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Round Rock, Tx

Manage production operations for the construction, test, and field support of Medium Voltage Drives.Business Startup: Transitioned Medium Voltage Drive from an R&D project to a commercially viable product line for TECO-Westinghouse. Results: Medium Voltage Drive business grown to a forecast of $20mil business in 4 years.Process Design: Technical lead for Quality, Manufacturing and Test operation documentation and fixture development. Results: Reduction of production and test failures by 50% from initiation of product to stable production.

Design, startup, and manage production assembly line to manufacture state of the art utility class wind turbine.Business Startup: Started up the Wind Energy Division for TECO-Westinghouse to produce 2MW wind turbines. Results: Grew revenue from 0 to 10% of the total company’s revenue in 3 years. Process Design: Designed and built a wind turbine manufacturing facility and global supply chain resulting in the generation of a wind turbine every 8 hours. Results: Reduced cycle time from 3 weeks to 8 hours while strategically managing inventory and delivery to the factory and customer. Process Development: Managed a global operations and distribution network. Developed partnerships and joint ventures with companies in Europe, South America, and Asia to manufacture and supply components for the wind energy industry. Business Operations: Setup a successful spare parts business to support the installed base of wind turbines throughout the US, Canada, Europe and South America.Coordinated and participated in field installation and warranty for 30+ turbines in Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri.Interviewed, hired, and managed 3 manufacturing leads, 35 temporary personnel, and 2 test technicians to support varying production loads.

Austin, Tx

The production focal point for resolution of assembly, engineering and quality issues concerning PCbased slot machine gaming systems.Develop, implement, and currently manage Engineering Change Management(ECN) process to document all hardware changes.Document all new cabinet integrations with production layout and assemblydocumentation.Work closely with Hardware Quality Dept. to resolve issues related to productionquality, manufacturability, and field support.Converted warehouse area into full production line capability within 3 weeks to meet 100% increase in production schedule.

San Antonio, Tx

Addressed production yield and manufacturing quality issues of microwave radio racksas Manufacturing Quality Support Team Lead.Averaged 40% reduction of floor space and $50,000 reduction in on-hand materialcost when leading focused Process Improvement Team tasked with re-designingthe production floor.Managed quality control of principal supplier for over 100 different PCB assembliesto improve manufacturability, cost, and quality.Implemented multiple outsourcing projects that saved the company up to $1000 permonth.- Developed electronic e-mail Andon system used for production issue escalationand resolution that was adopted division-wide.

Round Rock, Tx

Implemented manufacturing improvements to the product and facility in order toincrease manufacturability and quality of Applied Materials gas panels while reducingcost.- Executed manufacturing EC’s that decreased cycle time, improved quality andsaved the company up to $10,000 per month in material cost.- Transitioned an entirely new style gas panel from R&D stage to a standard product.- Developed and continuously improved the class 10,000 clean room production floorlayout and coordinated all changes instituted for improvements in manufacturingefficiency, new product introduction, and build schedule requirements.- Created ISO9000 procedures and work instructions to guide the manufacturing engineering group.

Cedar Park, Tx

Designed and developed mechanical, electrical and fiber optic control systems foroilfield drilling applications.Configured and managed installation of VICIS and TOTAL control systems intodifferent drill rig configurations.Established research parameters and assembled data on entire offshore oil drillingcontrol system for third party FMECA study.

Houston, Tx

Planned, produced, and installed commercial and military components.Designed, installed and tested F-15/F- 16 jet engine mounting hardware, fuelsystem, and control systems at three Royal Saudi and two U.S. Air Force bases.Created original design of Royal Saudi Air Force “hush-house” facility upgradesduring first Saudi Arabian tour. Performed installation and design improvement dueto customer feedback and facilities differences during second tour.Developed a proprietary vinyl sign-making machine from initial customer proposalthrough all stages of prototyping, into full production. The “SuperFast Weeder” iscurrently being sold to superior sign-making companies.