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Vancouver, Washington, United States

• Support Industrial, Medical and Directed Energy fiber laser production.
• Create and maintain controlled work instructions and other technical engineering documents.
• Troubleshoot and repair CO2 and fiber laser based test and manufacturing systems.
• Use analysis tools like Process Model, Minitab, JMP, Excel and Power BI to monitor manufacturing data, simulate line performance, improve yield, summarize touch times, and perform Gauge R&R.
• Understand basic optical principals and splicing equipment such as strippers, cleavers and splicers.
• Lead and/or participate in various DFMEA, PFMEA, DFA, etc.

Vancouver, WA

• Design, build and program assembly tools and fixtures using 2D/3D modeling (Creo), Galil motion controllers, NiDAQ PLCs and Visual Studio (VB.net).
• Improve factory assembly test yield and process efficiency using Lean tools such as 5 whys, Value Stream Mapping, FMEA, SPC, Regression Analysis and Pareto charts.
• Provide feedback such as Design for Assembly (DFA), poke-yoke, and assembly critical dimensions to the design engineers.
• Use process engineering tools such as GE-Hitachi analysis to estimate line throughput and manpower.
• Discover, troubleshoot, escalate and resolve various technical design, part, tool and process issues.

Vancouver, WA

• Costed several new product Bill of Materials (BOM) and worked with R&D and procurement to reduce direct material costs.
• Analyzed and compared contract manufacturer quotes to calculate cost differences, verify material costs, as well as validate direct and indirect labor costs.
• Created and presented analytics in power point and excel such as pivot tables/charts and cost bridge analysis to understand cost change trends.
• Partnered with procurement leads to benchmark part costs and negotiate better pricing with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

Vancouver, Washington

• Managed factory quality programs at contract manufacturers such as Flextronics, NKG and Foxconn.
• Drove product stability and yield improvement programs using Lean Six Sigma tools and statistical process control (SPC) from start of ramp until production stability achieved greater than 3 Sigma.
• Managed offline factory test processes such as customer satisfaction audit (CSA) and printer life validation (PLV) which included responsibility for budget, continuous sampling rates, technical content and defect.
• Managed the Early Exposure Test (EET) program for the entire HP Inkjet printer portfolio including implementation, test script development, budget and defect escalation with resolution.
• Presented on behalf of Inkjet Operations to win the 2016 Supply Chain Quality Award for our Printhead Assembly rework project and was considered for the HP President’s Quality Award.
• Managed quarterly reliability audits (RSA) including dynamic and climatic testing such as package drop, vibration and 4 corners climatic.

Vancouver, Washington

• Managed regional screening and rework quality projects for inkjet printers recovering revenue and mitigating warranty impact in excess of $207M.
• Accountable for providing executive updates regarding quality rework project progress.
• Drove escalation and resolution of large-scale quality incidents within the supply chain.
• Interfaced directly with Sustaining Engineering, R&D and contract manufacturers to implement corrective and preventative action requests (CARs).
• Completed Lean Six Sigma Black Belt training, including Minitab, and implemented an improvement project which resulted in reduced repackaging rates at HP distribution centers in Latin America.

Hanford, Washington

• Implemented a pilot for the application of IBM DOORS Rational Requirements Management Software. (Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System)
• Created procedures and training materials for DOORS database operations.
• Installed, configured and loaded pilot documents to DOORS database.
• Tested and recorded DOORS functionality while working with an IBM programmer to develop script functionality.
• Provided engineering support to quality assurance auditing of procedures and requirements for various projects.
• Presented and demonstrated the DOORS solution to WRPS senior management and project engineers. “Smash Hit”

Spokane, Washington

• Managed commercial accounts with volume of $5 to $20M per year.
• Performed data entry and support for senior account managers on accounts greater than $20M per year.
• Provided clients with a single point of resolution for multiple or large scale requests.
• Communicated with clients via conference calls, presentations, email and written correspondence.
• Responded to formal RFPs (requests for proposal) from private and government clients.
• Negotiated new contracts and pricing with clients and resolved technical concerns.

Spokane, Washington

• Assisted senior change analyst with various projects relating to the Bank of America and Legacy National Processing Company $1.4 Billion merger.
• Developed and performed user acceptance testing of various bank related software including test script composition and execution, as well as error reporting and resolution.
• Instrumental in designing the user interface of the new Bank of America Merchant Services online reporting system.
• Researched and developed training curriculum and trained customer service associates on the new systems and changes to existing systems.

Spokane, Washington Area

• Deescalate, troubleshoot and resolve complex customer issues regarding various models of credit card acceptance equipment and billing.
• Floor walk, mentor and train new associates.
• Pilot new software and processes.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.79/4.00

Activities and Societies: ASMEMagna Cum Laude, President's Honor Roll

Associate’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 3.44/4.00

Activities and Societies: Engineering Club President, President's Honor RrollEngineering Club President, President's Honor Roll, ASME