Bobby Sohel Ameer

416 Ellis Circle

Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 467-6142
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Accomplished Manager with more than 12 years experience in the technology indus
try. Proven ability to design and implement effective strategies, develop new pr
oducts, streamline processes to increase productivity and manage resources to ma
ximize profit. An analytical problem solver, with extensive experience with prod
uct management. Excellent communication skills with a proven aptitude with both
technology and business that would best use my experience, skills and education
(MBA).
SKILLS & MANAGEMENT PROFILE
Technical Competence Customer Satisfaction & Design Wins
Project Management Systems Development Life Cycle
P&L, Operating & Financial Management Product Launch & Lifecycle Management
EXPERIENCE
Intel Corp, Folsom, CA 2007 - Present
Sr. Manager, Customer Applications
Integrated and led a multi-site team of 10 employees in Intel Customer Operation
s, Nokia Division. Developed and executed the integration plans; standardized pr
ocess, policy and organizational structure across the organization; developed a
long-term strategic plan.
Accomplishments:
* Resolved all technical issues in designing in our products into new Nokia mob
ile phones.
* Increased sales to the Nokia account from $20m annually to $200m within 12 mo
nths; goal is to reach $400m by year end.
* Primary conduit between factory & field on all issues regarding Nokia. Custom
er visits to Finland, Denmark & China Nokia sites strengthened customer relation
ship.
* Developed personal relationships with key persons on the Nokia team to facili
tate good communication
* Coordinated the efforts of the team at multiple locations to ensure data & sa
mple delivery met our SLA's
* Wrote all customer focused communication, including DCL's and sales reports w
hile maintaining trade secrets.
* Worked with customers / potentials on development of product designs, tooling
concepts, manufacturing methods, and costing for custom molded component applic
ations. Directly supervised technical team of 3-5 project engineers responsible
for molding systems implementation.
Sipex Corp, Milpitas, CA 2005 - 2007
Product Operations Manager
Provided desktop/laptop and remote access strategies, solutions and support. Rec
ommended software and hardware configurations and purchases. Evaluated performan
ce and capacity and improved bottlenecks.. Responsible for asset management of e
mployee desktop/mobile/home systems, system engineering lab equipment, partner/c
ustomer development systems, and event systems
* Characterized, qualified and released new products into production.
* Updated product datasheets to reflect product capabilities and yield manageme
nt (limits setting).
 * Created technical collateral to enable customers to use our products in new a
pplications.
* Collected customer feedback to help define product roadmaps.
* Worked with Marketing to develop new products or tweak current products to me
et customer requirements.
* Managed tight schedules to release 5 products to full scale production within
6 months.
* Worked with external and internal fabs as well as multiple assembly sites to
ensure a timely flow of new engineering lots and improved communication processe
s to reduce misprocessing and human errors.
* Maintained physical and electronic Product Binders that tracked product histo
ry.
* Initiated file transfers to Electronic Binders using SharePoint application.
* Trained engineers on statistical process control and data analysis to get to
root cause of problems.
VSGI, Fremont, CA 2002 - 2004
Customer Development Manager
Planned, directed and controlled all MIS activities in order to meet the informa
tion requirements of our client and staff services. Acted as liaison or chief co
ntract between the MIS department and its customers by reviewing requests for ne
w applications or extensive modifications of existing systems, determined priori
ties, evaluated computer usage and ensured that customers' needs were met with q
uality information on a timely basis. Responsible for updating the company's MIS
and operations capability.
Managed a team of twenty-one analysts responsible for database marketing, segmen
tation and analysis for a contract IC testing business worth $300 million in ann
ual profits. Generated a 35% cost savings by creating efficiencies through mergi
ng two MIS teams. Developed recruiting strategies, staffing plans and career pat
hs for analysts. Led a five-person cross-functional team in providing more frequ
ent credit limit increases to current customers, resulting in $15M more in annua
l profits.
* Negotiated and managed joint venture relationships with Fortune 500 internati
onal partners.
* Handled major customer accounts that constituted 60% of the revenue growth of
the company.
* Improved inter-departmental communication with Marketing, Planning and Engine
ering.
* Responsible for creating the budgets of the Engineering Division, hiring, tra
ining, evaluating and terminating employees in the engineering division, negotia
ting with vendors for the purchase of engineering & IT equipment.
* Coordinated activities with other contributing project teams in Penang, Malay
sia and Austin, TX.
Intel, Sacramento, CA 1999 - 2002
Sr. Applications Engineer & Technical Marketing Engineer
* Assisted customers to design routers, hubs and networks by doing schematic re
views and bench tests. Evaluated customer designs and recommended products to be
used.
* Solved customer problems by board design reviews and lab experiments on both
the analog and digital portions of the board; ensuring compliance with product I
/O specifications.
* Worked with product managers to increase design wins, develop product pricing
and forecast sales of products (new, mature end-of-life and new applications of
current generation).
* Wrote User's Guides and Application Notes for Carrier Class Ethernet Products
and Fast Ethernet repeaters. Designed demo boards for customers and trade shows
.
* Designed Debug and Evaluation boards (Schematic Capture and Layout) for Gigab
it and Fast Ethernet transceivers, switches and repeaters.
* Developed a standardized test methodology for Cable Discharge Events (CDE) th
at was resulting in high failure rates in the field. Wrote a report that summari
zed test data and suggested possible workarounds.
Dallas Semiconductor, Dallas, TX 1997 - 1999
Product Engineer
* Brought the highest volume product to market in record time (an analog SCSI t
erminator).
* Coordinated the efforts of design, test, reliability and assembly to release
new products.
* Generated characterization plans for new devices (latch-up, ESD and functiona
l). Wrote and validated test program improvements to correlate bench and tester
data.
* Sustained products in manufacturing (analyzed low yielding lots at laser trim
, probe and final test). Worked closely with test engineering to develop test pr
ograms on HP mixed signal testers.
National Semiconductor, Arlington, TX 1994 - 1997
Product Engineer
* Released and sustained products in manufacturing in the PC Products and LAN g
roups (analog & mixed-signal).
* Developed test programs for probe and final test.
* Characterized devices, analyzed data to quantify process changes and enhance
yield.
EDUCATION
1991 BSEE, The University of Texas at Austin; Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor soc
iety
1992 MS in Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
1994 MBA, McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin