Stephen Cranford Email & Phone Number

Plano, TX, US

Davis Elementary

Teaching Assistant for the Plano ISD Regional Day School for the Deaf at Davis Elementary

Plano, TX

Special Education Teaching AssistantForman Elementary

Plano, TX

Plano, TX

Temporary position in special needs (CARE) ministry for children and adults. Now moving back as a volunteer

SC Test Dallas

An engineering owner for all aspects of probe cards in the EBT Operations. This includes, but is not limited to: - Driving continuous improvements - Facilitating in design reviews - Serving as the owner of probe card performance metrics - Identifying and eliminating chronic probe card issues and ensuring daily probing operations are as seamless as possible.

Temporary contract position through Manpower Staffing Agency. Responsible for sustaining wafer processing equipment in the Wafer FAB Etch area. Important tasks include performing scheduled and routine maintenance procedures including parts cleaning and rebuild activities. Work with a wide variety of complex, microprocessor based controllers, electronic.

The RR50Plus Project Management Focus Forum is a group of people in the Williamson County, Round Rock, North Austin area focused on learning more about project management and the opportunities in related industries.

Attending training for Project Management Professional (PMP) certification. Passed PMI certification Oct 2009.

• 2007-2009 Hardware Test Engineer, Austin Technology Manufacturing Center, Class Probe Department2003-2007 Probe Card Repair / Hardware Support Engineering, Oak Hill Probe Department2002-2003 Manufacturing Test.
• Electrical parametric / functional wafer testing, hardware evaluation and test software development on Agilent 4070 testers, Teradyne J750/Catalyst, TEL P8/P12XL probers.
• Implemented improvements in the test areas including test hardware and software process improvements, standardization, LEAN, 5S and error proof manufacturing.
• Led design evaluation project team on new technology probe card interface for small pad, fine pitch parametric electrical test. Developed plan, design and manufacturing specifications, coordinated procurements of.
• Developed changes needed and analyzed results to solve failed parametric tests. Reduced test fails and rework by 75% for issues related to probe contact and presented results to change action board.
• Investigated invalid test measurement results caused by software algorithm problems, scribe grid structure design documentation errors, parameters passed to the algorithm and C code bugs.

Carolina Eastman DivisionProvided project management and maintenance support in the Technical Support Services Department for plant process improvements, control loop optimization, instrumentation upgrades, computer network expansions, programmable logic controllers, uninterrupted power supply (UPS) improvements, Distributed Control System (DCS) grounding.

Texas Eastman DivisionProject management and maintenance support for the Power Distribution & Control Systems Department implementing improvement upgrades on process controllers, measurement instrumentation for temperature, level, flow and pressure, power distribution, power backup, power quality, desktop computer and network support.- Programmed.

Electrical Engineer, Technician, Setup Tech, Lead Production Operator (LPO), Operator- Provided maintenance support, repair and programming in the MOS memory test department.- Trained department supervision and operators on comparative methods, sources of variation and statistical process control.- Advanced from entry level operator, lead production.

Bsee, Electrical And Computer Engineering

Major - Systems and Devices

Computer Science

15 semester hours of graduate course work towards a Master of Science in Computer Science (MSCS).

Vocational, Radio And Tv Servicing

Activities and Societies: Vice President Honor Roll last 3 semesters

Associates

Project Management Professional (Pmp) Training

Project Management Institute (PMI) Certification 2009