• Improved non-conformance log descriptions to streamline searching capability of Excel document, worked with team to improve non-conformance on-time assessments by 70%. • Recommended part improvements; created and updated documents – drawings, BOMs, SOPs; and addressed vendor concerns.• Converted vendor documentation into SolidWorks models and drawings for in-house production, added GD&T where needed.

• Quoted, purchased, and qualified prototype and production molds for new and legacy parts. • Performed QA inspection of processes, confirmed parts were within customer specification, and updated internal documentation.• Created SOP for molding machine part removal robot.

Mechanical and electrical inspection of incoming products and worked with international and US suppliers to achieve =>97% approval rating. Worked with Engineering and Manufacturing to streamline processes, improve procedures, and documentation.

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My greatest accomplishment was developing the ProGlide 'Snowplow' elastomer fin design which surpassed the shave comfort of previously manufactured razors. With the aid of the Industrial Design Department, we came up with a design which allowed for a close and comfortable shave. Utilizing an approved elastomer, it passed the required chemical and mechanical testing.

Since it manufactures table top, low vision systems for people losing their eyesight, I consider Optelec to be a life improvement company. It was not unheard of to receive systems for servicing which had glue or paint on them by people using the magnification to tie fishing lures or paint models.One customer complaint I solved had to do with accidental activation of the system buttons when customers rested their wrists on the front of the movable table rather than the rests. It was imperative that we addressed this issue since the buttons controlled focus, magnification, and brightness of the screen. Option 1 involved creating a lip around the buttons to prevent accidental activation and would be done when the table molds had to be replaced. Option 2 was a short term, inexpensive, and easy fix which would be sent out with new systems and sent to existing customers. After a few design and material iterations, the final design was an injection molded piece to place over the buttons to protect them from activation. This task was completed on time and under budget.Responsibilities: address quality and customer issues; develop/prototype/test system improvements; document changes and protocols; and improve manufacturing of table top low vision systems.

Began my time at Velcro developing machines and machine parts for secondary processing of the hook and loop material. Then moved to developing products and processes to add products to the Velcro portfolio.

Liable for product development including addressing quality issues, prototyping, manufacturing, and documentation regarding medical products such as Over the Needle assemblies and dilators.

I started off at Millipore in the Product Design Department where I created products, assembly and test fixtures, worked on processes, and created my first injection mold which led to many more including figuring out how to machine the mold and creating drawings for all parts of the mold: bases, inserts, knockout pins, electrodes, sprues.One project which I enjoyed during my time in this department was to greatly decrease the Millipack filter rejects. I started by opening rejected and good parts to understand the reject cause and to narrow the focus of the investigation. Next step was to start at the beginning of the assembly process utilizing housing parts, filters, heat sealer, ultrasonic welder, and fixtures to recreate rejects. After assembling and cutting open many parts, I discovered that the diffuser in the housings were dislodging during the ultrasonic welding and breaking through the filter. This problem was corrected and rejects were eliminated.Next stop was the Plastics Engineering Department to further my knowledge of injection molding, a project which taught me all aspects of injection molding was the SuperFlow Disk. The SuperFlow disk was to increase the amount and speed of fluid filtered in a standard size Milipak container which meant that the filters would be supported in the housing differently than they had in the past. I had to design a filter support which would achieve this goal. The mesh of the support was so small that wire EDM was too large. What to do ... I came up with the idea of utilizing high speed jewelers saws to cut the mesh design into the mold inserts, the saws were first machined with the desired shape of the mesh then used to cut the shape into the inserts. Plunge EDM carbides were used to create an internal runner system which would aid in plastic material flow during molding yet not hinder fluid flow during use. After working on the injection molding process, we were successful in molding full mesh parts for testing.