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Phuong Banh

Phuong Banh

SAN RAMON,California

Summary

Dedicated and hand-on Project/Technical Management Specialist with +20yrs of experience excelling at planning, managing, and leading Team to successfully bring up, characterize, and qualify 7+ generation of NOR Flash memory Technology and platform products. Results-oriented and high-energy professional with talent for leading by example and inspiring peak performance.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Principal Engineer(Sr. Director Equivalent)

Infineon Technologies LLC
San Jose, California
04.2020 - Current
  • Project Manager/Technical Lead for new Generation NOR memory Product, Test Chip, and 1st Generation IFX LPDDR4 NOR Flash.
  • Developed comprehensive Silicon strategy, plan, and schedule for Silicon bring-up, characterization, and qualification phases.
  • Liaised between internal teams such as Design, Technology, Fab, Quality, Marketing, and operations, during product planning, bring-up, qualification and production ramp phases.
  • Managed multiple projects with competing deadlines simultaneously.
  • Facilitated regular meetings with department heads to review progress on projects.
  • Created a collaborative work environment that fostered teamwork among departments.
  • Prioritized and delegated daily tasks for engineering project team members.
  • Provided technical advice and guidance to staff on complex issues.
  • Supervised day-to-day activities of a team of engineers engaged in development and troubleshooting efforts.
  • Defined and created technical requirements documents to ensure product specifications are met.
  • Defined DFT/DFM for characterization and production test coverage to achieve AEC Automotive Quality standards.
  • Defined/architect frontend, backend and qualification test flows and coverage.
  • Defined clear test strategy at Development vs. Production phase to facilitate Si Bring-up vs. Effective and efficient Manufacturable Production test flows.
  • Developed product internal Algorithms to achieve Automotive Grade qualification.

Fellow/Lead Principal Product Development Engineer

Cypress Semiconductor
San Jose, CA
03.2015 - 04.2020
  • Project Manager/Technical Lead for Semper HS/HL256T/512T/01GT HyperBus/Octal/SPI DDR/SDR NOR Flash Family
  • Developed comprehensive Silicon strategy, plan, and schedule for Silicon bring-up, characterization, and qualification phases.
  • Provided technical guidance to team members regarding tasks assigned to them.
  • Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
  • Monitored progress of each project to ensure timely delivery of deliverables in accordance with established quality standards.
  • Defined DFT/DFM to ensure products can meet Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 1-3 qualifications.
  • Defined/architect frontend, backend and qualification test flows and coverage.

Fellow

Spansion
Sunnyvale, CA
06.2010 - 03.2015
  • Project Manager/Technical Lead for MB65 and MB45 NOR Flash Product Family
  • Provided guidance and direction to project team.
  • Conducted regular internal and cross functional Team meetings with key personnel to discuss progress and address any issues.
  • Successfully lead Team to achieve 1st Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 2-3 Qualification.
  • Defined DFT/DFM for characterization and production test coverage to achieve Automotive Quality standard.
  • Defined/architect frontend, backend and qualification test flows and coverage.

Manager of Product Development Engineer

Spansion
Sunnyvale, CA
10.2008 - 06.2010
  • Project Manager/Technical Lead for ORNAND product
  • Developed Silicon bring-up, characterization and qualification plan, schedule, and strategy for project.
  • Coached, mentored, and trained team members to improve their job performance.
  • Conducted regular meetings with staff to discuss progress and identify areas of improvement.
  • Collaborated with other departments to ensure timely completion of projects.
  • Assigned tasks to associates to fit skill levels and maximize team performance.
  • Conducted quality, timely performance feedback and performance appraisals.

Education

Bachelor of Science -

Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
05-1996

Skills

  • Technical leadership
  • Project Management
  • Project Team Leadership
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • Strategic Decision-Making
  • Solution building
  • Project Coordination
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Team Mentoring
  • Automotive Qualification
  • Semiconductor Process
  • DFT/DFM Definition
  • Product development expertise
  • Product development lifecycle

Timeline

Senior Principal Engineer(Sr. Director Equivalent)

Infineon Technologies LLC
04.2020 - Current

Fellow/Lead Principal Product Development Engineer

Cypress Semiconductor
03.2015 - 04.2020

Fellow

Spansion
06.2010 - 03.2015

Manager of Product Development Engineer

Spansion
10.2008 - 06.2010

Bachelor of Science -

Carnegie Mellon University
Phuong Banh