Pingchia Chang

Experience

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  Denso Manufacturing

  Oct 2001 - Sept 2002

  Technical Specialist & Japanese coordinator

  Coordinating between the Japanese and Production, Maintenance, Engineering, and Management. Toyota Total Quality Management system. Assisting and interpreting for productivity improvement project, Kaizen, root cost analysis, time study, and troubleshooting.

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  Lear Corporation

  Sept 2002 - Feb 2004

  Account Manager

  Account management. Company’s main contact point with Asian OEM customers. prototype material analysis, price quotation, on-time-shipping tracking and service to ensure customer satisfaction. Coordinating between the JP customers, plants, engineering, and management.

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  Takata Restraint Systems, Inc

  Feb 2004 - Mar 2007

  Project Engineer

  Worked in Advanced Engineering to development new concepts / ideas, proposing customized solutions to customers. Manage between JP HQ, North America and both domestic and Asian OEM customers. Engineering design reviews, quoting BOMs. Managed cost reduction project $8M saving/year.

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  Avon Automotive

  Apr 2007 - Sept 2008

  Sales Manager

  Rubber extruded and molded parts. New business development and account management for Japanese / Asian OEM accounts. Successfully developed new Asian OEM accounts in North America / Japan / Korea, and obtained company’s 1st direct business with Nissan, Hyundai / Kia Mobis and Meiji. Also worked with many major tier-one and tier-two suppliers.

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  Clarion Corporation of America

  Sept 2008 - Mar 2011

  Senior Manager, Product Development Engineering & Procurement (2 positions)

  Audio/video/navi consumer electronics in both automotive OEM and retail markets. Overall PM and coordinate between China / Japan / Hong Kong / Taiwan from the US. Responsible for RFQ, POs/invoices, product development including SW/HW. FW validation, release and management. Support product planning, from design, validation to mass production. Support QA/ Service/warranty.

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  Mophie

  Apr 2011 - Jun 2012

  Product Development Manager

  Consumer electronics including iPhone/iPad charging cases, power bank accessories. Responsible for RFQ, POs/invoices, supplier selection process, product development including both SW/HW validation, FW release and management. Support product planning, from design, testing, validation to mass production. Project management between China manufacturing and US headquarter.

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  Taiwan Trade Center, Los Angeles

  Jun 2012 - Nov 2012

  Project Manager
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  CSW Technical Consulting Group

  Nov 2012 - Oct 2021

  Director of Engineering

  In charge of product development overall PM activities for both software and hardware from design, testing, validation to mass production. Develop product performance spec, testing requirements, responsible for licensing, schedule managing &reporting, coordinate between JP/US customers and China manufacturing. Major customers including Clarion, Rockford Fosgate, JVC Kenwood, Alpine, and Yamaha Motors.

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  KYOCERA Document Solutions Development America, Inc.

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2017

  Project Controller, PM

  In charge of product development overall PM activities for both software and hardware from design, verification testing, validation to delivery. Coordinating between the Japan headquarters and US office.

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  Choshu Industry Corporation of America, Inc.

  Oct 2021 - now

  Director of Program Management

  Green energy development. Hydrogen fuel power station and Fuel Cell technology. Contribution to Carbon neutralization projects and Zero Emission projects globally.