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Milpitas, California, United States

• Implemented low cost masking improvement for major product that eliminated over 80 manhours per week of touchup labor and increased first pass yield from 0% to nearly 100%.
• Developed and validated static mixing process for fast cure epoxies that reduced raw material waste by a factor of ten.
• Integrated five process improvements that resulted in thirty-fold reduction in scrap for UV-staking process.
• Executed over 40 engineering reviews for new product introductions (NPI).

Union City, California, United States

• Divisional Technical Lead and SME for Reagent-Bead Vision Inspection Systems:
• Spearheaded $1,600,000 project to automate over $500,000 of manual labor per year through the implementation of a customized vision inspection system.
• Achieved operational capability and high performance by identifying two critical process improvements and eliminating six fatal design flaws including both software and hardware.
• Optimized operational doctrine and procedure enabling 100% defect-free process output.
• Designed, documented and executed all engineering studies, experimental protocols, and validations.
• Trained three personnel on the operational doctrine and the complex process of inspection recipe creation.

San Jose, CA

• Division Lead: Tooling, Robotics and Automation.
• Developed SMED process for laser cutting which reduced setup time six-fold, while also reducing wear to the honeycomb.
• Crafted inexpensive tools leading to eight-fold performance improvement for three key manufacturing processes.
• Designed control system, safety protocols and pneumatic logic for 1,200 lb pneumatic press.
• Designed control system and logic for automatic infeed of screen presses via robotic arm.Division Lead: Software Development.
• Automated more than 1000 manhours per year of high value labor for savings of over $38,000 per year.

Morgan Hill, CA

• Continuous Improvement Lead:
• Implemented process improvement that tripled production rate of major product line.
• Led a continuous improvement project that brought on-time delivery from 55% to 95% (all-time company high).
• Spearheaded 6S effort that saved company over $250,000 per year in flammable material storage facilities.
• Designed, programmed and implemented application that saves 170 manhours/yr for supervisor.Research and Development Production Liaison:
• Trained and supervised four lab personnel in using analytical equipment and QC testing.