Dave Blanchette Email & Phone Number

Dudley, MA, US

Westboro, Ma.

Westford, Ma.

• Support the daily activities of the production and field repair departments.
• Update Visual Studio test code written in C# to incorporate new products and/or change orders.
• Create, edit, update, and maintain all test related ISO work instructions/procedures.
• Assist in maintaining our ISO 9001:2015 certification.
• Create customer facing repair/replacement documents.
• Perform “field failure” analysis on returned products. Create failure analysis reports.

• Manage new product introduction
• Analyzed specifications and schematics
• Act as liaison between design engineering and manufacturing
• Insure maximum uptime of Manufacturing Test lab systems hardware,.
• Create failure analysis reports
• Function as a quality assurance resource

• Supervised new product introduction from hardware and software engineering to manufacturing.
• Wrote test procedures and failure analysis reports.
• Functioned as the quality assurance specialist to ensure consistently high quality
• Scheduled and supervised the daily work direction of three technicians
• Trained existing technicians on new products
• Mentored and trained new and temporary employees

• Component and system level repair of new and field return semi-conductor based real time processors, background processors, system timing, and satellite link cards related to Wide Area Network (W.A.N.) matrix switches
• Promoted to team leader of W.A.N. area after first year
• Provided daily work direction of four senior technicians and two assemblers
• Trained all new hires and temporary employees
• Reduced turnaround time on field returns from 20 days to 10 days
• Reduced field return backlog from 350 pieces to 125 pieces

• Component level repair of all boards related to Data General systems including but not limited to 68000 series microprocessor based CPU's memory management, error correction cards, tape, and disk drives
• Repaired and refurbished government and non-contracted customer systems, cards, peripherals, and laptop computers
• Conducted equipment profile and quality audits resulting in a 45% increase in quality and functionality of selected systems
• Evaluated all area problem cards for repair or scrap and successfully repaired 40% of all cards presented for determination, resulting in a reduction in the scrap rate from 5% to 3%
• Consistently met 100% of predetermined production schedule
• Chosen as 1 of 4 out of 60 technicians to obtain certification for the purpose of training fellow technicians

Associates In Business Management

Associates, Business Management

Activities and Societies: Member of American Society of Test Engineers since 1999LabView Basics I & II, 2006 A.S., Business Management.