Jose Rivera Email & Phone Number

Costa Rica

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Cartago, Costa Rica

Lead Engineer in the maintenance, planning, budgeting, implementation and management of costs, methods, and employeesAchievements / Contributions:• RCA and enhancement of quality standards, validations and procedures established• Implementation and adhering to ISO, OSHA, FDA, and GMP´s• Knowledge of all applicable and regulatory standards, and practical implementation of Six Sigma and LEAN manufacturing techniques for improvements and reduction of costs• Workshop facilitator, problem-solver and statistical analyst in project management frameworks (Visio, Minitab)

Costa Rica

Project Manager, owner and responsible for 3 projects migrations with their required validations (TMV, IQ, OQ, PQ`s) Achievements / Contributions:• Successful transfer of three projects in less than six months, with adequate coordination and continuous monitoring of the activities of the different departments in CR and US teams• Plant process improvement, including the correction of equipment defects and processes• Performed training to leaders and key players in different processes

Costa Rica

Process / Project Engineer and Supervisor for the engineering laboratory to comply with GMP, GDP, FDA, and ISO 13485 standard practices Achievements / Contributions:• Lead product introductions, process validations and improvements for projects that required regulatory investigations such as NC or CAPA • Lead over 10 technicians in production daily tasks of maintenance• Continuous improvement of projects, engineering studies and validations

Costa Rica

Greenfield operations owner of 43 new products. Supervisor of 21 employees during startup; and main POC for the subsequent phases.Achievements / Contributions:• Spanning documentation and technology transfer from Germany to Costa Rica in compliance with ISO/TS 16949:2009.• New procedures and processes development for SAP systems. • PFMEA, CP, Process Flow, WI, PV, production process and audits. • Facility startup new product launching and transferring process, new document creation. • Used tools such as IPC-A-610D, APQP, PPAP, FMEA´s, SPC, and MSA• Six Sigma techniques for improving the quality process, 5´s, Lean Manufacturing• Received training by the German team in SAP, CAM CAD, VPLAN, Conformal Coating, Quality Tools and vendor technical training

Logansport, In

Engineer's Representative, owner of product improvement processes, quality, finance, design, and testing support Achievements / Contributions:• Improved changes in manufacturing through customer feedback• New products owner for migrations to the Reynosa, Indiana and Costa Rica plants (startup, installation, and validations) • Improved product quality and reduced warranty returns and quality issues by 90% • Improved supplier quality performance from 75% in 2010 to over 90% in 2013 • Remediation of failures through methodologies such as 5´s, Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, IPC-A-610D ISO 16949:2009, ISO 9001:2008 and ISO 13485, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 • Introduced new parts and equipment to reduce the likelihood of failures

Costa Rica

Manufacturing transferring process, new technology, and documentation from the plant located in Miami to Costa Rica Achievements / Contributions:• Creation of Visual Aids, WI, and Checklists documents (Boston Scientifics proprietary applications).• Revision: dFMEA & pFMEA’s, CP´s.• QA, PC, and creation new documentation for CR plant.

Costa Rica

Owner of the SMT Lines during startup and transferring process from Continental plant in Texas and Philippines to Costa Rica Achievements / Contributions:• SME: Material, process flow designer, installation, validation products and processes, launching new product introduction in CR plant.• Reduced costs by over $500k by re-used old equipment from Philippines• Created: PFMEA, CP, Visual Aids, WI, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA. SAP user.• Trainer and Lead for technicians and operators in the SMT line developed training programs for transfer and launching process.

Costa Rica

Field Service Engineer activities such: machine support, maintenance and improvement processes, and customer support at INTEL Costa Rica.• Owner of new equipment Installation, qualification, validation, acceptance and endorsements at INTEL.• Coordinator: Programming, Preventive Maintenance, Upgrades, spares parts management and all supporting activities at Intel CR plant.

Costa Rica

Engineer's Representative and main POC between USA, JAPAN and CR.• Supervisor of 7 engineers at Intel Costa Rica project• Owner of new equipment Installation, qualification, validation, acceptance and endorsements at INTEL.• Coordinator: Programming, Preventive Maintenance, Upgrades, spares parts management and all supporting activities at Intel CR plant.

Japan

NEC Japan, AETEC and LCR • AETEC, Costa Rica, SMT SUPERVISOR, outsourcing company, Assembly & Test for products from different companies.• Lentes de Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Field Service Engineer. Sustaining, repairing and maintenances of Medical Equipment in Hospitals and Optical equipment in the country.• NEC CORPORATION, JAPAN (SANWA Eléctrica S.A). Costa Rica, Field Service Engineer Specialized in Telecommunications, contractor for equipment installation and validation for I.C.E.

Costa Rica

Plant startup, documentation creation, technology transfer, and migration of products from Arizona and Philippines plants to Costa Rica. Achievements / Contributions:• Increased efficiency through process improvements (yield and zero defects) for products and processes in Asia and USA• Arizona and Cavite plants support engineer• Owner for IQ, PQ and sustaining for SMT equipment’s• Validations for new product introduction. Safety Engineer. ISO9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001• NPI, development and standardizing proven best-known methods, CC documentation, FMEA’s, WI, Seven Step Problem Solving, DOE´s, 5´s

Costa Rica

Maintenance and sustaining activities for: Cellular, telecommunication and microwave systems on the field and in the ICE Laboratory.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Quality Management, Mba With Emphasis On Quality Management

Ingeniería, Industrial Engineering

Ingeniería, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Electronic Technician, Industrial Electronics Technology/Technician