William Caron Email & Phone Number

Exton, Pennsylvania, United States

820 Lincoln Avenue, West Chester PA

West Chester, PA

• Full operational and financial responsibility for a 2000 sqft pilot scale, prototype production department.
• Work as the liaison between production and the customer (Product Development) to ensure that design for manufacturability, as well as required design intent goals are satisfied.
• Provide production equivalent parts and assemblies for use in design verification, validation and testing.
• Reduced lead times 71%, from 4.8 weeks (2008) to 1.4 weeks (2014)
• Relocated shop, and changed to a job function based layout, resulting in a 16% reduction in floor space, while adding a second 60 tool CNC machining center
• Developed new methods and processes for increased machining throughput that were adopted and successfully transferred to Production

West Chester, PA

• Responsible for all Engineering decisions, direction, projects, and personnel for a 42,000 sqft manufacturing facility, producing $24,000,000 in Medical Devices per year
• Managed staff of 13 engineers and engineering technicians, as well as Maintenance Supervisor (staff of 5)
• Provided Engineering through a transition from a privately owned manufacturing company to a wholly owned division of Synthes USA
• Established standardized procedures for processing Engineering Change Requests, resulting in a reduction of documentation errors and increased department throughput
• Modified corporate SOPs to include and align with division manufacturing methods and product lines
• Established a dedicated Prototype Department in 2007, as well as, all work instructions and quality documents associated with the prototype process

New Castle, DE

• Investigated new technologies, materials, machinery, and manufacturing processes for the purpose of developing new product lines or new manufacturing
• Reviewed all new product designs and determined if they, either in whole or in part, should be manufactured domestically or subcontracted to off-shore sources
• Composed, negotiated, revised, and maintained contracts with outside suppliers for goods and services
• Originated, coordinated, and reviewed Requests for Quotations from all vendors. Recommend vendor of choice based on price, lead-time, quality, and past performance
• Work closely with Product Development and Marketing to ensure the products manufactured maintain the original design elements, as well as, engineered to minimize cost and increase manufacturability.

New Castle, DE

• Managed tasks, work assignments, and priorities for a staff of 9 Manufacturing and Industrial Engineers, as well, as Maintenance Department (12), Tool & Die (7) and CAD Operator
• Member of Capital Equipment Justification Board. Board was comprised of members from various Masco divisions who negotiated national purchasing contracts for large capital equipment
• Responsible for $2,000,000 annual budget for new equipment and process improvements, and $1,500,000 annual maintenance budget
• Responsible for plant layout and material flow improvements for 230,000 sqft manufacturing facility
• Specified, negotiated, purchased, and managed installation of all capital equipment related to manufacturing of plastic injection molded products, processing of laminated wood sheet, and fabricated sheet metal components
• Coordinated expansion of Wood Processing including: doubled edgebanding capacity, increased drilling capacity 50%, upgraded robotic material handling, increased dust collection 40,000 cfm, and increased floor space.

New Castle, DE

• Engineering responsibility for final assembly of metal/plastic/wood cabinets (68,000 sqft), as well as, press/brake/shear and welding departments (17,000sqft) Designed component parts, tooling and fixtures.
• Supervised a technical draftsman. Responsible for development of AutoCAD fixtures, tooling, and part drawings. Also managed a manufacturing/packaging engineer. Responsible for all new carton designs and packaging.
• Designed and prototyped new product ideas. Specified raw material requirements and estimated product costs including raw materials, direct labor, machine set-up and run times
• Applied value engineering techniques to reduce cost and improve manufacturing process in existing product lines
• Managed company involvement with UL and CSA for new product certification and routine inspections
• Contracted both parent company (Masco) and independent laboratories for product and component testing

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering