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Washougal, Washington, United States

Bushcraft Packs and outdoor gear engineered from inspiration. Handmade in USA - Veteran Owned.Designs and manufactures heritage style outdoor softgoods based upon ergonomics, purpose, durability, and customer feedback.Establishes B2B relationships with raw material vendors to ensure/enhance product quality and increase bottom-line.Drives achievement of customer satisfaction targets through direct communication, customer survey results, monitoring social media channels, and product reviews.

Vancouver, Washington, United States

Identifies opportunities to improve 200 mm silicon wafer edge grind and MEP production processes within a high volume manufacturing facility with an emphasis on safety, quality, yield, productivity, and cost reduction.Provides technical expertise and project management with a hands-on approach by conducting engineering tests, statistical process control (SPC), and generating data-driven process-improvement actions.Performs root cause analysis or Failure Mode Effect & Analysis (FMEA) to provide safety and process recommendations, improvements, and best practices.Collaborates and communicates with various departments to strategize and meet specific department and company goals.

Washougal, Washington, United States

Enhanced maintenance procedure instructions by optimizing process workflows for increased production efficiency within ISO 9001 and Lean/Six Sigma guidelines.Analyzed production mill floor layout for optimal placement of future production equipment acquisitions.Documented production mill layout(s) by producing CAD drawings of equipment, electrical components, and other relevant system locations within the production facility.Develops conceptual designs, final designs, cost estimates and provides maintenance support for the mechanical phases of buildings, equipment installations/removals, utility systems and grounds.

Portland, Oregon Area

Slashed costs by escalating DHC-8-400 Propeller Assembly overhaul interval resulting in annual savings of $1M.Spearheaded a project to revise PW150A engine seals which reduced annual expenditures by $0.25M.Strategized and developed project plans/improved production protocols to accomplish fleet propulsion safety and reliability improvements in addition to cost reductions.Produced and revised maintenance task cards in conjunction with appropriate maintenance manuals and regulations to incorporate newly revised aircraft maintenance procedures.

Portland, Oregon Area

Gathered and analyzed reliability data of systems/components on Bombardier Q400 aircraft and made recommendations on modification incorporations.Completed a project to determine the appropriate flight hour interval for crew seat overhaul to maximize safety and minimize operation costs.Evaluated and revised aircraft maintenance procedures to lower maintenance hours reducing flight delays, cancellations and costs.

Vancouver, Wa

Applied the 5S Lean principles to revise product/workstation layout in warehouse facility resulting in improved production efficiency.Optimized product inventory in warehouse facility by analyzing product sales, equipment installations, and usage.Maintained accurate count, documented quantities, and ensured sufficient product stock of equipment and merchandise in warehouse/mobile units to streamline customer installations.

New River, Nc

Managed teams of aircraft maintenance technicians leading to the highest mission completion percentage of all previous squadrons during support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Rapidly increased U.S. Marine Corps air-combat readiness by training maintenance technicians for combat deployment up to 9-months ahead of schedule.Performed scheduled/unscheduled maintenance, troubleshooting, and special inspections on MV-22 ‘Osprey‘ in a timely manner to enhance aircraft dispatch reliability.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.51

Activities and Societies: Cum Laude

Aircraft O-Level Mechanics Course

Fields of Study: - V-22 Tiltrotor Aircraft O-Level Maintenance - Powerplants and Related Components O-level Maintenance - V-22.