Brian Duff Email & Phone Number

Broomfield, CO, US

Greater Denver Area

- Design, development, and implementation of new product lines.- Support daily production opportunities and develop optimized manufacturing processes.

United States

• Managed internal teams which resulted in a new business segment meeting current company production standards
• Implementation of more than 100 custom tools based on complex Aerospace product design
• Upper management approved completion of a major production area layout redesign incorporating lean engineering and 5S principles for continuous workflow
• Process engineering and manufacturing support to solve production challenges to drive continuous improvement efforts which resulted in a greater than 10% reduction of production costs
• Introduction of process documentation including work instructions and value stream mapping which resulted in reduced customer backlog by 15%

Cupertino, CA

• Global scale vendor management of high volume production equipment and processes which were successfully deployed in China in less than a year
• Technical program management ensuring global vendors are meeting expectations from both quality and volume perspectives while focusing on continuous improvement methods
• Contributor to internal team development of new product technologies

Cupertino, CA

• Contributed to the concept and development of a specific new product technology.
• Managed vendor design and development of high volume production equipment and processes for new product including layout which were implemented in a new manufacturing facility located in the United States.
• Directly responsible individual for fixture and tooling design that was implemented for product testing for use in a large-scale production environment.

Littleton, CO

• Designed and implemented automated/enhanced processing equipment for primary and secondary production processes to bring a new thin film battery technology/product ahead of market competition
• Successful introduction of 2 new products to market
• Implemented continuous improvement methods for new processes including documentation, and operator training to streamline production and reduce costs by 30%