ROMMEL KHOSHABIAN

1287 Littman Drive, San Jose CA, 95120.

 

Phone:  (408) 242-9084    e-mail: rommel.khoshabian@yahoo.com

 

Summary:Dynamic, results oriented, confident leader with over 20 years’ experience in managing Semi-conductor Equipment. Skilled problem solver, with proven track record of improving customer service, reducing cycle time, improving quality, and reducing costs.

 

Career Objective: Sustaining Equipment Engineering or Fab Equipment Management position in R&D and/or Manufacturing Operations.

 

Qualifications:JDSU Inc. San Jose, CA                             Manufacturing/Equipment Manager             

2008 – Present

Current Responsibilities:

·                     Equipment manager for 200mm Optical Technology in telecommunication Center at San Jose facility, supporting operation, production line, and engineering development activity.

·                     Managing and responsible for budgeting and forecasting spare parts, consumable materials, and ongoing vendor expenses. Reducing spending cost by 40% using 2^nd source spare parts, reducing FSE support cost by 70% by training technician and providing supporting documentation.

·                     Champion the transfer of 8-inch wafer Fab equipment from Milpitas to San Jose, Managed contractor and work closely with EHS and City/County, and 3^rd party electrical team for all required certification and final permits. Project completed and delivered on budges and on time.

·                     Key contributor to a cross-functional team of process and equipment engineering, facilities projects, and environmental health and safety department.

·                     Managing 4 shifts of line maintenance with 24/7 coverage, supporting the operation with > 90% uptime on the entire fab equipment tool set including, Novellus CVD, AMAT 5200 Oxide, DPS Metal Etch, AMAT PVD Sputter, Watkins  & Johnson , and oxide furnaces plus large line of metrology equipment.  Also managing following wafer fab equipment:  lithography (Canon stepper and SVG track), Verteq wet etch, Semitool, and Gasonics Asher. 

·                     Tracked key metrics (Uptime, MTBF, MTBR, tool qualification/defects, etc.)

Experience:

Applied Materials Inc. Sunnyvale, CA                                          Facility/Project Manager

2007 – 2008

As a senior project manager, supported Technology Center at Arques Campus for facilitating and installation of new 300-MM equipment tool set. Working directly with internal engineering team, supporting the product development activity. Managed budget, construction schedule, and coordination directly with facility team, environmental and safety, City (for permit), electrical/mechanical trades and sub-contractors.

 

Intel Corporation              Project Management

Santa Clara, CA              Facility Closure and Sr. Equipment Engineer.

2001 to 2006

Project manager supporting Santa Clara and Folsom site facilities department with multiple site operation and construction projects. Have lead 8 inch wafer manufacturing Photonics Technology Operation fab startup as a senior member of the equipment installation and tool qualification team, develop and manufacture Intel’s first highly integrated optical networking planar devices (PLC).

 

 

Key Accomplishments at Intel, Facility and Optical Group:

 

·                     Supported direct day to-day sustaining activities and strategic needs of the Site Facilities department. Responsible for the facilities site incident prevention plan permit approval process, involving major utility interruptions and impacts to buildings services during the scheduled site shutdown.

·                     As a site facility management representative, coordinate and accomplished number of large construction projects at Santa Clara campus including Data Center expansion project at Santa Clara-4 and 11 site, RNB, SC-4 building refresh, and CHP3 site closure. 

·                     While a start-up, managed Fab equipment installation, facility upgrades, process and equipment qualifications, vendor management during purchasing equipment and installation. This project was on time and ahead of schedule to meet product introduction.

·                     Progressively increased responsibility. Focus area: Fab equipment engineering management, operation cost analysis, vendor/supplier management, facility, EHS, hiring and training key people to support ramp.

·                     Managed NPI, equipment and operation CIP projects to meet and improve the quality of our products and customer’s satisfaction. Directed manufacturing operations recognized as the industry benchmark for lowest manufacturing cost and highest product quality.

·                     Key contributor to a cross-functional team of process and equipment engineering, facilities, Reliability Lab including JDSU fiber optic testers and Thermotron Environmental chamber.

·                     Maintained > 85% uptime on the entire section tool set (TEL Oxide Etcher, AMAT Endura Sputter, TCR Signatone, KLA Profilometer, and March plasma chamber.

·                     Recognized with an Intel Divisional Recognition Award for resolving a critical tool install schedule roadblock to meet the original fab startup timeline.

·                     Engaged with Environmental Health Safety engineering, implement and coordinate Air Quality District inspection for completing permit process and requirements.

 

Applied Materials Thin Film- Application Lab Manager

Bowers BlvdField Service Engineer

Santa Clara, Ca1993 to 2001

 

Key Accomplishments at Applied Material

 

·                     Managed group of five equipment Techs engineering to perform and implementing engineering, R & D, and CIP continuous improvement program) on 8 tools, including six Centura and two new 300mm systems. Supported Demos / Marathons for customer locations worldwide.

·                     Responsible for monitoring and providing lab usage data, including tool utilization and down time on a total of 19 chambers.

·                     Supervised and trained five FSE’s (Field Service Engineer) and Intel equipment Techs.

·                     Managed operation planning, budgeting, and resources on new system start ups within the Santa Clara lab, including critical integration and next generation product.

·                     Provided forecasting and ordering for a large inventory of 200/300mm spare parts.

·                     Interfaced with mechanical contractors, project consultants, and AMAT facility personnel to complete projects efficiently, within the budget and without compromising AMAT and OSHA safety standards.

·                     Proficient and certified on Applied Materials Centura, Endura, and P5000 platforms.

Education & Additional Training:

 

·        Foothill College - Los Altos,  CA  - Semiconductor  certification

·                    CTI Cryogenics, Robotics, Vacuum, Plumbing and fitting certified.