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A versatile executive with experience in general management and supply chain management. A senior software architect/manager in the research and development of the telecommunications and networking industry, with more than 10 years experience in wireless, optical and data networking. An outstanding graduate from a top Executive MBA program (Queen's) in Canada. A highly motivated individual who has exceptional technical skills, management experiences, the knowledge of general management and business acumen, grew from a top student to a creative engineer, then to an excellent manager. Played a critical role in the successful delivery of 3 startup projects in Nortel.
Specialties:
- Starting up R&D projects and bringing them to success.
- Improving R&D efficiency.
- Product development process
- Management of complex projects
- Sourcing and supply chain management in China
- Data networking technology
- Wireless communications
- Product architecture definition
- Rapidly building a new team
- Technology transfer to low cost center
- Wireless mesh network
Frank Yuan (frankyuan01@yahoo.com)
VP/GM, Polycom China DST, Polycom
Beijing, China
Frank Yuan (frankyuan01@yahoo.com) |
Schools attended |
Queen s University (Executive MBA) |
University of Ottawa (Electrical Engineering) |
Polycom |
VP/GM, Polycom China DST
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Sector: High Tech |
2006 - 2007 : Nortel |
Director of Sourcing, Asia supply chain management center
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- Lead sourcing team to search, select, develop, qualify and collaborate with new strategic sources of supply - Develop world class sourcing organization - recruit, develop and retain qualified resources - Develop and implement six sigma processes around accelerated product qualification, accelerated supplier qualification, supplier development and eSourcing initiatives - Deliver cost reduction, low cost spend, quality, DPO and other critical financial objectives per Global Procurement targets | |
Sector: Telecom - Internet Products and Services |
1995 - 2006 : Nortel |
Senior Architect/Manager, Product development and Management
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Senior Architect/Manager, WiMAX product development - WiMAX base station architecture definition. Selection of network processor, operating system, framework software, networking software and application software. - Product feature definition and roadmap. - 3rd party software supplier management. - Development resource planning, including lab, development infrastructure, headcount, etc. - Recruiting and training of the development team. - Patent applications for intellectural property protection. - Work with the system team to influence the WiMAX standard. - Data security prime. Release leader, Wireless Mesh network development - Led the development of wireless release 2.0/2.1. Successfully delivered a quality product on a tight schedule and limited budget. - Defined the product content and high level architecture of the networking and application software. - Business process optimization. Improved the R&D efficiency by more than 30%. - Capital budgeting, Lab and SDE (Software Development Environment) planning - Headcount planning and recruiting. Played a key role in growing the team from 20 to around 50 people. - Management of offshore development. - People management and development. Manager/Architect, Optical product development Senior Designer, Broadband STP Manager, DMS-STP development System/Software engineer | |
Sector: Telecom - Internet Products and Services |
Interests |
Tennis, volleyball, badminton, golf, swimming, travelling, reading, music. |
