Experience

Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions - Microelectronics Solutions

• Principle Manufacturing Engineer

  • May 2019 - Present



Terex Enviromental Equipment [formerly Continental Biomass Industries, Inc.]

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Nov 2014 - Sep 2018



GT Advanced Technologies

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2014

  • Project manager for pre-production builds of large capital equipment, coordinated materials and labor.• Design review and documented feedback during builds to improve future manufacturing efficiency and cost targets.• Defined, maintained, intergraded all new equipment in the master facility layout. • Completed field installation of prototype equipment at a customer facility in the Middle East• Manufacturing advisor for advanced sourcing team focused on vacuum, process gases, and water supply systems.



Vitronics Soltec

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Feb 2004 - Jul 2011

  All phases of production support for electrical and mechanical assembly & test.• Supplier quality engineer and primary technical contact for our largest supplier, communicated all non-conforming material issues and coordinated all engineering changes and new product introductions with this supplier. • Completed detailed analysis of historical sales data to develop a profile of high margin products and customers. This data was used to successfully eliminate a duplicate product line and streamline the supply chain.• Created the digital Preventative Maintenance Manual and Illustrated Parts Manual which was embedded into the machine’s software providing the operators information at the control station.• Defined the process flow, subassembly queuing, and shop floor layout which reduced the lead time to build customer machines from four to two weeks on the product transferred from the Netherlands. • Designed the returnable crates to protect all painted sheetmetal kits from our supplier.



Collins & Aikman

• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial & Facilities Engineering (contracted employee)

  • Sep 2002 - Feb 2003

  8 weeks in 2002, 4 weeks in 2003 of contract work during a facility renovation and retooling. Completed and maintained the AutoCAD plant layout, coordinated the needs of facility and process engineers with contractors during the planning, installation, and start-up of injection molding equipment & utilities.



Presstek

• Manufacturing Engineer

  • Nov 1998 - Jun 2002

  Provided all phases of production and business systems support. • Redesign of a welded frame assembly resulting in a 43% ($120K/yr) savings per assembly• Converted manufacturing area from a ‘Stockroom’ to a ‘Point of Use’ system reducing overall inventory.• Calculated production capacity for manpower requirements and allocation of critical common components.• Reviewed new products introduced from design engineering, completed prototype builds and recommended changes for manufacturing implementation.• Defined all routing operations for new product releases and engineering change impact.



Textron Systems

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Industrial Engineer

  • Jun 1997 - Nov 1998



Textron

• United States
• Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Industrial Engineer

  • Dec 1991 - May 1997

  Original company name of Davidson Instrument Panel, became Textron Automotive and was last known as Collins & Aikman.