Carl Tu

•Equipment procurement management: Drive equipment readiness for India site, verifying engineering specifications, managing supplier resources, and hosting the bidding process for indirect procurement. Train India buyer team on PO and ETA tracking systems •Process digitalization & automation: Designed and implemented a procurement process tracking system with IT to automate PO-to-payment monitoring; utilized Excel VBA to integrate and consolidate AP aging data, enabling early risk detection and timely payment control, which eliminated process bottlenecks and cleared USD $120M in overdue supplier payments •Supplier management: Collaborate with Apple GSM to strategically develop localized supplier base in India by conducting Capex cost analysis, drive vendor onboarding by vendor code registration processes, lead contract and payment term negotiations to reduce procurement costs

•Product management: Defined specifications for multi-sensor camera by coordinating cross-functional R&D to perform DOE and initiate proposals to customers, analyzed competitor benchmarks to identify technical differentiators; devised a generic accessories datasheet to streamline product configuration and customer proposal process •Contract & risk management: Reviewed master supply agreement and negotiated business terms governing forecast/PO change’s flexibility, warranty, and related liability belonging; settled contracts with customers to achieve mutual benefits and mitigate liability risks •Supplier & material management: Oversaw external SMT manufacturer's supply, led risky PCB control run with PE & SQE to validate process stability, managed E&O inventory analysis using Tableau to visualize material data and identify cost recovery opportunities; successfully negotiated a $700K E&O mitigation plan with customers

•Amazon Go project management: Managed project schedule using Project Libre to track milestones and dependencies; drove component readiness and engineering change implementation to ensure on-time delivery of smart retail camera modules and devices •Technical coordination: Served as project lead between R&D, manufacturing, and sourcing teams to support HTC AR/VR camera module RFQ; facilitated DFM reviews with Qualcomm to align design parameters with production feasibility •Supplier management: Drove supplier's shortage recovery plan, collaborated with R&D to conduct on-site audits of a VCM supplier, analyzing root causes of its particle-related yield loss and driving corrective actions that improved yield by 10% and preserved $2M in sales revenue for Amazon Go camera device

•Amazon/Intel project management: Led cross-functional teams through NPI-to-MP transition for Amazon Robotics and Intel RealSense camera module programs; implemented production readiness tracking using Excel-based KPI dashboard to monitor material LT, yield rate, and output capacity, ensuring 100% on-time mass production •Cost & profit management: Conducted cost breakdown analysis and margin modeling to assess project profitability; identified cost reduction opportunities through process optimization, negotiated price adjustments and NRE claims with customers to sustain target profit margin •Material management: Acted as MPM to present CTB reports to customer SCM teams; utilized ERP system and pivot analysis to forecast material readiness, mitigate shortage risk via risk-buy strategy, and secured customer authorization letters to enable critical component procurement •Supplier management: Collaborated with optical and process engineers to evaluate new lens suppliers through technical capability scoring, yield data analysis, and cost benchmarking; established second-source vendors to strengthen supply continuity and improve component cost competitiveness

Graduate Studies in Supply Chain Management

•Amazon NPI development: Delivered camera module solution for Amazon Lab126's AI applications, coordinated engineering team to resolve NPI issues to reach 95% yield before ramp manufacturing •New product development: Developed experimental prototypes for a 360° sport camera project; utilized Minitab to perform statistical analysis on lens attachment accuracy, driving image quality optimization

• Supply chain management: Managed 10 sales assistants to fulfill Apple’s camera module order; took over iPhone X semi-finished module production from Sharp when they failed to deliver adequate yield rates – successfully delivered product by resolving key bottleneck of iPhone X production • Business & cost management: Evaluated new project process and yield with R&D, applied financial modeling to estimate cost items with finance, and analyzed ROI to win new business via competitive quotes

• Analyzed Japanese market to create strategy alliance with leading Japanese telecom company (NTT Docomo) resulting in significant growth in local market share • Executed logistic project, negotiated with 10 forwarders to get competitive shipment solutions, established a system for freight search and profit evaluation, optimized delivery procedure