Kurt Bethke, Engineering Manager Email and Phone Number
I am an Engineering Manager with extensive Aerospace Manufacturing, Process Development and Quality Control experience, specializing in product design for manufacturability. The Rock Climbing Rocket Scientist possessing a broad range of engineering knowledge, skills and abilities to bring products from design to deliver to my customers on-time under budget. My focused areas of expertise include team management, project planning, project prioritization and internal/external make or buy business analysis.E-mail me at akbethke@tx.rr.comCall or Text me at (972) 742-3360Specialties: • Engineering Management• Project Management • Product Design & Development• Aerostructures Manufacturing• Product Cost Estimation• Secret & SAR Security Clearances • Quality Assurance• AS9100 • NADCAP • ISO 9001Strength Finders Top Five:• Strategic• Maximer• Relator• Analytical• Responsibility
Texstars, Llc
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- texstars.com
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- 67
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Vice President Of Engineering & Technology GroupsTexstars, Llc Apr 2019 - PresentGrand Prairie, TxLeadership for New Product Introduction Engineering Team, Thin Film Chamber Team and Laboratory Material Properties Testing Team.
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Senior Product Development EngineerGardner Denver Pumps Feb 2018 - Mar 2019Ft Worth, TxProduct Design Optiminzation for Manufacturablity and Continuous Preformance Improvement -
Manufacturing Engineer| Process EngineerParker Aerospace Mar 2011 - Feb 2017Stratoflex Products Division, Ft Worth, Tx• Decreased reject rate from 75% to below 3% on Value Stream Product Family using several Process Improvement Team led activities • Identified new Materials and Created new Composite Processes (Winding, Bagging, Autoclaving & Assembly) to allow the production of new Value Stream Product Family• Data Collection and Analysis for process improvements activities for manufacturability• Coordinated between Product Engineering and Production Cells for design changes for improving manufacturability -
Design Engineering Manager| Product Engineering Manager| Manufacturing Engineering ManagerTexstars, Inc. Oct 2006 - Aug 2010· Supervised 3 CNC Programmers/Tooling Designer Engineers, 6 Project/Manufacturing Engineers and a Document Control Specialist· Managed, Engineered & Improved Ballistic Window Program to yield the most profitable product family in Texstars history · Trained Engineers in creation of manufacturing work instructions, generation of Bill of Materials (BOM) and use of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) software functionality· Improved and Sustained the on-time completion of Engineering Projects by 35%· Increased Engineering Department overall efficiency by 30%· Coordinated Manufacturing of Model Based Definition Assemblies· Supervised NADCAP & AS9100 Audits
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Continuous Improvement CoordinatorTexstars, Inc. Aug 2005 - Oct 2006· Led Kaizen Events for product production changes· Generated time & temperature material cost savings of more then $250,000 annually· Initiated Lean Manufacturing 5S methodology for all Production Cells· Implemented Tooling Control & Storage procedures· Created Value Stream Maps for Production Cells
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Senior Project Engineer| Senior Manufacturing EngineerTexstars, Inc. Dec 1994 - Aug 2005· Created Cost Estimates for the manufacturing of aerostructure assemblies· Implemented process improvements for products, producing saving of $150,000 annually· Generated Bill of Materials (BOM) and Routings to manufacture aerostructure assemblies· Wrote manufacturing process work instructions· Coordinated between R&D and Production Cells for transfer of new processes· Composed technical documentation such as Qualification Test Plans, Procedures and Reports· Held Secret & SAR Security Clearances for several programs· Created drawings for aerostructure components & assemblies using AUTOCAD
Kurt Bethke, Engineering Manager Education Details
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Aerospace Engineering
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Kurt Bethke, Engineering Manager works for Texstars, Llc
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Kurt Bethke, Engineering Manager's current role is Engineering Manager | Product Development | Program Management | Continuious Improvement | Manufacturing Engineering.
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Kurt Bethke, Engineering Manager attended The University Of Texas At Austin.
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