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Twin Cities, Minnesota

Manassas, VA

• Managed 8 metrology laboratories in 7 states; operating budget of over $7 million; staff of 52.
• Converted 14 independently operating sites with 60,000 assets to a single common system sharing technology, equipment, and labor to decrease capital and overhead costs.
• Increased commercial sales 112% over 2 years.
• First metrology laboratory ANSI Z540.3 accreditation for the Corporation.
• Chaired Corporate Metrology Panel to share best practices, leverage technology advances, and leverage corporate buying power to reduce costs and increase productivity across the corporation.

Eagan, MN

Managed Quality Services including metrology, supplier quality, audits and command media; operating budget $3 million; staff 16.

Eagan, MN

QA personnel supervisor, program quality engineer and cost account manager.

Bloomington, MN

Managed product specification and maintenance. Managed recording head configuration transitions from R&D to production. Directed and monitored design changes for released products.

Londonderry, Northern Ireland

1-year Wafer yield engineering foreign assignment to Londonderry, N. Ireland.

Bloomington, MN

• Provided wafer level magnetic metrology for clean room environments.
• Uptime improvements and measurement sigma reduction up to 70%.

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY

• Materials identification through vacuum ultraviolet absorption.

Ms, Physics

Ba, Physics

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa Society, Sigma Pi Sigma

Ms, Technology Management