Benjamin Bigaut

Current

• Manufacturing Engineering Manager at Anritsu
• Manufacturing Manager at Anritsu

Past

• Manufacturing Transition Project Manager at Anritsu Company
• Production Supervisor at Anritsu Company
• Manufacturing Engineer at Anritsu Company

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Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• EAI Tech

Connections

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Industry

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Benjamin Bigaut’s Experience

• Manufacturing Engineering Manager

  Anritsu

  (Public Company; 6754.T; Telecommunications industry)

  January 2009 — Present (11 months)

  Managing a team of 6 manufacturing engineers responsible for Anritsu's Sitemaster handheld products, Bluetooth and WLAN testers and power meters. Responsible for sustaining and improving the manufacturability of these products, while driving cost reduction and reliability improvement projects. Repsonsible for the smooth instroduction of new products to manufacturing.

• Manufacturing Manager

  Anritsu

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  May 2008 — Present (1 year 7 months)

  Manages the Short Range Wireless (Bluetooth and WLAN testers) and power meter production lines. Coordinates manufacturing engineering activities within production group. Works as liaison between SRW engineering business unit in the UK and manufacturing in the US. Involved in transition of new UK designed products to manufacturing.

• Manufacturing Transition Project Manager

  Anritsu Company

  (Public Company; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 2 months)

  Managed and coordinated the transfer of Anritsu UK's manufacturing operations from Stevenage, UK to Morgan Hill, USA. Relocation project involved 3 different product lines (power meters, bluetooth testers and WLAN testers) generating a combined revenue of over $20M. Lead cross functional transition team (purchasing, planning, mfg engineering, IT) through successful transition project. Managed the manufacturing operations and engineering support for the newly transferred production lines.

• Production Supervisor

  Anritsu Company

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  August 2003 — March 2007 (3 years 8 months)

  In charge of part of the production of the microelectronics microwave components group within Anritsu. Responsible for 4 product lines including microwave doublers, downconverters, yig oscillators and switched filters. Also providing manufacturing engineering support for these product lines. Direct reports include 16+ microelectronics assemblers and test specialists. In charge of developing new void-free vacuum die-attach process for GaAs die to carrier attachments. Involved in quality, reliability and manufacturability improvement efforts as well as cost reduction projects.

• Manufacturing Engineer

  Anritsu Company

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  August 2001 — March 2007 (5 years 8 months)

  In charge of supporting all technical and manufacturing aspects for 3 microwave component product lines (yig oscillators, frequency doublers and switched filters). Main responsibilities include ensuring manufacturability, quality and reliability of products built as well as resolving day to day issues to ensure on time shipments and high first pass yields. Other responsibilities included new supplier qualifications, reliability and process improvement efforts, cost reduction activities , etc.

Benjamin Bigaut’s Education

• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  BS , Electrical Engineering , 1999 — 2001

• EAI Tech

  Electrical Engineering 1997 — 1999

Benjamin Bigaut’s Contact Settings

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