Patrick Avina

PLM Program Manager

• Identified part schema and revision control obstacles and communicated possible impacts to leadership
• Developed strategic plans and objectives to streamline change control

• Redesigned and implemented entire part numbering and revision control to follow industry best practice (Class I Med Device)
• Manage Salesforce Propel PLM including all new part generation, BOM’s, AVL/AML and Change Orders
• Mfg. Ops business champion for Mfg. Ops to implement NetSuite (ERP)

• Redesigned and implemented entire part numbering and revision control to follow industry best practice (Class I Med Device)
• Developed and managed an in-house repair and refurbishment repair team of 16 techs located in Lakeland, Florida
• Mfg Ops business champion for Mfg. Ops to integrate Arena Solutions (PLM) with NetSuite (ERP)

• Created and implemented entire part numbering schema and revision control to allow for form, fit and function changes/updates
• Created complex structure for autonomous vehicle components - LIDAR
• Instituted Change Control Board (CCB) for processing Engineering Changes (ECOs)
• Instituted PCB gerber release process (Altium)

• Built team from one to a department of nine PLM Program Managers (Sustaining & NPI)
• Redesigned and implemented part numbering schema to allow for form, fit and function changes/updates
• Manage Arena PLM database including all new part generation, BOM’s, AVL/AML and Change Orders
• Trained all internal and external CM partners (Flextronics, Pegatron, Sanmina and IAC)
• Mfg. Ops business champion for Arena PLM to integrate with NetSuite (ERP)
• Managed Reverse Logistics operations for refurbished products with 3PL providers (ModusLink Nashville, TN)

• Redesigned part numbering schema to fit an outsourced manufacturing model
• Manage Oracle Agile PLM database including all new part generation, BOM’s, AVL/AML and Change Orders
• Trained internal CM partner (Jabil)
• CCB (Change Control Board) Chair

• Coordinated complex inventory of specialized optics
• Created, tracked, and closed customer work orders
• Responsible for clearing all shipment negatives in the ERP database (Oracle)
• Facilitated kitted inventory to the production floor
• Managed the corporate MRO purchasing function

• Implemented setup of all document control services
• Created Vpacket’s entire manufacturing and engineering part numbering scheme
• Implementer and trainer of the PLM system (Agile)
• CCB (Change Control Board) Chair

• Managed $5-million-dollar printing budget
• Repaired the documentation structure for all printed documentation and multimedia
• Re-branded all documentation, packaging, and multimedia within a one-month transition window
• Created a FA (First Article) process for printed documentation, multimedia, and packaged software products
• Improved and streamlined the release process for printed documentation
• Personally, wrote and implemented over 5000 Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
• Chaired CCB (Change Control Board)
• Managed off-site/disaster recovery records program
• Managed the entire corporate ISO 9001 procedure library