Tonda MacLeod

About Tonda MacLeod

I introduce new technology products AND systems to meet customer needs. I take pride in imagining the future and, then, coordinating the right processes, people and technologies to make it happen. Highlights include: • Implementing lean manufacturing flow to enable cell phone production to ramp for 250 units per week to 1 million per month. • Leading the deployment of Quality Systems that enable “design-in-quality” and resulted in the lowest return rate of any Motorola cellphone portfolio. • Ensuring that new products are easily producible and meet customer needs.(Over 80 product introductions ranging across components, cellphones, transceivers, meters and measurement systems.)• Mentoring dozens of Six Sigma candidates to improve manufacturing yields and engineering processes. Certifications: DFSS Black Belt. Quality System Manager. Master Training Specialist. Change Management.Specialties: Quality and Operational Excellence,Process Design & Development (System Engineering, Concurrent Engineering, Lean Manufacturing),Technical Program Management,Six Sigma for Product Development (Design For Six Sigma-DFSS ),Design For eXcellence,Six Sigma for Process Improvement (DMAIC, DMADV),Lean (5S, Poka-Yoke, Value Stream, Kaizen, Kanban, TPM, Manufacturing Optimization),ISO 9001 Quality System,Change Management,Instructional Design,Classroom Instruction

Experience

1. Staff Project Manager

   Qorvo, Inc.

   Aug 2025 — Present

Education

• Appalachian State University

  BS, Mathematics, Applied Electronics

  1985 — 1990

• University of Florida

  MS, Industrial & System Engineering, Engineering Management

  1998 — 2000

Skills

• Project Management
• Information Systems
• Mobile Devices
• Strategic Planning
• Statistical Process Control (Spc)
• Testing
• Electronics
• Quality Management
• Start-Ups
• Business Process Improvement
• Spc
• Continuous Improvement
• Six Sigma
• Quality System
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Integration
• Software Documentation
• Black Belt
• Telecommunications
• Product Development
• Lean Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Operational Excellence
• Leadership
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Instructional Design
• Program Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Vendor Management
• Strategy
• Wireless
• Change Management
• Process Engineering
• Value Stream Mapping
• Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Management
• Iso Standards