Dianna Sabo's Experience:
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Program Manager at SMCI @ YFAI
November 2016 - Present | Palo Alto, CAYFAI produces the Center Floor Console for the Tesla Model 3 launching in July of 2017. Responsible for all program management activities including chairing open issues meetings with suppliers (45), assembly plants (5), engineering (located in China, California, and Michigan), manufacturing (China, US, Mexico, Ireland), quality, purchasing, and the customer. Construction of timing plans, reporting of gate reviews, prototype and production tool tracking, PPAP and IMDS tracking, and all supplier statement of work contracts. Program was extremely fast paced; concept through production was 9 months.
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Program Manager at ZF-TRW Body Control Systems
January 2015 - November 2016 | Livonia, MIZF-TRW’s Body Control Systems produces complex switches and electronic controls for the instrument panel and steering column which include all switches for vehicle controls; headlamps, mirrors, HVAC, and steering controls. Responsible for all activities from concept through production and introduction of capacity tooling for large programs that ship to over 18 OEM assembly plants, and over 30 programs globally. Coordinated supplier capacity and end-of-life tooling, PPAP, and launches to ensure production capacity and resources. Reported all activities into Clarity Global Program Management system. Maintained open issues, timing plans, and dashboard reports. Chaired all internal and external open issues meetings.
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Program Manager at TK Holding (Takata North America)
October 2013 - January 2015 | Auburn Hills, MITakata is the one of the world’s leading supplier of restraints, airbags, and occupant safety systems. As a program manager in the Chrysler Business Unit, responsible for directing, scheduling, tracking, and reporting on projects for airbags and restraints. Set up weekly meetings, create, update, Microsoft Project timing plans and open issues for all projects. Track all project deliverables, testing, prototype builds, plant readiness, and launch activities to ensure on-time completion and budget compliance. Work with account managers to set up strategy for change implementation, cost reductions, quality improvements, as well as mitigation of risks.
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Project Engineering Manager at Zodiac Aerospace
February 2012 - September 2013 | Gainesville, TXZodiac Seats US produces over 40% of all commercial airline seats. Hired in as Project Engineering Manager, but quickly put in charge of Certification Engineering as Manager, responsible test engineers, design validation engineers (FEA), materials and processes engineers (30+ engineers total), and over 130 seat projects. Managed all certification activities, directed lead certification engineers, reported to director on manpower and project issues. Implemented scheduling tool with over 900 reports scheduled. Responsible for dynamic and static testing, including troubleshooting all failures, redesigning to meet federal (FAA & EASA) requirements. Upon completion of the implementation of scheduling, was moved to an opportunity to create a new department for Product Engineering in which I am responsible to create a new baseline seat model for the top selling commercial airline seat system. Supervise a small team of experts in the seat system with the mission to establish the best-in-class and lightest weight seat system maintaining the original seat design ‘DNA.’
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Program Manager - Consultant at Dianna Sabo LLC
February 2003 - February 2012 | US, Canada, Greece, UKProvided services as senior program manager, vice president of operations, director of engineering, director of sales, to a variety of industries including software, oil refinery, automotive, and automotive aftermarket to support growth and cost reduction initiatives.
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Account Manager at The Oakwood Group
May 2000 - September 2001 | Dearborn, MIThe Oakwood Group is an injection molding and stamping supplier to automotive. Responsible for OEM and tier one supplier accounts for automotive and heavy truck industry. Major products include speaker grilles, injection molded interior trim parts, FMVSS 201 countermeasures, custom coatings and metal stampings. Account manager responsibilities include program management, detailed cost estimating and quote preparation, and all areas of customer satisfactions. Quoted over $350MM in steel stampings and injection molded parts for 22 different customers. Major accounts included Plastech, Ford, Toyota, Freightliner and Faurecia.
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Manager of Engineering at Lear Corporation
February 1995 - April 2000 | Trollhattan, Sweden & Southfield, MILear Corporation is an automotive seating supplier. As Manager of Occupant Safety Systems was responsible for the development of occupant safety devices such as the anti-whiplash seat back, FMVSS 201 countermeasures in the headliner and pillars, and various other products intended to reduce injury to the occupants. Supervised between 5 and 9 engineers and designers. Prior to that assignment, I accepted an overseas assignment in the Saab Platform. Was responsible for the development and launch of the Saab 9/5 wagon rear seats. Played a key role in QS-9000 certification, implementing systems and standards as required to support the project and the certification process. Supervised a team of engineering managers, engineers, program managers, material coordinators as platform manager to get entire Saab platform of Lear organized for better productivity and quality. As Design Engineering Manager, was responsible for CATIA design department, systems administration, release coordinators, and blueprint/file room and personnel. Supervised between 60 to 70 designers. Major accomplishments include the development of a project management tracking system that allows all project engineering to know exactly where their projects are in the design phase at any time. Responsible for departmental budgets, manpower leveling, CAD hardware/software development, and overall quality of designs produced. Held regular design reviews for all 5 platforms and design work request status reviews weekly. As Manager of Engineering for the DN program, was responsible for the engineering and design team selected for a compressed timing project for Chrysler. Responsible for all aspects of engineering, designing, prototyping, evaluating and launching of vehicle seat set. Reported to Director and supervised from 15 to 20 engineers and designers.
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Engineering Manager at Johnson Controls Automotive
January 1989 - February 1995Johnson Controls is an automotive seat and interior systems supplier. Career started as Lead Project Engineer for Chrysler Business Unit for the Chrysler LH program and the Chrysler Premier program. In April, 1990 accepted the challenge of building an off-site product engineering department in Georgetown, KY to support Toyota’s automotive seating products produced in assembly plants in the US and Canada. Responsibilities included engineering from customer provided design, and plant support for prototype through production for all Toyota and NUMMI product produced by JCI, NA. Required to maintain daily contact through faxes and phone to engineering contacts at Toyota in Japan and MI. Traveled to Japan for engineering meetings, prototype evaluations, and technology exchanges with Japanese joint venture companies. During three and a half years, created all necessary engineering procedures, established a document control facility, trained all new staff, and successfully launched the complete seat systems for the 1992 Camry, 1992.5 Camry Wagon, 1993 NUMMI Prizm/Corolla, and 1994 Camry Coupe. Responsibilities included developing and administrating budgets, maintaining bill of materials with cost/weight data, procuring equipment, facilities planning, employee development and training, and supervising activities of the designers and engineers.