Experience

Nordson Electronics Solutions

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Sr. Manager Reliability and Test Engineering

  • Sep 2012 - Present



Nordson Corporation

• United States
• Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr. Manager Reliability and Test Engineering at Nordson ASYMTEK

  • Sep 2012 - Present



Baker Hughes

• United States
• Oil and Gas
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Design Reliability | Reliability Engineer | FMEA | HALT / HASS

  • 2007 - 2012

  •Responsible for reliability on all product lines worldwide. •Developed a process resulting in first year failure rate being driven from 30 times the mature product failure rate to 1.5 times the mature product failure rate. •Reduced overall product failure rate by 25% •Transitioned Design Reliability from a single product specific ($2B net revenue) to a corporate function ($15B+ net revenue) •Directed a team of 44 Engineers and Technicians in 4 locations across the world •Developed processes for design reliability evaluation and qualification of electronics operating up to 200C opening up a $1B market to BHI •Implemented a Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) program for mechanical systems resulting in optimized maintenance strategies cutting repair and maintenance cost more than $30M •Responsible for design, development, and implementation of 4 reliability test labs worldwide ($6M+ Capital Equipment Budget) •Developed and implemented product HALT and Design Margin Evaluation (DME) program •Instituted and Implemented Design for Reliability (DFR) techniques into the product development process •Implemented a component engineering process to assure electronic component compliance to design requirements, life cycle management, and component quality •Designed, Developed, and Implemented a world class failure analysis laboratory resulting in much faster root cause analysis of field, manufacturing, and test failures. Improved root cause analysis from 3 months to less than 1 month •Developed and implemented a global reliability training program. This program resulted in training more than 500 design engineers worldwide in design for reliability and reliability testing. This helped to assure that reliability practices and principles are implemented early in the design process where they can have the greatest impact. Show less



Powerwave Technologies

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manager, Reliability Engineering | Reliability Testing

  • 2001 - 2007

  • Responsible for all product reliability with groups in the US, Sweden, and Finland. • Improved average product MTBF from 10,000 hours to more than 150,000 hours. The company went from being known as a “poor reliability supplier” to a “world class example of product reliability” • Developed automated testing strategy allowing the company to reduce the number of technicians from 17 down to 2. This resulted in a net savings to the company of more than $1M per year. • Developed and implement a comprehensive Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) training and certification program o Provided business case to justify the program o Provided training to more than 200 engineers o Provided mentoring to new GBs and BBs o Developed project tracking system showing more than $3M/year in savings due to reduced design iterations, increased product yields, and reduced field defects • Developed and implemented product HALT and Design Margin Evaluation (DME) program • Developed and implemented a successful Accelerated Life Testing (ALT) program. This program was adopted by our customers and has become a standard test regime in telecommunications. • Designed and developed automated test stations and test software for extended reliability testing, HASA, and burn-in programs • Instituted and Implemented Design for Reliability (DFR) techniques into the product development process o FMEA o Reliability Prediction o Product Life Assessment o Systems Reliability Modeling Show less



US Federal Government

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineer

  • 1988 - 1994