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Longmont, Co

Leverage solid technical acumen to improve product yield, enhance cost-effectiveness of production process, and ensure optimal product quality by acting as the core team analytics expert and introducing state-of-the-art technology to increase the product’s lifespan. Increase scalability across global multi-site manufacturing process to maximize capacity for high-volume production by introducing advanced analysis practices and recommending solutions for enhancing qualification trial… Show more Leverage solid technical acumen to improve product yield, enhance cost-effectiveness of production process, and ensure optimal product quality by acting as the core team analytics expert and introducing state-of-the-art technology to increase the product’s lifespan. Increase scalability across global multi-site manufacturing process to maximize capacity for high-volume production by introducing advanced analysis practices and recommending solutions for enhancing qualification trial reliability.Deliver cutting-edge technology advancement with new processes, systems, failure modes, measurement techniques, and new process systems requiring data retrieval and constant attention to compile new data and disperse data to stakeholders.Product/Process Yield (or Continuation) Engineer, High-Volume Technology ManufacturingEngineered cutting-edge solutions to facilitate scaling from pilot/design phase to high-volume manufacturing of hard disc drives by introducing an integrative data-based approach and data interpretation to increase component yield and reliability. Served as the subject matter expert for coherent analysis from US and UK wafer manufacturing to Asia component processing factories and final hard disc drive manufacturing. Utilized advanced analytics methods and techniques to improve the results of data extraction and compilation functions.Product and Configuration Management EngineerMaintained oversight of all data analysis and configuration management operations to ensure proper execution as per the defined criteria. Ensured full compliance with the organization’s policies and procedures.Improved team decision-making and enabled prompt responses for process and design points by providing rapid data analytics for 150mm to 200mm wafer format conversion. Successful conversion led to competitive advantage by increasing throughput by 75%. Show less

Cincinnati, Oh

Led multifaceted process engineering functions to drive process and operational excellence across all team efforts. Provided comprehensive leadership support to manufacturing specialists by leading them to deliver exceptional performance and attaining recognition for goal setting, team development, and performance. Hand-selected for the MBA sponsorship by the company due to outstanding leadership traits and recognition as a high-potential leader. Epitaxial deposition design of… Show more Led multifaceted process engineering functions to drive process and operational excellence across all team efforts. Provided comprehensive leadership support to manufacturing specialists by leading them to deliver exceptional performance and attaining recognition for goal setting, team development, and performance. Hand-selected for the MBA sponsorship by the company due to outstanding leadership traits and recognition as a high-potential leader. Epitaxial deposition design of experiment improved resistivity uniformity from 25% to 5% across the wafer.Drove significant process improvement including decreasing process inventory by 40%, increasing bottleneck operations capacity by 15% with small capital purchase, and reducing cycle time, as well as headcount by 30% and 50%, respectively by replacing batch and queue process with advanced continuous flow cells. Created robust and reliable procedures and increased production efficiency by introducing wet etching, epitaxial deposition, and backside treatments for the semiconductor wafer manufacturing process. Equipped operators with necessary skillset and knowledge required for enhancing production process and optimizing processing equipment’s software by providing hands-on training to them with a focus on maximizing product yield. Managed and developed a high-performance team of process technicians Show less

Wright Patterson Afb - Dayton, Oh

Developed material databases through extensive material testing for the Air Force’s state-of-the-art crack growth prediction and modeling software (AFGROW). Improved software capability by beta testing and debugging with programmers.

Master Of Science - Ms, Materials Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Materials Engineering

Completed Engineering Co-op Program

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Finance