Experience

Stampin' Up!

• United States
• Retail Art Supplies
• 700 & Above Employee

• Independent Consultant

  • Aug 2005 - Present

  Started out just selling product as a way to fund my own hobby. Transitioned into teaching others how to make greeting cards as a way to relax and manage stress. Started out just selling product as a way to fund my own hobby. Transitioned into teaching others how to make greeting cards as a way to relax and manage stress.



Notesense Music Academy

• South Brunswick

• Business Manager

  • Aug 2012 - Sep 2014

  Ran the business for a music teacher. Scheduled lessons, cancellations, makeups and all customer inquiries. Optimized his travelling schedule so as to maximize the number of students he could see per evening. Generated monthly invoices for families and organised recitals and other events. Ran the business for a music teacher. Scheduled lessons, cancellations, makeups and all customer inquiries. Optimized his travelling schedule so as to maximize the number of students he could see per evening. Generated monthly invoices for families and organised recitals and other events.



Sensors Unlimited

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • 2000 - 2001

  As a part-time process engineer for this high-tech wafer fabrication company I used project management techniques to solve manufacturing problems and researched and commissioned new equipment for InGaAs chip manufacture. As a part-time process engineer for this high-tech wafer fabrication company I used project management techniques to solve manufacturing problems and researched and commissioned new equipment for InGaAs chip manufacture.



Psion

• London UK

• Surface Mount Line manager

  • Sep 1996 - Sep 1997

  As, first, a process engineer and then shortly after, as the surface mount line manager, I was responsible for the 24/7 operation of a Sanyo surface mount production line which had 40 operators. • Produced daily reports showing statistical analysis of line performance. • Evaluated new products prototypes for manufacturability • Ensured that production programs were achieved within schedule and budget • Responsible for all aspects of product quality on the line • Identified opportunities to increase production machine efficiency, in terms of unit cost, quality, and volume processing • Responsible for staff training, appraisals, motivation, and career development • Determine staffing requirements and carried out recruitment when necessary • Conducted process trials for engineering evaluation



Interconnections Systems Limited

• Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

• Project Manager

  • Jan 1995 - Sep 1996

  As a project manager for a major company initiative to determine and install the strategic way forward in the surface finishing of printed circuit boards • Carried out worldwide benchmark evaluation of products on the market • Evaluated current customer requirements and assessed future industry trends • Reported to the board of directors and gained approval for a radical new technology • Negotiated the contracts with the chemical and equipment supplier • Wrote the technical specification for the chemical and equipment supplier • From a prototype design, I developed, installed and commissioned the world’s first volume production line utilizing this process • Wrote and carried out technical presentations to existing customers across the globe, in order to gain their approval to convert their circuit boards to this new finishing technique • Ensured that the process ran within budget and to the required level, in terms of volume and quality



Morganite Crucible Limited

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Enigneer

  • Jun 1993 - Jan 1995

  • As a development engineer I was responsible for research and development, including new products specifically designed to solve existing customer problems. New products to out-perform current models on the market and research to reduce the cost of existing products by the innovative use of alternate materials • Carried out process development, including; day-to-day problem solving and scrap reduction. Extensive use of statistical analysis techniques was used for evaluated productivity increase (SPC, MVA-Taguchi, and DOE) • Supervised trials of newly developed products at customer sites throughout Europe