MICHAEL J. WEHNER

*** ********** **** **** ( Fayetteville, North Carolina 28311

516-***-**** ( abl8wt@r.postjobfree.com

SENIOR-LEVEL OPERATIONS ( ENGINEERING ( MANAGEMENT

Highly accomplished multi-disciplinary leader and change agent, with more

than 20 years of experience in operations and engineering spanning capital

equipment, medical device, consumer product, defense, and moderate/high

volume manufacturing. Define long term business strategies and

implementation plans, create highly efficient processes and procedures, and

streamline operations; resulting in improved productivity, multi-million

dollar profitability, and sizeable cost-savings. Areas of expertise

include:

Program Management ( Supply Chain & Vendor Development ( Planning &

Forecasting ( Continuous Process Improvement

Organizational Development ( Quality Assurance ( Training & Development (

Materials Planning & Scheduling

Strategy Development ( Cost Control ( New Product Development ( Resource

Management ( Six Sigma Black Belt

Lean Manufacturing ( Manufacturing Process Development & Scale-up ( Multi-

Site Operations Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

TACTRONICS HOLDINGS ( Lumberton, North Carolina ( 2008 - 2009

Global provider of ruggedized C4ISR products, components, and integrated

systems to defense and commercial industry with estimated annual revenues

of $50 - $100M.

Sr. Program Manager ( Lumberton, North Carolina ( (June 2008 - March 2009)

Manage multi-site projects for order fulfillment, manufacturing

development, and capacity scale-up. Develop local manufacturing plans and

schedules and confirm alignment with parent facility master schedule.

Identify, justify, & source capital equipment for start-up cable

manufacturing operation. Establish supply chain for regional sourcing of

raw materials and strategic partners for process outsourcing & production

equipment.

. Manually planned and executed the manufacturing plans for 400+ component

items and subassemblies.

. Reduced project manufacturing costs by $80,000 through implementation of

alternative product marking process that eliminated dependence on CNC

machine tools.

VEECO INSTRUMENTS ( Plainview, New York ( 2001 - 2007

Global provider of process equipment and metrology to semiconductor, data

storage, and research industry with annual revenues of $450M ($150M in

Plainview, New York business unit).

Director of Technical Support & Publications ( Plainview, New York (July

2007 - November 2007)

Lead 8-person multi-site Technical Support & Publications group responsible

for global customer support of Process Equipment installation base.

Provide technical guidance to customers and regional field service

operations. Review incoming support requests and confirm action plans.

Analyze field data and develop plans to resolve performance-limiting issues

and increase system availability. Lead staff and projects for management

of system operation and maintenance manuals, scheduling, and content

development for customer equipment training. Partner with customer

equipment engineering to increase equipment utilization, reliability, and

throughput.

. Eliminated 7,000-hour publications project backlog with outsourcing

partnerships & reorganization of internal resources.

. Created global access to technical documentation by establishing Internet

access to equipment documentation.

. Reduced response delay (impacting 50% of requests) of return material

requests by creating Internet access for returns.

Director of Operations ( Plainview, New York (2006 - 2007)

Led 50-person production, manufacturing engineering, project management,

purchasing, planning, & logistics team. Accountable for >$140M in annual

revenue and $40M in business unit inventory. Member of SAP Implementation

Steering Committee providing guidance for cross-functional development

teams. Managed master schedule and merged marketing forecast data with

materials plan; identified and authorized procurement of high-cost and long

lead-time materials required to meet business plan. Relayed organizational

objectives to senior management team. Coordinated training schedules and

project teams for business units' Six Sigma program.

. Led organization during highest revenue quarter ($47M) by leveling

production schedule and negotiating for additional short-term resources.

. Improved Out of Box Quality by 62% in 12 months by redefining standards,

expanding training, and building quality ownership.

. Reduced overtime rate 35% through analysis of labor utilization rates and

optimizing staffing levels.

