Paula Reilly, PMP

Experience

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  AT&T Bell Laboratories

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1996

  Package Development Engineer, Member of Technical Staff
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  Lucent Technologies

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2002

  Program Manager
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  Agere Systems

  Jan 2002 - Jan 2007

  Program Manager

  Program Manager, Senior Member of Technical Staff

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  LSI Corp

  Apr 2007 - May 2014

  Product Engineer / Program Manager

  Manage new product introduction from quote request to qualification by providing project management leadership. Conduct daily interactions with contract manufacturers. Execute procurement of piece parts for all new products. Develop and foster strong supplier relationships through continuous quality and process improvements. Engage in quarterly supplier performance assessments based on quality, cost and interval metrics. • Coordinated 100 quotes on average, annually, from RFQ phase through qualification at contract manufacturers by relying on PMO best practices.• Successfully launched and delivered more than 75 new products to customers for LSI’s Storage business with an annual revenue of >$800M. • Effectively implemented several process improvements and cost savings initiatives to existing products that allowed the company to save > $6M annually by improving gross margins. Show less