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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Gardena, California, Us

Lead all aspects of engineering for both machine construction and function along with product usage in building applications.Lead operations team for daily production along with logistics for both receipt of raw material and delivery of finished product.Implemented systems to track process workflow and capture manufacturing data.Rewrote and developed quality manual for ICC listings. Implemented raw material and manufacturing lot traceability.Design and manufacturer custom components for customer projects.Provide support and perform installation of final product for customers.

Hawthorne, California, Us

Lead Organization of 70 amazing individuals, consisting of both stellar engineers and keen eyed inspectors. Team goal is to produce the highest reliability hardware the enable manned space flight and internet for all.Drive root cause investigations and prevent recurring issues through process analysis and challenging requirements. Develop business and inspection/validation processes to enable highest reliability builds and control of hardware.Lead the Diversity and Inclusion council for Build and Flight Reliability. Strive to continually improve on all aspects of D&I.Lead implementation and partnered on system improvements to reduce burden on team and remove critical path blockers using risk based evaluation and partner application enhancements.Lead NASA nonconformance review process and developed tools for their review and feedback for all human spaceflight missions.

Hawthorne, California, Us

Manufacturing Areas of Responsibility:Dragon Spacecraft, Machining, Merlin Engine Assembly, Merlin Sub Assemblies, Falcon/Merlin/Dragon ValvesLead team of 19 engineers to ensure reliability of flight hardware manufacturing.Working with both Production and Design teams to perform root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions to prevent similar failure modes in the future.

Hawthorne, California, Us

Manufacturing Areas of Responsibility:Machining, Merlin Engine Assembly, Merlin Sub Assemblies, Falcon/Merlin ComponentsLead team of 8 engineers to ensure reliability of flight hardware manufacturing.Working with both Production and Design teams to perform root cause analysis and implementation of corrective actions to prevent similar failure modes in the future.

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Technical leader for all machining, welding, surface treatment, and plating for Drum Rotors and Integrally Bladed Rotors (IBR aka Blisks). Lead all manufacturing engineers that support the variety of machining and special processes for the compressor rotating hardware. Responsible for daily tactical production support, driving overall process yield improvements along with reducing overall cycle time to enable on-time hardware delivery to the engine center. Highlights:- Start-up of new capital equipment Nickel plating line to support shut-down of previous line in the East Hartford plant- Created cell layout and manufacturing process flow for new high volume product line. Included machine selection, capital equipment acquisition, and process development. - Managed DFMA and manufacturing process development for Geared Turbo Fan (GTF) compressor hardware. Providing manufacturing design and tolerance recommendations to the design engineering team to meet process capability and enable lowest cycle time.- Mentor Six Sigma Black Belt and Green Belt (SSBB, SSGB) candidates through project completion- Leader of EHS team to reduce coolant and oil waste in CSMC manufacturing

East Hartford, Ct, Us

Special Processes- Technical Manager for all shared services/special processes in Compression Systems Module Center supporting 6 business units- Led group of 4 engineers, 2 contract employees, and 1 rotational employee- Generated cost reduction ideas for special processes- Developed 5-year capital plan to ensure processes have available capacity and reduce machine downtime- Strategic planning to reduce process bottlenecks and sole sourced equipment- Managed $3.5M capital project to move plating process from East Hartford plant to Middletown facility

East Hartford, Ct, Us

- Project Leader for $3.5M capital project- Generated design concepts for equipment improvements from existing line- Comprehensive involvement with potential suppliers on design of new equipment- Developed project plan and timeline for equipment build and installation

East Hartford, Ct, Us

- Developed standard work and gated process steps for customer return material- Developed Root Cause Checklist for use in problem investigations- Led and facilitated Problem Resolution Teams (PRT) for all TMC high impact quality issues- Led investigations on high impact military escapes which included presenting results to Defense Contract Managment Agency (DCMA) and United States Air Force (USAF)- Developed Clinic Assist process so manufacturing community can utilize root cause skill set of the clinic for quality issues in manufacturing

East Hartford, Ct, Us

- Created and tracked $1.1M engineering resource budget for department- Initiated new tooling and process concepts to improve ergonomic conditions- Improved process tooling to increase part first time yields from 51% to 99%- Implemented corrective actions for discrepant hardware for a scrap reduction of 59% since 2007- Reduced scrap $600K over 3 years- Decreased coating batch size from 120 to single piece flow- Utilized Six Sigma tools to reduce variation in manufacturing processes and improve FTY from 89% to 98%- Decreased catalyst consumable usage in coating system by 66% to save $20K annually- Acquired, installed, and programmed new capital equipment to increase quality from 89% to 100% RTY

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science (M.S.), Engineering