Experience

Pfeiffer Vacuum Valves & Engineering (Nor-Cal Products)

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Continuous Improvement Engineer

  • Nov 2020 - Present

  ● Responsible for overseeing improvement projects and upgrades to increase overall production efficiency ● Implemented and programmed Cobot robot arm from Universal Robots ● In charge of Capex (capital expenditures) projects and ensuring ROI of large scale improvement projects ● Helped host and review employee suggestion committee and reward employees with cost saving or safety suggestions ● Working with a class 1000 clean room to improve production without room expansion ● Upgrade from manual order picking and shipping to wireless handheld barcode scanners and tablet scanners to work with ERP ● Using microsoft Project to stay on time with projects and give weekly updates and ROI figures where necessary ● Implementation of 5S quality tools for lean manufacturing Show less



Self-employed

• Online

• Ecommerce Business Owner

  • Nov 2016 - Present

  ● Owner and Designer of a 3D printing business. ● All designs were completely original, with close to 100 unique parts, all of which focus on design for 3D printing, and minimal material usage. ● Ran and maintained up to eight 3D printers. ● Handled logistics of packaging and shipping out over 6,000 orders to date. ● Acted as social media coordinator and marketing director. Expert customer service with a 5 star review with almost 300 reviews. ● Created and maintained websites and URL's. Show less



Busch Semiconductor Vacuum Group, LLC

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Continuous Improvement Engineer

  • Dec 2013 - Dec 2019

  Part of the small engineering group responsible for creating and documenting procedures for refurbishing vacuum pumps. Also involved in training of procedures to companies worldwide who participate in classes and purchase specially designed tools. Job includes reverse engineering of new pumps, and designing specialty tools for disassembly and assembly of each model of pump. Rapid 3D prototyping is used to make sure the tool will work before production runs. Using lean practices, and six sigma processes to improve production times and accuracy throughout the company. Also responsible for 3D CAD drawings of prototype tools and parts, even taking tools through production on mills, presses, and other machining practices. Responsible for the installation, maintenance, and programming behind multiple Faro Measurement Arm's. Faro tasks have included full reverse engineering of pumps, starting by scanning items and evolving to full 3D machinable models. Also responsible for supplying metrology granite surface plates, drilled and fixtured for the Faro Arm, mounting the measurement arm's and calibration of them. Also set up guided inspection processes for incoming parts, so anyone can use the arm through easy guided instructions to perform inspections on site, or offsite. Other Job's performed: Program and maintain RFID Reading stations for moving parts and printing and programming of RFID tags Program and operate camera inspection vision systems Microscopic analysis of samples R&D Repeatability and Reproducibility R&R Studies on Faro Arm's and other equipment Measurement Systems Analysis Write Production Part Approval Processes (PPAP) Project Management Show less



Notkin Hawaii Inc

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mechanical Engineer Consultant

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2013

  Consulting company for high rise condominiums and other large scale projects in the Honolulu area. Jr. Engineer working on full projects of small scale to helping out with large scale projects. The company is well known throughout the area and is involved in some of the most famous buildings such as the Trump Tower. Most common projects involve CAD in creating drawing of calculated air balancing for air handling systems, plumbing systems, and fire sprinkler systems. Other tasks include writing complete programs in Excel for easy input/output results that cut out time. Also involved in writing technical Engineering reports involving collecting photos and other data from outside sources and collaborating into a report to make conclusions based on price and time. Show less



Mad Cat Bikes

• Sacramento, California Area

• Bike Mechanic Service Technician

  • Apr 2012 - Sep 2012

  Basic and advanced bike maintenance performed. Very technical skills learned such as completely assembling and disassembling forks, shocks, and hydraulic brakes, also constant wheel building performed, even highly technical wheel builds. Also frequently working on highly technical parts such as Chris King hubs, sealed and non-sealed bearing overhauls, damper service, and full rebuilds of hydraulic brakes including piston and caliper changing. Basic and advanced bike maintenance performed. Very technical skills learned such as completely assembling and disassembling forks, shocks, and hydraulic brakes, also constant wheel building performed, even highly technical wheel builds. Also frequently working on highly technical parts such as Chris King hubs, sealed and non-sealed bearing overhauls, damper service, and full rebuilds of hydraulic brakes including piston and caliper changing.



Peak Adventures Bike Shop

• Sacramento, California Area

• Senior Bike Shop Service Technician

  • Jul 2010 - Sep 2012

  Head mechanic solving all and every issue at the bike shop from the hardest and weirdest of problems to the most expensive problems. Among customer relations and technical problem solving, also responsible for breaking down and completely building up bikes. Working on all kinds of bikes from fixed gear road bikes to full suspension mountain bikes. Also involved in sales of bike parts, and bikes. Head mechanic solving all and every issue at the bike shop from the hardest and weirdest of problems to the most expensive problems. Among customer relations and technical problem solving, also responsible for breaking down and completely building up bikes. Working on all kinds of bikes from fixed gear road bikes to full suspension mountain bikes. Also involved in sales of bike parts, and bikes.



Siskiyou Design Group

• Yreka, CA

• Draftsman

  • Jun 2006 - Jan 2007

  Drafting schools, buildings, and houses into a professional CADD format, from either older paper plans, or creating new plans. Corrected and submitted plans and proposals to the head architect. Performed two and three dimensional modeling. Drafting schools, buildings, and houses into a professional CADD format, from either older paper plans, or creating new plans. Corrected and submitted plans and proposals to the head architect. Performed two and three dimensional modeling.