. Implemented supplier based inspection program that eliminated in-house

vacuum chamber inspection, resulting in ~200 hours per year reduction in

annual inspection labor.

VEECO INSTRUMENTS, continued. . .

Director of Production & Program Management ( Plainview, New York (2004 -

2006)

Managed 35-person production, project management, manufacturing

engineering, and quality team. Ensured on time delivery, installation,

quality, and revenue recognition for >$125M in annual business revenue.

Managed master schedule and merged marketing forecast data with materials

plan. Established project management organization; trained and mentored

team in project management principles and local processes. Presented

organizational goals and status to senior management team.

. Significantly reduced production issues and improved on-time delivery

from 29% to 62% (based on 40 systems/year) in 12 months, by defining and

implementing standardized methods and procedures for Order Fulfillment

Review.

. Reduced in-house quality audit findings by 43%.

. Boosted individual's cross-training levels by 20% by consolidating roles

and creating cross-training matrices for all staff.

. Decreased rebuild backlog from 200 to <80 in less than 3 months through

change in leadership, work center balancing, and employee incentive

program.

. Received supplier commendation for accelerated delivery and installation

during critical customer production ramp.

Director of PVD Engineering ( Plainview, New York (2002 - 2004)

Led 8-person multi-site team of mechanical, electrical, and software

engineers. Managed design, development, order fulfillment, and continuous

improvement of Physical Vapor Deposition systems supporting annual revenues

of $10M per year. Configured systems' Bills of Materials according to

customer specifications. Developed production schedules, qualification

plans, and managed all activities through installation for PVD system

orders.

. Directed post-merger facility consolidation activities to migrate product

line from Rochester to Plainview facility.

. Led engineering team in redevelopment of controls systems architecture to

fulfill $4M in new customer revenue.

. Managed costs and scheduling for projects contributing $5M-$10M per year

in business unit revenue.

. Boosted customer's system availability by 10% by directing sustaining

product teams to support customer CIP programs.

Senior Project Manager ( Rochester, New York (2001 - 2002)

Managed successful delivery and installation of ultra-high vacuum physical

vapor deposition (PVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems. Oversaw

all commercial projects for largest customer in Rochester business unit.

Developed project schedules and budgets for configuration to order systems.

. Negotiated terms of acceptance that contributed $14M in revenue to

Rochester business unit.

. Established costs and scheduling for projects totaling $40M in total

revenue with gross margin of 50%+.

BAUSCH & LOMB GLOBAL VISION CARE ( Rochester, New York ( 1998 - 2000

Global provider of eye care and related Class III medical devices with $2B

in annual revenues.

Senior Product Engineer/Validation Engineer

Led 6-person team of engineers and process technicians accountable for

development, validation, and scale-up of medical device processes &

manufacturing cells producing 50,000 lenses/day. Redeveloped site policies

& procedures for process change control.

. Lowered annual costs by $450K by procuring and validating contact lens

manufacturing equipment & automation systems.

. Improved validation quality systems to comply with FDA regulations

(reduced annual nonconformances from 10 to 0), garnering corporate

Quality Award for Excellence.

EARLY CAREER NOTES (full details on request)

SENTRY GROUP ( Rochester, New York ( 1997

Product Engineer

. Developed & sourced equipment for continuous assembly line for assembly &

packaging of home security safes producing 200 units/day.

BAUSCH & LOMB GLOBAL VISION CARE ( Rochester, New York ( 1991 - 1997

Manufacturing/Project/New Product Development Engineer

. Sourced production equipment & automation systems for the eyewear hinge

production of 30,000 units/day.

. Comprehensively reengineered eyewear hinge manufacturing process, sourced

& commissioned production equipment, and lead start-up activities which

achieved $700,000 in annualized cost savings.

. Increased die tooling life from 10,000 to 100,000 cycles through the use

of controlled Taguchi experiments.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Management Systems ( 1992

Bachelor of Science, Interdisciplinary Engineering & Management ( 1988

Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt ( 2009

Aveta Institute

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