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Rydalmere, New South Wales, Australia

Projects/Accomplishments:• AUD$1.1M+ cost recovery due to poor qualityDuties and Responsibilities• Developed, implemented and standardised the quality management system across multiple manufacturing sites• Qualified new suppliers to ensure suppliers meet Rheem’s quality standard• Developed supplier quality system, manufacturing and process controls to ensure consistent quality components or products are delivered to Rheem• Coordinated and liaised with external suppliers in product issue resolution• Monitored supplier quality performance• Conducted periodic supplier audits• Developed and implemented internal product and component testing procedures • Developed and managed incoming quality of components and imported finished products• Managed stock release for purchased finished products• Monitored product or component warranty • Performed internal quality and process audits• Managed damages, returns and rework activities• Tracked the cost of poor quality

Singapore

Projects/Accomplishments:• Continuous improvement: Achieved power loss reduction from 5% to 2%, equivalent to a savings of ~2.1MW or 7,500 modules/quarter for each 69MW capacity lineDuties and Responsibilities• Developed, improved and maintained manufacturing standard operating procedures and related documents (FMEA, Control Plan, Work Instructions)• Established SPC charts and proper SPC limits for critical processes• Analysed and resolved mechanical and process related defects for yield improvement• Lead programs to reduce cost of conversion • Provided a monthly planning for cell demand distribution and power output forecasting• Provided direct engineering support to all contract manufacturing sites (Flextronics-Malaysia, Flextronics-Canada, Celestica-Canada)• Manufacturing lead for new product and process development • Manufacturing lead during new product introduction• Audited supplier compliance to specification• Conducted weekly review with critical suppliers for material issues and improvement plans• Trained engineers, maintenance technicians and operators• Lead manufacturing engineers within the operations group• Attended the daily operations review for Malaysia and Canada sites to tackle any manufacturing process issue• Conducted bi-monthly manufacturing engineer meeting with operations group• Prepared and presented technical power report on weekly meetings with company directors and the VP’s• Attended quarterly business review and strategic planning

Chihuahua, Mexico

Projects/Accomplishments:• Project management: Start up and on-site management team for the Mexico contract manufacturing module operationsDuties and Responsibilities• Provided engineering support to contract manufacturer• Performed audit for compliance to process and product specification• Reviewed and evaluated impact to product and process of ECN’s and change requests by contract manufacturer• Ensured the clarity of the process and product specification with contract manufacturer• Conducted a weekly yield review meeting and monitor progress of improvement plans• Supported weekly SPC program review• Established SPC charts and proper SPC limits for critical processes• Attended daily operations meeting• Organised and reviewed special projects and experiments to be performed by contract manufacturer• Overall process owner• Attended quarterly business review and strategic planning• Supported and developed new products and processes• Supported new product introduction

Laguna, Philippines

Projects/Accomplishments• Continuous improvement/Yield: Module assembly rework reduction from 15,000ppm to 3,000ppm or ~$700K/quarter savings• Continuous improvement/Yield: Reduced first pass failures due to shorting from 0.2% to 0.09%Duties and Responsibilities• Established and implemented standard process work instructions, specifications and process controls• Established material quality controls on all process related materials• Investigated and solved process related failure and yield concerns• Prepared and presented a rework and scrap reduction report to directors and VP’s during the weekly quality review• Developed programs for continuous process improvement• Prepared and reported rework and scrap status during the daily operations review• Performed material, equipment and process qualifications• Benchmarked best known procedures and practices from sites in China• Managed shift engineers• Supported manufacturing goals and objectives• Overall process owner

Laguna, Philippines

Projects/Accomplishments• Product development/New product introduction: Developed the preliminary manufacturability and reliability data for 150micron pitch Pb-free plated interconnect flip-chip using 65nm low-k silicon – paper presented during the 2007 International Conference and Exhibition on Device Packaging, Arizona USADuties and Responsibilities• Lead qualification of new products and new processes• Coordinated concerns with customer and the assembly support groups• Qualified new materials on an existing process for new packages• Qualified new process on existing materials for new packages• Defined and characterised a processes and new materials• Defined new tooling for new devices and packages• Performed documentation and orientation of qualified materials or process

Masters, Material Science And Engineering

37 academic units completed

Bs, Metallurgical Engineering

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