Vivek Johnson
Project Manager
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Seattle, City of Seattle, KingMember since January 26, 2023
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Experienced project manager with background in engineering. Excels in with cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and communicating technical information to high level stakeholders. Successfully delivered 4.5MM sqft ($100MM+) in delivery network infrastructure for Amazon on time and under budget. BS + MS in Mechanical Engineering. Professional Scrum Master I.
Experience
Mar 2022 – Jan 2023Project Manager II
Amazon Kitchen, Seattle, WA
- Coordinated collaboration across 8 cross-functional departments for the launch of 14 New Product Development Sprints launching to Amazon Fresh, Amazon Go, and Whole Foods Market Stores
- Developed project status and risk reporting tool, shared weekly with collaborators and leadership
- Leveraged culinary insights to establish new development model, allowing for product development durations to be accelerated by 50%
- Led and expanded Stage Gate mechanism to ensure that all new product development initiatives were financially and strategically viable
- Reduced risk of missed first production and delivery milestones by 17% via the launch of “New Product Development Launch Execution” mechanism
Amazon - Global Engineering Services, Seattle, WA
- Managed delivery of 4.5MM sq ft of Amazon warehouse space throughout United States and Canada, managing budgets in excess of $100MM
- Conducted weekly site surveys to ensure high quality product delivery, creating contingency plans and reporting to senior level executives when risks arose
- Developed live-tracking tool to proactively distribute Material Handling Equipment plans to construction teams across 94 Sort Centers in North America, decreasing change orders by 10%
- Produced inventory management SOP by utilizing Python and Sortly API's to automate uploading of 1200 inventory images to cloud-based repository
- Generated cost estimations and "quick execution guides" for contractor-managed retrofit projects
USC Aerospace, Los Angeles, CA
- Assisted class of 25 students in debugging circuits and provided guidance in using lab equipment (oscilloscopes/power supplies/multimeters) and engineering tools (Simulink/SolidWorks/LabVIEW)
- Graded technical reports on the basis of technical communication and data acquisition practices
- Used LabVIEW VIs to automate Pitot-static tube for wind tunnel data acquisition
Amazon Kitchen, Seattle, WA
- Coordinated collaboration across 8 cross-functional departments for the launch of 14 New Product Development Sprints launching to Amazon Fresh, Amazon Go, and Whole Foods Market Stores
- Developed project status and risk reporting tool, shared weekly with collaborators and leadership
- Leveraged culinary insights to establish new development model, allowing for product development durations to be accelerated by 50%
- Led and expanded Stage Gate mechanism to ensure that all new product development initiatives were financially and strategically viable
- Reduced risk of missed first production and delivery milestones by 17% via the launch of “New Product Development Launch Execution” mechanism
Amazon - Global Engineering Services, Seattle, WA
- Managed delivery of 4.5MM sq ft of Amazon warehouse space throughout United States and Canada, managing budgets in excess of $100MM
- Conducted weekly site surveys to ensure high quality product delivery, creating contingency plans and reporting to senior level executives when risks arose
- Developed live-tracking tool to proactively distribute Material Handling Equipment plans to construction teams across 94 Sort Centers in North America, decreasing change orders by 10%
- Produced inventory management SOP by utilizing Python and Sortly API's to automate uploading of 1200 inventory images to cloud-based repository
- Generated cost estimations and "quick execution guides" for contractor-managed retrofit projects
USC Aerospace, Los Angeles, CA
- Assisted class of 25 students in debugging circuits and provided guidance in using lab equipment (oscilloscopes/power supplies/multimeters) and engineering tools (Simulink/SolidWorks/LabVIEW)
- Graded technical reports on the basis of technical communication and data acquisition practices
- Used LabVIEW VIs to automate Pitot-static tube for wind tunnel data acquisition
Education
Aug 2018 – May 2019University of Southern California | M.S. Mechanical Engineering - GPA: 3.68 | Los Angeles, CAAug 2014 – May 2018 University of Southern California | B.S. Mechanical Engineering - GPA: 3.70 | Los Angeles, CA
