David Byrne

Founded a new role to develop comprehensive business plans for each new emerging account to drive profitability, increase market share, maintain and improve preferred supplier status and exceed customer service expectations. Prospected to qualify new international suppliers to support emerging brands. Collaborated with procurement, finance, quality and engineering to develop and enhance supporting processes.

Lead the US based Global Commodity Management team supporting mechanical and electro-mechanical sourcing to support both current and new product design efforts across all product groups. • Member of the Garmin Sourcing Council, co-developing strategies with the Engineering teams for future and current projects • Implemented an automated quoting process to maximize the efficiency of reduced internal resources to drive ongoing cost reductions and support new program RFQ’s • Recognized $3M is potential savings through alternate sourcing strategies for the key PCB’s in that commodity. It was fun! Great Company with terrific products and full of very smart people!

Developed a comprehensive business plan for each account to drive profitability, increase market share, maintain and improve preferred supplier status and exceed customer service expectations. Lead contract and pricing negotiations. Prospected and qualified new programs/projects. Increased share of the portfolio by 12% in just 3 quarters.

Established and led a global team that focused on designing in mechanical and electrical components that would contribute to future cost reduction on new products to eliminate the resources and expense in obtaining that cost reduction post development allowing the customer to have the most cost-effective product when going to market. Collaborated with sales and marketing, customer account teams, customers and suppliers for risk mitigation, issue resolution, account health and profitability. Established budgets, metrics and processes to drive the team’s performance to exceed corporate goals. • Generated over $650K in realized savings over 12 months. • Developed strategies to drive cost reduction delivering in excess of 12%, increased BOM control greater than 30% and drove material profitability while meeting budget expectations. • Leveraged NPI business with strategic and developing suppliers to drive additional quarterly cost reductions, obtained preferred terms and conditions and implemented inventory management programs.

Managed the Global Commodity Management team for Mechanicals, Printed Circuit Boards and Interconnect exceeding $1B in annual spend. • Oversaw supplier development and management including price management, cost reduction, alternate sourcing, contract enhancements including rebates, end of life strategies, emerging capability identification, capacity planning, overall supplier performance and escalated crisis management across 3 continents. Accountable for each commodity’s contribution towards operating profit across all divisions. • Developed strategic commodity direction to achieve segment goals, including quarterly cost reduction • Managed, mentored and sponsored the career advancement of 9 Global Commodity Managers over 4 years. • Achieved cost reductions of ~2.5% per year, increasing material profitability while improving inventory turns with continual DPO improvements.

Managed and mentored an internationally dispersed team of 12 Commodity Managers and 6 Analysts located in the USA, Europe, Asia, India and South America for multiple electro-mechanical and mechanical commodities consistently achieving or exceeding the cost reduction target of 2.5% per quarter on select products in a portfolio of over $1.1B in spend. • Consistently met and/or exceeded quarterly cost reduction goals from 2% to 3.5% through creative negotiation techniques, portfolio maneuvering and deferred mandatory cost increases resulting in over $1M in annual savings. • Implemented customized supply chain strategies to manage the supply base contracts on 3 continents in support of the corporations’ continually evolving supply chain needs, goals and profitability targets.

Directed global supply chain strategy for Printed Circuit Boards (PCB) with a predominant focus on an OEM controlled portfolio and that customer account relationship on a total TAM in excess of $400M. Managed both Flex and customer source-controlled PCB’s. Developed strategies to achieve segment goals, including cost reduction, ITO and DPO improvements.

• Responsible for the global supply chain strategy for the Printed Circuit Board and Connector commodities. • Responsible for supply agreements, supplier development, supplier performance, price management, cost reduction initiatives and escalated crisis management. • Responsible for management and sourcing of key customer PCB commodity including cost reduction initiatives and alternate sourcing strategies. • Coordinated global bid process for over 7,000 part numbers and review for the commodity portfolio. • Member of the C-MAC Engineering steering committee, identifying strategic resources for future product development aligning the committee’s requirement with strategic suppliers.

• Responsible for providing engineering support for the introduction and manufacture of interconnect products (backplane and box build assemblies) through the design and implementation of processes, tooling and equipment while optimizing assembly methods through improved quality and efficiency. • Key Engineering liaison with the customer and analyzed customer documentation and requirements. • Coordinated the prototype build and provided feedback to the customer regarding manufacturability. • Provided Engineering support to Cost Analyst/Product Manager regarding all quoting activities. Quality Engineer/Reliability Engineer – January 1997 - April 1999 • Responsible for implementing, maintaining and updating all quality related documentation to support the ISO 9000 Quality System. • Calibration Supervisor and Internal Quality Auditor. Performed internal and vendor audits.

• Initialized, tested and debugged all problems associated with the P5000 Etch product line, a $3M wafer fabrication machine. • Reviewed, identified and resolved problems with the Design Engineers on customization requests before and during Final Test to increase efficiency and reduce cycle time.