Lai Xiping

Experience

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  TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.

  Aug 2004 - Jan 2006

  Test Engineer
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  TCT Mobile Phones (Alcatel)

  Feb 2006 - Sept 2008

  Product Engineer

  • Managed global carriers’ requirements. Tracked product technology road-maps and benchmarks.• Participated in the quality assurance systems training and facilitated system launch in the company for manufacture and R&D center, including CMMI, ISO900, and TQM.• Created comprehensive test plans, scripts, and use cases. Monitored performance and generated reports detailing product quality and defect rates.• Participated in systematical GSM network training, including mobile station, base station system, network station system, and operation maintenance. Show less

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  TCL&Alcatel Mobile Phone R&D Center,Shanghai,China

  Oct 2008 - Jan 2018

  • Managed products with PMP waterfall and Agile hybrid approaches.• Set up and tracked the whole life cycle by following up road-maps and portfolios. Managed kick-off, technical feasibility, cost estimation, and quality assurance.• Led a culturally diverse team’s cooperation of 20 functional managers from software, hardware, mechanical, quality, validation, production, and marketing departments. Meanwhile regularly communicated with stakeholders for development progress.• Took a challenging project and achieved the shortest approval cycle in theorganization’s history. Responsible for negotiating contracts with 3rd app providers, especially for technical function implementation and interface support.• Supported the global customer service team with the homologation and deliverables. Show less • Implemented product requirements with organizational skills and verification process, by building a test environment, designing validation strategy, and monitoring qualification tests.• Obtained global world type-approval certificates for terminal devices, including CE, FCC, GCF, PTCRB, BT, Wi-Fi Alliance, ROHS, WEEE, WHQL, CTIA IEEE1725, and NFC.• Scheduled and supervised staff meetings on monitoring project progress, risk management, brainstorming new ideas, experience sharing, and team building.• Delivered outcomes for 17 projects based on specified timelines, budgets, and requirements. Output instruction materials for troubleshooting and problem-solving, pre-sales, and post-sales technical support. • Trained new VPM. Led seven projects simultaneously and successfully met all milestones. Show less

  • Senior Project Manager

    Dec 2016 - Jan 2018

  • Validation Project Manager

    Oct 2008 - Nov 2016
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  TCL North America

  Feb 2018 - Sept 2019

  US Validation Department Deputy Director

  • Managed a cross-function team with eleven members and a protocol lab team with seven members, including managing test devices and services plans, test cases and strategy, and test equipment upgrade and maintenance.• Took charge of outsourcing test contracts with third-party labs, including test scope, quotation, and payment.• Monitored US national market regulation and compliance to ensure that products are competitive and above market standards.• Provided regular reports to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.• Educated employees on specific QA standards and confirmed maintenance of standards. Show less