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Kennebunk, ME, US

Kennebunk, Maine, United States

Kennebunk, Maine, United States

Kennebunk, Maine, United States

Kennebunk Life Sciences

Kennebunk, Maine

• Resolve for Manufacturing, through observation, evaluation and analysis, technical issues related to product or equipment designs, associated with existing production automation.
• Work with Manufacturing and Product Development groups on evaluating and implementing capacity, cost reduction and new opportunities.
• Work with vendors on automation designs to meet equipment specifications, to determine feasibility, project scope, costs, and timelines.
• Lead and participate in equipment design reviews, document changes and follow-up with vendors.
• Communicate progress through all levels of the organization
• Direct the installation and training of new assembly equipment into manufacturing.

Scarborough Maine

• Managed the development, acquisition and implementation of high speed closed loop manufacturing cells that increase capacity by 2x with a 10x reduction in the per device labor content and a 60% lead time reduction.
• Resolution of product and production equipment issues; Corrective and Preventative Action Items; determination of product and process failure root cause and risk mitigation. Development of technical documentation and.
• Support of facilities during development activities and generation of short and long term planning strategies.
• Schedule, direct and coordinate activities, budgets and deliverables with affected departments and personnel. Direct leadership of 10 staff engineers with indirect leadership of up to 30 cross functional resources.
• Partnered with external resources to improve injection molding capacity while reducing part variation and increasing overall yield.
• Lead the Engineering team from concept through commercialization of new products.

Scarborough, Maine

• Management and development of validation procedures to improve change control and reduce lead times in compliance with ISO 13485.
• Implemented process and hardware improvements to increase coating and drying operational capacity by 500% with a 0% labor increase.
• Developed process and equipment concepts that lead to the specification and acquisition of production assembly equipment that increased the plant ICT device assembly throughput by 200% while reducing the labor content.
• Completed production analysis and process improvements to reduce manufacturing lead time by 90% and non-value added processing which resulted in an estimated savings of over two million annually for a single product.
• Provided sustaining and process control support to existing products and equipment in manufacturing.
• Completed internal and external audits of existing and potential vendors to ensure product quality and compliance.

Durham, New Hampshire

• Completed the project management of high speed commercial printing equipment from concept through contract management, design, implementation and pre-acceptance service for projects ranging between two and forty.
• Provided internal and external technical support to help customers and vendors understand the value, options and capability of the products and support available.
• Analyzed product, equipment and performance requirements to determine process flow, system methodology, facility requirements and user interaction.

Biddeford, Maine

• Engineering project management of product development, and deployment for thru air drying systems.
• Indirect management of cross functional engineering and service teams from concept through design, fabrication and implementation of custom inline fiber drying and hydro entanglement systems.
• Technical representative for customers such as Procter and Gamble and Kimberly Clark.
• Completed design review, approval and change control utilizing engineering principles, company standards and customer requirements.

Saco, Maine, USA

• Managed the development, design, fabrication, testing and implementation of automated optical replication systems.
• Completed the intellectual property development and management for the site.
• Resolution of equipment issues through redesign, improved process controls and training.
• Development of technical documentation and procedures to support sustainable operation.
• Proficient in injection molding process control and tooling design.Mechanical Design Engineer March 1996 – Feb 1998
• Designed semi-conductor grade components sub-assemblies and systems for the automated replication of optical discs.