David White

Coordinated air and LTL freight from Guangdong, China to Amazon US warehouses. Manage inventory delivery, storage, and restock needs. Setup and upkeep Amazon and Shopify product offers. Developed product info hierarchy and organizational system to keep track of expanding product lines.

Lead Design, Engineering, and Quality Assurance departments. Designed, developed, and brought to market the SoundSwell Smartwatch Series action sports IPX9K & IPX8 waterproof headphones. Lead product development for current and future products by working with internal and external stakeholders. Collaborate with Design, Engineering, Finance, and Marketing departments to create and bring to market new products. Create product roadmaps, development/production schedules, and financial models to set appropriate expectations and goals. Designs DFM 3D CAD for use in production, using Quality Assurance best practices and FEA analysis for use in salt-water and under appropriate use cases. Works with Chinese OEM/ODM manufacturers to develop new products in the audio sector.

Maintained and improved weekly North America and monthly global reports for warehouse stock projections, excess and obsolete inventory, and finished good inventory stock projection. Improvements provided more accurate projections which increased full-priced sales by upwards of $2 million USD. Developed executive execution report to provide projected gap quantities and gap lengths for Top 40 items for use in developing future sales and supply management strategy. Worked with internal IT Development team to further improve retrievable product supply and demand information from SAP to streamline Planner and Analytics team workflows.

Researched and created monthly stock purchases for DreamWorks Dragons and Scritterz for North American market. Managed inventory of DreamWorks Dragons and Scritterz to fulfill sales orders and forecasts out of 4 warehouses in US and Canada. Fulfilled inventory transfer requests for Trade Marketing, Public Relations, and Consumer Care teams to provide products for potential and current customers.

Oversaw implementation of safety and regulatory needs for DreamWorks Dragons, Paw Patrol, and a dropped brand for sales in AU, CA, EU, MX, RU, and US markets. Worked with ITS, SGS, and BV to consolidate, simplify, and standardize general testing procedures for all Spin Master products. Lead a collective Quality Assurance effort to consolidate all written and unwritten product requirements and guidelines into a central repository for use as reference for the Quality Assurance, Design, Product Development, and Visual Branding teams.

Led cross-functional teams for 6 Girls and Preschool toy brands, including Twisty Petz and Paw Patrol. Partnered with Manufacturing teams in China, Hong Kong, and Vietnam to cost reduce and produce toys ready for mass production and international sale, including prototype, engineering product, and production pilot samples. Coordinated product timelines and design implementation to bring products through development stages on time and on cost. Applied mechanical engineering experience to develop new innovative toys, and solve cost and design problems. Presented at monthly product approval meetings to executives for cost and design approval of new toys. Developed modular library framework for storing and displaying data in user friendly environment. Used this framework to create customized tooling libraries for Twisty Petz and Paw Patrol to reduce tooling cost for new product development by increasing visibility on past products.

Campus Planning Lead group of 4 drafters to measure, verify, and draw floor plans for new and altered buildings Oversaw completion of plans for 9 commercial rental properties purchased by UCSD Contact other departments and outside agencies to organize visits and obtain building information Draw, update, and upload 2D CAD floor plans to Facilities Infrastructure System and IBM Tririga databases Design vector and raster icons and map markers for the new UCSD Visitor Map Support UCSD Visitor Map through help desk and data management

Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study Moved a 50-person office to a new location, and oversaw vlan port layout for new office. Supported the current server infrastructure for ADCS. Fixed technical problems for ADCS employees.

Researched subjects for viability in regards to adaptation for television Informed executives of millennial viewpoint and intricacies of content Completed coverage summaries of 100+ scripts for use by original programming executives Worked with Public Relations department on advertising projects aimed at journalists and reviewers Called agencies and answered phones for executives