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Owner and manager of multiple semiconductor processes that serve greatly varying purposes, focusing on development and optimization of each. Collaboratively work alongside equipment engineers and technicians to ensure high equipment availability and internal customer requests are proactively addressed. Led an engineering team that successfully installed and qualified first of a kind $10M hardware fleet within first year in position. Accurately forecast more than 30 specialty materials each month in a very complex foundry modeled factory environment.o Forecasted all specialty materials within 10% of actual usage every month with a goal of less than 25%o Identified and eliminated material waste in excess of $700,000 annually o Co-led process improvement and quality projects to improve overall process capability by 40%o Drove helium usage reduction that reduced factory wide usage reduction by 50% during worldwide He shortageo Identify and manage cost projects designed to reduce annual module spend by $500,000

Led product transfer from development stage to volume production release first in industry product. Developed device process flow which provided significant R&D environment exposure. Utilized MS Project to drive project related work throughout entirety of product transfer. Led subsequent product transfer to sister factories overseas and managed technical training of all stakeholders.o Eliminate $2M capital spend by modifying process flow to utilize existing equipment o Led and completed critical equipment installation and process qualification 3 days ahead of scheduleo Achieved 80% production yield 2 months ahead of schedule

Significant experience with data mining and statistical analysis, identifying process abnormalities, and optimizing processes via DOE. o Established integrated product measurements resulting in 20% increased equipment availabilityo Developed and instructed a material measurement theory course to more than 40 colleagueso Conducted cost saving projects on process vacuum systems with realized $1000/weekly savings o Led quality team tasked with workstation improvement that decreased downtime by 35% and monthly cost by 20%

Managed and led a team of 14 engineers and technicians, served as area representative and responsible for all applicable engineering operations during assigned shift. Significant focus on personnel development, training, and career planning. Responsible for recruitment and internal staffing, and regularly participated in upper level management hiring activities.o Successfully maintained and often exceeded goal of 88% equipment availabilityo Led team recruitment efforts in 2008, successfully returned team to full staff levels by hiring and acclimating 6 new hireso Implemented manufacturing technician program which trained, certified, and placed over 100 operators in 18 months

Managed and sustained manufacturing processes via monitoring, SPC, and data analysis to maintain overall process health and stability. Participated in entry level process optimization activities. Broadened knowledge base by working in conjunction with experienced process engineers and supporting project work as appropriate. o Gained extensive initial experience in fully automated, high volume manufacturing environmento Actively involved in training opportunities surrounding process improvement and control, equipment maintenance, yield enhancement, production control, and process experimentation and development.o Applied statistics knowledge base to internal process control and monitoring practices, utilizing published metrics and techniques for process improvement.

Tested effectiveness of chemical additives on stock purity and web formationDesigned and ran trials to determine optimum refiner plate selection for best operationStudied the effects of sheet temperature distribution and dandy roll positioning on sheet strength and qualityWorked with contracting company representatives on individual systems and gained alternative perspective of the processesCreated functioning process book schemes and flow diagrams for system reference throughout the mill