Jack Cao

New vehicle products powered by Tesla's own 4680 battery cells

• Managed end-to-end website checkout experience of Curbside Pickup by creating roadmap, defining requirements, prioritizing backlogs, and launching to cover 450+ stores across the US • Drove cross-team alignment between leadership, UX design, engineering, data analytics, and business to improve Walmart.com checkout conversion funnel by A/B testing across fulfillment methods

• Delivered 2-way integration recommendations to Adobe Spark through desk research on 12 popular apps, 1-month landing page experiment, 30+ user interviews, and financial modeling • Developed marketing/product/business strategies and concepts using design thinking methodology to help client Adobe Spark define value proposition to SMBs, drive awareness, create virality, prioritize features, and develop GTM strategy

• Manage end-to-end NPI program to deliver turn-key factories for high volume PV product manufacturing, by leading onsite facilitization, equipment installation, process qualification, and production ramp-up through the entire project lifecycles • Direct development and deployment of internal ditigal products (Manufacturing Execution System) to optimize workflow, reduce operational cost, enhance product on-time delivery by providing insights about entire production lines • Oversee new product build and process engineering from proof of concept to production by providing links between executives, engineering, operations, sales, and procurement • Develop SQL and Python scripts to automate data collection, processing, visualization, analysis, and reporting, accelerating new product development and facilitating decision-making across engineering, sales, and marketing • Lead continuous improvement projects to lift KPIs, including throughput, yield, cycle time, OEE, product quality, cost, etc

• Worked with client Shell New Energies to deliver an assessment on the market potential for microgrids to provide reliable and resilient clean energy to potential customers • Conducted regulatory assessment by performing research on regulatory support, financial incentives, and potential impediments to deployment of distributed energy to end customers • Drove marketing assessment and competitive analysis through primary research and secondary research. Conducted surveys and interviews with multiple customer segments. Synthesized data from different resources into insights for go-to-market plans

• Research and develop 100% renewable energy solution for Hyperloop operations • Define the power/energy requirement and specification • Collaborate with other teams to map out the Hyperloop Grid (utility, solar + storage)

The Clean Energy Leadership Institute (CELI) is a leadership development organization based in Washington D.C. and the San Francisco Bay Area. Our mission is to build a diverse community of next-generation leaders to advance innovative clean energy solutions.

• Orchestrated development and implementation of operation management module within internal digital product Informatics by collaborating with IT team • Prioritized features and improved product through liaising between software engineering, users, and stakeholders • Initiated and deployed Six Sigma operations improvement program, introducing statistical process control (SPC) to processing equipment, metrology equipment, and testing tools company-wide • Coached process associates and technicians in operations department and kept updating their skills and knowledge of newly developed processes

• Drove the transfer of PV product manufacturing processes, tools and documentation from pilot manufacturing lines to high volume factories in China • Built Access database and designed user interface for production and operations management using VBA, significantly increasing the operational efficiency and collaboration between engineers and operators • Supported scientists and process engineers to implement continuous improvement projects related to yield, quality, cycle time and cost of PV product manufacturing • Developed SQL and JMP scripts to automate equipment/process real-time data extraction, transform, load (ETL) process and data analytics to automate SPC and assist rapid learning cycles

• Managed design and build of roll-to-roll production line and process engineering through partnering with internal design, engineering, purchasing and external suppliers, industry experts • Guided Design of Experiments (DOE) to provide insights into process parameter optimization and product quality improvement by creating process modeling and conducting statistical data analysis • Directed scale-up and streamlining of production line to boost throughput and reduce cost significantly • Evaluated root causes of process/equipment failure and provided corrective actions • Lead continuous improvement projects to improve KPIs (throughput, yield, cost, quality, etc) by implementing Lean Six Sigma methodologies