Hiroshi Sakamoto

Experience

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  Motorola

  Apr 1995 - Feb 2000

  • A Supplier Quality Engineer at Final Manufacturing Technology Center, Semiconductor Products Sector, Motorola Japan Co.,Ltd. • Contributed to maintain supply quality of components for semiconductor packages with close collaborations with R&D, QA, Production organizations at internal partner factories and external suppliers. Area of scope was printed wiring boards for chip scale packages and/or ball grid allay packages.• Lead miscellaneous supplier audits, which were ISO9001-like management system audits. Show less • A Process Engineer at Assembly Production Department, Semiconductor Products Sector, Motorola Japan Co.,Ltd. Dedicated to transfer molding process of semiconductor packaging• Contributed to the industrialization of new semiconductor packages & molding materials for them. • Lead miscellaneous production process improvement projects backed by statistical approach such as Six Sigma.• Nominated as a factory representative of molding technology forum within Motorola global organization. Show less

  • Supplier Quality Engineer

    Jan 1998 - Feb 2000

  • Process Engineer

    Apr 1995 - Dec 1997
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  Nokia

  Mar 2000 - Apr 2014

  • Contributed to component development activities for miscellaneous components exclusive for Nokia mobile phones throughout product life cycle as a quality specialist in multi-functional team consists of R&D, Sourcing. o Commodities of scope were Camera modules, Printed wiring boards (PWB/PCB), Flexible printed circuits (FPC), Light emitting diodes (LED), Power amplifiers, Bluetooth modules, LED flash modules• Established a first generation of standard guidelines for camera module reliability tests as one of Nokia supplier manuals, aiming to standardize reliability tests performed by suppliers.• Lead miscellaneous supplier audits e.g. Quality/Environment management systems, Product specific production process audits Show less

  • Senior Quality & Development Manager

    Jan 2012 - Apr 2014

  • Quality & Development Manager

    Jun 2003 - Dec 2011

  • Supply Quality Engineer

    Mar 2000 - May 2003
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  Microsoft

  Apr 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Transferring to Microsoft due to acquisition of Nokia’s Devices & Services business unit• Leading a multi-national team of sourcing quality managers in camera sourcing as a line manager. Supervising 3 direct subordinate quality managers. • Acting as a principle specialist for suppliers’ production technologies and quality planning in area of camera module, lens, auto focus actuator and optical image stabilization. • Contributing to the product development of camera modules throughout product life cycle as a responsible quality manager. Activities include such as but not limited to design reviews, project risk analyses, production capability & capacity validation, change management, crisis management backed by cumulative lessons-learnt from old projects and problems.• Contributing to the supply chain management of camera/flash modules for Smart Phones as a representative of sourcing quality team in a multi-functional team. Activities include such as but not limited to supplier portfolio management, supplier competence development, new supplier qualification, project specific supplier selection and supplier performance management in areas of Technology, Quality, Supply, Cost, Ethics and Environment• Leading audit team for miscellaneous supplier audits such as for company management systems, e.g. ISO9001-like audits, product specific production process audit including vital sub-suppliers • Contributing supplier development projects in areas of production quality, production efficiency, cost efficiency and company management systems of strategic suppliers and some vital sub-suppliers. Applying Six Sigma project approach depending on the nature of improvement Show less

  • Senior Supplier Quality Manager

    Oct 2014 - Mar 2015

  • Senior Quality & Development Manager

    Apr 2014 - Sept 2014
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  Apple

  Apr 2015 - now

  Technical Project Manager

  Dedicated to Camera Actuators, working in Operations Engineering