assemblies, and finished electronic systems.• Served as Lean Six Sigma Champion, worked with various department heads to improve operating efficiency.• Achieved ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certification in 6 months.

Assigned to a special projects matrixed organization to secure IECEx/ATEX, ITAR, AS9100C, Nacap, ISO9001:2015, and Moisture Sensitive Device Compliance, to ensure compliance with customer and industry requirements. Served as Lean Six Sigma Champion, worked with various department heads to improve operating efficiency. Projects were prioritized by a senior management steering committee. Led the growth of the facility from a score of 0.5 to 2.2, (scale of 5.0) during the first year. Achieved the IECEx/ATEX certification in four months. Led a team of Engineers and Technicians in the manufacture of circuit card assemblies and finished electronic systems, specializing in high-reliability (Aerospace, Oil and Gas, Telecommunications, and Medical) equipment. Led the site implementation of Lean Manufacturing Principles. Served as Lean Champion for the entire facility and led the change management effort to maintain Lean principles. Led site implementation of Benchmark’s corporate Operational Excellence Program. Conducted the initial site audit and identified more than 600 variance items. Completed a Gap Analysis and created a plan to attack the most pressing issues. The program generated significant improvements in our manufacturing processes and the site achieved the corporate goals.

Reported to the site Quality Manager and used lean tools to improve circuit card manufacturing. Assisted in teaching the team lean tools and guided lean improvement activities. Participated in Design Reviews and New Product Introduction. Led the EHS program and certification to OHSA’s 18001.Improved first pass yields from 70% to over 99% through changes in processes, process control redesign, changing materials, and optimizing equipment, using Lean Sigma tools and methods.Established a moisture sensitive device program meeting the requirements of J-STD-020 and J-STD-033, increasing yields by 10% and reducing field returns by more than 30%.Assisted in reducing the waste footprint by changing materials and reducing waste with lean projects, resulting in savings of $80,000 in material costs alone.Assisted the Design Engineering Group with Root Cause Analysis and Design for manufacturing improvements reducing the overall scrap rate by 30%.

Daily activities included developing and implementing workforce schedules, assisting with process development, component engineering, researching new part number requests to determine suitability and assigning part numbers as applicable. Developed, managed and maintained the Parts Master for a 6,000 sku parts list. Implemented a series of Kaizan Events and Gemba Walks to improve processes and reduce waste.Designed, developed and managed all aspects of an Oracle Applications (MRP) implementation.Reduced inventory by $2 million and increased inventory turnover by 30% by analyzing and recommending change to the product mix in the R-PDA program.Achieved a savings of $90,000 per year in licensing and maintenance fees by standardizing use of software packages to reduce the number of software packages utilized.

Supervised the daily activities of engineers and technicians in the PWB mechanical design, harness design and drafting groups. Responsibilities included maintaining inventory control in the engineering stockroom by ordering and tracking status of components, reviewing and adding new components to the AVL and designing interconnections harnesses and NVIS assemblies. Additional responsibilities included performing duties of component engineer consisting of improving component tracking and qualification procedures, revising the Approved Vendor List and associated documentation.Successfully designed interconnections on several products including harnesses and NVIS assemblies. Determined all components which were suitable for applications and met all required military specifications.Reorganized the Engineering Group and implemented a consistent training regimen to increase employee morale and productivity resulting in reduced costs by minimizing changes, reducing time to market for new products and reducing waste.

Managed the maintenance and repair of all automated assembly equipment. Assisted in development and implementation of Mitron programming stations with full responsibility for programming machines using Mitron software.Achieved up to 60% process improvement by establishing and introducing improved processing methods to the SMT line consisting of set-up and tear-down of equipment, oven profiles and screen printing which resulted in improved first pass yields and thru-put.Developed and conducted comprehensive training and process improvement programs accounting for a large percentage of thru-put increase and increased first pass yields.

Supervised the daily activities of automated assembly area in addition to writing machine programs, operating surface mount equipment and providing customer support as needed. Managed maintenance activities consisting of developing and implementing preventive maintenance schedules, repairing production equipment associated with production of printed wiring assemblies and maintaining maintenance records. .Increased quality of products by establishing and instituting process improvements in addition to eliminating need for in-process inspections while increasing throughput and reducing costs.

Responsible for operating, programming and maintaining automated assembly equipment and performing electronic and mechanical assembly for a small contract manufacturer.

Managed automated assembly area consisting of 11 to 12 technicians and machine operators as well as providing troubleshooting, maintenance and repair of all production equipment for a provider of computer network equipment and services.

Managed a group of technicians and maintained the electronics systems for missile launchers, radar systems and other electrical / mechanical / pneumatic systems.