Jacques Fradet

Dynamic executive with 15+ years of experience in operations, manufacturing and supply chain within various high technology industries.  Motivated to transition into teaching role at the university level.  Expert in continuous process improvement, exceeding metrics for cost, delivery, and quality.  Proven business acumen in developing and coaching global teams with diverse skill sets to deliver extraordinary financial results and customer experience. Possess hands-on, high integrity leadership approach. 

SENIOR CONSULTANT

THE NOVA GROUP                                                                                                     07/2022 – 03/2023

Retained on part-time basis for confidential collaborations with clients to improve manufacturing and supply chain processes, achieving cost efficiency and customer satisfaction targets. 

• Reduced risk for clients involved in mergers and acquisitions through combination of industry knowledge, research and analysis of public information.

• Optimized client supply chain import-export strategy, resulting in removal of China tariffs. 

DIRECTOR OF SUPPLY CHAIN

CALAMP WIRELESS NETWORKS CORPORATION                                                        03/2019 – 06/2022

Hired by public telematics company (ticker: CAMP) to lead team of 20+ direct and indirect reports with responsibility for North American distribution.  Developed strategy and implemented continuous operational improvements with multinational teams.  Responsible for hardware and software delivery in a SaaS environment to meet quarterly and annual revenue targets.

• Transformed internal production, inventory management, and distribution facility to outsourcing solution within 6 months, achieving 35% unit cost savings. 

• Improved inventory accuracy from 94.5% to 99.9% by developing and implementing procedures to ensure efficient and effective manufacturing and supply chain operations.

• Led all IT projects to automate transactions between internal Oracle ERP with global supply chain partners, resulting in the ability to close all accounting periods within one day.

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN

INSEEGO CORP.                                                                                                            06/2018 – 01/2019

Reporting to the CFO, led all operations in a turnaround, startup environment.  Coordinated global staff of 12+ team members.  Worked cross-functionally with Engineering, Finance and Sales to achieve business metrics.  Drove process improvements, innovation and product cost reductions.

• Achieved operational and financial targets for 3 consecutive fiscal quarters, supporting a stock price (ticker: INSG) improvement of over 200% during that period.

• Leveraged substantial network of contacts and negotiated RFP with three top tier device manufacturers (Foxconn, Benchmark, Flex). Resulting relocation of manufacturing outside China avoided 25% tariff risk while improving gross margins by 1.5%.  Negotiated all service level agreements (SLAs) and contracts with vendors.

• Mitigated major recall risk and associated costs by correctly detecting subtle reliability-related factory quality issues, driving immediate and effective corrective action.

• Led Design for Manufacturing (DFM) efforts, including the re-design of highest selling product in collaboration with Engineering to include alternate parts on same printed circuit board (PCB), successfully meeting aggressive wireless carrier customer forecast.

VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS      

KYOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.                                                                           01/2006 – 03/2018

Reporting to the President of Kyocera Communications, a division of Kyocera International, led organization of 50+ people in San Diego, as well as in Shenzhen, China, overseeing all facets of Operations, including demand planning, supply chain, procurement, manufacturing, inventory management, logistics, quality, and engineering support for $500M business.  Track record of success led to rapid promotions from Director and Senior Director to Vice President of Operations. 

• Improved on-time delivery from 64% to over 99%, as per major wireless carrier scorecard metric, by using lean six sigma training to make changes in order scheduling process. Re-rating from worst to first among their 7 suppliers led to increased sales volumes.

• Increased gross margins by 2% through strategic planning and leadership of manufacturing relocation from Malaysia to Houston, driving vendor selection process, RFQ, implementation, and cost reductions.

• Increased cash flow by $19M and inventory turns from 6X to 15X by changing Sales and production forecast process.

• Reduced excess and obsolete inventory annual expense from 3.0% to 0.4% by originating unconventional data analysis tools and MRP.

• Developed out-of-warranty repair business, increasing service revenue by 100%.

• Conceptualized and implemented commercially successful profit center business unit, named the Advanced Replacement Program, improving customer loyalty and satisfaction.

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Finance Emphasis, University of San Diego

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering (BSEE), University of California, San Diego