David Lerma

Experience

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  IBM

  Jul 2001 - Sept 2020

  - Led team to overcome and mitigate issues to deliver product on time and with high quality- Planned, deployed and executed product upgrades and features on new and existing products- Used defect data, test case execution rate and team feedback to analyze program progress- Identified blocking issues and deployed solutions to achieve key milestones for on-time product release- Gathered cross-functional team needs and authored a bottoms-up system demand for the program- Analyzed previous programs to guide current allocation and prioritization of resources to complete aggressive schedules and drive down costs- Interlocked schedule among the development, bringup, integration and test teams to meet proposed product schedule- Created a highly adaptable and rapidly adjustable integration and allocation tool to help program management quantify impacts and tradeoffs for proposed changes in timeline and allocation of systems Show less International assignment for 18 months to create a new sister organization into a new and growing geography. Trained, led and grew technical skills for 20 talented individuals across two teams: System Integration and System Test.- Taught server, debug and test skills in a classroom and hands-on setting- Measured growth and progress and addressed individual and team weaknesses- Achieved team competency on time and deployed them to achieve deliverables- Led the team through as their local Test Release Manager across multiple products and met or exceeded deliverables- Scrutinized test case throughput among the teams to provide goals and growth metrics for the new team- Grew skills through coaching and mentorship to achieve team autonomy and sustainability- Enabled the local System Integration Team to support the Manufacturing and Test teams to increase local efficiencies for on-site debug, analysis and resolution capabilities to reduce system downtime- Helped forge a technical culture and career path at the site Show less Led a team of HW engineers from Power On, HW/SW system integration, Defect/Debug support, Manufacturing Rollout, Early Ship Customer installations, product GA and customer support. Also provided system support, debug and root cause analysis to all the teams that used these products.- Systems teams on Low-End, High-End, HPC, and OpenPower products- Authored, tested and completed Hardware Integration Test (HIT) to ensure teams downstream received a product that met or exceeded entry criteria- Analyzed and debugged system failures, created solutions and implemented fixes on a system level- Owned systems from system simulation, through Power On, Bringup, Integration, Test, MFG and customer support and delivered them on time and within the initial hardware that I requested- Grew debug skills to find root cause, propose and implement solutions and provide novel solutions to high impact issues- Thought at a system level and provided expertise and analysis to program-level groups and review boards- Developed team’s knowledge, skills, expertise and impact Show less - Initial expertise was in processor, memory and I/O areas and grew skills to a holistic system view- Learned about the sub-system hardware and code at a very low level- Created scripts, programs and other useful tools to help debug problems, gather additional data, implement complex workarounds and standardize solutions across teams on a system- Gained skills in chip and memory validation and characterization through debug opportunities- Worked with Manufacturing to enable testing, streamline the process, increase throughput and decrease fallout- Part of teams that solved critical manufacturing, processor, memory and customer issues Show less

  • Integration Manager, Low-End High-End Products

    Dec 2018 - Sept 2020

  • International Assignment, Guadalajara, MX

    Jun 2016 - Dec 2018

  • Technical Team Lead

    Jun 2006 - Jun 2016

  • Staff Engineer in Development

    Jul 2001 - Jun 2006
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  AMD

  Sept 2020 - now

  Currently leading Data Center GPU RAS validation team. In this role, I validate RAS features for the GPU and system to ensure they work as designed. Skills include leading team, architecture reviews, debug, documentation, test plans and lots of interactions with IP, Architecture and Integration teams to implement and validate the RAS features. Senior Design Engineer at AMD - System Integration

  • Senior Member of Technical Staff

    May 2022 - now

  • Senior Member Of Technical Staff

    Sept 2020 - May 2022