Ned Kraft

Experience

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  Westinghouse Electric Company

  Jan 1983 - Jan 1988

  Senior Manufacturing Engineer

  Responsible for manufacturing processes, material specification, ordering, and quality for products exceeding $30M in annual sales.

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  Hewlett Packard Enterprise

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1998

  Managed mechanical design, electrical design, and reliability engineering for residential wireless products. Group was sold to Lucent. Lead engineer in a central organization that developed and delivered equipment and process solutions to HP's 17 worldwide high-volume printed circuit assembly operations. Also did extensive reliability engineering analysis and testing.

  • Product Development Manager

    Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  • Manufacturing Development Engineer

    Jan 1989 - Jan 1995
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  Endwave Corporation

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Director, New Product Introduction

  Planned, developed, and implemented a New Product Introduction organization to help Endgate (now Endwave, ENWV) make the transition from an engineering to a manufacturing company. Also, developed plans that allowed Endgate to meet their business plan numbers, merge with TRW/Milliwave, and go public. Managed key suppliers and quality issues. Supported sales in managing key customers.

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  BridgeWave Communications

  Jan 2000 - Aug 2001

  VP, Operations and Engineering

  Consulting executive - defined, built and handed off operations and engineering organizations. Set up US manufacturing facility, managed all product development, started and managed a UK subsidiary doing ASIC design, and managed offshore suppliers in Europe and China. Drove BridgeWave to ISO 9000 certification.

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  Ned Kraft Consulting

  Sept 2001 - now

  Dozens of assignmentsSamples listed below by company - industry - role*Brocade - product quality improvement*Tesla - Automotive - cable assembly*Intematix - LED lighting - Safety and process control improvements*Glenbeg Properties - Real Estate Development (Ireland and Hungary) - Program management, site feasibility reviews, executive coaching*Ventripoint - Medical - Executive coaching*Sneaky Klean - Shoe Cleaning Product - Marketing and product planning, executive coaching*Cilajet - automotive and aircraft paint protectant - Business strategy, product acquisition negotiations and executive coaching*Rent2buy.ie - Home and condo leasing - brought on as business partner to build infrastructure*McLean Masterworks - Online product delivery - Helped develop business plans and build an effective customer support system for the 50K+ customers, Executive coaching Show less

  • Organizational Performance Consultant - get results, not reports

    Jan 2000 - now

  • Management and engineering consultant

    Sept 2001 - Jun 2012
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  BridgeWave Communications

  Aug 2005 - Jun 2006

  Consulting VP, Operations

  Returned to BridgeWave to improve their operations organization performance. Within 6 months we reduced field returns by 5X and increased capacity by 5X. Built strong working relationships with Engineering, Sales and Channel Marketing VP’s, as well as with our Director of customer support, our customers and our supply chain. Handed organization off to a full-time executive.

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  SunPower Corporation

  Mar 2011 - Oct 2012

  Factory Automation and Process Consultant

  Technical lead on a critical wafer processing automation project. Rewrote and negotiated project specifications, directed employees and suppliers, and reporting results and issues to management. Equipment acceptance test was completed successfully.

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  EnerVault Corporation

  Jul 2012 - Jun 2013

  Manufacturing Consultant

  Assembly equipment and process development consultant. Designed and built critical assembly equipment and advised on designs and operational organization.

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  Cepheid

  Jul 2013 - Aug 2014

  Management Consultant - Sr. Director, Operations

  Transitional leader for Cepheid consumables manufacturing organization.Annual revenue: $400MQuarterly volume: millions of test cartridges.Improved reliability of supply and factory output.Improved NPI and planning organizational linkages.Reduced OCOGS and scrap with process improvements and employee training.Implemented organizational development programs to improve leadership depth.Saved senior management team over 40 hours of monthly oversight and reviews as a result of improvements in factory performance and new reporting processes. Show less

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  Kimochis

  Feb 2018 - now

  Chief Executive Officer