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San Francisco Bay Area

Supplier Management-Lead Quality Engineer for Toyota Tacoma Instrument Panel Assembly.-Investigate and resolve daily quality issues with manufacturing groups and part suppliers to achieve zero problem flow out to customers. -Resolved a 2 year-old Instrument Panel issue in 3 months through collaboration with manufacturing groups and part suppliers.-Review design drawings, confirm Quality standard, study tolerance stack up, investigate design improvements to resolve and prevent… Show more Supplier Management-Lead Quality Engineer for Toyota Tacoma Instrument Panel Assembly.-Investigate and resolve daily quality issues with manufacturing groups and part suppliers to achieve zero problem flow out to customers. -Resolved a 2 year-old Instrument Panel issue in 3 months through collaboration with manufacturing groups and part suppliers.-Review design drawings, confirm Quality standard, study tolerance stack up, investigate design improvements to resolve and prevent quality issues.-Research and develop cost reduction in parts. Reduce cost of each vehicle by $1.50. Estimated annual savings of $125,000. Project Management-Manage the 2010 Tacoma Cup holder redesign from finished concept through start of production.-Successfully reduce the 2010 Tacoma Cup Holder project timeline from 10 months to 6 months due to late drawing issuance. -Develop and manage an aggressive project timeline to ensure project readiness through weekly conference calls with clear deliverables for external suppliers.-Develop and propose design change to improve part retention by 70% and reduce potential customer concerns.-Audit supplier’s quality readiness for new part development and manufacturing process. Show less

-Support development of new quality program for NUMMI built vehicles.-Manage a group of 4 engineers in a product audit program in NUMMI.-Reduce individual vehicle audit time by 50% through improved process flow and reorganized standardized work.-Improve the quality of NUMMI built vehicles by over 40% by providing greater awareness to problem areas.-Participate in Plastics Paint Quality Jishuken (In depth Problem solving) activity resulting in a 30%+ Quality… Show more -Support development of new quality program for NUMMI built vehicles.-Manage a group of 4 engineers in a product audit program in NUMMI.-Reduce individual vehicle audit time by 50% through improved process flow and reorganized standardized work.-Improve the quality of NUMMI built vehicles by over 40% by providing greater awareness to problem areas.-Participate in Plastics Paint Quality Jishuken (In depth Problem solving) activity resulting in a 30%+ Quality improvement.-Conduct Daily meetings with various shop team members/management to determine responsible group of daily problems. Show less

-Designed and contracted out an $18,000 electrical conduit routing project eliminating potential safety concerns.-Conducted EBMUD/CCCSD excess waste transfer study. Planned, contracted and coordinated activities between plant operators and outside contractors.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Aggie Micro Aeronautics Team, Society of Automotive Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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