Joe Blanco

About Joe Blanco

I am an experienced equipment maintenance, equipment engineering and management professional with acute business skills and extensive project management experience.I have an extensive multi-discipline technical skill set with experience in equipment maintenance and equipment engineering. I have excellent team management skills; am focused and goal oriented; and I am highly flexible and responsive to changing situations. One of my best assets is my ability to get the most out of the people who work with me. I have excellent leadership, mentoring, team building and motivational skills. I am a team player and quickly establish a rapport with peers.

Experience

1. Director Technical Project Program Management

   Applied Materials

   Dec 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   I provide leadership and direction globally for the geographically based Applications Engineering Organization.• I anticipate the future needs and initiates the development and implementation of new approaches for applications with complex scope and customer impact• I work with senior business group management teams to ensure that programs, strategies, and processes address high value problems for Business Units in alignment with the organization’s direction• I Interface with internal and external customers on engineering issues involving advanced analytics and FDC products• I define program training gaps and establish training plans working with global technical training including career path planning• I collaborate with all geographical areas leading, program standardization, escalations and support • I am responsible for the road map for global support directing other geographical managers • I am responsible for executing complex applications programs in accordance with project budgets and release schedules• I develop long-range plans and create service product specific strategies to reach goals in alignment with business opportunities • I track Application Engineering utilization metrics for optimization of staffing models for globally • I am responsible for defining performance metrics and reports on the engineering functions progress against service business specific goals including managing to the financial/budget requirements• I am responsible for ensuring IP protection requirements are built into all aspects of my Global Operational Business

Education

• University of DeVry

  BS, Technical Management

  2001 — 2007

• Texas State Technical Institute

  AAS, Laser Electro-Optics

  1989 — 1991

Skills

• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Silicon
• Field Service
• Lean Manufacturing
• Cvd
• Thin Films
• Metrology
• Engineering
• Team Building
• 5s
• Manufacturing
• Failure Analysis
• Semiconductor Industry
• Jmp
• Thin Film Metalization
• Yield
• Cost Reduction
• Process Engineering
• Engineers
• Preventive Maintenance
• Root Cause Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Project Planning
• Engineering Management
• Process Simulation
• Equipment Maintenance
• Photolithography
• Spc
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Semiconductors
• Leadership
• Strategic Planning
• Analog
• Troubleshooting
• Electronics
• Sensors
• Continuous Improvement
• Pvd
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership