Ben Liew

Fortinet, Inc. Mar, 2013 – Present Operation Project Manager (Sunnyvale, CA) o Managed 18 Million dollars RAW Material Inventory and provide Quarterly update for Finance team to conduct the Inventory term Analysis. o Critical Fortinet Designed ASIC Planning and Procurement. o In House MFG Management (6 platforms = 30 skus) Production Planning / Procurement / Cost Saving / Production Forecast Commitment. o Supporting NPI projects implementation included COGS review / Material Cost Negotiation/ Build Schedule and Production Launch. o Negotiate long term cost reduction initiatives with prospective EMS partners and conduct quarterly traction review and address issues in preventing meeting the target. o Establish long-term strategic partnership with critical component suppliers for best contract pricing and allocation assurance. o Address all aspects of commodity management, including procurement support, commodity business plans, and pricing. o Coordinates purchasing activities with Manufacturing, Planning and Engineering Departments. o Monitor cost, schedule and scope of suppliers to negotiate highest quality at best value. o Recommend cost saving proposals including make-versus-buy analysis or alternative sourcing. o Managed effective end-of-life (EOL) and Last Time Buy (LTB) for components/assemblies, at the same time work with customer/supplier to develop alternate sources o Procure to Pay (P2P) and Demand to Supply (D2S) business process owner for corporate level Oracle EBS implementation.

NSG Technology. Inc. (Foxconn) July, 2005 – Mar, 2013 Sr. NPI / Sustaining Program Manager (San Jose, CA). • Maximize customer satisfaction by monitoring the following On-time delivery, quality goals, Forecast fluctuations, Capacity planning and Flexibility. • Liaison between customer and internal cross-functional teams to ensure requirements are met within scheduled timeframe. • Launched proto type projects and implemented from NPI through ramp up stages. • Ensure successful transfer of products to multiple sites for mass production.. • Identify any potential production issues. • Developed and documented detail work plan, schedule, projects estimate, resource plan and status report using MS Projects. • E&O (Excess and Obsolete) analysis, projections and disposition. • NPI material readiness (risk buy); ECO-related component phase-in management • Customer demand analysis, MRP management. • Inventory control and Management (consignment and turnkey materials). NSG Technology. Inc. (Foxconn) Production Planner/Control and Sustaining (Cell Manager) Aug, 2001 –June 2005 • Established, maintained, tracked and reported metrics on program performance. • Responsible for organizing and managing the production and shipment to align with customers’ requirement by generating the production schedule. • Plan, schedule, coordinate and expedite material issue to the production floor. • Interface regularly with Purchasing, Program Management, Material, and Production, Receiving and Shipping teams. • Reviewed MPS, material master data, procurement type, ROP settings and made adjustment when requires. • Provides materials status to all cross-functional teams for assigned programs. • Coordinates materials pipelining to ensure a smooth transition of materials from the NPI facility to the production facility.