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Tim Rodgers

Professional info

Operations executive focused on product development and quality. Experienced in program management (PMP), international supply chain management, quality engineering (Six Sigma Black Belt), and offshore production of consumer electronics and industrial systems. Skilled in achieving results in the first 90 days, reducing costs, improving productivity, streamlining processes, eliminating waste, accelerating time-to-market and completing projects on-time and on-budget. Seeking a growing firm with an entrepreneurial culture.

Work experience

Director of Quality, Advanced Energy (Fort Collins, CO)

​March - November 2013

Managed an international quality engineering department of 15 people responsible for process improvement, ISO certification and QMS documentation, field failure analysis, management of customer escalations, factory quality, and supplier quality for solar inverters.

Director of Product Development, Eastman Kodak (San Diego, CA)

​2011 - 2012

2010 - present

Managed a design team of 10 mechanical engineers and electrical engineers responsible for new product introduction for consumer inkjet printers.

Director of Manufacturing and Quality, Foxconn eMS (Shenzhen, China)

​2009 - 2011

Managed a quality engineering, program management, and new product introduction department of 450 people in China, Taiwan, and Singapore responsible for design, supplier management, prototyping, and reliability testing of consumer inkjet printers. 

2010 - present

Director of Engineering, Cymer (San Diego, CA)

​2008

Managed a design team of 35 engineers responsible for delivery of control algorithm and data capture firmware for high-end lasers used in semiconductor manufacturing.

Director of Engineering, Hewlett-Packard (San Diego, CA)

​1998 - 2008

Managed a design, quality engineering and testing department of 65 people responsible for delivery of components for consumer imaging and printing products.

Education

MBA, University of Oregon
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), certificate #1548237
ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt, certificate #13880
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