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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Aggressive, results oriented leader with a proven track record able to bring new products to market and perform continous improvements including cost reductions and quality improvements. New Product release: Worked in new product development teams responsible for developing the King Controls Satellite Antenna product lines as the Manufacturing Operations representative. • Work with the project core team (Design, Marketing, Service, Manufacturing, Finance, and Purchasing) to create and… Show more Aggressive, results oriented leader with a proven track record able to bring new products to market and perform continous improvements including cost reductions and quality improvements. New Product release: Worked in new product development teams responsible for developing the King Controls Satellite Antenna product lines as the Manufacturing Operations representative. • Work with the project core team (Design, Marketing, Service, Manufacturing, Finance, and Purchasing) to create and execute manufacturing project plans supporting the overall product release.• Analyze and determine Make vs Buy decisions with the supply chain team members.• Manage Technical Publication staff to create manufacturing processes and work instructions using tools such as Solid Works and Visio to optimize efficiency and quality.• Create manufacturing production layouts and train technicians and operators on processes and work instructions.• Research, analyze, and create capital equipment requirement requests to include cost justifications and payback period.These are some of the results of my accomplishments at King Controls:• Released the new family of Satellite receiver products VQseries (portable), KDseries (roof mount) on schedule and with the highest manufacturing yields at release than any other product at King Controls. This product increased King Controls revenue and profit by 30%. • Saving 60% packaging cost by making foam parts in-house. Show less

Minnetonka, Mn

Manufacturing Engineer - New Product Development:Performed a crucial role in product development teams as the Manufacturing Operations representative responsible for developing the Datacard Desktop Card Printer product lines which added over $160M to revenue and profits.Project Management:Responsible for leading Manufacturing teams to transfer Production Manufacturing Operations domestic and international to achive cost reduction and consolidation goals.

Semiconductor Division - Eagan, Mn

Performed a crucial role in the start-up and production of the semiconductor plant. Responsible for selecting/installation/maintenance of the capital equipment and perform the production environmental testing / burn-in on the state-of-the-art semiconductors produced for the Unisys computer systems.Developed software and fixtures for board testers and laser equipment used in processing semiconductors resulting in over $100K of annual cost reductions.