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Dallas, Texas

Improve assembly yields and reduce touch times of optical products. Supervise 10 full time assemblers. Manage shipping of product per customer requested schedule. Troubleshooting and Failure Analysis of assembled components. US Government and Commercial contracts.

Denton, Texas

Generation of Technical SOP's for Copper Wire Manufacturing. Processes include operation of Vertical Shaft Melting Furnace, Horizontal Holding Furnace, Continuous Vertical Copper Casting, Multi-Wire Spooling and Copper Rod Drawing. Documents are written for Safety, Process Integrity, Quality, and High Volume Production. Recruited by Training Manager to generate in-house Process Training Material utilizing Digital Chalk Software.

12344 E. Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas

• Managed entire operational process of a multi-million dollar contract of Night Vision systems through the U.S. FMS system for an international customer.• Familiar with ITAR regulations associated with Night Vision and Thermal products.• Responsible for the Manufacture, Quality Control, and Shipping operations for a small Night Vision manufacturing company.• Developed Technical Manufacturing and Quality Test Processes for assorted night vision products.• Personally set up Assembly and Test areas.• Identified and designed fixturing and tooling that reduced labor requirements.• Primary contact to vendors for supply chain management.• Primary contact to the customer for Technical and Quality concerns. • Performed Failure Analysis, Process Improvement, and Initiated and tracked to closure corrective actions for internal and external concerns.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Provided input for improved assembly processes and documentation.

Frisco, Texas

• Generated all technical documents for Assembly Processes focusing on improving efficiency. • Built and Incorporated Quality and Document Control plans molded for small business.• Provided hands-on assembly of rapid build R&D projects.• Identified and developed specialized tooling that improved assembly process by reducing labor.

Garland, Tx

Remote Operated Weapon System - worked with company released drawings and engineering BOMs to develop enhanced manufacturing methods while performing hands on assembly of Thermal Camera solicitation samples. Transitioned product line from R&D to production after contract award. Sniper Night Sight product line - developed and documented technical manufacturing process details with an emphasis on efficiency through visual media. Continuous yield improvement raised eyepiece assembly yield by 40%, involved production personnel with hands-on trouble shooting, writing of recovery plan and repair instructions. Liason for QC and GQAR when needed.Clip on Night Vision Device product line - Transitioned product line from R&D to production. Generated, reviewed and maintained operational yield targets.Incorporated process improvements that increased mfg. yield by 35%. Provided OJT and certifications to production personnel. Wrote all technical documents for Production Work Instructions and in-line Quality Testing.Gen III GaAs Cathode manufacturing - 10% yield improvement in Thermal-pneumatic bonding of GaAs wafer to glass and fiber optic. Doubled life of etch fixtures by adding replaceable masking sleeves. Updated and maintained all Work Instructions. 15% yield improvement for Electron Beam Sputter evaporations of thin film coatings.Gen II and Gen III Ceramic body brazing - Oversaw and tracked yields of multiple ceramic to metal vacuum tight joints while holding dimensions within .005". Identified tooling/fixturing requirements and coordinated the manufacture and delivery of these fixtures to the production floor. Researched and Initiated process improvements via one on one communication with production operators.

Garland Tx

Special Products Division - performed hands on development of R&D projects per customer specifications.

Garland, Tx

Ceramic to Metal Brazing - Chemical cleaning and Hydrogen furnace annealing of components for vacuum tube line. High Vacuum Leak Detection, Metallurgical cross-section inspection, Silk screen metallization of ceramic surfaces.

Bachelor Of Science

Associates Degree, Applied Science