Dana P. Caffelle
* ***** ******, **********, ** *1824 978-***-****
acba7g@r.postjobfree.com
Q uality Engineer
D F M/DFQ – Leadership –Corrective Actions-ISO 9002/AS9100
Experienced Manufacturing Engineer with a proven t rack record for continuous
p rocess improvements, DFMs, corrective actions for printed circuit boards (SMT &
T hrough-Hole), small commercial cables, electro-mechanical sub-assemblies to box
level assemblies in accordance with ISO 9002 and AS9100 standards for Mi li tary,
Medical and Commercial Products.
CORE COMPETENC IES:
• Documentation Control • Continuous Process Improvements
• Policy & Procedure Development • Assembly
I nstructions/Visual Aids
• Corrective & Preventative Actions • C ross-Functional Team
Leadership
• Engineering Change Orders (ECO) • Review drawings and
specifications
PROFESSIONAL EXPER IE NCE:
1997-2013 dataCon I nc., Burlington, MA
P roject/Manufacturing Engineering Manager (8 years) as well as
M anufacturing Engineer
• Managed Engineering (Manufactur ing, Process and Test) to support Quoting,
New Production Int roductions and Production activities.
• Tracked Engineering’s on-t ime releases by developing a spreadsheet the
E ngineers updated with their daily activities.
• Managed Documentation Control supporting all Customer and Engineering
documentation required to support production builds plus Quality and
P roduction procedures and work instructions.
• Monitored Documentation Control’s categorizing documentation storage for hard
copy and electronic by creating a spreadsheet as an index by Customer,
m aintained daily by the Documentation Specialist.
• Created and implemented New Procedures for ISO 9002 and AS9100, resulting in
company certifications.
• Trained Engineering and Documentation Control Specialist on ISO 9002 and
AS9100 procedures for implementation resulting in increased productivity.
• Created and implemented new company ECO Procedures for Customer and
I nternal Changes, then t rained all applicable departments.
• Reduced Engineering part number data entry by nine minutes per part number,
by developing an excel spreadsheet that contained all necessary data elements
t hat could be downloaded all at one t ime rather than individually, plus able to
download more than one part number at a t ime.
M anufacturing Engineer (7 years)
• Developed Customer labor estimates and tooling costs – reviewed documentation
for completeness and accuracy, if discrepancies listed on quote cover sheet.
D iscrepancies will be required upon PO placement.
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• New Product Int roduction (NPI) – releasing all documentation required to
p roduce the product; such as, part number structure, bills of materials,
P roduction Copy Documentation from Customer supplied documentation, the
assembly process and tooling before developing routings/travelers for printed
circuit boards, cables, sub-assemblies and box assemblies, all releases were done
v ia ECO’s for all releases.
• Created visual aids for printed circuit boards (SMT & Through-Hole) using Aegis
Software (checkpoint BOM/CircuitCAM).
• Technical Customer contact, interfacing on any assembly, documentation issues
p rior to continuing as well as any obsolete parts.
• In f luencing Design for Manufacturability and Assembly (DFMA).
• Managed Manufacturing process by participating in CAPA, PFMEA, MRB, RMA,
ERP/MRP and ECO activities.
• Performed Cost of Sales on New Products, comparing Quoted verse Actual labor
t o determine if production met labor standards resulting in profitability or not.
• Demonstrate strong cross-functional interpersonal skills by interfacing Quality,
I nventory/Material/Production Control, Receiving, Shipping, Purchasing,
P rogram Management, Sales, and the Account Executive resulting in a smooth
p roduction t ransition.
• Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma through metric reviews to driving
continuous process improvements by eliminating waste and enhancing tooling
and labor efficiencies.
• Developed and implemented ISO 9002 and AS9100 Procedures for certification.
• Adapted to which products to release due to unforeseen schedule changes.
1995-1997 T R I-STAR TECHNOLOG IES, I NC. Methuen, MA
Supervisor Assembly Product Engineering
• Managed Pre-Engineering, Assembly Product Engineering, Test Engineering
and Quoting
• Developed documentation, processes, tooling and Assembly Process Summary
I nstructions for Printed Circuit Boards and Box Level Assemblies
• Interpreted and converted all Customer documentation and if any discrepancies
notify Customer as the Technical contact
Below positions prior to 1995:
ELTECH ELECTRON ICS, I NC. Lowell, MA
P rogram Manager
H N U SYSTEMS, I NC. Newton, MA
Documentation and Manufactur ing Engineering Manager and I ndustrial
E ngineer
MODEL AMER ICAN COMPUTER CORPORAT ION, Newton, MA
Production Manager
SCI SYSTEMS, I NC. Hooksett, N H
P rogram Administrator
WANG LABORATOR IES, I NC. Lowell and Tewksbury, MA
M anufacturing Engineer to Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
E DUCAT ION: U MASS Lowell Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering