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GEORGE U. KALU
Operations Program Manager, ITRenew
Location: Morgan Hill, CA United States
Joined: Sep 26th, 2018

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Texas Southern University class of 2003

Undergrad Major: Civil Engineering

Experience

I currently work with ITRenew as Operations Program Manager
I have years of experience working in the Computers, Hardware industry.

Technical Program Manager | ITRenew
From June 2017 to Current • 9 year(s)
Leveraging OCP and data center hardware design solutions to launch new products into IT and EU markets, leading testing of hardware products for EU compliance.

Project Manager | Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce
From August 2016 to Current • 10 year(s)
Supporting transforming long-term economic vitality and resources of the city and member businesses as volunteer for non-profit organization.

Operations Program Manager | Cisco Systems
From July 2015 to August 2016 • 1 year(s)
Identified and performed business process re-engineering programs resulting in 27% efficiency improvements and led global teams for multi-million-dollar NPI initiatives.

Senior M&A Project Manager | Hewlett Packard
From February 2015 to June 2015 • 0 year(s)
Developed post-acquisition process to integrate acquired entity into HP Sales, managing critical escalations and tracking hundreds of actionable issues.

Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master | MasterCard Worldwide
From April 2014 to September 2014 • 0 year(s)
Managed Enterprise Offer Platform for Priceless Cities program using Agile/Scrum methodology, achieving product roll-out in 5 cities.

Senior Program Manager/Scrum Master | Blackhawk Network
From September 2013 to April 2014 • 1 year(s)
Partnered with developers to build technology platform for telecom carrier customers and implemented tablet-based platform for retail stores.

NPI Program Manager | Cisco Systems
From April 2012 to August 2013 • 1 year(s)
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement Trade Agreement Act compliance initiative, increasing TAA-eligible product offerings by 28%.

Site General Manager | Laird Technologies
From March 2009 to April 2012 • 3 year(s)
Led site operations with 45 FTEs achieving 100% business growth in 2 years and 42% productivity improvement.

Senior Program Manager | Cisco Systems
From January 2007 to December 2008 • 1 year(s)
Led Lean Forward initiative delivering process simplification and launched e-delivery option reducing lead time from 6 days to 2 hours.

Project Manager | Genentech
From January 2002 to December 2007 • 5 year(s)
Led Drop Ship Distribution initiative reducing distributor base by 33% and coordinated new product launches for Avastin and Tarceva achieving simultaneous launch on FDA approval day.

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