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Texas, United States

Allenton, Wi, Us

• Managing and developing the Continuous Improvement program at Maysteel across five plants incollaboration with three fellow plant coordinators.• Analyzing and managing production data and employee feedback in order to develop robust solutions addressing plant-wide productivity, quality, and safety concerns.• Leading cross-functional operations team meetings to manage ongoing continuous improvement projects and foster a culture around Lean Six-Sigma methodology and problem solving.• Cooperating in efforts across Maysteel plants to create strategies for tackling systematic concerns or inefficiencies.• Managing EHS activities required by regulatory bodies to maintain industry safety standards and improve working conditions.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Utilized defect and root cause analysis tools in order to continuously improve manufacturing operations and manage assigned assembly cells. • Created, approved, and executed validation plans in order to upgrade semi-automated medical device manufacturing equipment and improve manufacturing efficiency. • Developed engineering study protocols and completed DOE in order to analyze defect impact in quality investigations.• Aided in supplier quality investigations and managing component qualifications in order to increase material capacity and enable flexibility in response to supply chain constraints. • Collaborated cross-functionally with Manufacturing, Buyer/Planners, Quality Control and other plant engineering groups in order to balance and drive quality, business, and process improvement actions.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Managed legacy manufacturing cells in order to support day to day operations and assist in troubleshooting mechanical issues. • Drafted and executed validation plans for long term Capacity Expansion projects and incoming manufacturing cells. • Participated with Project and Industrial engineering groups in order to develop FAT and SAT protocols and generate supporting defining documents.

Dallas, Texas, Us

• Lead a team of 6 biomedical and mechanical engineers in designing and fabricating sensor arrays and machine learning enabled orthotic boot modifications.• Supervised and facilitated team meetings and client communications as well as processing and tracking project expenditures.• Developed sensor arrays, applying signal filtering techniques, and designed custom PCBs for use in orthotic devices.

Richardson, Tx, Us

Reporting on engineering project progression, and generating documentation outlining project schedule, client communications, component expenditures, and work-time distribution.

Richardson, Texas, Us

Encourage a healthy academic, social, and personal experience for freshmen living on campus through weekly interactions and monthly engagement opportunities. Facilitate educational events ranging from the life sciences to civil discourse. Corresponded daily with supervisors and team members in order to track emergencies and administrative duties.

Richardson, Texas, Us

Completed administrative duties related to managing, organizing, and reviewing temporary resident data and developed customer service skills working with conference guests.