Brian Strate Email & Phone Number

San Marcos, CA

Responsible for the Technical Management, Supervision and Control of the Industrial Products Division. The Division includes 50+ Associates, TH Circuit Board Solder & Test, Sensor Build & Cure, Surface Mount Technology Solder, Assembly and Test, Industrial Final Assembly, Machine Shop, and Manufacturing Engineering. Common duties include, plan and organize.

San Marcos, CA., (Beijing, China)

Plan, manage, and oversee the transfer of US assembly processes and product lines to China.Train and develop Chinese production and support teams to ensure production, quality, calibration, and manufacturing system utilization. Manage and lead the transfer team; representatives include Quality, Planning, Finance, Engineering, and IT. Manage project budget.

San Marcos, CA

Develop and maintain a production schedule consistent with customer demands and expected customer order shipping dates. Ensure overall quality requirements are met including maintaining traceability for controlled parts and assemblies while in production. Manage production personnel and processes to meet quality requirements and schedules as provided by.

San Marcos, CA

Liaison between R&D / Engineering and Manufacturing Production. Introduced newest product line (ST100) to Manufacturing Production. Created new processes, procedures and tools for production. Established new quality standards and workflows for Production Management and Associates.

San Diego, CA

Technical Expert for Company's Sales Department. Program and wrote Machine Vision Applications for future customers of Company. Applications included visual measurements, light sensitivity, PLC outputs, and visual comparisons used in basic and advanced Manufacturing. Visited Customer sites, supplied phone support.

San Diego, CA

Lead a team of Engineers and Technicians, to Assimilate Company's newest and most advanced products onto the Manufacturing Production Floor. Acquired and processed MFG data, wrote MFG procedures, and gave critical feedback to R&D Department.

San Diego, CA

Supplied Customer Support and Training to Domestic and Overseas Sites. Cross-functional Liaison between R&D, Manufacturing, Field Service and Technical Support. Extensive coordination with OEM's. Investigated Photolithography and LASER related problems.

San Diego, CA

Hardware Engineer who defined Manufacturing Test Requirements and Test Specifications for sub-assemblies both Electrical and Electro-Mechanical in nature. Designed and selected test equipment capable of implementing required Manufacturing Test.

San Diego, CA

Responsible for Testing and Design Verification and Qualification of prototype and production Excimer LASER Chambers. Supported a Team of Scientist for Chamber Development and Testing efforts.

San Diego, CA

Responsible for Testing and Qualifiying Cymer Production Lasers. Tools used included optical tables, grating spectrometers, and LabView Data Acquisition Systems. Optimized lasers by adjusting or checking beam (divergence, profiles, width, bandwidth, E95%, energy sigma, dose, and line center).

San Diego, CA., (worked 1 Year In Tokyo, Japan)

Investigated Photolithography and LASER related problems. Cross-functional Liaison between R&D, Manufacturing, Field Service and Technical Support Departments.

Orange, California., (worked 1 Year In Paris, France)

Performed Vertical Thermal Reactor installations for leading producers in Semiconductor Industry.

Long Beach, CA

Performed problem diagnosis and repair of airline component systems, including Avionics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and Electro-Mechanical multiphase motors and generators.