John Pieper Email & Phone Number

United States

Somerset, NJ

• Manage staff of 6 Project Engineers in 3 locations both domestic and international. Team is responsible for managing all projects in 2 business units generating over 250 Million in Annual Revenue. The Project.
• Completed successful consolidation of 3 manufacturing sites to one location in 12 months
• Created new schedule and planning tools to align Operations teams on shipments and revenue targets
• Established new metrics for tracking Quality and on-time delivery
• Met with customers to address RCCA of Quality escapes

Somerset, NJ

• Manage staff of 6 Manufacturing Engineers in 4 locations. Contribute in design reviews, ECO review, and all aspects of the product life cycle to ensure new product is manufacturable. Provide the link between design.
• Reduced manufacturing cost of highest revenue MOCVD platform by 20%.
• Successfully completed alpha build of latest product using 3 contract manufacturers and 2 design partners.
• Transitioned legacy products to a new CM without significant cost increase or quality problems.
• Audit and measure CM performance; conduct quarterly reviews with areas for improvement.
• Implemented multiple design guidelines to facilitate successful alpha build and subsequent product launch (bent sheet metal frames, metric equivalents, standard hardware, standard torque tables, etc.).

Somerset, NJ

• Supported contract manufacturers (CM’s) on all new products. Wrote assembly instructions, approved alpha builds, red-lined documents, and submitted engineering change requests.
• Provided on-site manufacturing engineering expertise to CM’s in New York and Singapore.
• Worked closely with test engineering to approve alpha and beta builds and created new SOP’s.
• Worked closely with design engineering on new platform design, defined the sourcing strategy, and approved all options and configurations (NPIT).
• Reviewed and dispositioned material in material review board (MRB).
• Provided manufacturing guidance: BOM structure, vendor selection, and reviewed drawings for accuracy and manufacturability.

Managed all aspects of manufacturing, importing, and distributing product from overseas locations (Taiwan, China). Wrote and transmitted all communication between domestic customers, and overseas manufacturing. Provided expertise in manufacturing processes, quality problems, inspection, and reporting.

Managed staff of 3 production supervisors leading 50 - 200 production employees and $50M operating budget. Led corporate-wide total preventive maintenance initiatives. Provided expertise in equipment design, troubleshooting, and repair.

Designed investment-casting processes to manufacture aerospace turbine blades. Approved blueprints, created SOPs, manufactured gauges and fixturing, and developed process techniques. Worked with customers and manufacturing to eliminate technology gaps, and to establish development and production timelines.

Supervised staff of 21 employees and two off-shift team leaders. Scheduled and coordinated all casting activities for entire department.

Mba, Finance

Bs, Mechanical Engineering