Orlando Gonzalez
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Brian Begg
Orlando and I worked on several different projects during our years at Lear (later IAC). Orlando always was showed fantastic problems solving and managment skills to get his projects launched on time and under budget. He always showed immense dedication and talent to his work and to the personnel he managed. It was a pleasure to work with him and I hope some day to do it again.
Kurt Finkbeiner
I've worked with Orlando both at Lear and IAC on overhead systems and flooring programs. His attention to detail is second to none. He always follows sound engineering disciplines and works tirelessly to improve product designs for the benefit of the company and it's customers.
Brian Begg
Orlando and I worked on several different projects during our years at Lear (later IAC). Orlando always was showed fantastic problems solving and managment skills to get his projects launched on time and under budget. He always showed immense dedication and talent to his work and to the personnel he managed. It was a pleasure to work with him and I hope some day to do it again.
Kurt Finkbeiner
I've worked with Orlando both at Lear and IAC on overhead systems and flooring programs. His attention to detail is second to none. He always follows sound engineering disciplines and works tirelessly to improve product designs for the benefit of the company and it's customers.
Brian Begg
Orlando and I worked on several different projects during our years at Lear (later IAC). Orlando always was showed fantastic problems solving and managment skills to get his projects launched on time and under budget. He always showed immense dedication and talent to his work and to the personnel he managed. It was a pleasure to work with him and I hope some day to do it again.
Kurt Finkbeiner
I've worked with Orlando both at Lear and IAC on overhead systems and flooring programs. His attention to detail is second to none. He always follows sound engineering disciplines and works tirelessly to improve product designs for the benefit of the company and it's customers.
Brian Begg
Orlando and I worked on several different projects during our years at Lear (later IAC). Orlando always was showed fantastic problems solving and managment skills to get his projects launched on time and under budget. He always showed immense dedication and talent to his work and to the personnel he managed. It was a pleasure to work with him and I hope some day to do it again.
Kurt Finkbeiner
I've worked with Orlando both at Lear and IAC on overhead systems and flooring programs. His attention to detail is second to none. He always follows sound engineering disciplines and works tirelessly to improve product designs for the benefit of the company and it's customers.
Experience
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IAC Group
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United Kingdom
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Staffing and Recruiting
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Product Engineering
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Feb 2010 - Present
Product Development Automotive Interior Trim, Headliner Overhead Systems - 2010 VW Jetta, headliner engineering & development - 2012 Chrysler Dart, headliner engineering & development - 2015 VW Golf headliner, engineering & development - 2015 & 2019 Ford Edge & MKX/Nautilus headliner, engineering & development - 2021 Ford Mach-E headliner, engineering & development Product Development Automotive Interior Trim, Headliner Overhead Systems - 2010 VW Jetta, headliner engineering & development - 2012 Chrysler Dart, headliner engineering & development - 2015 VW Golf headliner, engineering & development - 2015 & 2019 Ford Edge & MKX/Nautilus headliner, engineering & development - 2021 Ford Mach-E headliner, engineering & development
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Product Development Engineer
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Oct 2009 - Feb 2010
Product development of Ford Motor Co. Interior Trim Components. Product development of Ford Motor Co. Interior Trim Components.
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Product Engineering
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Mar 1995 - Nov 2008
• Manage and lead interior hard and soft trim & NVH acoustics product engineering teams to successful launch of automotive products, cradle to grave • Work with manufacturing processes such as thermoforming, vacuum forming, injection molding, RIM urethane, assembly • Full development of products such as molded flooring, NVH formed products (dash, engine side, wheel house, etc.), headliner modules, instrument panel assemblies, sub-component molded urethane application (as for Head Impact Countermeasures), assembly of components to end item modular products • Design & development of noise, vibration & harshness (NVH) acoustics control components • Tier 1 supplier interface with customer design & manufacturing for feasibility and development • Manage and support CAD product design development from cradle to grave • Develop & maintain engineering disciplines such as DFMEA, DVP&R, IMDS, GDT, etc. • Responsible of Best Practice Design Standards development in support of implementing robust standard methods of design & engineering for thermoformable flooring and acoustics products and teams. Investigate areas of opportunity using cost, warranty, test failures, etc, for Best Practice development. Enforce use of engineering disciplines for all thermoformable designs in development from inception to production tooling release. Show less
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Ford Motor Company
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United States
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Advanced Project & Manufacturing Engineer
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Mar 1988 - Mar 1995
• Responsible for Project Management of complex instrument panel assemblies from cradle to grave including the development, implementation and launch of manufacturing assembly line process, associated tooling and equipment. . • Project management and specification of all assembly tooling equipment, procurement recommendations, assembly process development & launch of the 1990/92/95 Crown Victoria / Grand Marquis (EN53), 1990 Mustang and 1995/96/97/98 Escort/Tracer (CT20) instrument panel assembly programs. • Development and design direction of manufacturing equipment & gage (QAF, quality assurance fixtures) specification requirements for instrument panel assemblies with an emphasis on plant complexity tool and supplies reduction. • Directed component and final assembly gage design, R&R certification. Developed gage procedures. Coordinated SPC capability studies for pre-production and launch activities. • Coordinated the development of automated sheet metal spot welding tooling for complex automobile instrument panel steel reinforcement assemblies • Supported development of quality events including first production run, first sample dimensional layout / approval, validation concurrence and development of all quality requirements as quality control plans, Advanced Product Quality Planning, etc. • Quality Achievement Award received for the Crown Victoria/Grand Marquis 3MIS TGW & R/1000 reduction by 50% from the Ford vice president. Show less
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John Deere
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quality Assurance Engineer
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Jun 1985 - Feb 1988
• Responsible for reliability and field MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures) monitoring of metal machining, forming, forging, welding, heat treating , painting and assembly of agricultural equipment manufacturing processes (implements, tractors and combines). Field investigation and warranty analysis, product quality improvement coordinator. TQE Supplier quality certification assessments. Train quality receiving inspection personnel for the use of a CMM (coordinate measuring machine, DEA). • Designed statistical reliability system for use warranty reliability data analysis • Coordinated in plant SPC capability studies of manufacturing machines and processes • Established customer product quality visitation program for problem/information retrieval analysis • Developed part sampling tables based upon statistical analysis • Received CMM (coordinate measuring machine) training at DEA in Livonia, MI. Experienced in metrology and dimensional measuring tools Show less
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Conductores del Norte
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Quality Assurance Engineer
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Jan 1984 - May 1985
• Monitor quality and process of copper wire drawing, annealing, wire wrapping, stranding, plastic extruding & shielding processes of electrical wiring manufacturing. Train production personnel and implement corporate quality control systems. Responsible of Quality Control Lab and electrical and physical properties testing of finished products. • Researched and implemented the use of UL, ASTM, SAE quality standards applicable to in-process and finished products. • Negotiated and implemented electrical wire and cable quality standards for the manufacture of low voltage power transmission cables as required by the Mexican Power Company (CFE). • Established the Quality Control Lab, specified and coordinated the procurement of all lab equipment. Developed testing routines and programs. • Enhanced product quality with the implementation of quality monitoring standards for in-process and finished products using SPC methods. Show less
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Education
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1979 - 1983
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Bachelor of Science - BS, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering -
1980 - 1981
Instituto Electronico Prof. Cruz M. Montemayor
Trade, Electronics Technician - Analog
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