Stephen Work Email & Phone Number

Livermore, CA

Concord, CA

Responsible for the End-to-End quality and sustainability with allocated supply base, validate and release components, as well as support the definition and implementation of supplier quality functional excellence initiatives. Ensure the company receives top quality product and service at all times and investigate, identify root cause and make.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Acted as a partner and trusted advisor to oncology practices for business and clinical care operations. Noteworthy projects included revenue cycle improvements, physician scheduling improvements, and clinic layout.
• Assembled teams within Oncology practices to tackle issues with revenue cycle problems. After project completion the total value gained for a 41 physician practice was ~$1M.
• Utilized clinic simulation software to design a new clinic to optimize patient care and flow. Construction currently underway.
• Taught six sigma classes at clinics within the US oncology network in order to develop local skill sets.
• Redesigned internal hiring process to reduce travel expense for potential candidates.
• Created new clinic care delivery process to reduce administrative workload for physicians.

Manassas, VA

• Created New Part Introduction Program to streamline pilot production line setups and subsequently recruited by Process Integration Section Manager to oversee its execution. Presided over team of eight Project Engineers.
• Drove continuous improvement in New Part Introduction Program to ensure adherence to ISO/TS 16949 standards with original method, now recognized as Micron Technology’s global standard for setting up pilot production.
• Mentored 2 individuals in project management including one who was preparing for Project Management Professional (PMP) examination.
• Assumed responsibility for enhancing weekly workload prioritization business process. Reduced data packet analysis times from 44 to 22 hours per week by streamlining engineering procedures.

Manassas, VA

• Selected for promotion by Production Manager and challenged to direct weekly production starts, prepare weekly output projections, and research new analytical methods for use in monitoring factory health. Created and.
• Slashed factory recovery times from 6 weeks to 2 weeks following long-term downtimes by assembling a team of experts to analyze root causes and factory operations. Recommendations resulted in creation of new metrics.
• Enlisted by primary Six Sigma Black Belt trainer to assist in training, achieving 96% pass rate for all attendees.
• Coached intern throughout Sarbanes-Oxley business process improvement project that generated annual savings of $500K.
• Developed SQL queries to retrieve historical factory part performance information and construct long-term cycle time models for forecasting purposes, now used as base code for engineers to conduct data mining and.

Manassas, VA

• Originally employed to assist in upgrading plant’s material handling system. Established maintenance schedules, analyzed and optimized equipment performance, and facilitated department training.RESULTS
• Designed a new FOUP air purging system that was 33% less expensive than an off the shelf option and saved the company $40K in order to resolve a chemical process issue on the factory floor.
• Scaled up to a second system based on successful proof of concept and achieved 40% improvement in specific product reliability metric following installation.
• Dedicated additional hours to complete 100% of training within first 3 months of hiring.
• Persuaded equipment vendor to collaborate on creating catalog of error codes for new material handling system and subsequently partnered with IT personnel to develop report for technicians, allowing them to quickly and.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

Installed, repaired, and overhauled various electrical and electronic systems aboard U.S. Navy vessels.

Norfolk, Virginia Area

• Served as Work Center Supervisor of a six person electrical shop, overseeing maintenance of all interior communications systems. Honorably discharged.RESULTS
• Earned Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for correcting 9 equipment casualties and saving $2K in replacement costs.
• Recognized with letter of commendation from Commanding Officer for repairing key component for ship’s steering system and enabling vessel to get under way within 24 hours.
• Maintained secret security clearance and completed training as Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist.

Graduate Certificate In E-Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, 3.7

- Concentrated studies in Industrial engineering. Coursework included Project Management Scheduling, Factory Physics, Forecasting, Six.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Electrical Engineering, 3.5

Activities and Societies: University Honors Program, VT Climbing Club, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society-Graduated Cum Laude Commonwealth Scholar.

Associate'S Degree, Engineering, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Engineering Club-Graduated Magna Cum Laude -Won 1st place in the ASEE Robotics Model Design Competition for.