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San Jose, CA, US

Fremont, California

Responsible for KPI/data driven leadership of the plastics paint facility for Production, Maintenance, and Engineering Teams. || Developed dashboards for tracking production rates by shift and implementing Kaizen.- Increased production rates 10% Quarter over Quarter.|| Set up POS systems for dispensary transaction tracking.- Decreased consumable cost by.

Fremont, California

Supervise and lead Engineering Team to solve complex production issue and improve performance yield.|| Constructed value stream map of process inputs, process outputs, supply chain management, and customer requirements. - Reduced labor cost by 16%|| Identified business risks within facility.- Created and assembled key agile teams for sustainable support.

Fremont, California

Responsible for Plastics Center Model 3 program readiness (facility and equipment) and was involved with technical writing, and development of equipment specifications for manufacturing procurement.|| Led the effort to improve customer and design requirements.- Developed and created equipment specification documents.|| Responsible for retooling the.

Fremont Plastics Center

Responsible for Safety, Performance, and Quality of injection molding machines and bumper assembly lines.|| Lead development, production and programming of robotic end of arm tooling for Model X part extraction from machine cells.- Insourced cost savings of $45,000|| Implemented the application of SMED. (part of lean production methodology) - Reduced.

Fremont Castings Center

Responsible for Safety, Performance, and Quality of high-pressure structural die casting production cells.|| Responsible for installation and commissioning of Tesla’s first new castings manufacturing cell through PPAP.- Increased annual capacity by 33%|| Led process improvement activities. - Increased manufacturing cell output by 10%.|| Planned and.

Fremont Central Manufacturing

Responsible for operational analysis, planning, and project management for Model S roadmap in high-pressure structural die casting production cells.|| Procurement and installation of additional heat treat equipment for modified AlSi light weight alloys.- Increased production throughput by 25%|| Identified critical constraints in production system and took.

Fremont Castings Center

Focus on metallurgy and equipment parameters (High-Q Process) for achieving design requirements for Tesla Model S castings program. || Assisted with equipment transplant from Clarksville, TN to Fremont, CA site.- Achieved first production part in Fremont Site.|| PPAP of Model S program parts.- Program readiness for Model S Production.|| Recommissioning of.

-PPAP of Tesla Model S structural casting program.- Model S Front Torque Box- Model S Shock Tower-RCA and DMAIC projects improved internal scrap by 30% on rack and pinion steering casting leak testing, eliminating expedited shipments of Nexteer and GMT products to Mexico assembly plants.

Berrien Springs, MI

- Developed sustaining die cast processes for A360, A380, 383(ADC12) 387 alloy groups.- Daily improvement activities for 14 HPDC machines (600-1200Ton) fully automated cells.- Managed, developed, tracked documentation for over 75 different process.- Prototype development at research and development facility for new customer programs.- Cold chamber.

Green Belt Certification, Lean Manufacturing/Six Sigma

This was a 10 week professional development course through the college of engineering at Purdue University. Focused curriculum based on.

Bachelor Of Applied Science (Basc), Computer Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Sigma Phi Epsilon