1. RICHARD L. LANE
Street Address - 331 Pellburne Court, Simi Valley CA 93065 – ricardoagain@gmail.com – (805) 813-5324
Senior Operations Professional
Builds and Motivates Teams to High Performance
A careerof identifyingproblemprocessesandimplementingsolutions.Multi-taskingandthe abilitytoadaptto change
and embrace itare particularstrengths. Ihave a verystrong background inoperationsandmanufacturing, local and
international.
Areas of Strength
QualityControl Planning (U.S.andAsiansources) InventoryManagement Organizational
Development Manufacturing Distribution Purchasing China factory interface
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Vice President,Operations:Califone International Inc.$20M-27M revenue:1993-2016
Helpedguide the transformationof a 60+ years old domesticmanufacturerintoanInternational manufacturerwith
domesticdistribution. Full operationshandsonandleadershiptoPlanning,Purchasing,Distribution,Quality, AfterSales
support(Technical support,Returns,Canada, China),Facilities, andIT.
 Createdthe AfterSalesTeamwhichwonnumerous awardsfromour Dealernetwork
 Califone waswell knownasa superiorsupplierforEducationandSchool suppliers
 Verysuccessful leadershipinworkingwithChinaFactories tobecome the leadingU.S.supplierof educational
headphones
Director, CustomerService Operations:Tandon Corporation. $489M revenue:1979-1993
All DomesticandInternational spares,service,andinventorymanagement
 Co-Foundedthe CustomerService divisionfor ournew PClines
 Disposedof $11M in sparesandsub-assembliesinEurope.Worldwide sparesreplenishment.
 Createdthe service depotforbigbox returnedunsoldgoodsanddefective PC’s.Monthlythrough-putof $11M-
$13M. At the same time started and managed the outletstore forusedsystems.
Manufacturing Manager: Tandon Corporation
Ledthe FloppyDivisionverticalproductionof 96TPIdrives
 Managed 500 directand indirect employeesin3shiftsin3 buildings
 Turned$6M of defective inventorybacktosaleable goods
Managed MRB (Material ReviewBoard) forall products
 Disposedandreceivedcreditbackon$11M worth of defective components.Fromthe floppydrive divisions
Took operational control overthe remainingFloppyandHDdivisionsduringthe changeovertoaPC
manufacturer. LivedinSingapore for1 monthto transferthe technologyof ourfloppydrivestoalocal factory.
(Thiswasour factory that builtthe original floppydrivesforIBMPC’s)

2. Prior Experience
Burroughs Corporation:$2B revenue:1973-1979
Night Supervisor,SeniorTechnician, Special Projects
Managed a 1M sq. ftfacilitycomprising3divisionsof BurroughsCorp.manufacturing. Workedonnew projectsandthe
RMA’s forthe drive division
SuccessfullyintroducedlaserwrittendisksforDiskPacks.
Leda verticallyintegratednew product, DiskPackcontroller
Interpace Corp : 1972 and part of 1966-1968
R&D Laboratory Techniciandevelopingceramicsforthe new catalyticconverters,tile usedinspace probes,
Andconsumerproducts
Education:
Los AngelesValleyCollege-1981
Political Science–AA
Control Data Institute-1973
Electronics(Computer) Technology
Additional:
Adeptat MicrosoftOffice products(Excel andWordprimarily)
Have learnedandusedefficientlyothermanufacturingsoftwaresuchasWDS and ManMan.
Personal:
Married 33 years
Two children24 and28 yearsold,bothwithMaster degreesintheirfields
U.S. Army Infantry-1968-1970
VietnamVeteranawardedPurple Heart.