Richard H. Burton, Jr.

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Bluffton, SC 29910

www.linkedin.com/in/richardhburtonjr/

843-***-**** acc99c@r.postjobfree.com

TECHNICAL WRITER

DYNAMIC TECHNICAL WRITER WITH EXTENSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D)

EXPERIENCE ADVANCING PRODUCT INNOVATIONS FROM CONCEPTION THROUGH

COMMERCIALIZATION. RAPID CAREER PROGRESSION THROUGH QUALITY ASSURANCE,

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, AND R&D MANAGEMENT WITH INCREASING LEVELS OF SCOPE AND

RESPONSIBILITY. EMPHASIZES CROSS-FUNCTIONAL COLLABORATION WITH SUPPLIERS

AND CUSTOMERS. TACKLES COMPLEX AND CHALLENGING TASKS WITH EFFICIENCY.

ACTIVELY SUPPORTS HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAM ENVIRONMENTS, EFFECTIVE ALLOCATION

OF RESOURCES, AND FISCAL GOAL ACHIEVEMENT.

Product Testing and Launch Process Evaluation

Design of Experiment Methodology Team Leadership

Lab Management Procedural and Process Documentation

Professional Experience

DURACELL, Inc., Bethel, CT 1991 - 2013

PRINCIPAL RESEARCHER 2004 - 2013

Managed daily operations in alkaline experimental cell build group.

Created training materials and documentation for incoming equipment, saving

outside vendor costs. Performed acceptability tests on incoming equipment.

Assisted in manufacture of experimental cell designs; average 120K - 150K

cells per year. Participated in weekly peer reviews for upcoming

experimental work.

. Produced online training programs for equipment used to create alkaline

batteries for 7 plants, leading to consistently produced product

worldwide.

. Led weekly meeting to proactively allocate resources for upcoming

programs and projects.

. Developed process monograph that detailed equipment, raw materials,

settings, and quality assurance tests for worldwide use in successful

creation of reduced particle-size spun zinc.

. Executed significant process, quality, and turnaround time improvements

by establishing and revising quality assurance procedures (QAP),

cataloging all tooling for reference in work orders, developing

preventative maintenance schedules, and monitoring operator training.

. Integrated checkweigher system that ensured 100% inspection of

experimental and control groups built for several R&D groups, increasing

feedback and reducing material and manpower costs.

. Investigated and recommended Radio Frequency Identification vendors for

implementing system of tracking fixed asset movement within company R&D

site and surplus storage site, reducing manpower costs.

. Monitored Preventative Maintenance system to satisfy current ISO9001

standards.

Technologist 1991 - 2004

Facilitated R&D location change involving design / build / calibration of

new test system and hands-on delivery of several unique alkaline battery

programs.

. Created and deployed documentation for unique alkaline battery program

that promoted consistent operations.

. Issued and tracked ISO9001 training and Preventative Maintenance

documentation that ensured corporate compliance

. IDENTIFIED AND MITIGATED ROOT CAUSE OF PERFORMANCE ISSUES WITH NYLON

CLOSURES, INVOLVING FORCE REQUIRED TO DECRIMP CLOSURES, BY DEVELOPING

EARLY STAGE PROTOTYPE THAT LOWERED INTERNAL PRESSURE TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.

. Created all documentation for several unique battery programs

(procedural, quality assurance, testing parameters) that promoted

operational consistency.

. Investigated and recommended different approaches for unique alkaline

battery construction through prototype creation that ensured most

economical approach was investigated.

. Selected optimal materials for unique rechargeable battery via data

acquisition, ran cell test system and created result reports for entire

rechargeable group that increased inception through commercialization

speed.

. Co-created Duracell Job Safety Analysis database as part of global JSA

team that significantly reduced plant accident incidents.

R&W PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, Wilmington, MA 1986 - 1991

SUPERVISOR 1986 - 1991

Managed 12 groundkeepers for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

(MBTA) contract, overseeing 20+ acre park and 12 subway stops running from

Jamaica Plain to Franklin.

. Ensured weekly contract obligations were met, contributing to achievement

of financial goals.

. Interacted with MBTA contact to schedule and implement obligations beyond

scope of original contract.

. Aligned with minority employment association, partnering with community

members accounting for 50% of groundskeeper crew.

Education and Professional Development

BS, Business Communications, Bentley College, Waltham, MA

Technical Writing Certification, University of Lowell, Lowell, MA

COMPANY SPONSORED TRAINING

Experimental Design for Productivity & Quality in R&D

DOE

PATENTS

US Patent 7,351,495 Awarded 4/1/08: Co-inventor

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