CLIFF KNUDSON
1815 Nelson Way  [Send email to request phone number] 64-0292
San Jose, CA 95124  [Send email to request phone number] 06-1878

Highly resourceful Operations Project Manager with a strong experience gained in
Environmental Manufacturing and Compliance for Nokia Networks

More than 15 years  ' experience in the networking industry specializing in
engineering, manufacturing, and environmental compliance. Military trained with a
solid work ethic and ability to work within a strict deadline and manage multiple
projects in a fast-paced and changing environment. Proficient knowledge of global
standards for environmental compliance. Adept at working with cross functional
teams and translating highly technical information into easy to understandable
language. 

   Cliff is skilled at moving from high level objectives with undefined
boundaries to defining repeatable processes and moving teams toward
implementation and achievement.   
  *  excerpt from employee performance evaluation

 Core Competencies 

 *  Project Management  *  Supply Chain Management  *  Risk Management
 *  Compliance Tracking
 *  Substance Management  *  Waste Management
 *  Procedural Development  *  Material Sourcing
 *  Procurement

 Professional Experience 

NOKIA NETWORKS  *  Mountain View, CA 2003  *  2009
Environmental/Manufacturing Engineer working on a cross-functional team with
several divisions, including marketing, engineering, and product management to
oversee compliance initiatives and training related to RoHS and WEEE. [2005  * 
2009]
 *  Served as the Key Technical member of the Environmental Business Team for
China RoHS and continuing Global legislation; developed China RoHS plan,
resulting in expedited compliancy.
 *  Collaborated with Sourcing Managers for commodities relating to RoHS
compliancy, which procured materials more quickly, and prevented purchases of
unnecessary parts.
 *  Spearheaded escalation meetings with key suppliers and Nokia management to
resolve issues.
 *  Provided RoHS support to Contract Manufacturers (CM) receiving and managing
supplies, resulting in AML/AVL conversion to full compliancy 6 months ahead of
schedule.
 *  Improved safety label data tracking process that removed 95% of all
expiration issues.
 *  Participated in INEMI meetings to standardize Materials Declaration Format
for data collection allowing Nokia to have direct input to the process.
 *  Resolved UL issues among factory, Compliance and UL headquarters, which
reduced, stop ships on several product lines.
 *  Integrated Homologation processes between factory and engineering compliance
team, this improved customer delivery time by 6-12 weeks.

(Contract) Environmental Project Manager [2003  *  2004]
 *  Hired to launch new divisional RoHS and WEEE programs; planned and
implemented Lead-Free prototype builds with contract manufacturer and qualified
production processes.
 *  Set up standard operating procedures; managed contract amendments for
suppler agreement to address RoHS and WEEE implications; and advised OEMs and
Suppliers of technical requirements.
 *  Communicated with Component Engineering division to resolve material issues
with suppliers.
 *  Became the first company to work with CM on collaboration project for RoHS
compliant products.

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 Professional Experience (continued) 

3PARDATA, INC.  *  Fremont, CA 1999  *  2002
Manufacturing Engineer/Doc Control Manager/Facilities Manager for a start up
company specializing in data storage systems.
 *  Managed more than $1 million in facility moves and upgrades, and oversaw
installation of Engineering ESS Thermal Chamber Project budgeted at $400,000.
Completed on-time and under budget.
 *  Selected contractors and established standard operating procedures,
including packaging requirements, assembly, and testing of products.
 *  Introduced reusable shipping containers and crates that saved space,
cardboard box costs, and damage to the environment. While reducing costs by 10%.

NORTEL NETWORKS (acquired Rapid City Communication)  *  Santa Clara, CA 1998  * 
1999
Supply Base Engineer
 *  Sourced and administered supplier contracts for different product lines, and
interfaced with purchasing and contract departments.
 *  Devised qualification process with Engineering and Contract Manufacturer,
and developed Access database tool for quality audits that produced real time
reports.
 *  Resolved quality issues from suppliers.

RAPID CITY COMMUNCATION (acquired by Nortel Networks)  *  Mountain View, CA 1996
 *  1998
Operations Manager
 *  Set up operations at Contract Manufacturer from prototype to first
production run, and worked closely with CM and engineering to institute assembly,
testing, quality assurance, and training procedures.
 *  Established repair center and all necessary requirements; resolved fiber
optic issues from key supplier.

AUSPEX SYSTEMS, INC.  *  Santa Clara, CA 1990  *  1996
Operations Manager [1993  *  1996]
 *  Supervised a staff of more than 30 through a record-breaking revenue quarter
($50 million) and year, and relocated department to a new facility.

Repair Center Supervisor [1991  *  1993]
 *  Reduced inventory from 3+ million to less than one million within the first
year, by re-establishing repair cycle time standards based on product types and
costs, and technician test capabilities.

Senior Test Technician [1990  *  1991]
 *  Debugged complex network system servers to the component level.

 Training and Development 
Leading People  *  Mar/Apr 2007 
Advanced Microsoft Excel  *  Jan 2007
China RoHS Conference  *  Oct 2006 
Product Design & the Environment  *  May 2006
Breakthrough Project Management  *  May 2006 
Managing Product End of Life  *  Apr 2006
EU RoHS Conference  *  Nov 2005 
EU RoHS Conference  *  July 2005

 Computer Skills 

Microsoft Windows  *  MS Word  *  Excel (Power User)  *  Outlook  *  PowerPoint 
*  Access  *  MS Project  *  FrontPage  *  Visio  *  Paint  *  Adobe Illustrator 
*  Autodesk AutoCAD 2006  *  PDF Editor Pro  *  PhotoShop  *  SAAP R/3  *  Oracle
CRM  *  PDM  *  Agile  *  Command level UNIX 

 Military Service 
UNITED STATES NAVY (E5)  *  Central Navigation Systems - Submarines  *  6 years
active duty