Timothy (Tim) Gengler
Phoenix
Summary
Dynamic Senior Manager with extensive experience at Amazon Inc., excelling in project management and team leadership. Proven track record in new product introduction and cross-functional collaboration, driving initiatives that resulted in over $1M in annual savings. Adept at talent development and resource allocation, fostering high-performing teams to achieve strategic goals.
Overview
2026
2026
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Amazon Inc.
Sunnyvale
04.2022 - Current
- Facilitated regular team meetings to align goals and drive collaborative efforts.
- Oversaw budget planning and resource allocation for departmental initiatives.
- Led team of 6+ engineers by offering guidance, establishing goals and objectives, assigning tasks, and evaluating performance.
- Engaged in recruitment initiatives through interviewing potential candidates and selecting qualified hires.
- Led cross-functional teams to achieve project milestones, ensuring collaboration and efficiency.
- Collaborated with internal teams to guarantee project execution aligns with timelines and budget limitations.
Manufacturing Technical Manager
Amazon Lab 126
Sunnyvale
01.2019 - 04.2022
- Managed project timelines and resource allocations for multiple initiatives.
- Collaborated with engineering teams to troubleshoot technical challenges.
- Coordinated team meetings to discuss project updates and strategies.
- Mentored junior staff on technical skills and project management techniques.
- Performed capacity planning activities to optimize resource utilization.
- Generated in-depth reports on New Product Introduction (NPI) manufacturing build performance metrics for cross-functional team and senior management assessment.
- Identified resources needed to complete tasks, resolved issues with personnel and maintained deliverable estimates.
Senior NPI Program Manager
Motorola Mobility
Chicago
01.2017 - 06.2018
- Lead new product introductions from concept through design, optimization, verification, and ramp phases.
- Acted as primary liaison for all global activities, sites, issues, and resolutions.
- Created, refined, and conveyed all pertinent matrices, charts, and metrics leveraged to drive product through ramp and launch.
- Coordinated open and in-depth communication with all functional and senior leadership teams.
- Facilitated risk assessment sessions to identify potential project challenges.
Personal Caregiver / Student
Self-Employed
Woodstock
01.2016 - 01.2017
Senior New Product Introduction Operations Manager
Motorola Mobility
Chicago
01.2007 - 01.2016
- Managed and empowered top-performing team of project managers, overseeing new product introductions from concept through design, optimization, verification, and ramp phases.
- Operated as main contact for all global activities, sites, issues, and resolutions.
- Crafted, enhanced, and maintained all relevant matrices, charts, and metrics to drive product through ramp and launch.
- Facilitated transparent and comprehensive communication with all functional and senior leadership teams.
Global New Product Operations Project Lead
Motorola Inc
Libertyville
2002 - 2007
- Led team of 10 project managers, mechanical engineers, process engineers, electrical engineers.
- Drove DFM (Design for Manufacturing) and DFA (Design for Assembly) activities and met all deadlines insuring product design readiness for high volume manufacturing.
- Utilizing lean six sigma methodology (DMAIC) project managed initiative to replace costly manual manufacturing process with new technology resulting in improved quality, faster cycle times, and cost savings in excess of 1M annually.
- Successfully led and managed all supply chain product engineering efforts for A820 in 2002, the world's first 3G mobile handset initially launched in the UK.
- Responsible for providing continuous interaction, negotiation and communications with global cross functional hardware and software development teams.
- Ensured >97% first-time yields for production ramp by supporting all proto and correlation builds and leading new technology product build knowledge transfer to internal global manufacturing centers.
- Conducted current state vs target state gap analysis to lead continuous improvement project teams driving internal efficiency and reducing waste.
Principle Project Manager
Motorola Inc.
Libertyville
Program Manager
Motorola Inc.
Arlington Heights
Education
PMP Trained -
Premier Technology
Naperville, ILMini MBA -
Loyola University
Chicago, ILMasters Certificate - Project Management
George Washington University
Washington, DCBA - Communications
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IASkills
- Project management
- Risk assessment
- Talent development
- Team leadership
- Resource allocation
- New product introduction
- Capacity planning
- Cross-functional collaboration
Accomplishments
• Led a team to high-performance accountability for on-time/volume/delivery of new technology to end customers. 15-30 global new product introductions annually. Consistently exceeded all associated KPI's.
• Partnered with internal and external global design teams, driving product manufacturability, product improvements, cost reductions, quality improvements and developed project and ramp plans.
• Exceeded $130M annual revenue by providing high quality ramp and launch of 15-30 NPIs, while achieving >95% on-time, on-volume delivery, including commercialization of products.
• Drove product and support teams, exceeding manufacturing acceptance goals / criteria while acting as key contributor for problem solving issues involving product design, supplier factory, and material issues or roadblocks.
• Provided leadership for a matrixed project team responsible for transferring and prototyping 80 products to a new manufacturing site in 100 days allowing for the closure of a costlier manufacturing facility.
• Managed all operations-related communications, upward and downward, throughout organization, escalating key issues and presenting options for resolution to executive teams, resulting in data driven timely product decision making.
• Led engineering teams to develop and implement factory assembly and test plans. Partnered with China based contract manufacturers, ODMs, global based factories, prototyping new product designs, verifying material availability and insuring issue resolution.
• Partnered with internal and external global design teams, driving product manufacturability, product improvements, cost reductions, quality improvements and developed project and ramp plans.
• Exceeded $130M annual revenue by providing high quality ramp and launch of 15-30 NPIs, while achieving >95% on-time, on-volume delivery, including commercialization of products.
• Drove product and support teams, exceeding manufacturing acceptance goals / criteria while acting as key contributor for problem solving issues involving product design, supplier factory, and material issues or roadblocks.
• Provided leadership for a matrixed project team responsible for transferring and prototyping 80 products to a new manufacturing site in 100 days allowing for the closure of a costlier manufacturing facility.
• Managed all operations-related communications, upward and downward, throughout organization, escalating key issues and presenting options for resolution to executive teams, resulting in data driven timely product decision making.
• Led engineering teams to develop and implement factory assembly and test plans. Partnered with China based contract manufacturers, ODMs, global based factories, prototyping new product designs, verifying material availability and insuring issue resolution.
Timeline
Senior Manager Advanced Manufacturing Engineering
Amazon Inc.
04.2022 - Current
Manufacturing Technical Manager
Amazon Lab 126
01.2019 - 04.2022
Senior NPI Program Manager
Motorola Mobility
01.2017 - 06.2018
Personal Caregiver / Student
Self-Employed
01.2016 - 01.2017
Senior New Product Introduction Operations Manager
Motorola Mobility
01.2007 - 01.2016
Principle Project Manager
Motorola Inc.
Program Manager
Motorola Inc.
Global New Product Operations Project Lead
Motorola Inc
2002 - 2007
PMP Trained -
Premier Technology
Mini MBA -
Loyola University
Masters Certificate - Project Management
George Washington University
BA - Communications
University of Iowa