Jerry Neal Sagli is seeking a position in project management or new product introduction utilizing over 20 years of experience in hardware engineering, product lifecycle management, and manufacturing. He has successfully led many products from conception to production on schedule through coordination with cross-functional teams and contract manufacturers. His background includes system and hardware design, product lifecycle tools, streamlining production processes, and troubleshooting.

1. Jerry Neal Sagli
2068 Seacliff Drive H: (408) 262-5216
Milpitas, CA 95035 C: (408) 221-5809
jsagli@comcast.net
Objective
I am seeking a position in Project Management /New Product Introduction (NPI). By utilizing my development
engineering background, Product Lifecycle Management knowledge, and manufacturing experience, I will coordinate the
transition of engineering driven development from conception into production, eliminating the manufacturing
implementation burden from development engineering.
Summary of Qualifications
· Board and System level HW design experience.
· Agile and Arena PLM experience.
· Successfully driven many products to production through large and small contract manufacturers.
· Successfully streamlined production interface process significantly reducing time, required manpower, and overall
cost.
· Coordination of cross-functional teams to meet aggressive product development schedules.
· Effective troubleshooting and problem solving skills. Self-directed and highly motivated.
· Experienced interfacing and negotiating with company internal or external departments and services.
· Excellent scheduling, planning, and reporting skills.
· Excellent written, oral, computer, and web communication skills. .
Job History
Envivio, So. San Francisco, CA Feb 2009 - present
NPI / Manufacturing Engineer
As part of operations, I coordinate all overseas based engineering efforts with a local contract manufacturer. I am
responsible for creating, implementing, and maintaining improved internal processes for New Product Introduction, current
product build, product change control, compliance tracking, and general Product Lifecycle Management with a focus on
time/cost reduction.
· Re-structured ‘variable’ BOMs within the Agile PLM application to ‘fixed’ BOMs for all products creating a
direct relationship between order entry and operations (Salesforce, Great Planes, Agile).
· Re-defined product part numbering system to accommodate large number of product SW/HW variables.
· Streamlined ECO process reducing ECO implementation cycle from 1+ month to 1 week.
· Developed a controlled, SW product, customer download delivery process, eliminating packaging and shipping
costs.
BlueArc Corporation, San Jose, CA 2006 – Feb 2009
New Product Introduction Engineer
As the sole US engineer of an overseas Product Engineering department, I was responsible for coordinating all board and
system level product prototyping through a local contract manufacturer.
· Established both an open communication path and structured reporting mechanism with Contract Manufacturer.
· Material acquisition for consignment to contract manufacturer.
· Review, implementation and contract manufacturing training for product assembly and test specs.
· Creation of ECO’s and Deviations as needed for product control through the Arena Configuration Management
WEB based application.
· Coordination/Implementation of all engineering changes pertaining to prototype builds.

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· System configuration and distribution of prototypes to internal (Product Engineering, S/W Development, FPGA
development, QA, etc.) and external (mktng/beta) locations.
· Product Engineering Support.
Attune Systems Inc., Santa Clara, CA 2004 – 2006
Operations Manager
Developed and maintained a “one man” operations department to sustain a low volume startup organization. Supported development teams
with production level hardware.
· Published Operations Plan.
· Established solid relationship and open communication with Contract Manufacturer.
· Developed and implemented Hardware Audit Procedure including Checklists and Audit Action Follow up Forms.
· Defined, published plan, and implemented the Attune Hardware Configuration Management/Document Control
Structure including a low cost CM application, part numbering scheme, and engineering change process (ECO).
· Initiated and drove agency approvals including the design of the hardware test setup to qualify all currently
planned products in a single agency approval cycle.
· Established dual location production flow, building tested hardware through the Contract Manufacturer while
loading the current released software, performing product tests, and prepping / shipping from Attune Systems.
Quantum Corp, NAS Division (Formerly SNAP / Meridian Data), San Jose, CA 1998 – 2002
Manager Hardware Development
Managed system and board-level development projects from conception to production, coordinated contract manufacturing as part of
development team.
· Worked directly with customers to ensure product features met expectations.
· Initiated disciplined in-house design review process for contract design partners.
· Worked directly with vendors to ensure timely material acquisition.
· Conducted and maintained weekly meetings focusing on issues, objectives, and solutions.
· Designed and executed lab testing for quick resolution of post-design hardware issues.
· Maintained, published, and drove weekly schedule review, minimizing schedule slips.
Education
· Completed Professional Education Certificate program at Villanova University for Mastering Project
Management.
· “Electronic Design / HW Development Engineer”. Title issued by Intel Corporation after completion of Intel
training classes and successful board level designs / development. This was issued without acquiring BSEE
Degree and was recognized as a BSEE equivalent by subsequent employers.
· A.S Electronics, Certificate of Proficiency: College of San Mateo, San Mateo, CA.
· Workview Basics, Digital Simulation, and VHDL: Viewlogic Systems Training.