Experience

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  Donatech Corporation

  • Stoughton, WI

  • Engineering Change Specialist

    • May 2013 - Present
    • Stoughton, WI

    Responsible for the day-to-day coordination, review, verification, and documentation of engineering changes in the product release process. Serve as a key quality control point for engineering change data by auditing engineering data for conformance to product release standards.Process the release of information associated with engineering changes.Research and analyze engineering data on Engineering Change Requests (ECRs), Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), and parts to ensure conformity to change management, business, and regulatory standards.Identify change dependencies and conflicts as required. Return detected deficiencies to the data originator for correction.Maintain log of work processed and detected deficiencies by type and frequency. Provide activity reports as required.Respond to internal customer inquiries to facilitate the product release process.Compose Engineering Job Requests (EJRs) to facilitate regulatory and service releases for a sister business unit. Adhere to sister business unit current Engineering Standards in EJR preparation.Analyze and provide guidance to Engineering teams for new aftertreatment product structure and relationship requirements to promote consistency across all product families.Provide support to Engineering teams on product structure and relationship issues as they relate to customers and manufacturing.Provide subject matter expertise on change management standards, systems and processes.Identify and drive improvements that will make the change and configuration management process more efficient, reliable, and cost effective.

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  AIM Consulting Group

  • Systems Support Analyst/Consultant

    • Jan 2011 - Apr 2012

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  Motorola

  • Senior Software Engineer

    • Sep 1999 - Jan 2009

    Led software configuration management team for CDMA to provide our customers with quick-turnaround and defect-free software deliverables as to not impact customer scheduling commitmentsPerformed official system builds for CDMA using Clearcase. Our SCM team fielded over 500 builds per year on average along with our other duties. I personally completed approximately 200 builds per year on average for our various subsystems in concert with performing packaging and functioning as release coordinator and Clearquest data administrator. This process involved performing merges to a designated mainline, editing the config spec, creating views and labels, applying labels and locking to prevent unauthorized check-ins. Performed integration builds for SCM-specific scripts build. I personally handled all of the SCM-specific builds which amounted to about one per month. This involved creating branches, check-out and check-in of code, performing code merges and resolving merge conflicts, labeling, locking and test of integration build prior to merging to a designated mainline. Improved quality and reduced cycle time by 60% of software packages delivered to customers through streamlining of build process and automating most user intervention in packaging process. Defects were reduced from 2% of total deliveries to zero.Strengthened expertise within group by training and mentoring current team members to build understanding of configuration management processes and procedures.Coordinated effort to transition CDMA division to new inspection tool with minimal impact by meeting with leaders of different departments and providing training sessions to individuals affected by the transition.Created procedure and software tool for labeling software deliverables generated by SCM group. Results were professional-looking labels and reduced cycle time.

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  Motorola, Inc.

  • Software Engineer

    • 1997 - 1999

    Worked in software subcontractor management group for CDMA as an interface point between Motorola and third-party software vendors identifying scheduling and defectsManaged third-party software deliverables consumed by CDMA, from defect tracking to scheduling commitments.Led weekly status meetings with vendors, communicating issues and concerns. Also communicated were resolutions to issues and expected timeframe for resolution.Provided bi-weekly status reports to management as to outstanding issues and expected resolutions to issues.

  • Communication Technician

    • 1993 - 1997

    Worked on the production line for Motorola’s cellular phones functioning as the lead technician for the shift, monitoring factory DPU (defects per unit), troubleshooting and repairing cellular phones.• Implemented a factory-wide defect entry system using Visual Basic and Microsoft Access. This allowed management to pull weekly reports to determine common defects and issues in production.• Generated weekly reports for management showcasing common defects found and frequency of defects. Data was presented to vendors to improve component quality.• Troubleshooted cellular telephones down to component level.• Mentored technicians and line workers by explaining process, test, inspection or equipment operations and procedures.• Interviewed potential technician candidates and provided feedback to management.• Experienced in SMT repair techniques• Used a variety of test equipment, such as a spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope.• Received training on empowerment and Six Sigma quality.

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  Intrinsic Quality, Inc.

  • Test Engineer

    • 1990 - 1993

    A provider of cost-effective and quality guaranteed in-circuit and functional test solutions for Genrad, Teradyne and Agilent ATE systems.Developed structured in-circuit and functional software and hardware to test production circuit boards.Debugged test software and hardware and verified validity of tests.Prepared complete documentation packages for software and hardware.Structured code development emphasized.