Brendan Strum

- Leading a team responsible for supply, cost, NPI and contracts for Watch, Mac Touch Bar & New Technologies - Manage a supplier portfolio of $1.7B in annual spend. Report cost savings and deal structures to Procurement & Finance VPs on a monthly basis - Successfully expanded OLED capacity by 2x in the past 18 months through shared capex investments and the bring-up of a second strategic partner in order to support Apple’s Wearables growth - Collaborate with Engineering & Marketing to evaluate product strategy and influence Apple’s new tech roadmap - Responsible for executing complex, multi-billion dollar contracts which transition projects from technology investigations to mass production. Agreements include vendor obligations tied to capacity, supply, cost and project risk

Display: - Responsible for managing the iPhone XR Display supply chain - Co-managed $2B in spend across 3 industry known LCD suppliers, consistently delivering 3%+ QoQ - Supported early engagement with Engineering/Product Design to reduce LCD supply chain costs by over 20% through multi-sourcing and design optimization Interconnect: - Managed ~$1B in spend across 12 suppliers within the Flex/PCB industry - Own quarterly negotiations, consistently achieving savings with a range of 3.5-12% - Collaborated cross-functionally to successfully ramp ~90 Interconnect PN’s per year that fed into 3 iPhone models (iPhone 6+, 7, 8) - DRI for the supplier selection, capacity bring-up and overall manufacturing readiness for 3 brownfield flex factories in SE Asia that supported 3D Touch technology for iPhone

• Project management and advisory function that supports TE’s businesses with global footprint and strategic projects • Project Manager for $50M, 660k SQ FT Multi-Business Manufacturing Greenfield Project in Hermosillo, Mexico • Develop and implement consistent footprint strategies and standard processes across TE’s 16 business units • Evaluate manufacturing climates, assess industry trends / environments and support in business case development • Liaison between regional businesses and corporate support functions to ensure sound evaluations and successful projects • Utilize FlexSim to simulate operations in order to evaluate and justify investment in automation and lean manufacturing

Global Procurement – Resins • Implemented a global resins consolidation and complexity reduction strategy resulting in 2% or $10M in savings - Developed a strategy to move from 5000 to 500 grades over 2 years - Interfaced with Engineering and Strategic Suppliers to align efforts and execute the reductions • Managed $20M of PBT FR – executed a global PBT FR RFQ resulting in 7% or $1.5M in savings Lean Manufacturing & Process Improvement - Aerospace and Automotive Segments • AD&M – contactors and relays value stream kaizen: - Exercised competitive bids and supply base consolidation for hermetic connectors - $46k in savings - Leverage QCPC to eliminate 100% of dielectric failures through heat shrink tubing substitution - In-sourced secondary machining process of actuator plates – 28% savings per unit • AUTO – mechatronics value stream kaizen: - Relocation of inspection station and de-coupling of molding from assembly – increase OEE by 13% and $21k saving - Recommended a heat cured silicone material alternative- potential for 38% or $108k savings Global Logistics – Operations & Network Design • Led a package labeling improvement project for the US DC Network – savings of $160k • Supported development of outsourcing RFQ for TE’s US DC Network to strategic 3PL providers • Utilize SC Guru to model and evaluate supply chains and identify improvement opportunities • Leverage FlexSim to simulate operations including production, replenishment and distribution

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