electronics.
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