Mark Walker Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Canada Area

 Failure analysis for customer RMA's (DOA), including 8 d analysis, and drive corrective and preventative actions with design and manufacturing. Supporting the NPI from a process control and quality view.- Supplier Auditing ( PCB, PCBA, Metal Fab) Audit the PDP (Product Development Process) for completeness as a Gate Approver. Approver of Engineering.

CAPA Specialist.

 Evaluate SMT Manufacturing Process and recommend actions necessary to increase product yield and reduce tack times.  Developed Project plan to implement recommendations Execute plan, using zero-defect/lean methodology

Shenzhen China

Supported North American Companies in setup of Distribution and Technical Support in China.

 Leader/mentor of Engineering group directly supporting Implementation of Lean Manufacturing methodology in manufacturing using Kaizen. Reduced Manufacturing cycle from 15 days to 10 hours by implementing cellular manufacturing and line balancing. Improved Cumulative Process yield from 45 % to > 95 %  Mentored/ facilitated team of 12 Engineers..

Process/Production Engineer- Implemented DFM for SMT Manufacturing, improving first pass yield on First run New product Designs to over 85 %.- Introduced VOC free flux technology in solder manufacturing processes. Wrote technical paper (published).- Bottom side SMT/ Pin through hole solder (welding) process development- BGA, uBGA, Fine pitch.