Samuel Ajayi

Lead external partner and supplier dependency orchestration, connecting material impacts to milestones, decisions, owners, and escalation paths across the aerospace and automotive supply base. Integrate inputs from Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and customer-facing teams into decision-ready portfolio views.

Established and operated Qorvo's cross-factory portfolio governance framework (CPR process), running the portfolio operating rhythm across five functional organizations at multiple global sites. Maintained integrated portfolio roadmap and governance view, operated change control, and prepared executive decision narratives, helping avoid an estimated $1M+ in potential cost exposures and delivering

Led 5–8+ concurrent cross-functional programs simultaneously, integrating inputs across US, Germany, China, and Costa Rica sites, and maintained decision and action traceability for VP and executive leadership. Built and maintained portfolio performance dashboards to maintain strategic linkage between metrics, milestones, and business requirements.

Directed the planning and execution of a portfolio of improvement programs contributing to $1.25M in operational savings. Coordinated KPI reporting for Operations leadership review cadences.

Led a global cross-functional program, building a data-driven prioritization model for start-stop-continue decisions across a complex product portfolio, eliminating 80% of field quality issues within 150 days.

Led 5 cross-functional teams through 60% of new product introduction programs, coordinating roadmap, milestones, capacity, dependencies, and partner inputs from design through production ramp-up on committed schedules.

Drove productivity improvement and process re-engineering as a Thin Film and Plasma Dry Metal Etch process engineer in wafer fab operations.

Master of Science in Engineering Management from The University of Texas at Austin.

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin.

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

AS9100 Rev D Lead Auditor certification.

IATF 16949:2016 Auditor certification.

ASQ Six Sigma Black Belt certification.