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Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Responsible for Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Tool Crib and Machine Shop areas for the Greensboro Broadband Network Solutions plant.Highly automated assembly areas with machine speed ranging from 100-400 parts/min along with high speed stamping up to 1000 strokes/min.Staff includes (6) Engineers, (3) Eng Techs, (1) Supervisor, (7) Maintenance Techs, (2) Tool Crib Attendants and (8) Tool/Die Makers

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Responsible for Manufacturing Engineering, Maintenance, Tool Crib and Machine Shop areas for the Greensboro Broadband Network Solutions plant.Highly automated assembly areas with machine speed ranging from 100-400 parts/min along with high speed stamping up to 1000 strokes/min.Staff includes (6) Engineers, (3) Eng Techs, (1) Supervisor, (7) Maintenance Techs, (2) Tool Crib Attendants and (8) Tool/Die MakersProject leader for Berlin Germany plant transfer which included (10) automated assembly machines, (1) high speed stamping press with (6) dies and (20) injection molds.

Juarez, Mexico

Centralized Engineering and Equipment Maintenance departments for Enterprise Networks and Telecom NetworksEngineering disciplines include Product, Industrial, Process, Design and MaintenanceStaff includes (14) Engineers, (1) Manager and (16) TechniciansConsolidation of manufacturing areas to accommodate new transfersControlled master plant layout to develop strategic plans for future transfersReceiving transfer team leader for metal fabrication and fiber areas Refurbishment of process equipment and identification of high risk areas Completed machine guarding program for all production areas Capital justification for projects TEOA (Lean) site steering committee team member

Fuquay-Varina, Nc

Project leader for OCM5 and GS3 process transfers from Belgium to Juarez Developed and implemented (8) cost savings projects from 2006 to 2008 totaling $1,291k Responsible for fiber process engineering areas Developed manufacturing processes for new products which included hot air / cold staking process, semi-automatic screwdriver, heat staking, riveting and ultrasonic welding Resolved key design/functional process issues with FOSC600 supplier injection molding process

Fuquay-Varina, Nc

Started up injection molding area (7 presses ranging from 25-200 ton) Completely responsibility for the entire Molding, Assembly, Quality and Maintenance processes Performed capacity analysis on molds to justify new molds Responsible for BOM’s, routings, costing, drawings and procedures Customer support for new and existing products Developed new products with design department to resolve customer issues Developed required PPAP’s for customers

Fuquay-Varina, Nc

Engineering team facilitator from 1997-1998 for Terminals area which included (5) Engineers and (5) Technicians. Responsible for BOM’s, routings, costing, drawings and procedures. Key member for technology transfers of 3 major product lines to Thailand, Tijuana and Juarez Responsible for terminals production process which included automated assembly, cable preparation, vapor degreasing, wire termination, potting and final assembly Project leader which included development and implementation of $400k upgrade to the automated line to resolve capacity issues

Fuquay-Varina, Nc

Responsible for BOM’s, routings, costing, drawings and procedures AT&T joint venture core team member Core team member that developed initial and final production concepts for DT2 Performed QFD matrix and design FMEA’s for terminal block product line

Fuquay-Varina, Nc

Performed supplier audits and supported process development activities to eliminate quality issues Identified, audited and approved new suppliers

Fuquay-Varina, Nc

Incoming material inspection and monitoring supplier performance Supported quality activities on multiple production lines