Matthew Lam

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About Matthew Lam

Strategic engineering leader with passion and rigor towards achieving company goals through teamwork, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement. I have a track record of motivating high performance team to execute on product roadmap strategies that drives company growth and profitability. I have extensive experience and knowledge in managing and leading product developments in consumer products, industrial equipment, and aerospace industry. Fundamentally, I am a dedicated leader who values hands-on and data-driven approach to problem solving.I believe in the importance of fostering a culture of trust, discipline, excellence, autonomy, andteamwork. I am always looking for the next challenge. If you need help solving your problems, feel free to contact me directly at matlam@uw.eduCAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Leading NPI project to outsource new product line that supports company’s go-to-market strategy, with a 13% improvement in gross margin, annualized cost saving of $3.3M on $30M revenue.• Developed and refined patented linear actuation solution that was selected as one of the finalists for the 2010 Design News Golden Mousetrap Best Product Award, a program that recognizes engineering innovation and creativity in product design.• Led the successful development of a new 360kW mobile Diesel Generator which helped the company break into new market segment, resulted in increased market share and an additional $4.3 million in annual sales revenue. The generator was featured on the cover of trade publication Diesel Progress, November 2007.CORE COMPETENCIES• Global team leadership• Technical oversight and project management• Budget/Capital expenditure Management• Product design, development and testing• Process design, sustaining and improvement• Regulatory compliance and certifications• Cross-functional team projects• Resource planning and allocation• Injection molded plastics, powder metal and metal casting design• Mechanism and linkage design• Failure mode and effect analysis (FMEA)• Lean manufacturing principles• Toyota Production System implementation in a manufacturing environment• Fluent in Chinese (Mandarin & Cantonese), written and spoken