Daniel E. Email & Phone Number

Wilmington, De, Us

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

•Developed standard work cells for milling and turning areas. Standardized machine setup and tooling across given platform by replicating work bench, tool board, and process documentation configurations to reduce setup time and increase throughput.•Successfully transferred labor intensive, multiple operation machined valve bodies and fittings which were previously run on indexing lathes to run unattended on Haas 4 axis vertical mills in multiple quantities per cycle unattended.•Successfully transformed turning operations by purchasing faster, more capable Mazak CNC lathes w/ barfeeders which have the ability to run unattended.•Implementation of Mastercam CAD/CAM software for programming Haas vertical mills. •Experience in macro programming for Haas mills.•Train & support machine operators on new Mazak & Haas CNC machinery.•Implement & maintain DNC system to control CNC programs revision and status.•Maintain process control pertaining to drawing revision changes, process improvements, and new program development.•Setup & maintain VMI tooling program with local tool supplier. Maintain balance of consignment & non-consignment tooling to ensure tooling is available when needed for manufacturing.•Provide recommendations for machine shop expenditures for annual Capital Budgeting process. Identify expenses, provide quotes, lead-time, supporting items and services along with estimated timelines and target order placement.•Responsible for review of machined component drawings. Provide recommendations to improve manufacturability, reduce cycle time & reduce possible scrap & delay.•Responsible for design, programming & manufacture of production fixtures & tooling for machine shop. Support assembly & inspection departments for tooling needs.•Co-manage machine shop by providing direction towards process flow, capital equipment expenditures, machine planning, achieving production schedules and 5S initiatives.

Wilmington, Delaware

Key individual supporting global relocation activities for a Class 1 medical device manufacturing site in Juarez, MX. One of seven employees retained from decomissioned 135 employee DePuy Synthes plant to provide the following support in Juarez, MX:• Cross-functional engineering support for Front End manufacturing departments which include machining & sheet metal component fabrication• General support for areas of Quality, Assembly & Inventory - raw materials and manufactured components• Production planning support during product transfer through setup of new facility• Train employees to use Mazak's Camware programming software for offline conversational programming for Mazak Horizontal CNC milling machines• Machine tool communicationsResponsible for remotely developing machining processes for Mazak 4-axis Horizontal dual pallet CNC milling machines. This includes fixture design, program development & process documentation. Train, oversee and mentor technicians focused on remote manufacturing support

West Chester, Pennsylvania

Responsibilities remained unchanged from Synthes as a result of this acquisition.DePuy Synthes Graphic Case Manufacturing Division was acquired by Flextronics in December 2014, and the manufacturing site was relocated to Juarez, MX.

West Chester, Pennsylvania

• Support process control initiatives which did not exist at my previous company. These initiatives include program control, process documentation, standard fixture & tooling configurations• Responsible for developing machining processes for (9) Mazak 4-axis Horizontal dual pallet CNC milling machines• Extensive knowledge of Mazak's Camware programming software for offline conversational programming across Mazak Matrix, Fusion & M-Plus machine controls• Collaborate with Product Development engineers regarding manufacturability of designs• Responsible for New Product launches which include design reviews, manufacturing engineering documents, programming and tooling selection• Design custom fixtures and implement a modular fixture setup where feasible • Developed tooling library which was used across (9) Mazak Horizontal CNC MIlling machines to reduce setup time• Develop, implement and maintain methods, operation sequence and processes required for the manufacturing of medical devices / components• Interface with various support areas such as quality engineering, planning and purchasing departments• Train, oversee and mentor technicians and machine operators to ensure on-time completion for new product launches• Provide shop floor support for machine operators on problem solving and daily troubleshooting issues• Practice Lean manufacturing and 5S principlesSynthes was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in June 2012.

Avondale, Pennsylvania

• Program various Mazak CNC mills & lathes using the Mazatrol programming language• CAD / CAM programming using Mazak's Camware• Various duties include: prototypes, setup & production runs• Program Flow abrasive waterjet using FlowPathAMT was acquired by Synthes in February 2006, and the manufacturing site was relocated to West Chester, PA.

New Castle, Delaware

• Design & construction of various types of laboratory scale equipment for manufacturing metal matrix composite materials• Responsible for ceramic processing, liquid metal infiltration, machining & metallography sample preparation• Uniaxial & isostatic pressed ceramic bodies• Machining metal matrix composites• Kiln setup & controls

Certificate, Machinist Training

Associate Of Applied Science, Mechanical Engineering Technology

Journeyman, Machinist