Gregory Thomas

Strategic Sourcing Manager GPUs and Network Interface Cards @ Oracle

About

Experience in High Tech and Aerospace industries. Roles at Oracle America & Sun Microsystems include Commodity Manager, Supplier Program Manager for server products and Supplier Engineer. Focus on NPI products. Responsible for product quality, DF* review, product cost, development of product contracts with External Manufacturers, supply chain development. Roles at Lockheed Martin included Project Engineer and Test Engineer within the mechanical controls group supporting Fleet Ballistic Missiles. Responsible for small rocket motor and electro-mechanical actuation systems design, test, and manufacturing process development. Supplier Management Supplier Engineering/Quality Engineering Mechanical Design Manufacturing Process Development Hardware Test Specialties: Contract development and negotiation Supplier sourcing Commodity management Engineering project management Subcontractor management

Country

United States

City

San Jose

Industry

Computer Hardware

Skill

Supply Chain Management, Supply Management, Product Development, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Process Improvement, Testing, Sourcing, Contract Management, SPC, Strategic Sourcing, Negotiation, Aerospace, Telecommunications, Cost Management, Program Management

Experience

Strategic Sourcing Manager GPUs and Network Interface Cards

Oracle

2024-4 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

Santa Clara, California

GPU & DPU/NIC commodity supplier relationship management. Cost, contracts, material availability, NPI & sustaining phases, supplier relationships. Partner with Quality organization to ensure supplier product quality programs, support in place.

Sourcing Manager for Key Commodity Central Hub

Oracle

2020-8 - 2024-3 · 3 yrs 8 mos

United States

Supported development and on-going management of key commodity hubs managed by CM partner. Responsible for contract, cost, warehouse space, material issues. Quarterly management and executive business reviews. Supported RBA and insurance related audits.

Commodity Manager

Oracle

2017-8 - 2020-7 · 3 yrs

United States

Commodity manager with ownership of IC supplier base. Pricing, material availability and contracts. Partnered with design teams to support NPI CPU & GPU server development including review supplier product roadmaps, RFQs, price negotiation.

NPI Supplier Program Manager, Servers & Storage

Oracle

2004-5 - 2017-7 · 13 yrs 3 mos

Santa Clara, Ca

•Lead Supplier Management NPI activities with external manufacturers for high end server & storage systems. •System cost ownership including presentations to Engineering and Operations upper management •Interface with Design Engineering, Value Engineering, and suppliers to drive buy level assembly cost, lead time reduction, tooling cost. •Supplier sourcing including 2nd source identification •Supply chain development & mapping •Product contract development including product quality definition, cost & standard lead time, tooling asset identification. • Agile ECO/MCO approval

Supplier Engineer

Sun Microsystems

2000-4 - 2004-4 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Santa Clara, Ca

Interface between mechanical design groups and Sun supply base on NPI and sustaining products to address enclosure & injection molded plastic DFMA, qualification requirements, and supplier quality. •Lead supplier audits and technical qualification activities. •Perform root cause analysis and corrective action in conjunction with suppliers on sheet metal & molded plastic components. •Develop next generation supplier quality requirements by developing cross business unit metrics definition and supplier process control methodologies including SPC. •Led a global PCBA outsourcing team by defining technical and qualification requirements and tracking technical team activities to schedule.

Product Engineer

Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space Co

1987-9 - 2000-4 · 12 yrs 8 mos

Sunnyvale, Ca

•Lead Product Engineer for electro-mechanical control system group responsible for overseeing supplier operations related to design, manufacture, quality, & qualification of strategic missile control systems. •Design change review and approval •Test failure analysis and reporting to Lockheed management and military civilian contractors •Supplier process development and qualification