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Oakley, Ca, Us

Oakley, Ca.

Walnut Creek, Ca.

Ownership of manufacturing issues and actions. Respible to insure manufacturing readyness aligns with NPI launch schedule and production requirements.Manage all in-house and supplier quality issues that affect supply chain continuity and customer satisfaction.Lead MRB team, driving timely resolution of issues and actions that require cross functional support such as dimention and material revisions, component testing, and acceptance of components by waiver to maintain supply continuity. Publish activities in alignment with ISO requirements.

Mt. View, Ca.

Siemens Healthcare – Ultrasound Division (Randstad Sourceright)Sr. Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer / Supplier Quality EngineerManage high visibility projects assigned by the Director of Supply Chain Management such as CAPA, SCAR, and supply chain disruptions.ISO 13485 - Customer Complaints – Investigate, document and work cross functionally to resolve manufacturing defects in compliance with corporate directives and ISO compliance.Audit key suppliers and ODM partners identifying process, assembly, inspection, and test improvements to improve first pass yield, reliability and customer satisfaction in compliance with QSR 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485. Control Panel quality improvement - Identified and resolved quality issues on injection molded plastics vetoing a proposed re-tooling and material change proposal saving $250k in retooling charges.612 pin Connector quality improvement. Worked cross functionally to identify root cause of customer complaints and manufacturing issues threatening to shut down production.Work with CMs to clarify inspection and manufacturing instructions to improve assembly yield and customer satisfaction.Identified root cause of an RF shielding issue affecting final test yield, and reduced rework cost.Regulatory Quality Engineer experience supporting product concerns affecting ISO, FDA21C, 510K compliance.Write, review and approve ECOs insuring compliance with FDA, ISO 13485, 510K and EU directives.

San Jose, Ca.

Managed the ASR-1000 product platform from first customer ship through product release.• Single point of contact driving product based issues that required cross-functional support.• Proactively drove cost, quality, and supply continuity issues requiring cross-functional support.• Collaboratively addressed product level issues across CDO, Mfg. Ops, and Production Ops.• Accountable for cross-functional collaboration by facilitating weekly Integrated Product Team meetings.

Livermore, Ca.

Managed Manufacturing Engineering, Production, and Warehousing departments responsible for manufacturing process and assembly improvements, vendor qualification, supply chain readiness, and release of electric vehicle AC & DC Motor Controllers with sales of $120 million/year.• Managed 5 Manufacturing Engineers with 16 total employees • Responsible for headcount, budget, production scheduling, and end to end production and facility management.• Coordinated and documented DFM and DFT activities drove issues back into design team.• Insured products met cost and quality targets, and documentation met ISO standards.• Negotiated cost and audited manufacturing process of PCB, die cast, extrusion and machining vendors.• ISO 9001 Certification, authored procedures, and performed training to achieve divisional certification.

Sunnyvale, Ca

Managed NPI cross-functional teams launching Network Security hardware and software products into domestic and Asian subcontract manufacturing.• Managed the World Wide Sub-Contract vendor relationships on assigned products including cost, quality, engineering change management, validation, and supply chain continuity.• Ownership of operational, supply chain, and manufacturing aspects of assigned product through product lifecycle.NPI Launch Scorecard:Launched Tele3 SP on schedule and within cost targets. Managed operational issues enabling critical unplanned revenue of ~$270k to be gained by shipping over 600 units during the last 2 days of quarter.Launched Pro 230/330 on schedule and within cost targets. Managed operational issues enabling critical unplanned revenue of ~$370,000 by resolving manufacturing issues and shipping 1,000 units in last days of quarter.Launched Software SKUs: Content Filter, VPN, GMS, and numerous Firmware revisions.

Santa Clara, Ca.

