Michael Gadish

Successfully built and scaled a semiconductor supply chain organization from a 7-person startup to an 85-person team with full ownership of Foundry, Package, Test, Equipment & Tooling, and 3PIP & EDA, supporting the delivery of high-volume semiconductor products. Key achievements include consistently improving product quality (FATP yield < 500 DPPM, target 7yr AFR < 1500 DPPM), exceeding Master Production Schedule targets for all silicon programs, enabling critical supplier and manufacturing systems, and remaining on track to meet aggressive 5-year plan unit cost targets. Works directly with the COO and VP and other executives to develop and implement the Google's Silicon Supply Chain strategic plans. This also includes translating the company's vision and goals into actionable plans. Responsible for the Creation, Monitoring and evaluating the performance of various departments and teams. Responsible for setting performance targets, measures outcomes, and ensures continuous improvement. Established Process Optimization and responsible for identifying areas for improvement in operational processes and implementing changes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve quality. Leading and mentoring the management team and other staff members. This includes fostering a positive and productive work environment and promoting a culture of continuous learning and development. Responsible for Risk Management and identifying potential risks to the company's operations and developing strategies to mitigate them. This includes ensuring compliance with industry regulations and standards. Responsible for Financial Oversight which includes working with the CFO to develop budgets, monitor financial performance, and ensure that the company is operating within its financial means.

Lead and partner with various functional leaders and Executive stakeholders for strategy development and implementation/execution of strategic initiatives across the organization. Leads strategic project teams for delivery of large scale operational and organizational effectiveness, growth, and process improvement solutions with measurable results. Principle Responsibilities • Defines and facilitates the strategic planning process. • Leads Product Development process for all Google Consumer Devices. • Aligns and drives portfolio and prioritization and supports critical strategic initiatives in their formation of recommendations before their transition to implementation. • Conducts qualitative analysis both externally and internally to develop structured recommendations for strategic initiatives • Leads and facilitates work groups of leaders across the organization to gain input and form strategic recommendations • Develops fact-based recommendations and presents them to senior management to enable critical decisions.

Partnering with the Hardware Operation Leadership team to build long term business strategies for the Global Operations and Google Store teams, while also defining and driving the implementation of a integrated transformation roadmap. In addition, I continue to lead the Central Product Operations team responsible for driving strategic capabilities that tie to Googles consumer product portfolio.

To lead and enable best practices, standardize methodologies, and implement creative solutions across the consumer product operations groups. Lead for collaboration between operations functions to understand the current structures and methodologies in the Supply Chain. Responsible for optimization by analysis, ROI, development of solutions including Metrics and Dashboards.

Partner with the Executive and leadership team and other Chiefs of Staff to set strategy and goals for the organization, track progress and provide data-driven recommendations. Serve as the link between Global Operations and the COO’s office. Partner with the Strategy Leads and Chiefs of Staff to establish and refine processes and tools to effectively manage the business cadence of the organization including annual planning, OKRs, cross-team communication and decision-making. Manage key communications and reporting, across all levels of the organization, including to the SVP/VPs, cross-functionally and cross-PA, team all hands, and off-sites. Serve as a proxy for the COO, as appropriate. Partner and drive talent and culture initiatives, including recruiting, onboarding, product management process programs for consumer hardware, performance management, Googlegeist and DEI.

Lead in product vision, strategy, development and execution across a number of Data Center products and teams within Cisco Operations. Work cross functionally with technical, IT, marketing and Supply Chain teams and partner with business and corporate development for opportunities to accelerate our Data Center Products. Responsible to evangelize our Data Center product vision to senior management and diverse stakeholders through customer research, data analysis and the strength of convictions.

Champion enterprise goals by leading the development and implementation of supply chain strategy. Develop and implement processes, infrastructure, and enablers for +850-employee organization. Held accountable for supply chain’s finances, service, quality metrics, communications, change management strategy, and organizational health. Additionally shoulder a wide array of responsibilities, including managing various aspects of +$1.5M budget for global team of +850, company-level tactical projects, a unified strategic planning process, and a multitude of other high-profile critical tasks. Help drive organization transformation, while articulating ROI to VP and senior leaders. Impact: Sustained optimal supply chain performance over multiple years by developing strong capabilities. Played a key role on team that set direction for future fiscal years (including FY16).

Spearheaded successful NPI product launches, leading a 19-member team in 3 locations (San Jose, CA; Austin TX; and Shanghai China) to support 7 business units (2k, 3k, 4k, 6K, IOT, CPG, TMG) and 6 engineering managers. Created a robust end-to-end supply chain process for multiple products (Optics, Switching, and Routing), generating $10B in revenue. Worked with cross-functional teams and vendors to lead all material-related activities to support NPI programs from inception to production handoff. Impact: Delivered build plan commits of over $19.6B in FY12 with supply chain excellence, cost effectiveness, high quality, and flexibility during ramp and lifecycle. • Saved $60M in one fiscal year by driving extensive cost avoidance and containment efforts across 7 business units and product lifecycle. • Generated freight savings of $3.1M for FY12 and $14.5M in FY13 by implementing ocean freight and expedite control programs for UABU, AGBU, WNBU, and ECBU. • Launched large-scale product, despite extreme cost and timeline pressures, while managing multiple other programs in development and manufacturing. • Ensured Cisco hit aggressive project schedules at the highest value by leveraging strong unique relationships with internal stakeholders and the right vendors.

• Led Digital Camera operational planning organization in all areas of supply chain for North America (FY04 revenues totaled $580M). • Conceptualized and Directed Digital Cameras moving to smaller box formats (Bottom-line savings: $3M / year), mixed mode ocean shipments (Bottom-line savings: $1M / year), and use of thermoform packaging in China (Revenue increase: $12M in additional sales / year). • Consultant for operational growth of the Digital Camera - Printer hard bundle and pallet shipper go-to-market business strategies from 90k units in FY01 to 600k units in FY04 (Result: HP captured first mover advantage and 99.5% of the hard bundle market space in FY03).

Identify and reduce organizational barriers to strategic execution Formulate approaches for improving alignment between your organization and your team's culture, structure, strategy, and metrics Recognize, communicate, and influence project, program, and portfolio decisions and deliverables Build a stronger project-based organization that consistently delivers high performance Improve your ability to impact results beyond the project level

The study of processes and systems to extract knowledge or insights from data in various forms, either structured or unstructured data