Alberto Hernandez Herrera Email & Phone Number

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Lead electronic manufacturing activities, coordinating with interdepartmental leads to meet production volumes, timelines, quality measures and NPI commitments.Enlisted as the primary contact with PCB designers, acting as a DFM reviewer.Responsible of acquisition and installation of a new fully automated SMT line.Driving KPIs for SMT operation and the continuous improvement

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Lead the manufacturing of electronic transformers including purchasing, receiving, engineering, operations and shipping.Establish, follow up and report of Key Process Indicators on weekly basis to management including actions taken for continuos improvement.

Markham, Ontario, Canada

General support of the SMT line during the first shift. Contract covering a maternity leave.

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Oversaw entire Kitchener-site operations, leading and mentoring a multifunctional team of Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Production professionals. Coordinated production and NPI scheduling based on thorough capacity analysis, customer priorities, and material levels, ensuring maintenance of equipment and facilities were completed to meet scheduled targets. Developed a comprehensive quality program, actualized creative problem solving with staff, and provided enhanced… Show more Oversaw entire Kitchener-site operations, leading and mentoring a multifunctional team of Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, and Production professionals. Coordinated production and NPI scheduling based on thorough capacity analysis, customer priorities, and material levels, ensuring maintenance of equipment and facilities were completed to meet scheduled targets. Developed a comprehensive quality program, actualized creative problem solving with staff, and provided enhanced equipment and MES system training as needed. Worked to instill a safety-first work environment, ensuring Health and Safety guidelines were in place and communicated with all staff, and coordinating with external vendors to meet the Canadian Safety Authority standard for new equipment. Designed and launched programs for 3D Automatic Optical Inspection equipment to validate PCBA. Hosted regular meetings with the executive team, providing operations status updates based on daily huddles with staff to review activities and delegate priorities. Directed the receiving, processing, and repair of RMA units between the Cornwall and Kitchener site.Balanced human resources and financial duties, including reporting employee working hours and overseeing vacation requests/approvals, with on-the-floor leadership. Show less

Waterloo, Ontario. Canada

Led all electronic manufacturing activities, coordinating with interdepartmental leads to meet production volumes, timelines, and quality measures. Enlisted as the primary contact with PCB designers, acting as a DFM reviewer.Played an integral role in installing a new SMT line, procuring new tooling to set up processes for all products while meeting pre-set quality targets. Advanced production by applying LEAN Six Sigma, including cell design, one-piece flow, Kaizen, and… Show more Led all electronic manufacturing activities, coordinating with interdepartmental leads to meet production volumes, timelines, and quality measures. Enlisted as the primary contact with PCB designers, acting as a DFM reviewer.Played an integral role in installing a new SMT line, procuring new tooling to set up processes for all products while meeting pre-set quality targets. Advanced production by applying LEAN Six Sigma, including cell design, one-piece flow, Kaizen, and SMED. Conducted capability analysis for soldering process to meet DPMO levels.Delivered RFQ for new/redesigned products, achieving cost reductions without compromising quality. Maintained accountability for ESD documentation development, subsequently implementing an ESD coats program for employers. Show less

Waterloo, Ontario

Worked on the DFM system team, collaborating with cross-functional groups to identify and apply proper design and process for PCB manufacturing, achieving and exceeding objectives. Managed strategic T-gates with project stakeholders and senior management, reviewing reliability results with mechanical designers to perform root cause analysis and determine improvements in process - providing recommendations to designers accordingly. Coordinate traceability of quality metrics… Show more Worked on the DFM system team, collaborating with cross-functional groups to identify and apply proper design and process for PCB manufacturing, achieving and exceeding objectives. Managed strategic T-gates with project stakeholders and senior management, reviewing reliability results with mechanical designers to perform root cause analysis and determine improvements in process - providing recommendations to designers accordingly. Coordinate traceability of quality metrics, identifying top detractors, and developing/implementing subsequent corrective actions. Show less

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Acted as the SMT Engineer Lead for AVAYA CFT, directing nine engineers in daily production, process improvements, and new product introduction.Responsible for directing cost reduction projects and process performance improvement for critical operations based on Six Sigma methodology and statistic techniques.Developed and implemented PFMEA, flow diagrams, and a control plan for SMT process with defined SMT capacity analysis based on bottlenecks and customer… Show more Acted as the SMT Engineer Lead for AVAYA CFT, directing nine engineers in daily production, process improvements, and new product introduction.Responsible for directing cost reduction projects and process performance improvement for critical operations based on Six Sigma methodology and statistic techniques.Developed and implemented PFMEA, flow diagrams, and a control plan for SMT process with defined SMT capacity analysis based on bottlenecks and customer demand.Presented as SMT contact in weekly quality meetings with customers to provide solutions based on metrics results.Led the coordination of machine operation instructions, manufacturing process instruction, work instructions, and setup sheets - trained teams on proper use of documentation.Coordinated engineering efforts for EC’s, temporary process deviations, special runs, and controlled runs for customer process improvement. Show less

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Maintained responsibility for the development and implementation of solder paste printing process, including engineering design for stencil and support plate, setting printing parameters, and coordinating squeegee tools for various equipment platforms such as FUJI, DEK, and MPM.Conducted programming, editing, optimization, and monitoring of SMT placement programs using Unicam / Flexa (FUJI) and UPS for GSM (Universal), defining root causes, and developing corrective action plans for… Show more Maintained responsibility for the development and implementation of solder paste printing process, including engineering design for stencil and support plate, setting printing parameters, and coordinating squeegee tools for various equipment platforms such as FUJI, DEK, and MPM.Conducted programming, editing, optimization, and monitoring of SMT placement programs using Unicam / Flexa (FUJI) and UPS for GSM (Universal), defining root causes, and developing corrective action plans for scrap reduction accordingly.Also, conducted Component Placement Accuracy and Repeatability Test of SMT machines. Show less

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Worked on a comprehensive SMT Placement Program for New Products Introduction, overseeing reflow profiles development, stencil design for printing process, and selection of tooling to improve SMT process.Maintained accountability for coordinating production support to eliminate downtime, quality tracking based on yield, and developing corrective actions for improvements accordingly.Actualized downtime reduction in collaboration with the maintenance department.

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico

Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico