Experience

Cascade Microtech

• United States
• Semiconductors
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Production Supervisor

  • Mar 2016 - Present



Alloy Guitars

• United States
• Musicians
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co Founder

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  Product research. Prototype development, manufacturing development. Product research. Prototype development, manufacturing development.



Intel Corporation

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Equipment Engineer

  • Jan 1996 - May 2014

  Equipment Engineer: Automated Material Handling Systems (AMHS) owner.• System and supplier owner for large scale automated cleanroom FOUP/Cassette storage and delivery systems across 4 factories and 3 wafer sizes within Intel. • System and supplier owner for large scale automated cleanroom FOUP/Cassette storage and delivery robotic systems across 4 factories and 3 wafer sizes within Intel.• Identified and drove system efficiency improvements including external automation system integration, equipment design, error reduction, and user interface improvements. • Identified and tracked KPI’s to measure RAM metrics, vendor execution metrics and user impact issues targeted at increasing system availability and uptime.• Project manager for large and small scale projects through the complete life cycle of requirements definition, component design and manufacturing, installation, and acceptance, including documentation, operation and maintenance. • Managed on site vendor support, including work execution, performance metrics for both equipment and personnel and drove corrective action and improvement initiatives. • Lead day-to-day operations including electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, error recovery and preventative maintenance. Material Control System (MCS) owner.• System owner for control system that interfaced between the mechanical AMHS and data automation systems.• Managed software troubleshooting between equipment communications, device handlers, and central and distributed communications systems including SEMI E84 tool communications. • Maintained and updated system configuration between logical tracking and physical systems for several system updates. Show less

• Data Systems Engineer

  • Jan 1996 - May 2014

  Data Systems Engineer: Distributed system factory client owner.• Managed 500+ Windows XP based tool controller systems across local factories.• Level 3 support owner and vendor interface for 3000+ distributed systems across all 300mm Intel factories. • Owned the Big Fix Down-The-Wire client build process from bare metal partition to operating system and driver installation, as well as application installation.• Integrated numerous application additions and updates while reducing build process overhead and actual build time by over 50%.• As development lead for client innovation, researched, constructed, piloted and performed ROI validation for numerous projects such as touch screen deployment and virtual client infrastructure.Data Center Engineer.• Automation Infrastructure Technology support including network infrastructure, client and server hardware and operating system (OS) build and maintenance, well as large storage array support and maintenance. Big Fix Administrator. • Managed the deployment of Big Fix Fixlet content across all 300mm Intel Factories for all tool clients.• Created, reviewed, tested and deployed fixlets for both system builds and software distribution and upgrade.• Drove review and deployment innovations to streamline the review process while maintaining quality control, resulting in a 50% reduction in fixlet development and deployment approval time. Show less

• Operations Manager

  • Jan 1996 - May 2014

  Automation/Manufacturing Operations Manager: • Lead Factory Automation operations, including application and data infrastructure system integration and execution to meet development and performance targets.• Managed production support activities including continuous application upgrade cycles, planned maintenance and outages and excursion management for both physical and data system.• Improved production support and execution by driving efficiency initiatives such as support tool improvement, technician development, and training and documentation efforts.• Managed up to fifty automation and manufacturing engineers and technicians including work coordination, performance management, training and career development.• Automation Level 1 factory call center and Level 2/3 global engineering support center manager. Responsible for 100+ automation applications and hardware systems. • Championed quality assurance by owning systems such as Change Control Board and Engineering On call and Development support specifications. Show less