• Project included the implementation of an additional surface mount technology line.• Project included the purchase of equipment needed for board transfer and loading into AOI, Laser Marker, etc.• Project included purchase and installation of Laser Marker machine.• Writing programs, installation, operation and programming documentation for Laser Marker..• Project included purchase and programming of scanning equipment needed to read 2-D barcodes. This was needed for the implementation of a vision system needed for board traceability and customer tracking.• Continous Process improvements using Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma idealogy.• Project included the daily maintenance and repair of four complete surface mount technology lines. This also included all AOI reflow, printing, wash, wave and through hole mount equipment.

• Project included design, layout and procurement of a complete SMT Line with AOI and final testing.• Qualification and installation of a 60K an hour top/bottom SMT Line.• Develop estimates/justification of capital for equipment and tooling for internal SMT manufacturing.• Responsible for all product launch activities associated with the process design function, equipment procurement, process installation and process qualification for the new SMT line.• Responsible for timeline management, budget tracking, and customer updates associated with all product launches.• Responsible for all direct labor costs on a per piece basis.

• Supervised the manufacturing engineers responsible for circuit card assembly, and final assembly of electro-mechanical avionics products. Assisted with designing and implementing new production processes and controls. Worked with production and design engineering to perform the design for manufacturability of new products. Analyzed all manufacturing and test processes during the pre-production phase.• Supervised 12 Production Engineers, 11 SMT/Rework operators. 4 Quality Engineers.

• Responsible for RoHS compliance for the Gemini Project.o Including reviewing compliance of 65,000 Honeywell MEP parts.

ADC Telecommunication /Network Solutions Shakopee, MN. Senior Manufacturing Project EngineerProvided the company with a combined 22 years of manufacturing experience along with providing the design centers with critical design information including DFM, PCB layout recommendations, process layout and quick turn prototyping. Experienced in production tool design for all areas of manufacturing. Provided support planning for strategic commodity management, component engineering, test engineering and all other logistic organizations, during their efforts to identify and implement cost and cycle time reductions. I was the only Contract Manufacturing Engineer for ADC’s 5 design centers, and launched 29 new product lines.Provided process and product support in a continuous improvement environment. This includes Design for Manufacturability, New ProductIntroduction, RoHS/WEEE/REACH lead-free manufacturing, testing processes, quality planning and material logistics. Experienced in process improvement and operator training with a focus on reducing cost, improving quality and on time delivery.Performed as the technical liaison between ADC and all of the Contract Manufacturers, this included support for all our off shore contract manufacturers in Taiwan, China, Mexico and Romania over the last 9 years. Provided onsite training for both SMT process and assembly levels of the products.

Coon Rapids, MN. Director of Engineering and Quality Director of Engineering, Quality, Test, and Documentation, Managing over 40 employees. Directed the manufacturing operations of all PWB builds and functional testing. This included customer support during design and pre-production builds. Supplied customers with ERP and MRP support and training. Maintained and calibrated all the Zevatec pick and place equipment. Supervised all internal SMT processes, wave soldering, post wave and the ICT testing, functional testing of all of the product's being built.

RF Monolithics, Inc. Dallas, Texas Senior Process Engineer Increased yields and throughput thus reducing cost and man-hours by automating PCB's in the surface mount factory. Introduced the use of pick and place equipment such as MyData chip shooter, Presco screen printer and Heller reflow oven's. Trained operators, documented procedures for all SMT products. Played an integral part in obtaining QS9000 certification for our factory. Introduced new equipment into our factory including F&K Devotec wire bonder's and die mounter