Robert S. Allen ab1yy1@r.postjobfree.com

**** ***** ***** 484-***-****

Coplay, PA 18037

OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Fisher Clinical Services Allentown, PA

Manager – Scheduling, Planning, and Tooling 2008 - Present

Managed the operational and maintenance schedule for $150 million dollar packaging operation.

Scheduled machine setups, repairs, upgrades as well as preventative maintenance and calibrations

for packaging operations. Tracked labor power effectiveness using a combination of operational

metrics to ensure maximum efficiency.

Supervised and scheduled CNC tooling fabrication and qualification for clinical packaging

operations. Developed a qualification program to track and implement qualifications.

Led multi-departmental process improvement teams to reduce overall downtimes by 11%

Established weekly process improvement working groups to identify and eliminate machine

downtime factors. Increased up-time to over 96%.

Led ad-hoc team improvement teams using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies:

o Designed, fabricated, installed, and validated a potent compound hood, providing over $1

million in revenue and meeting a critical customer timeline

o Reduced foreign tablet incursions by 45% in 9 months

o Led team to produce and implement automated feeding devices

Conducted root cause analysis and preventative actions for customer and internal problem reports

Experienced in a wide range of scheduling and MS Office software, including SAS, Excel,

Project, Powerpoint, Access

Midwest Airlines Milwaukee, WI

Reliability Engineer 2002-2005

Established a corrosion prevention and monitoring program to identify areas of repetitive

corrosion and evaluate effectiveness of preventative measures. Coord inated with the local FAA

offices to receive validation of program

Performed analysis of components and systems to determine reliability and replacement rates

Led effort to institute a new maintenance schedule of reduced checks (MSG3) to reduce labor and

material costs

Northwest Airlines Eagan, MN 1991 - 2002

Maintenance Operations Analyst and Aircraft Fleet Performance Engineer

Coordinated staffing levels and maintenance operations for 35 domestic maintenance bases

Analyzed and reported maintenance efficiency and capability for all maintenance operations

Optimized and predicted payload and fuel burn for DC9 and727 fleets (150 aircraft)

Performed comparative analysis of aircraft configurations to support strategic decision making

Designed special departure procedures for complicated airports to maximize payload. Required

FAA coordination and approvals.

US Army

Commissioned Officer, Aviation 1987-1991

Led platoon of 45 soldiers and warrant o fficers in an attack helicopter platoon

Company executive officer directing staff in maintenance, logistics, medical, and communications

sections. Directly commanded re-arm and refuel platoon of 40 soldiers and $12M in equipment

Deployed for Operation Desert Storm

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EDUCATION

United States Military Academy, West Point, NY

Bachelor of Science

Mechanical Engineering 1987

Honors: Dean’s List, Senior Year

Battalion Commander

Honor Committee Board Chairman

Minnesota School of Health Sciences, Minneapolis, MN

Associate of Applied Science 2000

Exercise Physiology

Honors: Valedictorian,

Boeing Commercial Aircraft Corporation, Seattle Washington 1993 - 2003

Performance Engineers Course (120 hours of instruction)

Maintenance Engineer Course (80 hours of instruction)

Reliability Engineering (80 hours of instruction)

QUALIFICATIONS

cGMP Training – Annually 2008 – Present

Root Cause Analysis Training – 2010 – 2013

Role of the Leader (I, II, III, and IV) – 2009

Engineer in Training Certificate – 1987

Programming in VB/VBA, SAS, Fortran, SQL

LANGUAGES

English – Native Language

German – Fluent spoken, written, reading

Mandarin Chinese – Novice speaking

Portuguese – Novice speaking

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Institute of Packaging Professionals

International Society of Packaging Engineers

Ben Franklin Technology Partners

Lehigh Valley Professional

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