Ground floor industrial engineering experience ramping recording head technology transitions from inductive-magnetoresistive-GMR-and on to HAMR- Long range capacity Planning- Strategic operations planning- Storage Technology promoter- Relationship builder

- Team Captain of Minnesota MS150 2021 Fundraising bike team 'Too Much Awesome'- Team fundraising finished 50th out of 116 participating teams in 2021 - excellent for a a team with 5 members!- 4 time finisher of the MS150 which is a 150 mile fundraising bike ride- Looking forward to riding in 2023 and helping to beat MS!

Team Lead: led two process engineers focused on product readiness, integration and testing. Developed processes and document product designs for new products and seasonal updates. Created and executed test plans for new product development and seasonal renewal. Facilitated cross site training for Shutterfly Ft Mill and Tempe production personnel at Lifetouch Chico facility ahead of Chico shutdown in 2019. Facilitated process transfers as part of Lifetouch plant shutdowns.

Responsible for Prestige photography business line engineering support and seasonal product updates. Directly provided engineering support to the Lifetouch Muncie Prestige production Lab.• Collaborated with marketing, supply chain, software development and manufacturing to ensure new product introduction met required timelines.• Created and maintained product management blueprints based on marketing and manufacturing requirements.• Created and executed test plans for validating seasonal deployment changes and new product introductions.• Conducted Lean audits at multiple Lifetouch production facilities, summarized audit findings and reported out findings with site leadership.• Coordinated deployment of the Prestige product line proof sheet which resulted in season savings of $175K

Continuous Improvement and Manufacturing Engineering Project Areas: - Equipment fingerprinting methodology for scrap avoidance and configuration optimization- Utilize Green to Green availability improvement methodology for key equipment - Business Continuity administration for equipment engineering organization

- Delivered wafer fabrication capacity planning and wafer test equipment capacity planning.- Provided weekly capacity plan for wafer fabrication and wafer test production starts for review with corporate planning and site management team.- Created production and test capital equipment analysis identifying requirements for technology transition ramp.- Set weekly and quarterly productivity production targets including: work in process levels, equipment activities, and cycle time.

- Internal consultant in the Reengineering and Performance Management team.- Created process flow diagrams, value stream maps and identified customer pain points for government item processing, direct banking and fraud operations.- Developed a Continuous Improvement program for proposed launch across three lines of business.

- Provided innovative cost modeling analyses to support design center decision making and recommended cost optimized solutions to design engineering, manufacturing engineering and product core teams.- Developed and enhanced a reliability cost model supporting business decisions on how best to improve designs, process, materials, and supplier selections while balancing the demands of cost, quality and time to market.- Created internal cost impact scenarios for product programs and conducted 'what if' scenarios for the following: - capital equipment improvements or acquisitions - identify cost optimized equipment configurations.- bill of material content variations - drive decision making based on overall program cost impact.- process content changes - deliver upstream vs. downstream yield tradeoffs.- Provided cost impact analyses to assess changes to factory equipment capital requirements based on the current long range plan and product roadmap.

- Led process development and equipment design of an automated adhesive cure oven for volume production on the Savvio 10K.2 [Firebird] program.- Led the development team which designed, built and transferred an adhesive cure process to production which reduced equipment tooling requirements by $1.7M.- Minimized factory line reconfiguration needs by developing a cure oven that reduced space requirements 67% versus existing adhesive curing process equipment.- Drove two Six Sigma Brown Belt IDOV projects for process development and workstation design.- Prepared process documentation, achieved internal regulatory compliance, initiated development capital requests, developed project timelines and performed equipment handoff to integration engineering.

- Provided technical analysis and cross functional group facilitation for the Advanced Manufacturing Concepts group and reported directly to the Senior Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing for the last two years in this role.- Created and managed timelines for the Factory of the Future project for product assembly and test processes.- Led manufacturing competitive analysis team and recommended best of breed designs for manufacturing.- Facilitated compiling and editing of manufacturing technology roadmaps for product portfolio.

- Provided lean engineer training and project management for the Wafer systems group.- Project facilitator for equipment layout optimization project which involved the coordination and tracking of 189 tool moves over a period of 14 months.- Certified Ernst & Young Lean Manufacturing Simulation trainer - lead instructor for over 70 engineering (indirect) and direct labor employees, focusing on reducing cycle time to meet business objectives.