Yu-Chien Chang

NPI Project Management on material readiness, PCBA level.

Detail-oriented.

Strive for perfection.

Brave but not reckless.

Critical thinking.

Always stay vigilant.

Though I did not take major in any economics/ international trade/ commerce related courses at my university career, but I do know if one's not growing (learning) then he's dying, especially for those things that they didn't and won't teach you at school. Not too long ago I signed up and became a member of Hong Academy (鴻學院 established by prestigious Chinese-American financial research scholar Mr. Song, Hong-Bing 宋鴻兵, as well as the author of "Currency Wars") to unlearn my misconception and relearn the real core knowledge in financial literacy/ economics/ commerce/ international situation analysis/ global geopolitical conflicts.

This is really helpful to train myself to think in a different way, and prevent myself from being blindly follow the mainstream craps they intend to indoctrinate the public. I believe the key to success is much more in knowing how to deal with what you don't know than anything you already know. I hold myself accountable for every job task I was assigned to.

Always love to learn anything new and enjoy a "team work makes dream work" mindset. Hope to have the pleasure of considering my mind as your most likely candidate to join your team and work together!

Senior Hardware Project Manager at Foreman Technologies Inc (aka. PaintJet) (2024-08 – 2024-10)

Robotics and material sciences company backed by venture capital, a start-up player in painting industrial facilities with "the push of a button", addressing the systemic labor shortage by implementing advanced robotics to paint large scale industrial warehouses, marine ships and wind turbines.

• Served as Sr. Hardware Program Manager dealing with NPI EE & ME material planning
• BOM consolidation and construction
• Immediate assistance on new specialty product (or material) vendor sourcing
• Properly prioritizing job tasks then allocate to engineers and monitor the headways on a daily basis
• Running the ongoing new design changes and ensure all merged into the next developing model
• Tracking with other new springing-up bugs that are still in discussion and pending for solution

HW NPI PM at Aeolus Robotics Taiwan (2022-10 – 2023-07)

Fast-growing robotics company deploying robotic services in a broad range of industries, building the hardware & software to launch a fully-autonomous 2-arm robot in human environments.

• Drive all projects to material wise & success-oriented, also deliver quality products to site customers
• Manage projects with a holistic approach, from PoC to make-it-happen
• Help with the global product development plans collaboratively with all project stakeholders
• Foresee/identify the critical and near-critical paths in the project and coordinate the action plans to mitigate the impacts
• Contain and keep project risks in check
• Drive decision management process and arbitrate disagreements among function teams
• Coordinate with technical managers to define and acquire the sources needed so as to meet the goals of their projects (including headcounts/equipments/external services)

NPI manager at AndroVideo (2020-07 – 2021-01)

Edge-AI surveillance camera solution player that with inbuilt video analytics and smart notification, which provides the strong computing hardware in every scene to add value on industry, and make smart AI turn into reality.

• Manage the SW development schedule control, planning, execution, coordination, risk assessment
• SW spec/feature convergence
• Surveillance camera PVT stage process management

NPI RD PM at 和碩集團_和碩聯合科技股份有限公司 (Pegatron) (2011-08 – 2020-02)

Worked on HP's desktop PC line (manufactured at Pegatron's Mexico plant in Ciudad Juarez) for the first 2 years. Then transferred to MSFT's account and started from Surface line for half a year, then assigned to MR Hololens team (for 2 full generations with NPI stages across almost 6 years), and XBOX projects all manufactured at Suzhou (China) plant.

• Focus on NPI material readiness at PCBA level
• Drive all parts positioned on time to make sure can start the build smoothly without shortages in every NPI stage
• Work under a fast-paced, high pressure with deadline occasions including risk management to properly mitigate the impacts to the build
• Material readiness, fully skilled at reviewing shortages & CTB management
• NPI work order planning & production schedule arrangement/adjustment
• Coordination with factory's function teams management, such as material controllers, IQC, purchasers, MTE, EE RD, ME, FPM, FA, MFG
• NRE costs recording and help with BOM costs calculation
• Customer's BOM error check & feedback, make sure ECR/ECN/DCR/DCN to follow thru to secure BOM up to date as most accurate as possible
• Mfg. issue report & solution discussion (decide which path forward to take next)
• New component design-in & launch schedule control to meet up NPI planning and phase-in timing
• Contract/confidential pricing extension with critical parts supplier
• Customer's build matrix/build plan check & management
• Rework management for exposure mitigation
• ECO/ECR/ECN introduction & control management [UTE (Use to Exhaust)/UTR (Use to Replace)]
• IQC progress update
• Excess & obsolete management
• PV risk buy & GREEN/RoHS management (datasheet/product drawing/approval sheet/written self-declaration availability)
• 2nd source & alternative components cut-in & introduction

After-Sales Service Coordinator at Anadem Information Inc (2009-03 – 2011-07)

Compal's authorized distributor in White Box laptop business in Asia market.

• Take care of DOA/RMA requests & after-sales service affairs
• Cooperation with overseas repair depot (Czech Republic & Guangzhou)
• In contact with Compal's QA & SVC Dept. to help organize & address various product quality issues
• Warranty policy customization for main customers in China such as Founder/Tong-Fang/Great Wall/Hedy/Haier
• Joined the sales agreement discussion & consolidation
• Main contact window to handle those difficult customer's tricky complaints

Sales Coordinator at Calcomp_金寶電子（泰金寶電通）工業股份有限公司 (2007-06 – 2009-02)

Responsible for one of HP's AIO printer line.

• Negotiation & communication with HP Shanghai & Singapore's Procurement Dept.
• Various internal reports maintenance & update
• Forecast & weekly shipment plan follow-thru & fulfillment
• MRP operation
• Monthly quotation calculation & submission
• NRE & rework charge calculation
• AP/AR/invoice management
• Inter departmental communication with other function teams

English Secretary at Newell Brands (2006-05 – 2007-05)

NKC Company was the original dealer of Sanford Stationery Group (aka. the former Newell Rubbermaid) in Taiwan.

• Main contact with the OEM and policy dissemination
• Handle the procurement issues
• Press release translation of the new products launch
• Deal with the daily general administration tasks

Global Sales at Topps of Fareast Company (2002-07 – 2006-04)

Trading company with their own factories located in China exporting mainly souvenirs and mass giveaways.

• Help maintain the customer relations
• Expand potential business opportunities thru direct/indirect sales
• Cold calling
• Annual global expo
• Gained a basic know-how in international trade and commercial activity

Dept. of Applied Foreign Languages – 樹德科技大學 (Shu-Te University) (1998 – 2002)