Experience

IMC MetalsAmerica

• United States
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Process Engineer

  • Apr 2022 - Present



CommScope

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Feb 2014 - Apr 2022

  Provide process engineering support for the manufacturing of plastic insulated copper wire. • Was part of the team that transferred, installed and commissioned 7 Samp wire drawing machines that were from the TE Connectivity plant in Sydney, NE.• Responsible for the throughput, yield and quality of 20 twisted pair cable tandem extrusion lines and 10 wire drawing lines.

• • Jul 2007 - Feb 2014

  Provide process engineering support for the manufacturing of bi-metallic’s for CATV, grounding and other electronic applications. • Managed the new product initiative (NPI) that developed the process of cladding copper clad steel at a larger diameter that resulted in a $500k/yr cost savings. • Developed new packaging options for copper clad steel to satisfy customer demand that resulted in $2M/yr business. • Documented the process, trained the operators and set-up the process controls for a new 7-wire strand machine.• Transferred all of the bi-metal BOM’s and routings into a new SAP system. Show less



Keihin Carolina Systems Technology

• Tarboro, North Carolina

• Quality Engineer

  • Feb 2004 - Jun 2007

  Responsible for the quality control and quality assurance of all electrically actuated solenoids and spool valve solenoids that are used by Honda primarily in their V-Tech engine application. • Completed a 6-Sigma project that resulted in a $285 k/yr cost savings. • Balanced the cycle time of a spool valve assembly line that resulted in a 10% increase in production and the elimination of one work station. • Performed reject analysis on all market claims. • Responsible for production line rejections that resulted in quality claims from the Honda Engine Plant. Every claim required a 5P corrective action form to be completed and a presented to Honda management. • Managed the quality of the processes using different quality tools. Monitor Cpk’s and rejects to develop reject improvement plans. Show less



Texas Instruments

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• • Feb 1997 - Dec 2003

  Manufacturing engineer responsible for the production of pressure switch devices used in brake and power steering applications in the automotive industry.• Responsible for daily production of electro-mechanical pressure switch assemblies made in the U.S. for the automobile industry. Responsibilities included troubleshooting of both the process and automated machinery.• Program Manager/Manufacturing Engineer for the transfer of all equipment used to make hydraulic pressure switches in the U.S. to the plant in Mexico. • Developed a "quiet" pressure switch for a power steering application for Honda by modifying the existing Texas Instruments disc technology for their particular application.• Proficient in APQP tools such as PPAP’s, DFMEA’s, PFMEA’s, control plans and QS9000. Show less

• • Feb 1992 - Feb 1997

  Provide process engineering support for the manufacturing of bi-metallic’s for CATV, grounding and other electronic applications. • Implemented and maintained quality system that obtained ISO9002 certification.• Responsible for processing copper clad steel and copper clad aluminum from raw materials to finished wire.• Project manager of the drop wire expansion program. This included the upgrading of a copper clad steel clad line, installation of a Syncro FX-13 drawing machine and the upgrading of the breakdown drawing machine take-up system.• Developed the process to increase the throughput of the finish drawing/annealing machines by 30%. Show less

• • Feb 1989 - Feb 1992

  • Responsible for the direct supervision of 45 production associates over 3 shifts.• Responsible for the quality, production and scrap levels in the production of copper clad steel and copper clad aluminum products.