Lamar Ricks

About Lamar Ricks

Self-motivated, high energy Technology and Engineering leader with demonstrated exceptional business performance and program execution with vast experiences in automotive platform development, Lean Product Development, product design, technology research & development, product & portfolio management, strategic roadmap planning and implementation, sensor technology development and Mixed Signal IC and ASIC design. Possesses broad technical management leadership capabilities and strength in managing large multi-disciplinary cross-functional global organization with resources located in disparate sites across the globe. Passionate, enthusiastic, customer centric mindset and endless pursuit to deliver results will drive organic growth delivery in any organization.LEADERSHIP SUMMARY QUALIFICATIONS* Executive Leader - 32 years experience leading global cross functional teams in complex matrix organizations of large multi-national corporations.* Change Agent Leader - Lead numerous organizational restructuring activities to reshape and optimize organizations and teams to drive better alignment, growth and productivity. This includes team consolidations, site closures, and new site and team formation, talent acquisition and competency and capability building through strategic work force planning.* Corporate Initiatives Leader - Lead numerous initiatives to change DNA, drive culture and implementation of methodologies to improve execution.* Speed of Execution & Results - Demonstrated ability to serve fast past dynamically changing markets, optimizing processes and practices to work at the speed of the customer and to drive better than market growth.* Challenger of the Status Quo - Exhibited and proven ability to drive culture change, continuous improvement and seek for better improved ways to run the business (processes, methodologies, teams, services, enablers).* Effective Communicator & Influencer - Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization (internal and external), employing active listening skills, foster empathy, provide constructive feedback and drive collaboration and alignment.* Rapid Problem Solving - Ability to collect and analyze complex and incomplete data, analyze variables and factors, determine root cause of a problem, and quickly drive long term corrective actions for systemic improvements.*High Performance Organizational Builder - Adept at building high performance orgs and teams through talent acquisition, building and retention, coaching, mentoring and organizational optimization.

Experience

1. Global Director Reliability & Testing, Data & Device Networks (Ddn)

   TE Connectivity

   Jun 2025 — Present

   Lead Global Responsibility Reliability & Testing Organization to ensure all products are designed and validated to meet the quality, reliability and performance requirements, as well as robustness to meet the mission profile of the customer\'s end application. helping our customer\'s compete and delivering a world class customer experience.

Skills

• Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Electronics
• Sensors
• Hardware Architecture
• Six Sigma
• Fmea
• Lean Manufacturing
• Engineering Management
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Design for Manufacturing
• Automation