Rhodes Hileman							 		      206 760 8619 
6551 Holly Terrace South 						 		 www.smsys.com
Seattle, Washington, 98118							        rhodes@smsys.com
 
BUYER 
OVERVIEW OF QUALIFICATIONS
•	Resourceful researcher skilled in product location, price optimization, and delivery timing. 
•	Articulate communicator with demonstrated ability in managing vendor relationships. 
•	Diverse background in operations, purchasing, engineering, and manufacturing.
•	Broad technical knowledge, highly developed organizational skills, and collaborative style. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SMALL SYSTEMS
Berkeley and Seattle
1997 - present
Designer/Producer/Owner
Purchasing of electronic components and services for completed tested assemblies. Providing printed circuit board design and production services to an international list of clients.  
GIGAOPERATIONS
Berkeley, California
1991 - 1997
Director of Manufacturing
Responsible for purchasing of systems, electronic components, and services. Built the infrastructure of this company from scratch. Created and managed operations and manufacturing systems, purchasing procedures and inventory control database. 
ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES
Oakland, California
1986-1991
Dir. of Operations,  Dir. of Engineering,  Mfg. Engineer. 
Provided the engineering development environment for a digital camera.  Sited the company, purchased all computers, test equipment, and electronic components.  Responsible for building this company in its first year from a staff of 6 to 14. 
GENIGRAPHICS GP
Berkeley, California
1984-1986
Engineering Operations Manager,  Project Manager
Responsible for all engineering services, including components and systems purchasing and liaison to design contractors.  Created  a material requirements planning (MRP) system which is still in service today.  
TECHNICAL SUMMARY
CASE  & CAD tools for electronic, PCB, mechanical, and architectural design. Enterprise database design, MRP systems design, and components purchasing. Computer systems integration, network installation, and systems administration. WinNT4, OS/2, Unix, DOS. Internet site design. Programming languages: Java, Perl, Bash, assembly. Electronic fabrication, assembly, and testing.  See www.smsys.com/resumes/software.html for complete software listing.

EDUCATION
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio
B.A. Degree in Bioregional Design
North Seattle Community College, Seattle, Washington
Linux, Bash, Perl, Java, Cisco

PUBLISHED MATERIAL
Choosing a Display Card for OS/2 and Linux, Extended Attributes, the magazine of the OS/2 community. Published in the February 1999 issue. Available online at  ftp://ftp.smsys.com/pub/vidchips.txt

Forests are a Community, Forest Trust Quarterly Report, October 1999, Santa Fe N.M.  See 
 www.theforesttrust.org

INTERESTS
Sailing, flying, wilderness, architecture. Design methods.

Other resumes for R Hileman can be found at http://www.smsys.com/resumes/		
This is PURCHASE resume. Last rev  1/31/01