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Greater San Diego Area

Carlsbad, California

Greater San Diego Area

• Apply 8D methodology to resolve quality issues for custom fabricated metal components and electromechanical assemblies. Develop and execute supplier quality improvement programs to reduce incoming inspection costs..
• Developed new suppliers to support cutting edge technology to produce next generation Extreme Ultra Violet light (laser) sources for the semiconductor industry.
• Developed and maintained auditing tools shared throughout the department for assessing supplier process capability.
• Trained and coached manufacturing partners on 8D/Problem Solving, Measurement System Analysis, Process Capability Studies, PFMEA, and Statistical Quality Control.
• Conducted DOEs that identified causes of poor measurement repeatability, reproducibility, and correlation with several key manufacturers supplying critical components.
• Developed Business Objects reporting tools, Excel templates, and AWK scripts to automate tracking of supplier performance and identification of statistically significant trends.

Lead qualification and quality improvement efforts for stamped, forged, machined, and die-cast metal enclosure components on new Macintosh portable computer enclosures. Directed in-region supplier quality engineers in China to follow up on audit findings and ensure supplier quality improvement projects are on track. Develop and review measurement plans..

Supplier Engineer specializing in Cold Forging, Metal Stamping, Die Casting, and Nd-Fe-B magnet commodities. Global supplier improvement, development and quality engineering.ASQ-CQE, Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

Administered Product Collaboration Systems, Manufacturing Execution Systems, and Product Data Management systems. Also supported Oracle Database Administration.

North Andover, MA

Maintained supplier rating program. Developed relationships with new suppliers. Established customer satisfaction programs with domestic and international business partners. Resolved supplier quality issues and obtained corrective action plans. Conducted external and internal quality system audits. Assisted suppliers in resolving quality issues, providing.

Developed new plasma etching processes. Optimized single and multi-level film integrated circuit manufacturing processes using statistically designed experiments. Transferred manufacturing technology from the laboratory to full-scale production facilities.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering