Experience

HP Manufacturing (Custom Machining & Fabrication of Materials)

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineering Manager

  • Nov 2013 - Present

  Provide technical support to Sales and Production teams and plan to alleviate bottlenecks in production. Provide input on cost reductions and process improvements. Collaborate with Quality group in the creation of quality plans for components and assemblies as well as provide leadership performing CAPA, PPA, PFMEA, Quality Control Plans and testing. Provide estimates for new work and coordinate prototype activities through the production floor.

• Manager of Quality & Engineering

  • Mar 2019 - Nov 2020

  In addition to Engineering functions, I managed the Quality group and coordinated activities including inspections, C of C documentation, calibrations, internal audits, managing the quality system, measurement of KPI performance and execution of ISO recertification audits.



Philips

• Netherlands
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• NPI Lead - Ops Project Manager

  • Sep 2009 - Jun 2013

  Operations representative on core team for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs – responsible for all Operation’s deliverables during the Product Release Process (Stage Gate). Success required organizational skills, teamwork, team-leading, communication, innovation, influence and technical knowledge.• Managed cross-functional team with members from Supply Chain (Purchasing and Materials), Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Quality, and Logistics to consistently meet program milestones.• Represented Operations and Manufacturing Engineering in technical reviews, cross-functional core team reviews and process remediation activities.• Defined Manufacturing requirements to be utilized within the Engineering Product Design Specifications.• Created technical protocols to define how new products would be built in a compliant manner on the production floor.• Assisted in the creation of a Design Transfer Checklist that would be used by the Operations group as readiness verification to release new products into production resulting in reviews with the management staff that were comprehensive, clear and informative.• Created PowerPoint slides to show the status of Operations for NPI projects and represented Operations to Senior Management in program reviews twice per month.• Authored Product Performance Qualification Plans and Reports. Show less

• Principle Mfg Engr

  • Apr 1988 - Sep 2009

  Developed and trained personnel on the assembly of Medical Imaging equipment. Championed suppliers of the components used in the assembly of the products – responsible for part quality, DFM and disposition of defective material. Acted as lead Manufacturing Engineer in the release to production of three major Computed Tomography product releases.• Ensured compliance to federal regulations and supported audits as necessary resulting in minimal negative findings.• Developed partnerships with suppliers resulting in a mutually respectful relationship, effective technical communication and a part acceptance rate of greater than 98%.• Author documents and train technicians on assembly of high-quality products ensuring minimal defects on the assembly floor.• Performed supplier technical assessments at both domestic and international suppliers – the latter were to localize components near offshore factories to achieve a 15% reduction in material costs.• Developed a bracket system used to mount a linear scale directly to a major sub-system in order to measure and calibrate linear motion resulting in a reduction of test cycle time of 2 hours per unit.• Assisted in the design of an air bearing measuring system utilizing capacitive sensor arrays to simultaneously measure multiple surfaces of precision machined rotor utilized in new CT scanner.• Executed supplier quality techniques such as Critical to Quality identification, PPAP, supplier quality plans, Corrective Action Request, defective material disposition, technical and quality audits resulting in high acceptance rates and very low defect rates for responsible suppliers. Show less



Norton Company

• Design Engineer

  • May 1985 - Apr 1988

  Design sheet metal internals for petro-chemical towers. Design sheet metal internals for petro-chemical towers.