Managed cross-functional NPI teams launching wireless, and networking products into high volume manufacturing. I consistently launched products meeting cost and schedule targets.• Ownership of product launch including schedule, cost, supply chain, manufacturing and test readiness, first pass yield, and product lifecycle from cradle to grave.• Ensured test development activities achieved schedule, capacity, and product requirements.• Ownership of DFM / DFT activities for new products into design teams.• Presented project phase reviews to management team on a regular basis.

Santa Clara, Ca.

Sr. Project Manager - Automation Engineering Dept., Manufacturing OperationsProject manager executing critical manufacturing projects in U.S., Ireland, and Singapore.• Led the project analysis, budget development, specification, equipment purchase, installation and bring up of manufacturing processes, equipment, automation systems, and facilities.• Lean factories designed for network hardware manufacturing and materials requirements.Chicago - US Robotics Facilities Consolidation. Budget: $8 MillionProject Manager - Consolidation of U.S. Robotics manufacturing capacity. Closed and consolidated excess warehouses and manufacturing capacity not required after 3Com purchased US Robotics.Singapore - Manufacturing Facility. Budget: $10 MillionProject Manager - Managed the design, build, and bring up of a 255 Sq. Ft. Manufacturing and Warehousing facility.• Designed material and process flows producing a lean manufacturing facility designed around SMT manufacturing material flow requirements and process flows. • Ownership of layout, facilities program, budget, installation and start up. Led vendor selection and purchasing negotiation of all required capital equip.Dublin, Ireland, SMT Manufacturing capacity projects. Budgets: to $8 MillionProject Manager – Managed numerous reconfiguration projects and capacity improvements, installing 12 PCB assembly lines and process improvements over a several year period.• Ownership of project plan, budget, schedule, layouts, contractors, installation and bring-up.Salt Lake City, Assembly Conveyor Project. Budget: $1 MillionProject Manager - Managed the evaluation of assembly conveyors to be implemented world wide. I managed the specification, purchase and installation of assembly and test conveyors.• Produced 23% productivity increase on Palm PDA assembly and test.

Fremont, Ca.

Designed and installed assembly process improvements including manufacturing / warehousing equipment and process flow in a high volume fulfillment / product assembly facility. Products were floppy disk replication, and CD mastering, replication and fulfillment.• Designed and implemented lean, and reconfigurable high volume assembly lines and assembly cells focused on just in time material delivery and finished product delivery. • Designed and implemented a lean 85K sq. ft. product assembly and fulfillment facility including material flow concepts, warehouse layout, quick pick, and shipping stations. Managed the existing facility transfer to new facility.

Fremont, Ca.

Manufacturing automation team member that designed, installed, and released the state-of-the-art automated NeXT Computer manufacturing facility in 1988.• Designed manufactured and installed component feeders, automated test equipment, conveyor systems, and through-hole robotic systems.• Ownership of assembly line robots, wave solder, reflow, and screen printer manufacturing quality, machine maintenance, programming, and processes improvement.• DFM team member identifying design and assembly improvements to improve quality and reduce manufacturing cost.• Project manager implementing various manufacturing processes and equipment such as conveyors, process equipment, facilities improvements and environmental stress test oven.

Santa Clara, Ca.

Manufacturing automation engineer supporting the launch and capacity ramp-up of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Ownership of welding and CNC machining processes and procedures including layout, time studies, capacity planning, hard tooling, material flow, and process / procedure development and release.• Specified and installed four vision guided robots performing MIG welding on large aluminum and armor steel assemblies. Developed welding parameters and maintained weld quality.• Developed and released MIG welding process which surpassed ballistic testing requirements.• DFM team member identifying and implementing design and assembly improvements.• Project manager implementing various manufacturing processes and equipment such as conveyors, process equipment, facilities improvements and environmental stress test oven.

Engineer'S Degree, Industrial Technology, 3.2 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Theta Chi FraternityStudied the processes and procedures to manufacture electrical / mechanical products.

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Machine Technology, 3.2 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Studied machining, welding, and manufacturing practices.Associate of Science degree – Machine Technology Studied.