Lead the Manufacturing Engineering and Quoting teams. Responsible for introducing new parts and products into manufacturing, improving processes and product quality.

Sustaining, Failure Analysis & Quality Engineering:Led factory and customer-focused interdisciplinary engineering and technician teams of 7 to 17 to sustain and improve product and process. Performed root cause analysis, solutions development and deployment. Delivered change management, corrective action, and quality/reliability verification for the entire product life cycle.Sustaining Engineering-Oversaw all life cycle and design changes for products, materials, and components on 15+ platforms.-Ensured supply chain continuity from supplier and production, resolution of escalations in factory and field.-Organized and collaborated with partner organizations to resolve issues affecting the entire supply chain.-New product introduction project management, bridging design into manufacturing.Failure Analysis Engineering-Drove team to identify root causes of product failure and develop, verify, and deploy solutions to complex technical problems on both organic and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) designed products as expert in structured root cause analysis.-Coached multiple teams on problem-solving strategies within and across organizations.Quality & Reliability Engineering-Delivered continuous improvement through assessment, prioritization, and resolution of production and customer product quality, and reliability challenges.-Developed and deployed Closed Loop Corrective Action systems (CAPA) for Quality Assurance and managed issues to closure.-Proposed and executed collaborative proactive reliability initiative on clean sheet design with design team.-Represented operation in ISO 9001 audits and review and approve the site QMS.Test Engineering-Designed new small and large module parametric functional test fixture systems for two platforms of multi-function printers to verify functionality and ensure achievement of required specifications.-Deployed fixtures across the supplier base in Southeast Asia for testing prior to final assembly.

-Managed all sustaining activities, customer concerns, failure analysis, and field and production problem-solving during period of rapid product and technology growth for solid ink printers.-Oversaw team of six Manufacturing and Failure Analysis engineers on the first and second solid ink product platforms.-Co-developed and deployed hierarchical coding system to identify product failures at factory and customer sites.-Expanded the Shainin problem-solving methodology across the organization, with over 200 employees trained.-Co-developed and deployed a hierarchical coding system for production and field product problems-Represented ISO 9001 and review and approve the site QMS

Responsible for sustaining activities and problem solving on first solid ink platformInitial adopter and champion of structured problem solving methods (Shainin RedX)

-Manufacturing sustaining responsibilities for data communication modules-New Product Engineer on small footprint UNIX parallel processing mainframe

-Responsible for manufacturing phase support on various microprocessor development aid products & modules-Trainer for the group including developing materials and introduction to UNIX-System Administrator for the first uVAX in Tektronix used for production test environment. UNIX shell scripting and limited C coding used to run the production test environment.